As we approach the end of 2022, it would be remiss not to talk about technology. After all, what has the past year been but the year the metaverse exploded, powering next-gen pop-ups, hotel stays, and anchor events like NYFW? With it came tech terms that we all had to get used to, like cryptocurrency, blockchain, decentralization, NFTs, and phygital, just to name a few, but with Forbes Reporting a crypto nosedive from a $1 trillion market to $870 billion in a matter of days, we wonder if this forward-thinking jargon will stay here as we head into 2023.

David Cummings, co-founder of Metaskins Studios, a Panama-based metaverse design studio, assures professionals in the event industry and beyond that this multiverse is here to stay. In an interview with BizBash, he said…