Crypto Conversion Podcast Ep. 18 - The Church In The Metaverse & VR (Ft. Fr. Ian VanHeusen)

Welcome back for another episode of the podcast! In this episode the Crypto Conversion Team welcomes on Fr. Ian VanHeusen from MetaCathoic. MetaCatholic is an apostolate of Fr. Ian's, designed to bring Catholicism to the metaverse and web3. A large component of what MetaCatholic is doing is giving Catholicism a presence in the VR space to show the beauty and truth of the faith in the world. There were a number of great topics discussed in this episode and we hope that the discussions continue and Christianity can have its own place in web3! Thank you for watching or listening and please like, comment, review and subscribe wherever podcasts are found!

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Timestamps:
00:00 – Introduction
02:51 – Hong Kong opens for retail crypto trading
08:44 – Ordinals surpass 10 million inscriptions
11:39 – Introduction to Father Ian VanHeusen and MetaCatholic
17:48 – The Blessed Carlos Acutis VR game
19:24 – The developing VR ecospace
21:20 – The synergies between web3 and the metaverse
27:11 – Interoperability in the metaverse
36:04 – Unique metaverse applications
37:32 – First mover advantages for Christians
41:04 – Cultural trends online (dating values)
44:41 – Matt Fradd’s response to the metaverse
46:04 – Clerical thoughts on emerging technologies
48:59 – What crypto token will survive long-term?
51:34 – The long-term vision for the Church in the metaverse
57:52 – The best play for the Church with emerging technologies
1:05:32 – Closing thoughts