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What's up everybody, it's Thomas Bahamas and you are here for another episode of Solana Weekly where we break down the last week and make 100% accurate predictions for where we are going. This is not financial advice, but I'm calling this the part of the cycle where we get bidding. Solana - $146.90 - flat on the week, kind of lame, but better than down.SOLETH - .05536 - down a bit from .06189, we'll be back.SOLBTC - .0024685 - down a bit from .00264.SOL.D - 3.33Pump fun revenue continues - beating out Eth revenue again, generating insane amounts of revenue.Meme coin saturation?NFT's catch a bid.Degods - the ultimate cult. Crypto - the ultimate asset class?Trump and Elon did a spaces and they didn't talk crypto at all, so it was worthless.L2's seem to be coming to Solana whether we like it or not.One month countdown to breakpoint and seems like easy money to long sol into breakpoint.Quekz will be throwing a party, SMB's will be throwing a party, everyone somehow is willing to fly across the globe to join in.Coinbase to release cbBTC which will likely be a better version of wrapped Bitcoin. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thomasbahamas.substack.com
What's up everybody, it's Thomas Bahamas and you are here for another episode of Solana Weekly!Sol Price: 143.21 - down $16 from last week, but not bad considering we tapped below $120. Sol Eth: .0468 - down a little bit from last week, but still strong.Sol BTC: .00231 - down a bit from last week. Bonk Market Cap: 1.8 billion and on the rise!Overall take on market: Recovery mode still, feels euphoric. Seemed like everyone was very ready for everything to nuke and overestimated it.Memes on top - we saw a bunch of 3x's in meme coins and it's beautiful to see. They just aren't going away.Wif vs Bonk and the influence of influencers. Defi: Kamino dropped it's token.Drift airdrop coming out soon, looks very promising.Friendtech/eigenlayer dropped their token and it seems like it didn't go too well.Sanctum - awesome and fun.Degods back to Solana.NFT's still remain dead. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thomasbahamas.substack.com
$nick token | Alien Crypto Punk sells for 16 million | Bored Apes at 15 eth, more OG sell | Frank DeGods says floor | Kevin Rose burns ENS | Candy Digital & Batman | Major League Soccer | Links:Michael Keen @NFTicketJennifer Sutto @jennifer_suttoNFT Catcher Podcast @NFTCatcherPodproduced by Andy Cinquino @ajc254NFT Catcher theme music by ItsJustLosemail : NFTCatcherPod@gmail.comNFT Catcher Discord
We dive into the world of deGods and web3 community building with Aaron, business development manager at dustlabs and core team member of deGods. He shares his origin story, thoughts on crypto regulation, keys to empowering decentralized communities, advice for future web3 projects, predictions for top cryptos, and more wisdom gained from years in the space. We uncover everything from deGods' roadmap and new female PFP releases, to the vision behind innovative platforms like deStables, lessons learned from past projects like Dust, and why community may be the ultimate intrinsic value driver for crypto projects. Whether you're a web3 founder, crypto investor, NFT collector or simply web3 curious, this episode delivers alpha you won't want to miss. GET IN TOUCH WITH AARON HERE! @aarondegods janitor @dust_labs | Godfather @DeStables_ dustlabs.com
On today's episode, we dissect Solana's recent surge and its ripple effect on the NFT market. We explore promising assets in both crypto and traditional finance, providing quick insights for potential investors. We also have a brief analysis of whether DeGods is a worthwhile buy and much more! Tune in live every weekday Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM Eastern to 10:15 AM. Buy our NFT Join our Discord Check out our Twitter Check out our YouTube Give us your thoughts on the show by leaving a rating. -- DISCLAIMER: You should never treat any opinion expressed by the hosts of this content as a recommendation to make a particular investment, or to follow a particular strategy. The thoughts and commentary on this show are an expression of the hosts' opinions and are for entertainment and informational purposes only. This show is never financial advice.
On today's episode we discuss the $GRAPE coin pre-sale and whether it'll be profitable, ETH to SOL migration amongst NFT buyers, DeGods and Frank being back on Twitter and the Courtyard drop with the Bodoggos. Today's show is sponsored by courtyard.io and our upcoming collab mint. Courtyard's Twitter Tune in live every weekday Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM Eastern to 10:15 AM. Buy our NFT Join our Discord Check out our Twitter Check out our YouTube Give us your thoughts on the show by leaving a rating. -- DISCLAIMER: You should never treat any opinion expressed by the hosts of this content as a recommendation to make a particular investment, or to follow a particular strategy. The thoughts and commentary on this show are an expression of the hosts' opinions and are for entertainment and informational purposes only. This show is never financial advice.
On today's episode we're joined by CryptoGorrila and and discuss the latest from DeGods, Airdrop season pumping up, Gaming projects and much more. Today's show is sponsored by Shrapnel, the 1st moddable extraction shooter built using UE5 & blockchain. Shrapnel's Twitter Tune in live every weekday Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM Eastern to 10:15 AM. Buy our NFT Join our Discord Check out our Twitter Check out our YouTube Give us your thoughts on the show by leaving a rating. -- DISCLAIMER: You should never treat any opinion expressed by the hosts of this content as a recommendation to make a particular investment, or to follow a particular strategy. The thoughts and commentary on this show are an expression of the hosts' opinions and are for entertainment and informational purposes only. This show is never financial advice.
On today's episode we discuss the DeGods latest announcement, BLAST fud from the investors, SOL Scriptions meta, SOL price action and much more. Today's show is sponsored by courtyard.io and our upcoming collab mint. Courtyard's Twitter Tune in live every weekday Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM Eastern to 10:15 AM. Buy our NFT Join our Discord Check out our Twitter Check out our YouTube Give us your thoughts on the show by leaving a rating. -- DISCLAIMER: You should never treat any opinion expressed by the hosts of this content as a recommendation to make a particular investment, or to follow a particular strategy. The thoughts and commentary on this show are an expression of the hosts' opinions and are for entertainment and informational purposes only. This show is never financial advice.
Today's show is sponsored by Shrapnel, the 1st moddable extraction shooter built using UE5 & blockchain. Shrapnel's Twitter Tune in live every weekday Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM Eastern to 10:15 AM. Buy our NFT Join our Discord Check out our Twitter Check out our YouTube Give us your thoughts on the show by leaving a rating. -- DISCLAIMER: You should never treat any opinion expressed by the hosts of this content as a recommendation to make a particular investment, or to follow a particular strategy. The thoughts and commentary on this show are an expression of the hosts' opinions and are for entertainment and informational purposes only. This show is never financial advice.
On today's episode we discuss the recent surge in NFT volume, RyderRipps and Paulie losing in court against YugaLabs, the recent wave of founders leaving their project and much more. Tune in live every weekday Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM Eastern to 10:15 AM. Buy our NFT Join our Discord Check out our Twitter Check out our YouTube Give us your thoughts on the show by leaving a rating. -- DISCLAIMER: You should never treat any opinion expressed by the hosts of this content as a recommendation to make a particular investment, or to follow a particular strategy. The thoughts and commentary on this show are an expression of the hosts' opinions and are for entertainment and informational purposes only. This show is never financial advice.
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In this Monday mega-show, TylerD is joined by the crew to talk turmoil in the PFP market. They talk through Yuga restructuring, the Luca Netz negative news and how serious the allegations are, and the DeGods Comeback announcement. Then the group shifts gears and talks SocialFI, including the Stars Arena exploit, the weekend in FriendTech and more.
Welcome back to NFT Alpha! Your #1 source for NFT news. In today's video, Taco discusses the recent news from the Yuga Labs team, who owns BAYC, CryptoPunks, Meebits, BAKC, etc. Next, we look into the most recent news from Frank, the founder of DeGods, as he explains the changes taking place in their ecosystem. Lastly, we check out the biggest NFT sales over the last 24 hours on blockchains such as Ethereum, BNB, Poygon, Flow, and more. ➡️ NFT Alpha Discord (join now!) https://discord.gg/jCatrUuWdg Support The Channel!
On today's show we crash the Coffee with Captain show after Luca doesnt show up to the show for his guest appearance. Chaos ensues and and its a wild time. We ask Luca some questions beyond the FUD and the success of the Wal-Mart rollout. Tune in live every weekday Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM Eastern to 10:15 AM. Buy our NFT Join our Discord Check out our Twitter Check out our YouTube Give us your thoughts on the show by leaving a rating. -- DISCLAIMER: You should never treat any opinion expressed by the hosts of this content as a recommendation to make a particular investment, or to follow a particular strategy. The thoughts and commentary on this show are an expression of the hosts' opinions and are for entertainment and informational purposes only. This show is never financial advice.
