@ryangtanaka
A friend of mine sent me this article lately - tokenization is huge now, but somehow crypto/NFTs fell off the roadmap, even though they're pretty much talking about the same thing.
https://www.citigroup.com/global/insights/tokenization-2030
I was kind of surprised at first but the more I look into it I think he was right. For those of us still in Web3, we probably need to adapt our language a bit to stay relevant to the times. NFTs = tokenized art. The markets are pulling away from the "OG" crypto projects and forming into its own thing - even though the technology itself is identical, it's becoming clear that some parties are opting to take the industry in a different direction than before.
AI uses tokens, too, as do predictive markets and a lot of micro-economies that are popping up all over the place now. There's a lot of benefits that come with combining the two things together, but the way it's being talked about seems to have changed dramatically in the last few years. 👀