The rush towards the next big thing is already ongoing and well advanced, with Generative AI already on the horizon. But one may hope that the same urgency that was applied to Web3 and blockchain, whose potential for businesses can be truly disruptive, would leave room for a more strategic assessment of the full capabilities of the technology, if we look beyond the hype.

Web3 technologies are and should still be very much on the radar of tech companies — the one good thing resulting from the hype, as it keeps IT vendors interested and alert on the latest technology trends.