The Edge of NFT team, just had an amazing opportunity to spend an incredible week at the Korea Blockchain Week where the arts in blockchain and Web3 scene had electrifying energy. On this episode we connected with three pioneers to get their perspective on mass adoption, how they're helping brands enter Asian markets like Korea, and how brands are utilizing Web3 technology here. Get the latest brilliant and borderline crazy ideas from Amanda Cassatt of Serotonin, Stacey King of Adidas, and the legendary Frank DeGods. Plus, get treated to a stunning display of what's possible in digital art with Aaron Baker, an artist at The Gateway. Stay tuned for all these and more!More from Edge of NFT:
Our guest this week is Kanpai Pandas CEO, Ice Bagz. Kanpai Pandas is an omnichain NFT project built on layer zero tech that just launched their latest collection on Solana. With collectibles spanning across 8 different networks, a media business, clothing line, events, and high-profile ambassadors in the contact sports industry, Kanpai Pandas is more than an NFT project, it's a movement.Show Notes:00:52 - Kanpai Pandas / Origin story04:22 - How does learning from building businesses translate into the Web3 space06:45 - From Roblox to the Panda project09:10 - UFC10:53 - Streetwear and theNFT space. 14:07 - Reaching a broader audience15:49 - Revenue, general growth, and the state of the NFT industry17:47 - Why mint a Kanpai panda?20:31 - Multichain21:25 - How does Solana fit / Solana specific projects. 22:18 - A builder he admires in the Web3 space Full Transcript:Brian Friel (00:00):Hey everyone, and welcome to The Zeitgeist, the show where we highlight the founders, developers, and designers who are pushing the Web 3.0 space forward. I'm Brian Friel, developer relations at Phantom, and I'm super excited to introduce our guests, Ice Bagz, the CEO of Kanpai Pandas. Ice Bagz, welcome to the show. Ice Bagz (00:22):Appreciate you, Brian. Glad to be here, man. Brian Friel (00:25):Yeah, we're glad to have you too. And if no one from Phantom or Solana has told you yet, officially welcome to Solana. We're super stoked to have you guys. Ice Bagz (00:33):Appreciate it. Brian Friel (00:34):Maybe we could start there. There's a lot of folks in Solana who are in the NFT space. There's an NFT ecosystem I'd say that's very much unique to Solana. You guys are coming from this from a lot of different angles. This is your eighth different chain. Can you tell us a little bit about Kanpai Pandas? What's the origin story there and what is Kanpai Pandas? Ice Bagz (00:54):Pandas in general is originally an Omnichain project built on layer zero tech. That's why we're now coming to Solana. Originally we had planned Solana as the eighth chain. It just took longer than expected with layer zero building the bridge out. Of course, everything with FTX and all that stuff happened a year ago and it kind of stalled out the processes and the way people were spending money. So we went back and forth quite a bit, like do we just go ahead and do the rest of it on Eth or do we hold off? Do we wait to get into the Solana ecosystem? And I made the decision, let's just wait, even though it's a long time, because this has been probably eight months coming, but I just wanted to get into another ecosystem. The cool thing about our project being Omnichain is we mint it on Optimism, and BSC, and Eth, and Arbitrum, and AVAX and all these other chains, and it helps you kind of bring those communities in too, right? Because people become so kind of stuck in one chain or one FT project or whatever it may be. (01:47):That's just not my belief in crypto, my belief in crypto is people should be trying and experimenting, and I think in a couple of years from now, hopefully you won't even know that you're moving from one chain to another chain. Hopefully it's a much more seamless process. That's kind of the goal here. So, we were one of the very first ones that really used that tech. I think Lil Pudgys ended up switching over and re-dropping an Omnichain contract as well. But I think more projects should be. I'm excited to come to the Solana ecosystem. Like you said, it's very different. It's very kind of tunnel vision and closed off compared to some of the other chains, for sure. But that's the way it is and that's why it interests me to get in there, because if you look at what they've done, they made DeGods, they made y00ts, they made some of these bigger projects, I would say even more so than the founders. (02:31):It was really the ecosystem and the hype and just kind of that grit of, "We are Solana," that built this stuff. And so I'm like, well, fuck it, why would I not want to be a part of that? You know what I mean? With my project. Very early on I was involved in helping with the honoraries, things like that. That was the meta back then. This is still in the bear market, April of '22. So it was still bear market, but I'd helped do this. The mint was pretty hyped up and then the contract broke, all kinds of shit happened. Shit hits the fan. I'd never spent any time in Discord before until that moment. Brian Friel (03:01):It's eyeopening. Ice Bagz (03:02):And yeah, I didn't know if I ever wanted to get back in, because it was just "Rug, rug, rug." And I'm like, "What the fuck is everybody talking about?" So, eventually I ended up taking over the project very early on, hadn't minted out, took us seven months to mint out. I'd say we're probably the only project that actually stuck around and built, A, during the bear and then, B, during a seven-month mint. Most founders would've just hit the fucking road by then. I don't think anybody can argue that fact. So I pulled about 600 K out of my own pocket to build the business, to get something going, to prove myself, prove the project. So we did that, worked endlessly for seven months, finally minted out the seventh chain at that time, and we've been building ever since. So that's kind of the origin story to it. But yeah, it's one of those things that I'm glad I did it now, but there was a long period of time where I was like, what the hell am I doing? Brian Friel (03:49):Yeah, no, I totally understand that. I think there's a lot of interesting things there that we can go into. I mean, you guys are doing things your own way in a very unique way. I mean the Omnichain thing on its own. But one thing I want to hit on is what you talked about where you didn't actually found the project yourself. You came in through the honorary process, you saw an opportunity here and you basically took a project that you saw its potential and took it to the next level. Just briefly, I want to learn a little bit more too about your background. So you're an entrepreneur, you've built businesses yourself. How do those learnings translate to the Web 3.0 space? Ice Bagz (04:23):So it's massive and we actually had a space about it this morning and I had my whole team up talking. And we're seeing this seismic shift right now from hype and marketing and all this other stuff to what are they actually building and what are they actually doing and do they have actual goals and business plans and people in place that can execute? And I think that we're going to continue to see that. So I'm a lifelong entrepreneur. 20 years old, moved to Mexico, worked in the manufacturing business for five years. Came back, did sales for a couple of years, and then decided to start my own business. I was very good at sales. I could talk and I was very good at it. I made good money, but I hated it. I hated getting up and going and doing it every day. So my wife was pregnant at the time, we didn't have much money. (05:07):I'm like, "Babe, I've got an idea for a business here it is." Literally that night we sat down and drew it up on a napkin. She made the logo and everything, and I literally quit the next day and went and started knocking on doors and that's how I started my business. So my first year, I think I made $32,000. My second year I made like $55,000 and many years later I built it into a multiple eight figure business, and I've launched other stuff since then. Really got bored of managing big companies, 50, a hundred employees. It got exhausting to me and I wasn't having fun anymore. So I put people in those places to handle those businesses. I started in crypto full-time in early '18, so I've been around for longer than most of the people in the space. Got into that. I was trading coins and advising on projects and things like that. (05:49):And then in '21, I guess is when I started getting into the NFT space and didn't really understand it at all. The funny thing is the thing that made it click with me was my son constantly fucking swiping our credit card on Roblox, and I'm like, "What are you doing?" I'm like, "Show me," right? And he's like buying Roblox and he's getting these skins and he's changing his skins into every game he goes into and I'm like, all right, this is starting to click a little bit here. And if you look at what we've built, we took a lot of the Roblox mechanics with the trait swapping and the point system and things like that because it's proven and it works. Brian Friel (06:24):Yeah. So let's talk a little bit about that too. So you guys have everything that you're doing in the digital world, the trait swapping everything there, and then you have all this other stuff that you guys are doing, I'd say in the real world too, your activations there. Maybe let's hone in on the digital to start. So you saw your son swiping on Roblox. How did that influence where you took this Panda project? Ice Bagz (06:44):For sure. So kind of where we started was in real life experiences, networking, highly important, that type of stuff. We have a suite at Allegiance Stadium in Vegas for 15 years. So we have all the football games, all the concerts, everything that goes on the shows, et cetera, there. We do UFC events, we throw Pandamonium, which is a huge festival, day long and night long festival. So it started off with that and then I was like, all right, we've really got to branch out and build this project out a little more and be able to capture an audience that's much wider than people that want to go to physical events. We started building this point system out. We spent about seven months on this. We spent probably about three months in planning and about four months in building, but we built out a centralized point system. (07:24):We call it the PPDEX, but it's got your point system, it's got a casino integrated, a sports book integrated, poker room, et cetera. So you can use those points that Japandas earned on a daily basis to play games, play against your friends, whatever. Then you can also buy traits. We can drop trait packs whenever we want to. We can do it for things that are culturally relevant and it doesn't become stale. And there's always this ongoing debate of like, well, should you maintain the metadata of an NFT or should it be changeable? You should have trait swapping. And I say, look, unless you're fucking Punks, right? We're building something here that's innovative and that's going to continue to grow for the next 10, 20 years, whatever. I think it's silly to think otherwise and to think that that's going to hurt the project because able to now not only do traits, keep it fresh and keep the community engaged, but it also allows us a massive opportunity down the road to partner up with other companies. (08:14):They can drop their own trait packs within our system. We released what we call DRIP. It's a digital plus real items for pandas. So what we did there was we came up with a collection of items and one's like a diamond encrusted pendant, one's a t-shirt, one's a hat. And then what you do is when you buy that, you get the physical, you get the digital trait that you can put on your panda, and that way everybody knows you own this limited edition run, but in the virtual world. And then you also receive an NFT showing digital ownership, so it's got an NFC chip embedded in it. And so some of those things I think is where it's really going to lend itself to large collaborations for us down the road we're already working on. Our first drop is going to be with Bo Nickal, the UFC star. He's got a ScrapLife clothing line, and so we're big into the UFC scene and the combat sports scene. So we're going to collab with him and come up with an item drop there. Brian Friel (09:01):Talk a little bit more about that. So you guys do a lot in UFC actually. So in addition to that, you guys work with Jon Jones, Roy Jones Jr. What led you to the UFC in particular? Ice Bagz (09:10):So it's such a massively growing market that's underutilized from a marketing perspective, in my opinion. Over the last couple of years. If you pay attention and you go to the fights or you watch the fights on TV, you see the front rows are nothing but the biggest soccer stars, the biggest football stars, the biggest basketball stars, and these guys are like... It's just something they can't do. And now it's exploding globally. I mean outside of soccer, it's probably one of those really global, global sports and people just don't pay enough attention to it. And the stuff that's come out of there... I don't know how old you are, but I don't know if you know Tapout and Affliction and all these fucking lines that were geared towards that arena. They were just all awful. (09:49):And so I was like, why don't we create... It doesn't even have to be an athletic wear line, just a fresh street wear line that's geared towards marketing to those people. And it's been very successful. Like you said, we've got Jon, we've got Mighty Mouse, we've got Bo Nickal, we've got Mike Perry. I mean, we've got probably 50 athletes on a roster. Part of it is one of my advisors and stakeholders as Malki Kawa who owns First Round Management and they're one of the top three management companies on the planet. Brian Friel (10:13):So that seems like an insight that's almost completely separate from everything you're doing in NFT land is you notice this sport that's up and coming, UFC. I mean I'm 30, for reference, but 15 years ago when I was a kid in high school, it was very fringe. And now I'd say it's completely blown up, but there aren't clear ways to tap into. Those audiences I think are still forming as everything's moving digital, there's not clear connections there. It sounds like though what you guys are doing, at least in the short term too, is even just focusing on just pure, real world street wear. Are these even tied to the NFTs currently? I mean some of them feature the pandas for sure, but how is that audience resonating with what you guys are building in parallel with everything you're doing in the NFT space? Ice Bagz (10:53):So it's really a twofold answer. One is you've got to be able to build revenue sources or your NFT project's dead. You can't just continue to