Building a space where ‘everyone belongs and connects’ with Sandra Helou

Sandra Helou, head of metaverse and NFTs at the blockchain company Zilliqa, talks about the complexities of bridging the physical and digital worlds and of minting and trading NFTs in an energy-efficient way. She describes the metaverse as a space where "everyone belongs and connects" and introduces Metapolis, Zilliqa's immersive XR metaverse platform.

Episode notes

Sandra Helou is head of metaverse and NFTs at Zilliq, a Singapore-based blockchain company which aims to solve scalability issues, by using sharding technology for rapid transaction processing. She is responsible for ensuring that Zilliqa’s use of NFTs includes minting and trading them in an energy-efficient way. Sandra also heads up the company’s journey towards the metaverse and navigating which route Web 3.0 might take. In this in-depth conversation, Sandra gives listeners an insight into some of the complexities of her role, such as working to bridge the gap between the physical and digital world; describes the future of the metaverse as a space where ‘everyone belongs and connects;’ and describes ‘Metapolis,’ their highly immersive XR metaverse platform and the role Zilliqa will play in this emerging space.

Read the written interview from this episode on francishellyer.com, published 3 March 2022.