Justin Banon | Web3: serial entrepreneur, speaker, investor, advisor and writer

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Justin Banon is a serial entrepreneur, academic researcher, and thought leader in cryptocurrency and economics, recognized as a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer. He is a mentor and investor in the Web3 startup sector.

Justin has contributed op-eds to Coindesk, Blockworks, and The Defiant, and has been featured in Tatler, The Drum, and Cointelegraph. He’s appeared on CNBC and at events like Davos and NFT NYC.

Justin founded Boson Protocol, the Web3 trust layer integrating real-world assets. In 2021, Boson raised $36 million and was named a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer for its transformative potential in global economic exchange.As a partner at Outlier Ventures, a leading Web3 accelerator, he mentors startups, helping shape the future of Web3.

Justin holds a bachelor’s degree in physics and two master’s degrees in Digital Innovation and Crypto Technology. He is actively involved in research, currently focusing on the Web3 computable economy, in partnership with blockchain economist Professor Jason Potts.

Justin’s mission is to forge a new economic order through technology, promoting informed, self-governed societies, and equitable value distribution.

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How Web3 and RWAs Unlock Exponential Wealth via a Computable Economy

This paper proposes a theory of the global transition from an industrial economy to a digital economy...

Web3 is our best safeguard of public liberty. It’s time to defend it.

Freedom inherently carries the risk of misuse by the minority — the choice is ours to make

Web3 Washing the Emperor's New Clothes

Why even Web3 commerce first-movers are headed for disruption and what they can do about it.

How Web3’s 'programmable commerce layer' will transform the global economy

The world economy is in the early stages of a profound transition from an industrial to a digital economy.

The Trillion Dollar Crypto Opportunity: Real World Asset Tokenization

Going by technology theorist Carlota Perez's research, "RWAs" may be the next phase of substantive...

Inside Boson Protocol:Tokenization of Luxury Items and the Future of Commerce

Most people would associate non-fungible tokens (NFTs) with jpegs meant for speculative trading...

About Boson Protocol

Boson Protocol is Web3’s decentralized commerce Layer, enabling the commercial exchange of any physical thing as redeemable NFTs. Redeemable NFTs (rNFTs) can be thought of as NFT vouchers for things which can be: bundled to create phygitals and digital twins, programmed to enable token-gating to holders of specific NFTs and configured to return royalties on secondary sales. Simply purchase the redeemable NFT and get the physical item or your money back.

In March of 2021, Boson completed a $25.8m public sale, having also successfully raised $10 million USD in private investment rounds. V2 of the Boson Protocol launched in late 2022 and has been lauded as a foundational piece of Web3 infrastructure, with Boson being awarded World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer status for the potential of this technology to democratise and transform global commerce.