mint, mint, mint. That meta is long gone. Yuga was probably the last one to successfully do that. We've seen Azuki failed miserably trying to do it. I don't see that meta coming back. Royalties are in the toilet. So you've got to build a business around this, right? And I'm sorry, but let's be realistic here. With $2 million mint, you're not going to go build some kind of Web 3.0 game that millions of people are going to play. It's not going to happen. So you've got to come up with, okay, what can we do that our community likes that can also generate money but also not generate money off the backs of them at all times. And so clothing line was like number one. We're like, okay, but let's do this right. (11:34):Not just bullshit merch drops, let's actually build out a clothing line with an actual campaign with people wearing it and build something out of it. And so when I lived in Mexico when I was 20 to 25, I was in the manufacturing industry, so I've been in that industry for a long time, but that's one. Number two is we're building out Kanpai media right now. We just launched our first podcast called Overdogs. We've had Sean Strickland on, Mighty Mouse on, Bo Nickal on, Mike Perry on. We're filming with Jon Jones on Friday. It's been highly successful. Our third episode was Mighty Mouse and it's already done 130,000 views between Spotify and YouTube. So wildly successful start to that. Obviously it's very hard to get those kind of high caliber players on every time, but we're able to do it and that gives us a major edge on the competition. (12:18):I mean just also the way we approach it versus other shows, et cetera, et cetera. But now we're in talks too with some of the biggest players on the planet as far as sponsorships go in that show. So you got to find ways like that A, expands your audience, and then B, also drive revenue so that you can do stuff for the community five years from now and you're not just dead in the water. I mean, believe me, there's so many projects right now that are dead, they just don't know it yet, and we're not going to be one of those. When it comes back to tying the NFTs to these brands with clothing, for example, you've either got a chip embedded that goes back to the website and teaches people about who Kanpai Pandas are, or you've got QR codes on them. So you're essentially building this big funnel, you're projecting it to the masses, but you can't shove NFTs down normies' throats. (13:04):When Jon Jones and I first met, it was like March 4th week, he was fighting Ciryl Gane, and I remember we were in the elevator and he was like, "Yo, how do you want me to explain this?" And I was like, "Don't. I don't want you talking about fucking NFTs on Twitter and Instagram and all this stuff. You're going to get flamed," right? Brian Friel (13:21):Yeah. Ice Bagz (13:22):So you take a smarter approach. You say, "Okay, it's the clothing line, Jon. That's all it is." Now people start to fall in love with the clothing line, and then as you progress down the road, now you're introducing them into this system. Now it's like, "Okay, I love this brand and what these guys are about, and oh, there's a membership pass that I can buy and get access to all this cool shit that's also part of their community?" That's where you start to convert people. It's not upfront. Brian Friel (13:46):Yeah, no, that makes a lot of sense. It's like starting with the user. What do they actually want? Building something that people actually want and building your audience that way. I think the UFC angle is really interesting. I don't know of any other project out there that's focusing on that. Would you say that that's your main focus right now at Kanpai, or are you guys also exploring other avenues to reach a broader audience to basically expand your top of funnel? Ice Bagz (14:07):So right now it's combat sports. We've done some with NFL players, things like that, but right now it's working, right? And so when you have something that's so young and it's working, you don't pivot. Brian Friel (14:16):Yeah. Ice Bagz (14:17):Believe me, I'm an experienced business leader. I've had plenty of successes, plenty of failures, and I know when to pivot and you don't pivot when you're having success. You pivot when you're not having success and you pivot quickly. But when you're having success through combat sports, and it's not even just UFC, right? If you look at PFL, PFL is now massively growing. They're on ESPN. You've got One Championship where Mighty Mouse is, you've got Bellator. All these up and coming leagues, bare knuckle boxing is exploding. If you look at what Mike Perry did from converting to the UFC over to bare knuckle boxing, his worth is exploding right now, and that's what we're focusing on. We're looking at all this stuff that's up and coming that's bringing in huge crowds and huge viewerships, and we're saying, okay, well how can we work this angle to get our brand in there and be the brand that people recognize when it comes to these sports? Brian Friel (15:01):Yeah. No, that makes a lot of sense. You mentioned a couple of things throughout these stories of revenue as a constant theme. We started with your background as an entrepreneur building businesses. You mentioned you were in the manufacturing industry. Is that correct when you got your start? Ice Bagz (15:14):Yeah. Brian Friel (15:15):And as we're recording, this is August 2023. The NFT ecosystem, I would say, is going through a tough time as a whole of figuring out what is the future of this ecosystem, especially as it relates to revenue and sustainability. How do you think about that as it relates to NFTs in particular? You guys are doing everything you're doing right now with the street wear. Is revenue a top focus for you right now or are you more focused on general growth, expanding top of funnel? How does your business experience guide your instincts of what's important right now given the state of the NFT industry? Ice Bagz (15:49):So the good thing is I've got a really experienced team and a really experienced advisory board and stakeholders because I'm much more of a creative. I like to kind of test the waters and see what we could do here and there, what would be unique that we could develop. And then I've got the guy that kind of runs project management for us, was managing nine figure projects and hundreds of people. The guy that runs Kanpai Media for us was an exec at Red Bull Music. The thing is, when you're building a business, you got to surround yourself with the right people. Our advisory board is like, it's fucking phenomenal. It would be killer for a Fortune 1000 company, and we've got it in the NFT space, which is super unique. It gives us access to whatever we need and whoever we need. Revenue is always going to be a top priority. (16:29):I don't look at this as like an NFT project. I look at this as a business that we're building. It's really a large media business, but it's got a clothing line and it's got its fingers into the UFC space and the combat sports space, and that'll eventually grow into a broader sports space. The thing is content creation and revenue sources and driving the community and giving them fun things to do is probably the top three for me. And that's why we do a lot of stuff like Premier Fantasy Soccer League right now. The winner gets tickets to the Champions League finals at Wembley Stadium. We're about to drop NFL, winner gets two Super Bowl tickets. We're about to drop a poker circuit in our poker room. Winner gets a WSOP seat. So those type of things right there, especially in a bear market, it's just engaging as hell. Brian Friel (17:13):Yeah. No, that makes a lot of sense. From everything that you guys are doing in the business, switching back to the community as a whole and what people can expect. You just launched on Solana this week. You currently are minting right now as the time of this recording. We'll try to get something out there just in time. But for everyone who's been in the Solana ecosystem these past two years, they're focused almost exclusively on Solana. I'd say that everything you've talked about is pretty much a breath of fresh air. You guys are doing a lot of stuff outside of crypto, but for those people, if you were to talk to them, what should they be thinking about as it comes to Kanpai Pandas? Why should somebody go and mint a Kanpai Panda today? Ice Bagz (17:47):I'm going to hit on the point that you asked earlier that I don't think I really responded to, but having a competent leadership team that has experience in navigating tough markets, whether it be a bear market and NFTs or it be a bear market in real estate or stocks or whatever, it's all the same shit. So it's like we've all been there and done that. For that reason, we've been able to flourish and it hasn't been able to bother us as much because we just continue building and building and building because I know the end of the bear market's going to come and all the groundwork and foundation and everything that we're working on is going to be laid for the bull market. So then we'll reap the rewards then. So that's not really a major focus of ours. Ours is doing what we say, laying out a solid game plan, having the steps in place to accomplish those plans, and most people don't. (18:29):In the NFT space, I've never seen anything more disorganized and with poorer teams, I guess, leading projects and large amounts of money in my life, and I've been in all kinds of different business sectors. So to me, it's a positive for us. We're seeing this a lot more now, but you've got to have a team in place that has experience that knows what the fuck they're doing and can actually execute on what they say they're going to do. But at the same time, besides that, we just do a lot of cool shit. You've got this cool trait swapping mechanism, and we have this game within a game where you can add to your rarity based on traits that you add in and things like that and earn more points. Or you can go into the raffle section and use those points to win concert tickets and football tickets and sports memorabilia and shit, we just gave away a four-day trip to my town and we're going out on the boat. They get to bring 10 people. We're going out on the boat for four days, but that's great networking. It's a free vacation. We do a lot of cool stuff like that to keep people engaged. Brian Friel (19:24):That makes a lot of sense. It's like an internet native club for everyone who's already into everything that you guys are doing outside of this. They're loyal people who use your brand, they love your street wear and they want to connect digitally with everyone else. It feels the same way. Ice Bagz (19:35):Yeah, I mean, if you look at NFTs in general, right? What's the main use case for NFTs right now? It's really a membership pass. I've been a member of 20 golf clubs in my life, and you go and you pay this fee to join the club, and then you pay a monthly fee to be a part of the club, and then you pay a cart fee just every time you go play. And when you leave the club, you don't get shit back because you don't own it. And so that's really what NFTs are right now. They're social membership passes. You have access to all of this stuff except you own the fucking rights to it. So when you sell it, you can sell it, which is so different than the old business models of these clubs. To me, that's what NFTs are right now outside of digital collectible, digital art, there's some decent gaming stuff out there, but not much. Brian Friel (20:19):Yeah. No, that makes sense. Bringing it back to where you guys are at now, this is the eighth and final chain. You guys are here at Solana, I take it, there's no more change expansions from here. Eight is the number that you guys are sticking with, is that right? Ice Bagz (20:31):It's a 10,000 set collection, and so this is the last thousand. So we've minted out, I think 530 of the last thousand right now, which in less than two days is not bad. Considering it's the most expensive mint ever to be on Solana and the fucking market conditions are laughable, right? I feel like we've been highly successful already, and I personally think we actually mint it out by Sunday evening. And if that does, I think it's a super bullish catalyst for what we're building because it tells me even in these conditions, people are still digging what we're doing. Brian Friel (21:02):So where does Solana fit in with everything else you guys are doing from here? You guys have eight chains. Managing a project on eight different chains is a lot of work in its own right. Outside of everything you guys are doing in the physical world, how do you think about what you're doing in just the pure digital world going forward? Is there anything specific to Solana that you are really excited about, especially as it relates to tapping into everything you're doing with your business side of things? Ice Bagz (21:25):Yeah, so I think there's a lot of innovation going on in Solana, right? And I've spent the last few months talking to a lot of the big builders in the Solana ecosystem. So I think there's actually probably some cooler stuff being built on Solana than even on Ethereum, personally. So yeah, we're going to look and talk to all these guys that are building over in Solana and see what they offer and see if there's something that integrates with what we're doing at this time or anything that potentially integrates with what we do in the future. That's always something that we're looking at. If you stop innovating, you're dead. So we're always looking at like, here's the next three-month plan that we need to execute, but what is the six-month plan? By the time you get month six or something out, you may find something else by then that may be more pressing or have bigger potential. Brian Friel (22:05):Well, Bagz, it's been awesome. Love hearing your story. Love hearing the Kanpai Panda story as well. One closing question that we ask all our guests, and I want to hear this answer from you as well, is, who is a builder that you admire in the Web 3.0 space? Ice Bagz (22:18):In the Web 3.0 space? I like what the guys over at Mad Lads are doing. I like what the guys at Tensor are doing. I like what Degen Ape Academy is doing. I like what Luca is doing with the toys and the IP. Again, that's one of the biggest things that I think people need to understand is revenue. If you can't drive revenue, you can't run a fucking business. So I'd say that's probably a pretty good roundup. There's more out there for sure. That's a good start. Brian Friel (22:41):Bagz, this has been awesome. Where can people go to learn more about Kanpai Pandas? Ice Bagz (22:46):Go to kanpaipandas.io. Brian Friel (22:47):Ice Bagz, the CEO of Kanpai Pandas, thanks so much for coming on Zeitgeist and sharing your story. Ice Bagz (22:52):Yeah, appreciate it, man.
