Brian Shuster, Founder & CEO of Utherverse | What Sets Utherverse Apart From Other Metaverse Projects | Building the Future of Web3 Worlds | Bitcoin.com Interviews

Brian Shuster, Founder and CEO of Utherverse, joins Dustin Plantholt on Bitcoin.com Interviews to discuss how Utherverse is redefining the Metaverse and Web3 experience with over 50 million users worldwide since its first launch in 2004. Now in Beta testing for its third-generation platform, Utherverse is designed to serve as a universal metaverse framework, allowing creators and businesses to build, connect, and monetize immersive digital worlds like never before.

Shuster shares how Utherverse’s blockchain-powered infrastructure enables interoperability across metaverses, offering seamless integration of NFTs, crypto payments, and virtual economies. He explains why most metaverse projects fail to achieve meaningful adoption — and how Utherverse’s proven engagement model, scalability, and community-driven governance make it uniquely positioned to dominate the next era of digital interaction.

💡 In this episode:
• The evolution of Utherverse from Web2 to Web3 and its 50M+ user legacy
• How blockchain and Bitcoin-inspired principles support metaverse interoperability
• Why true decentralization is key to the future of virtual economies
• How NFTs and crypto payments power ownership and trade in Utherverse
• Brian Shuster’s long-term vision for a connected, creator-driven metaverse

🎧 A deep dive into the Metaverse economy, Web3 innovation, and how Utherverse is using blockchain and Bitcoin’s ethos of decentralization to build a truly open virtual world.

🎙️ Host: Dustin Plantholt – Bitcoin.com Interviews
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💼 Featured Guest: Brian Shuster – Founder & CEO of Utherverse, the world’s most established metaverse ecosystem, combining blockchain interoperability, NFT economies, and decentralized infrastructure.