Ariel Shapira, serial entrepreneur from Israel, writes monthly about crypto technology. He also discusses emerging technologies in the decentralized finance (DeFi), crypto and blockchain spaces, as well their role in shaping the economy for the 21st Century.

What’s in a name? One could believe that there is a whole metaverse by looking at all the noise. Facebook’s recent transformation into Meta. In reality, of course, there is more to the new name than that — there is also the whistleblower scandal, alongside the previous controversies tarring the company’s image, as well as the encroachment of rivaling social media platforms that are more popular with young people.