Web3 Academy: Exploring Utility In NFTs, DAOs, Crypto & The Metaverse
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00:00 Intro 00:28 Market Overview 03:45 Refik Anadol's Winds of Yawanawa 05:59 DeGods Adjust Points Parler 09:00 Notable Sales: VR Punk, 56 ETH; Bored Ape 2x Traits, 25.1 WETH & 23.2 WETH; Moonlight 月明かり by Ilan Derech, 5.5 ETH; Under the Sky by Ceren Yüzgül, 2 ETH. _________ Subscribe to PROOF on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOaX0Vu-dWB7bNjFMnbBo2A?sub_confirmation=1 Follow us on other platforms: Proof Podcasts Twitter | http://www.twitter.com/proofpodcasts Telegram | https://t.me/proofcountdown NFTstatistics Twitter | http://www.twitter.com/punk9059 Proof Twitter | http://www.twitter.com/proof_xyz NFTstatistics Presentation Deck https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1U-a95RLvMAkm3KF_ApMiZrKtQqKsbuKDBmHkQH6HImI/edit#slide=id.p
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The Philippine National Police issues a warning about play-to-earn crypto games amid concerns over scams. Learn about the role of decentralized exchanges in reshaping the traditional financial system. Singapore announces stablecoin rules as the MAS plans to label regulated tokens. IBM reports that 40% of workers will need new job training due to AI advancements. The co-founder of DeGods departs amid falling NFT prices. Taiwan proposes a new crypto business category to facilitate industry associations. Explore the impact of crypto traders' liquidations on market volatility. Celsius creditors are set to vote on a bankruptcy escape plan after judicial approval. Magic Eden launches a $1 million fund to foster blue-chip Polygon NFT collections. Coinbase suspends Tether trading in Canada.#CryptoNews #PlayToEarn #StablecoinRules #NFTMarket #DeGods #TaiwanCrypto #Liquidations #Celsius #MagicEden #Coinbase #TetherTrading_________News Links
Solana Legend (@solanalegend), managing partner of Frictionless and co-founder of monkeDAO. Spends most of his waking hours thinking about next generation blockchains. As one of Solana's earliest and loudest supporters, Legend has a unique vantage point into how Solana and other high throughput blockchains are well-positioned to onboard the masses into crypto. This convo, is a fun mix about Solana's early history, initial ties to FTX, its meteoric rise during the bull run of 2021, and some of Legend's contrarian takes. (0:30) - How new L1s compete with incumbents (9:10) - What will bring new users onto L1s (15:14) - The aha moment of DePIN (19:00) - Value prop of web3 gaming (24:05) - Integration of web2 social with web3 rails (32:40) - Signal vs noise of current on-chain meta (36:31) - View on recent DeGods saga (41:55) - Ethereum's endgame (45:18) - Most under-appreciated narratives - - Podcast Resources Follow Sal: https://twitter.com/sal_coin Follow Dave: https://twitter.com/SolBeachBum Follow Unlayered: https://twitter.com/UnlayeredPod Subscribe on Apple: http://apple.co/3VyBSWI Subscribe on Spotify: http://spoti.fi/42q03J2 Subscribe on Google: https://tinyurl.com/5dwn2476 - - Episode Resources Follow Solana Legend: https://twitter.com/SolanaLegend Follow Frictionless Capital: https://twitter.com/_Frictionless_ Frictionless Website: https://frictionless.fund
On today's show we are joined by Kix as we discuss web3 gaming including Parallel Alpha and Wreck League, go over Machi holding DeGods hostage, go over some Brian Johnson tweets and much more. Today's show is sponsored by Phantom wallet, The friendly crypto wallet built for DeFi & NFTs. Phantom's Twitter Tune in live every weekday Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM Eastern to 10:15 AM. Buy our NFT Join our Discord Check out our Twitter Check out our YouTube Give us your thoughts on the show by leaving a rating. -- DISCLAIMER: You should never treat any opinion expressed by the hosts of this content as a recommendation to make a particular investment, or to follow a particular strategy. The thoughts and commentary on this show are an expression of the hosts' opinions and are for entertainment and informational purposes only. This show is never financial advice.
Discussed in this Episode: Coinbase launch Base Blockchain summer & widening adoption Strategy & private blockchains Yuga announce Wreck League Giving owners additional NFT value Is there a market for Web3 native games? Latest from Floor! DeGods season 3 backlash Crisis management, listening to the community & pivoting Individual scarcity PayPal launch USD stable coin A podcast by the Floor NFT App community, giving you the alpha on a regular basis. Featuring: - Chris Maddern, Founder of Floor NFTs App - Pet Berisha, Award-winning podcast creator - Chris K, Co-Founder @ MadeWithMason - Christine Hall, Co-Founder @ Floor Great advice. Not financial advice. Follow us on twitter @TheFloorcast Artwork by Patrick Lewis.
On today's episode we discuss the different crypto tokens we think could pump in the next cycle and why, we touch on the Kanpai Pandas dutch auction, Machi accumulating more than 300 DeGods and much more. Today's show is sponsored by Phantom wallet, The friendly crypto wallet built for DeFi & NFTs. Phantom's Twitter Tune in live every weekday Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM Eastern to 10:15 AM. Buy our NFT Join our Discord Check out our Twitter Check out our YouTube Give us your thoughts on the show by leaving a rating. -- DISCLAIMER: You should never treat any opinion expressed by the hosts of this content as a recommendation to make a particular investment, or to follow a particular strategy. The thoughts and commentary on this show are an expression of the hosts' opinions and are for entertainment and informational purposes only. This show is never financial advice.
On today's episode we discuss the selloff on DeGods and the response on the Points Parlor rollout, touch on Sproto Gremlins and their success, the Kanpai Panda SOL mint and much more. Today's show is sponsored by Phantom wallet, The friendly crypto wallet built for DeFi & NFTs. Phantom's Twitter Tune in live every weekday Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM Eastern to 10:15 AM. Buy our NFT Join our Discord Check out our Twitter Check out our YouTube Give us your thoughts on the show by leaving a rating. -- DISCLAIMER: You should never treat any opinion expressed by the hosts of this content as a recommendation to make a particular investment, or to follow a particular strategy. The thoughts and commentary on this show are an expression of the hosts' opinions and are for entertainment and informational purposes only. This show is never financial advice.
