Majd Hailat and Tanner Matthews, the co-founders of Altura, joined Sean Kelly on the Digital Social Hour to talk about where Web3 gaming is headed. Majd and Tanner built Altura as a suite of tools and infrastructure designed to help both indie studios and AAA game developers integrate blockchain assets into their games without reinventing their entire tech stack.
The conversation ranges from the state of the broader gaming market to the mechanics of smart NFTs, giving Sean Kelly's audience a grounded look at how two builders in the space describe where crypto gaming is actually headed, separate from the hype cycles that surround it.
About Majd Hailat & Tanner Matthews
Majd Hailat co-founded Altura alongside Tanner Matthews, building a platform aimed at making it easier for game developers to adopt blockchain technology and Web3 tools. According to the pair, Altura's infrastructure is designed to save studios time and open new monetization paths beyond the typical microtransaction model.
Tanner Matthews rounds out the founding team, and together the two describe positioning Altura within a gaming market they put at more than $210 billion. Their work spans smart NFTs, sustainable in-game economies, and initiatives like a gaming grant fund the pair says is meant to support other developers building in the space.
What Majd Hailat & Tanner Matthews and Sean Kelly Talked About
- Majd Hailat and Tanner Matthews's account of building Altura's Web3 gaming infrastructure
- How the pair says blockchain tools can create sustainable in-game economies for developers
- Their take on why some AAA studios struggle to profit under the traditional microtransaction model
- What the founders describe as 'smart NFTs' and how they say they differ from standard collectibles
- Their read on where Web3 gaming sits within crypto's broader bull-and-bear cycles
- Altura's gaming grant fund and how the founders describe its purpose for other developers
- The founders' perspective on the state of the roughly $210 billion gaming industry, by their account
- Why Majd and Tanner believe game developers, indie or AAA, need Web3-ready tools now
Why This Conversation Matters
For anyone tracking where gaming and crypto intersect, this conversation offers a builder's-eye view rather than a speculative pitch. Majd Hailat and Tanner Matthews describe what they're building at Altura and how they see the market moving, framed throughout as their own perspective on an evolving space and not investment or financial advice for viewers.
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