Not really a pretty day today, we undid the progress from yesterday in stocks roughly 75%. Interest rates are something to watch out for, it seems like we are selling off. the markets are more in line with the narrative of the FED as opposed to the standoff we were eexperiencing earlier this week. Crypto doesn't have much to talk about, we have been in a tight 10pt range with out much action. BTC and ETH are experiencing their lowest volumes in a long time. The Alts have also seemed to pull back today, likely some profit taking going on there. The FCC ETF approval is rumored to happen in 2024, but OSF points out that even at the point it could take more time. The Sam Spratt news has been taking over the timeline. He is launching the Monument game and releasing different hints and bits of information. It is all set to be an interactive chapter in Lucy's story, where members of the council have selected people to play. Very little information has been released yet but he is set to be on the show next week. Machi has accumulated over 200 Degods at this point. This is also following the excessive FUD they have received following the season III announcement. It seems to be a question at this point of who is holding a major bag. Yesterday Reptjar, a community member of the overlord creeps, made a proposal to farokh to change his pfp to a creep in exchange for a tattoo of farokhs punk on his arm. Argentina is looking to get rid of their native currency and adopt crypto to transact. Many currencies are collapsing against the dollar. It's interesting to see a national currency fail and create a lane for Crypto, very far from ideal but it has created an avenue none the less. Europes first spot bitcoin ETF lists in Amsterdam, great news. Zynga stepped into web3 gaming, which is huge as they are a billion dollar mobile gaming company. We had Amanda Cassatt on stage to join us. she started contributing to the space in 2015! she was CMO at Consensys during the time that Ethereum was introduced! "The market is an aggregation of vibes" "Getting people through the bear market is something we can all do together." - AmandaShe blessed us with some amazing insight and quotes along with a perspective that this the best possible time to be building. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Let's Crush this week! Equities are up today, interest rates are selling off with 2years treasuries reaching their highest levels since the end of July, very close to long time highs. Crypto remains unchanged, but there is some coins seeing some positive activity in the alt world. Are you Pre-Rich? Do you have your bags packed for the upcoming run? the type of bags that will send you into retirement if everything works out? Consider it.China is quietly blowing up., there is a huge developer that is set to default soon. Most of the world is experiencing inflation but China is experiencing deflation. Their markets have been in a slump, and they may be in line for recession. New layer 1 is incoming with a massive market cap that hasn't been seen since arb/opt. Degods season III was all the talk this weekend, some major whales have sold off and the floor has dropped off a bit as might have been expected. $APE coin has risen back above $2.00, and machi is amassing his collection of apes along with a huge position in the coin itself. has anyone heard from the Azuki team? Milady has been on a consistent upwards push and is set to flip most peoples favorite collections if it continues. Coca-cola is dropping an NFT, but believe or not this is not their first drop. Their last drop fetched over half a million with a fridge attached and donations going to the special olympics. We had @coryvanlew on to share some insight into his New art approach, using oil paints for his physicals instead of acrylics. The real purpose for his presence was his STUBS drop which is actually a short animation depicting a friend of his asleep with his lady on the couch. The STUBS piece will be a first as it will require 25 stubs to burn for his piece, making STUBS history. We also had @fewocious on to drop some alpha on the upcoming Fewo's. Oddly enough, the upcoming project might be a giant Fridge collaboration with Cory, Rug Radio and OSF. Bringing Cold storage to a home near you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
00:00 Intro 00:30 Market Overview 04:53 Sam Spratt Monument Game 07:34 DeGods Launches Points Parlor 09:58 Notable Sales: Medusa DeGod, 55 ETH; Murder by Music by Botto Project: 4.48 ETH _________ Subscribe to PROOF on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOaX0Vu-dWB7bNjFMnbBo2A?sub_confirmation=1 Follow us on other platforms: Proof Podcasts Twitter | http://www.twitter.com/proofpodcasts Telegram | https://t.me/proofcountdown NFTstatistics Twitter | http://www.twitter.com/punk9059 Proof Twitter | http://www.twitter.com/proof_xyz NFTstatistics Presentation Deck https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/19yPbFebiqm1eoBqM9OGFaWppMNMnu1Gs1NKKFQdxYAA/edit?usp=sharing
On today's episode we discuss the aftermath of DeGods Season 3, Jack Butcher and his collaboration with Pudgy Penguins, the shares rising on FriendTech and much more. Today's show is sponsored by Phantom wallet, The friendly crypto wallet built for DeFi & NFTs. Phantom's Twitter Tune in live every weekday Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM Eastern to 10:15 AM. Buy our NFT Join our Discord Check out our Twitter Check out our YouTube Give us your thoughts on the show by leaving a rating. -- DISCLAIMER: You should never treat any opinion expressed by the hosts of this content as a recommendation to make a particular investment, or to follow a particular strategy. The thoughts and commentary on this show are an expression of the hosts' opinions and are for entertainment and informational purposes only. This show is never financial advice.
00:00 Intro 00:30 Market Overview 02:03 DeGods Downgrade 07:29 Grails Season IV Reveal 08:34 Jack Butcher Opepengs 09:28 Notable Sales: Autoglyph, 165 WETH; Glimmer | 輝き by Ilan Derech: 5 ETH; Glitch B*tch by PlaceOfMany, 6 ETH; Yassin Bey by Trevor Traynor: 1.5 ETH _________ Subscribe to PROOF on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOaX0Vu-dWB7bNjFMnbBo2A?sub_confirmation=1 Follow us on other platforms: Proof Podcasts Twitter | http://www.twitter.com/proofpodcasts Telegram | https://t.me/proofcountdown NFTstatistics Twitter | http://www.twitter.com/punk9059 Proof Twitter | http://www.twitter.com/proof_xyz NFTstatistics Presentation Deck https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/120ee9zwipjGasRs5E6sxVsFmGxw_X-HrAKNnk6mhGMA/edit?usp=sharing
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Welcome back to the Web3 Builder's show. We talk about SBF going to jail for revealing his ex-girlfriend's diary, tribalism in crypto, MakerDAO's 5 part ‘Endgame,' Coinbase's BASE launch, DeGods moving to Ethereum and why so many people are being Sim Swapped. Thanks for listening! If you'd like to get in touch, drop feedback or chat with Evan and Will, send us an email at web3builders@protonmail.com.
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An awesome Friday show featuring Gfunk from Pixelvault and VFG to discuss RebootGG and their recent acquisition of Wolfgame. We had the peoples favorite co-host Mika bringing the best vibes possible and the stage discussed the latest social blockchain app friend tech. We also had a fairly spicy conversation about the recent announcements and updates from the Degods season III drop. With some mixed feelings and possible lines being crossed the debate had came from a handful of perspectives and shed some light on the overall sentiment. GM! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
On today's episode we discuss everything DeGods! Including the art upgrade, the points parlor and what the community thinks about the latest announcements. Today's show is sponsored by Phantom wallet, The friendly crypto wallet built for DeFi & NFTs. Phantom's Twitter Tune in live every weekday Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM Eastern to 10:15 AM. Buy our NFT Join our Discord Check out our Twitter Check out our YouTube Give us your thoughts on the show by leaving a rating. -- DISCLAIMER: You should never treat any opinion expressed by the hosts of this content as a recommendation to make a particular investment, or to follow a particular strategy. The thoughts and commentary on this show are an expression of the hosts' opinions and are for entertainment and informational purposes only. This show is never financial advice.
Inflation came in slightly below the expected number and slightly higher than the previous month. This all seemed to be priced in and the markets are up again today approaching ATH's again. Crypto still does not want to move with the Macro up swing. It continues to feel like an inverse relationship as we move opposite to whatever equities are doing. Mando still thinks over the next 3 days we could break 30k on BTC."This feels like this might be the one where we are back"- MandoAptos announced a partnership with Microsoft to build out AI tools. Base was launched, Coinbase's own blockchain, which has mainly spurred on the shitcoinery. There is an open edition drop today from @CozomoMedici and @deekaymotion, with the intent to bring on "the masses". Our Hosts encourage you to bridge, as many new chains in the past have rewarded earlier users who did a simple act like bridging in. Yesterday Degods announce the y00ts are migrating to Ethereum and returning the 3 million dollar grant from polygon. Degods themselves will now be able to change their artwork to 4 different images via the metadata. Mando is slightly underwhelmed based on the hype leading into it and the floor has dropped from the 9 eth local high.GM! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
00:00 Intro 00:35 Market Overview 02:40 DeGods Season 3 & More 08:03 DeeKay Launches on Base 09:39 Many NFTs Sent to Burn Wallet 11:16 Notable Sales: V1 Zombie Punk, 45 ETH; Friends and Family by NYG, 6 ETH _________ Subscribe to PROOF on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOaX0Vu-dWB7bNjFMnbBo2A?sub_confirmation=1 Follow us on other platforms: Proof Podcasts Twitter | http://www.twitter.com/proofpodcasts Telegram | https://t.me/proofcountdown NFTstatistics Twitter | http://www.twitter.com/punk9059 Proof Twitter | http://www.twitter.com/proof_xyz NFTstatistics Presentation Deck https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1TeStfKfUEbAc3JsM01aN1CU07ksMlsvGOwv7W5BM5Xs/edit?usp=sharing
0:00 Intro 0:32 Market Overview (RektGuy & DeGods) 3:32 Pixel Vault Buys Wolf Game & more 6:07 Rollbit Token Rockets 9:24 Notable Sales (punks, King Xerox & Tiffatron) ------------- Subscribe to PROOF on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOaX... Follow us on other platforms: Proof Podcasts Twitter | http://www.twitter.com/proofpodcasts Telegram | https://t.me/proofcountdown NFTstatistics Twitter | http://www.twitter.com/punk9059 Proof Twitter | http://www.twitter.com/proof_xyz NFTstatistics Presentation Deck https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1H96v8iC6zBsh5F9NebcOuinh-wpFTGG_btVmCQAal4k/edit#slide=id.p
On today's episode we discuss the monetization on X and the payouts received, DeGods S3, the action over the weekend including Wreck League and much more. Today's show is sponsored by Planet-X, The future of competitive mobile gaming. Planet-X's Twitter Tune in live every weekday Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM Eastern to 10:15 AM. Buy our NFT Join our Discord Check out our Twitter Check out our YouTube Give us your thoughts on the show by leaving a rating. -- DISCLAIMER: You should never treat any opinion expressed by the hosts of this content as a recommendation to make a particular investment, or to follow a particular strategy. The thoughts and commentary on this show are an expression of the hosts' opinions and are for entertainment and informational purposes only. This show is never financial advice.
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On today's episode we dive into some crypto TA and price action, touch on CryptoDickButts, Renga and Nakamigos and everything else happening in the space. Today's show is sponsored by Phantom wallet, The friendly crypto wallet built for DeFi & NFTs. Phantom's Twitter Tune in live every weekday Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM Eastern to 10:15 AM. Buy our NFT Join our Discord Check out our Twitter Check out our YouTube Give us your thoughts on the show by leaving a rating. -- DISCLAIMER: You should never treat any opinion expressed by the hosts of this content as a recommendation to make a particular investment, or to follow a particular strategy. The thoughts and commentary on this show are an expression of the hosts' opinions and are for entertainment and informational purposes only. This show is never financial advice.
00:00 Intro 00:30 Market Overview 02:35 DeGods Updates 06:22 NFTPerp on sunsetting v1 09:20 Notable Sales: Azuki Spirits, 68 & 69.69 ETH; Creation by AlphaCentauriKid, 23.69 ETH; Cult of Pebbles by Summer Wagner, 12 ETH _________ Subscribe to PROOF on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOaX0Vu-dWB7bNjFMnbBo2A?sub_confirmation=1 Follow us on other platforms: Proof Podcasts Twitter | http://www.twitter.com/proofpodcasts Telegram | https://t.me/proofcountdown NFTstatistics Twitter | http://www.twitter.com/punk9059 Proof Twitter | http://www.twitter.com/proof_xyz NFTstatistics Presentation Deck https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13RfanvsSgeE5mNVCr6CJSgkYldKBIhcq7B4lRD7T1Ko/edit?usp=sharing
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Today kind of a big day with the conclusion of the FOMC, expectation is that they will have a mother 25bps hike. There is almost zero chance that they cut and a very low chance that it will come in at 50bps. We are looking for any information about change and how long they hold rates here. The Feds plan has been successful up to this point, and inflation has come down over the last months. Given the strong labor market in this environment, the Fed still see's inflation rise as a threat. It will take another 6-12 months of data to get an accurate picture of the macro climate. Degods are shining through this rough bear period, but they saw nearly a 1 eth floor price drop over the last 24hrs. @punk9059 says there may have been a farmer how was leveraged and just dumped at a bad time, combined with some rumors and off headlines. There is a common farmer rule, "if Machi dumps, you buy". Frank popped up on our stream after making some noise in the Youtube chat. Have you heard of Tensor? It is getting some scrutiny for being a clone of BLUR, but Frank Degods points out that they were trying to become the pro trading platform before he had heard of BLUR. Curious about S3 Degods? frank says they plan to make a solid calendar ogame changing events that will take place after the reveal of the new art for months to come and not just be a downward slope of post-hype disappointment. GM! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Our guest this week is Alex.BSL, the co-CEO at Blocksmith Labs, the company behind the Smyths NFT collection.Alex.BSL joins Brian Friel to discuss the origin story of Blocksmith Labs and how they started with the goal of creating NFT collections that provide real value, not just hype. He talks about their different products, including Mercury, a pre-mint tool, and Atlas, a hub for NFT activity. Alex also mentions their focus on solving problems and how they build products based on metas.Brian and Alex dive into Smyths, Blocksmith Labs' classic early PFP collection, and its ascension to a premium collection. They talk about the launch of Megos, a new collection that will target a different demographic, with a focus on casual mobile gaming. Alex highlights the importance of building IP and how it takes more than dropping an NFT collection to create a brand. Show Notes: 0:49 - Who is Alex.BSL / Starting on Solana? 2:04 - Transitioning to Web34:55 - The initial goal for Blocksmith Labs 7:15 - Who is Blocksmith Labs working with / Some of the early products 9:32 - Process for building / what the market needs 11:58 - Origin story of Smiths13:12 - Evolution of Smyths in the future 17:05 - The Meegos collection 21:02 - How to unblock crypto to make a mainstream splash in gaming 23:57 - When is Migos coming 25:20 - Where can people find out more about MeeJump/Meegos?26:21 - A builder he admires in the Solana ecosystem Full Transcript:Brian Friel (00:06):Hey, everyone, and welcome to The Zeitgeist, the show where we highlight the founders, developers, and designers who are pushing the Web 3.0 space forward. I'm Brian Friel, Developer Relations at Phantom, and I'm super excited to introduce our guest, Alex.BSL, the co-CEO at Blocksmith Labs, the company behind the Smyths NFT collection. Alex, welcome to the show. Alex.BSL (00:28):Hey, glad to be here. Brian Friel (00:29):Really excited to talk with you today. I've seen you over the years, my time on Solana, all across the crypto Twitter sphere. You guys have built a lot in the last couple of years that I want to get into. But maybe before we start talking about Blocksmith Labs and everything you're up to, I'd love to learn a little bit about you. Who is Alex.BSL and how did you get started in Solana? Alex.BSL (00:49):I think a lot of people know this, but my Web 2.0 career has been 10 years of shipping products for top tech companies. Over the last 10 years, I've worked with Apple, Cisco, Coinbase. Coinbase was my last Web 2.0 job. And then my first Web 3.0 job was DeGods. I started there as a mod just out of accident, and then lead dev. And then I started my own thing, Blocksmith Labs, because I wanted to do different things with Blocksmith Labs. It didn't really align with the incentives and what they wanted to do with DeGods. Yeah, that's the light version of it. We can go deeper. Brian Friel (01:28):Yeah. When you said you were working with all these Web 2.0 companies, was that in a technical capacity? You mentioned you were lead dev for DeGods at one point, but you also have experience running projects as well from an operational standpoint. Alex.BSL (01:40):I was a full stack engineer for the last 10 years. I led teams. I also did dev work over the last 10 years at different levels and capacities, but I've been mostly a dev for a decade. Brian Friel (01:55):Love it. What was the moment then when you're working in these Web 2.0 capacities, working with great companies, that made you decide, "Hey, Web 3.0 is something I need to jump into"? Alex.BSL (02:05):Web 3.0 just started out of curiosity. Because when you're a Web 2.0 dev and if you're a dev that's working with big companies, you got to stay on the cutting edge of the technology. Otherwise, someone with one year, two years of experience will come over and take your position. So you got to always be on the cutting edge. That's why I think around 2020, the huge high brand blockchain and crypto, it was all around. Just out of curiosity, I started learning about Eth and Bitcoin. I researched every single token and coin under 100 market cap. That's how I started this. It was just educational for me in the beginning. I started on Eth, started learning Solidity, and then I built some tabs. It was fun. It was fine. I ended up in Solana just by pure accident. Like I said, I was learning about every single thing every single day. (02:58):And then one day on Decrypt, I saw this article about Degen Apes mint and how it's going to be a huge thing and how it's going to break Solana. Just out of curiosity, I ended up and then I minted. But in Solana, once you click mint, it hits you different. You can't go back. Because when I was on Eth, I was minting stuff, I was doing shit, but it felt so backward to me. I'm going to be a 100% honest with you on this. Because imagine the next billion people, you're asking for them to pay $10, $20. Imagine you, going and buying a salad and there's a tax of 10 more dollars. It felt so backward to me. I understood what B2C meant and why it's the way it is, but it didn't make sense to me. But I was still going on with it. (03:40):But once I hit mint on Solana, it just hit me. "Oh, this is the closest thing people are used to in terms of experience." I haven't looked back since then. I've been in Solana. I've just done everything to add value to the ecosystem, and the ecosystem has given me so much back. Brian Friel (03:56):Yeah, I think that story resonates with a lot of people, the Degen Ape mint being that flagship moment where everyone realized, why do we need to settle for subpar user experiences? The mint itself was, I remember, chaotic, which is true Degen Ape form, which is great, but the network was held enough. Great. Alex.BSL (04:14):Yeah, I was up until 6:00 AM to mint, and it was chaotic. There was no Candy Machine by then. I remember that. Yeah. Candy Machine was born out of necessity from that mint. Yeah, I remember that in those days. Brian Friel (04:27):Yeah, we've come a long way. It can be easy to forget how much has been built. Alex.BSL (04:32):Now, you can just mint and it'll drop 150K NFTs out of nowhere with $100. Brian Friel (04:37):Yeah, and it's only going to get crazier, I imagine. Let's go back to that time. You've already researched crypto. You just made the Degen Ape mint. You have all this wealth of experience. You mentioned that you briefly worked with DeGods, but when you were ready to start Blocksmith Labs, what was it that you were pursuing? What was it that you set out to do with Blocksmith Labs? Alex.BSL (04:55):I always see new technologies and new industries. What problem are they solving? What is this adding to the society that people would need? That's how I see things. By then, I've not seen any NFT collection doing anything more than minting more collections, airdropping hype there was about NFTs. I wanted Blocksmith Labs to be a blueprint for the next generation of NFTs, or at least a new category of NFTs that can actually provide real value. It's not just hype. It's not just, "Oh, this is going to go to the moon." We have seen that a lot. Because 99% of those projects that are just solely based on hype, they mint and then they drop. I don't know if you remember, there was a time in Solana where there were 10 projects minting at the same day. It was like, you hit something. Oh, it hits? It's fine. You're ragged? You move on. (05:47):The reason none of them last is that first thing, the NFT business model, I think it's not set up in a way to last long. Some projects realize this over time, like Pudgy Penguins. Now, they're trying to sell physical products so that they can use the brand, use the IP, sell products, make revenue and last longer as a company. But I realized this back two years ago, and that is why BSL started in a different way. Oh, we are going to create products, have users, create value, and then we are going to drive them back to Smyths, our first NFT collection. I don't want to take too much credit for this, but since then, you have seen this new kind of NFT projects who are actually building products, who are using this as a seed round to build their own products, services, and bring value back. (06:39):It's not really just about hype or just about pumping bags. It's also about contributing to the ecosystem, building relationships, helping other NFT projects. I'd like to think we have been successful in that, and now, you have been seeing that a lot of projects mention us as their favorite builders. Maybe we are successful in doing that. Brian Friel (06:57):Let's dive into that. You mentioned that you guys have taken a real builder-first mentality. I think you guys describe yourself as a Web 3.0 or crypto B2B SaaS company. What is the other businesses in this B2B relationship? Who are you guys working with, and what are some of these early products that you guys have started to build for them? Alex.BSL (07:15):Our first product was Mercury. We have onboarded over 1100 projects on Mercury. I think it was the defining moment on Solana where projects, you realized, you could do actual things, create products, create services, being the hype cycle, being the attention cycle. Because now, you see projects doing a lot of other things to stay in the hype cycle, to stay in the attention. Back then, Mercury was all we needed because every time a hype project was on Mercury, we also monetized it in a clever way. We didn't take money from those projects. We took percentage of white list spots and auctioned them, and raffled them in our own token called Forge. That helped add a lot of value to Forge, which, in turn, added value to our NFT, Smyths. (08:02):Before Mercury was a thing, the way you submitted wallets was literally manual. You had to either give your wallet, or you had to give your Discord accounts and then give wallets. We automated all of that. No, we cannot take it for granted. Now, there is Atlas, a lot of other tools. But then, it was a huge thing. We solved a problem. Like I said early on, that's my core belief, that you have to solve a problem. That is why even in Atlas, we have something called a white list marketplace. That only came up because people were selling white lists as spots, but they were selling on shady Discord accounts. You had to give up your wallet, and then there was a middleman. You had to put collateral, all kinds of shit. (08:44):But that is why we know there is a problem and we solved it. And then it was a huge success. That is how I see our products adding value to the ecosystem and us getting back value. Brian Friel (08:54):You mentioned two products there I just want to hit on. Mercury, which is a white list management tool- Alex.BSL (08:59):We have a ton more. Brian Friel (09:00):Right. ... Atlas, which is this hub for NFT activity. You guys have built a ton more. You guys, list them off here. I know Bifrost, which is a price discovery launchpad. You guys have Raven and Shift. You guys have basically built out this entire suite of tools and infrastructure for other NFT projects to leverage and build their own brands and communities based on them. (09:23):I guess, zooming out on everything that you guys have built, how do you decide what is your process there? Who do you talk to first, and how do you realize that this is what the market needs? Alex.BSL (09:33):That's a good question. You know what? We are only a four-member full-time team for the past one-and-a-half years, and with the extended team, it's around 20, 21, the full team. But since the inception, there are only four full-time members in Blocksmith Labs. It's crazy how much we've been able to achieve with just four full-time members. It makes it even harder to make a decision, and that is why you don't see Bifrost running now. You don't see Shift running now. Raven is still there. It's self-service. It goes on by itself there, but we haven't made really significant changes to Raven. We are completely focusing on Atlas now. (10:09):The way I see it is, the space moves so fast and people need stuff based on a meta. There was a meta of needing a good, premium launchpad when Bifrost was a thing. It was a natural extension in the NFT lifecycle. We had Mercury, which is a pre-mint tool, and then we built a mint tool, which is a launchpad. And then we built post-mint tools, which is Raven and Shift. That was the thinking behind. "Oh, we are going to build everything around NFT lifecycle. Oh, there's going to be pre-mint tools, mint tools, post-mint tools." That was the thinking. But over time, we realized that we have our shit in way too many products. We need to focus on a single product and go deep, instead of going wide. That is why we turned off a lot of products. (10:58):Now, we are solely focusing on Atlas, if there's anything that we want to add. We are planning to integrate Raven even into Atlas, so that's our mentality now. Yeah. Before then, it was just building products and seeing what works, and I believe that's also helped us keeping the attention for a long time. Because if we didn't build all those products, we wouldn't have the same reputation that we have today. We wouldn't be in people's minds today. I think that helped us. They were cool experiments, but we've found our footing now, and we are happy with focusing on Atlas completely now. Brian Friel (11:35):That's great to hear. You mentioned some of the other things that you guys offer as well. You mentioned the Forge token, which we can talk about some of the synergies there with what you're building. But you guys also have a couple NFT collections to talk about. First off being Smyths. Smyths, I would say, is what most people think of when they think of Blocksmith Labs. Can you walk us through some of the origin story of how Smyths came to be? Alex.BSL (11:58):It was me and Harmy. Harmy and I were in DeGods. He was also doing some dev work for DeGods. And then we were both just discussing tech stuff and we realized that we have had the same thought process about how NFT should be like and what the future of NFT should be like. That's the only reason we started this. (12:20):Since we're also good with the execution speed, a lot of this stuff that you see, probably from idea to execution, none of it would've taken more than three months. I think there was something, that they built something for the TIROCULAR donations. From idea to execution, it was just three hours. (12:38):Since we're able to execute things fast, we have the capability, even with a smaller team, to make decisions on the fly. Not just think about something now and wait for six months and the meta is gone and no one cares about it anymore. It's not like that. Brian Friel (12:54):You had mentioned a lot about metas there. Smyths being one of those classic early PFP collections and have since gone through an as ascension, so to speak, I think you guys went from OG Smyths to ascended Smyths, talk a little bit about that process. Is that something that might continue to evolve in the future? Alex.BSL (13:12):Yeah, 100%. The next thing coming up after Megos Mint, which is our second collection, is Fund of Youth for Smyths. That's going to fix more problems, I think, that Smyths has now, which is to do with rarity, top ranks not being top-rank-looking. A lot of stuff like that will be fixed. We are in a very specific niche. It's strong, muscular Norse men. We want the art to be more accessible, more relatable for a lot more people, so we'll be doing something around that as well. Brian Friel (13:47):Oh, yeah. If you haven't seen these, these are strong Norse men that are true builders. They're all holding hammers and wrenches. Alex.BSL (13:55):Yeah. Hammers and weapons and all kinds of shit. Actually, to your question, we needed that ascension upgrade to be honest. It just came out of necessary. Because when we minted, Harmy and I, my co-founder, we were both devs. We didn't really care about art a lot. To be honest, we left all the art decisions to the artists, and obviously, he didn't care about the collection as much as us. So he did his best. But then, I think in a month, we realized that, oh, this needs to change. If you're really serious about making a PFP collection, we should go all in. This half-arsing two things is not working. We've got to full-arse this thing. That is why we had to do it. (14:37):Actually, there was a point where we wanted to do cards with three different kinds of rarities. I'm glad we didn't do that. I'm glad I made the decision to stick with PFP. It was born out of necessity and I'm glad we did that. It helped a lot of people, and it also helped us distinguish between different Smyths. Because the early versions were a lot more zoomed out, you couldn't figure them out. Small Twitter, PFP circle. Now, it's all about optimizing that small, little thing that you see on Twitter. Also, with Megos, we are always testing. How is it looking on Twitter in this small size? How is it looking on a huge screen on the Mac size when you print it and stuff like that? Brian Friel (15:20):Yeah, it's interesting to think about. If you're running this community or a collection like this, the end goal is you want people representing this picture as their identity on the internet. Alex.BSL (15:30):It has to be optimized, yeah. Brian Friel (15:32):Yeah, how you come to something that serves a large number of people. There's thousands of people who own these PFPs. I don't even know if there are thousands of strong Norse men on the internet wielding hammers and wrenches, but I think it symbolizes something that people want, that builder mentality. Alex.BSL (15:50):Yeah. It also attracted a different kind of user base and that is why out of necessity, we have a second collection. The way we ran Smyths, the way we ran Blocksmith Labs, attracted a demographic of older gentlemen who know how sustainable businesses are run, but they don't have the time to go on Twitter, be active on Twitter. They just want to buy this and just go on and do their own thing, run their own business. (16:17):There are a lot of business owners within Smyths who don't really have time for crypto as much, but they bought Smyths because the way we ran things, they understood, "Oh, this is the only legit project that can sustain for a long time, because they have a different business model than all the other NFT collections." It has its pros and cons, and that is why we have a second collection called Megos, which is going to target a different demographic; people who are into gaming, content creation, who are more active on Twitter. Yeah, that is why Megos will exist. Brian Friel (16:49):Let's dive into that. Let's talk more about Megos. You mentioned some of the inspiration there, that you want to appeal to a broader audience, potentially a younger crowd. There's also a game involved with Megos as I understand. Can you talk a little bit about everything that you guys have planned for that collection? Alex.BSL (17:05):I think there's a niche no one's really focusing, in the NFT space at least, that is casual mobile gaming. It's a huge industry. It's bigger than traditional PC gaming or PS5, Xbox gaming. I tweeted this art earlier today. Candy Crush alone makes more than a billion dollars per year, and it's growing at 15%. PUBG Mobile is making more than a billion dollars. And some games you have not heard of, Clash of Titans is making 500 million. There are so many casual games that makes millions and millions of users. We've also seen the growth of IP from a simple mobile game to a movie with Angry Birds. (17:49):It was a super simple mobile game, but it was so successful and they were making so much money, they made so many of those games. They had merchandise, events, products, a movie. I don't even know what other shit they have, but it's a true testament to the fact that if you want to build IP, you really need some product or some service. I think a lot of people in the NFT ecosystem don't really understand when they say, "I want to build an IP." It's not just, "Oh, I'm going to drop this NFT collection and people are going to start caring about me." (18:21):It's never like that because it took years and years for, let's say, Harry Potter, for people who care about the IP or the characters. It takes some sort of a movie, a game, some sort of product or a service, or anything like that. That is why we are now focused on the gaming and content creation with Megos. Because gaming is not just a single thing anymore, it's an experience. People stream a lot. People make content around games a lot now, and I consume a lot of that content. I've been watching GTA role-play videos a lot, and they have millions and millions of views. I bet there are more people watching than there are people playing these games. I think they go hand-in-hand, and these niche, no one's really targeting it. (19:10):I like what Pudgy is doing. I'm going to bring that back up. They're selling those toys. If they're successful in selling those toys to 100,000 people, a million people, a lot more people are going to know Pudgies. And then the brand and the IP, over years, is going to be valuable. We are targeting this demographic and these gamers and content creators. MeJump is only the first thing, and we are going to have something called MeArcade, different kinds of games and fun game theories involving different types of cutting edge technology. Maybe a year from now, you're going to have a game on Apple Vision Pro because we can do that. We have proven that over time that we can take cutting edge technology and make something out of it. (19:55):With MeJump, compress NFTs. We have worked on it. There is no end. In fact, there is no tooling, but we made it work. And now, MeJump is live. The MeCartridges are going to users, they're playing them, they're burning them. It's a fun game mechanic. In the first 24 hours, 3,000 of them were burned, so it's clearly working. That'll be what Megos is about. Brian Friel (20:16):Oh, you're going deep on it. I love it because it's an exciting new product that you guys are coming up with. It makes me wonder too, and I want to ask you this, is I'm someone who grew up in this age where, and I think a lot of the younger generation just natively understands, there is a massive market for not only just playing video games, but like you said, watching and consuming content related to video games. Twitch is massive, YouTube Gaming is massive, and it really only feels like this is going to accelerate. (20:41):It feels like there's this really natural complimentary pairing with what's happening in crypto and in gaming when you consider, at the end of the day, digital items. There's communities that are being built online, people want to own their assets. I'm curious to hear your perspective. Is there anything that's currently blocking, or would be an unlock for crypto to make a mainstream splash into gaming? Alex.BSL (21:02):Oh, into gaming? I truly believe that the missing part are the wallets. Because when you go on to a website in the Web 2.0, you're annoyed if there is no Google sign in or Twitter sign in, or Apple sign in. Oh, I got to put in my email and then have to create a password? It's annoying. Even if you just add two more clicks, it's annoying to the user. Imagine pushing them to create a wallet, understand on-ramp money, transfer it to their wallets and remember their mnemonic phrase, save it somewhere. This is all, I think, a huge blocker when you want to onboard millions and millions of users. I truly think the wallets have the power to make crypto mainstream. Because imagine, a wallet could replace everything from sign in to checkout. (21:55):You could be signing in with your Phantom wallet and then you could check out with your Phantom wallet, and everything is seamless. You don't even have to go through all that process of Stripe, and then you're going to have to create a card, debit card. You know how it is. Yeah. To be honest, I think wallets have that capability and in the future, I think there will be versions of these wallets that will do this. I think I saw this. I don't remember the wallet. I think I just saw this today, that they have an option on mobile, sign in with wallet. And when you do that, it creates a wallet for you and then you can download. Something like that. (22:33):So I think removing those steps for the next 500 million users who are used to one-click checkouts. You know how Amazon is? It's just one click, done. It gets to your home. Why do we have so many steps in Web 3.0 and on wallets? Brian Friel (22:49):No, it's a huge thing We think about too, making these things intuitive. I think there's a lot of layers to all of this. There's the game developers that we need to work with. There's operating systems, app stores, all of that. Alex.BSL (23:02):Yeah. To be honest, I believe Phantom has done the best job. I believe a huge part of Solana's success is Phantom. I think everyone's first experience on Solana, at least around Degen Apes mint, was Phantom wallet. And then anyone that's coming from MetaMask, this is fucking 10X upgrade. And then that was really the thing that hooked me into Solana, and you guys have done a great job. Brian Friel (23:30):Wow. Very kind. Yeah, thank you so much. Appreciate it. That was my experience, too. I was just a user of Phantom at the time with the Degen Ape mint. Wasn't working for the team, but- Alex.BSL (23:38):Crazy. Brian Friel (23:38):Yeah. No, I definitely resonate with that. Well, Alex, I guess turning back real quick just to Megos, we talked about a lot there with gaming and what you guys have upcoming. But what can you tell people about when Megos is coming, what they can expect when MeJump is launching? Is there anything you can share, or what people should be thinking about in the next couple months? Alex.BSL (23:58):Oh, MeJump is live right now. You can go on and play. Brian Friel (24:00):Oh, I love it. Alex.BSL (24:01):We went live yesterday. That's what I was saying. We have 150K compressed NFTs. It dropped to a lot of communities in the ecosystem and the first 24 hours, I think just half an hour ago, it was 24 hours, they burned around 3000 compressed NFTs out of 150K. It's a fun game mechanic usually because I'll tell you how we use compressed NFTs. There's something called MeCartridge. The supply is 150K and then we drop them, and it's used as an in-game item. You're going for a run in the game, so it's an endless jumper. If you die somewhere, to continue the game, you have to burn the NFT. That's how it works. We have up to five per run. (24:45):Usually, I think in the Web 2.0 world, you see buy some sort of credits in that place. In Candy Crush when you couldn't do it, you click on something. Buy using real money, and then you continue the game. We have seen this model work in a lot of Web 2.0 games. We have adopted that same model and we're using Web 3.0 compressed NFTs with this. It's been fun. The people are having a lot of fun. It's addictive. People are raging and also having fun at the same time. Yeah, it's a good sign. Brian Friel (25:14):Oh, that's great to hear. Well, where can people then go, I'd say, to learn more about Megos in particular, or MeJump? Alex.BSL (25:20):Oh, everything we have is on Megos NFT Twitter. All the information is right there. You can go, or you can come to Megos' Discord, discord.gg/megos, and then you can ask any questions. We have a team all the time answering all kinds of questions. (25:36):Yeah. We have one more thing after MeJump. MeJump is going to run for four weeks, and we are distributing 1000 white list spots through MeJump. We distributed 3,000 through MeBoard, which was our first experience. Yeah, third is going to be MeList. It's not what you think it is. It's going to come later, and we are going to mint a claim after the MeList ends. Brian Friel (26:04):Awesome. We've got a lot of stuff coming down the pipe here to be excited about. Well, Alex, this has been an awesome discussion. I got to ask this question because Blocksmith Labs has a reputation for being builders. We would love to know, who is a builder that you admire in the Solana ecosystem? Alex.BSL (26:22):That's a tough question. I like Famous Foxes. I think we both are at the same level, but we sit in our own space and don't really bother each other. Yeah, I like them. Brian Friel (26:35):Okay. Awesome. Alex.BSL (26:35):Maybe you've had that answer as well. Brian Friel (26:37):Yeah, we've had Drax TS on the show as well. I think he actually might have been the one that shouted you guys out as well, so there's a mutual respect there for the NFT builders. Alex.BSL (26:45):Yeah, 100% we do. Yeah. Brian Friel (26:46):Well, maybe we'll have to do a follow-up episode, get you and Drax on, and see what you guys are all up to in a year from now. You guys have been putting out a lot, and I know the Solana ecosystem is very thankful to have you guys involved. Alex.BSL (26:58):I appreciate it. Thank you. Brian Friel (26:59):Alex.BSL, the co-CEO of Blocksmith Labs. Thanks so much for coming on The Zeitgeist. Alex.BSL (27:03):Thanks for having me, Brian.
On this episode of Rehash, we're speaking with Peter Pan, partner at 1kx, about how to identify successful early stage web3 projects, why certain NFT projects from the last bull run succeeded while others failed, and how we might be able to simulate real life physics in a digital environment. 1kx is an early stage investment firm that specializes in ecosystem growth.One of the hardest things to do in this space is to separate the hype from what's real, and Peter does a great job of explaining how he analyzes various web3 projects to determine which ones will last the test of time. While most investors focus on the standard rhetoric of - you want to look at who the founder is, who the team is, Peter's thinking goes much deeper into what are the foundational layers of the project and what it's aiming to accomplish, and what impact can this project have on the broader tech space (not just the web3 space).We talk a lot about the role of community in shaping the success of a web3 project, and this led us down a rabbit hole of reminiscing and analyzing some of the NFT projects that rose to fame during the 2021 NFT craze. It's really interesting to look back on some of the NFT projects I hedged my bets on back in 2021 and see where they are today (and how wrong I was about them). Finally, we talk about autonomous worlds, onchain gaming, and why Peter is a proponent of being able to simulate real world scenarios in a digital sandbox environment. We wrap up with some hot takes on community building that Peter shared in seemingly contradictory tweets back in late 2021 - early 2022 and give him a chance to explain the context in which he wrote those tweets. COLLECT THIS EPISODEhttps://www.rehashweb3.xyz/ FOLLOW USRehash: https://twitter.com/rehashweb3Diana: https://twitter.com/ddwchenPeter: https://twitter.com/pet3rpan_ SPONSORSLens Protocol: https://lens.xyzQuests: https://rehash.quests.comLore: https://lore.xyz/rehash LINKSMetalabel: https://www.newcreativeera.com/Cooper's Writing NFTs: https://coopahtroopa.mirror.xyz/NFT ProjectsSquiggles: https://www.artblocks.io/collections/curated/projects/0x059edd72cd353df5106d2b9cc5ab83a52287ac3a/0Pudgy Penguins: https://www.pudgypenguins.com/Cool Cats: https://coolcatsnft.com/Degods: https://degods.com/Azuki: https://www.azuki.com/Doodles: https://twitter.com/doodlesDAOsMoloch DAO: https://molochdao.com/Nouns DAO: https://nouns.wtf/Axie Infinity: https://axieinfinity.com/ TIMESTAMPS0:00 Intro5:23 Identifying new web3 projects9:50 How to sort through the hype11:44 Learnings from successful and failed investments15:17 Investing in a bull market vs bear market16:36 What kind of innovation happens in a bear market?18:43 History of NFTs23:21 Future of media NFTs29:02 Cool Cats vs Pudgy Penguins35:32 What are autonomous worlds?41:14 How to avoid Black Mirror type scenarios42:47 Final thoughts from Peter43:37 Explain Your Tweet47:01 Follow Peter DISCLAIMER: The information in this video is the opinion of the speaker(s) only and is for informational purposes only. You should not construe it as investment advice, tax advice, or legal advice, and it does not represent any entity's opinion but those of the speaker(s). For investment or legal advice, please seek a duly licensed professional.
My guest on today's podcast is Kevin Henrikson, CEO and Founder of Dust Labs, the Web3 company behind DeGods and Y00ts NFT projects. Learn how Dust Labs is revolutionising the Web3 space and keeping the community engaged, even in a bear market. Don't miss this insightful podcast episode as we dive into the exciting realm of Dust Labs and their pioneering work in Web3.
Thinking of launching an NFT project to build a business? Wondering how to launch a Web3 business that has long-term potential? To find out how the DeGods and y00ts projects launched and discover business lessons for project founders, I interview Kevin Henrikson.Guest: Kevin Henrikson | Show Notes: socialmediaexaminer.com/w75Review our show on Apple Podcasts.Disclaimer: The information provided in the Web3 Business Podcast is provided solely for educational purposes and does not constitute any advice, including but not limited to, investment advice, trading advice or financial advice, and you should not treat any of the show's content as such. Read the full disclaimer.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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In today's episode, we're talking to Frank DeGods, from the DeGods project, an NFT project that's recently migrated to Polygon. We also brought on Zhuoxun Yin, Co-Founder and COO of Magic Eden, an NFT marketplace also migrating to Polygon. And last, but certainly not least, we're also joined by Stani Kulechov, Founder and CEO of the Aave companies, which is bootstrapping Lens, a social media ecosystem on top of Polygon. ------
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