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Technology has always played a vital role in our lives, but now we're witnessing change at a pace we have never seen before. From crypto and blockchain to NFTs, Web3, and AI, these technologies are ready to disrupt and transform all industries and impact everyone. Are you staying ahead of the curve?In this episode, I am joined by Gabriel Aleman, a tech enthusiast working in biz dev & partnerships for Rarible, one of the leading NFT marketplaces. I hope you enjoy the episode!Timestamps:0:00 - Intro5:01 - Why Now Is the Time to Understand Tech8:25 - Crypto for Complete Beginners9:30 - Understanding The Blockchain & Bitcoin14:29 - Crypto as A New Asset Class18:52 - Why Blockchain Is Better Than the Current System23:57 - Fighting Fakes With Blockchain28:42 - Deepfakes, AI, and the Finding the Truth30:08 - Bitcoin vs Ethereum: What's the Difference?34:10 - Why NFTs Have Real Value43:11 - Digital Collectibles Is the New Flex50:30 - Why you need to be Curious60:00 - OutroThanks for watching! Will you follow the podcast?Follow Gabriel: Twitter: https://bit.ly/4454o8IInstagram: https://bit.ly/3RZPbOKFollow us also on:Instagram: https://bit.ly/3w40nm0TikTok: https://bit.ly/42rHpl7
In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I'm joined by Sunil Singhvi, Head of Arts & Culture at TriliTech, the London-based blockchain hub helping shape the future of digital experiences through the Tezos ecosystem. Sunil brings a rare blend of deep tech, culture, and media expertise, having held senior roles at Twitter, Instagram, and Rarible before joining Trilitech. His mission? To explore how blockchain isn't just about tokens and ledgers but about real human connection, particularly between creators, brands, and their communities. What stood out in our conversation is how Sunil views blockchain as a vehicle for restoring creative autonomy and rebuilding trust in the creator-fan relationship. Through compelling examples like Manchester United's Fantasy United game and McLaren's collectible-driven fandom, we explore how Tezos enables ownership, co-creation, and authentic engagement that outpaces traditional social platforms and algorithms. We unpack the evolution of NFTs, moving beyond the speculative bubble of the past into more grounded use cases that offer tangible benefits. From supporting emerging artists through royalty-respecting marketplaces like objkt.com to enabling fans to co-create digital artwork through platforms such as editart.xyz, the conversation highlights a meaningful shift in how digital creativity is produced and experienced. Sunil paints a future where fans become collaborators and artists regain long-lost visibility into who their supporters truly are. We also reflect on the power of community, where smaller and more engaged groups increasingly matter more than vast but disengaged audiences. And perhaps most importantly, we explore what happens when creative expression is no longer dictated by opaque systems but driven by transparent, decentralized tools. Could blockchain finally deliver on the promise of a fairer and more inclusive creative economy? And if so, how can artists, brands, and everyday users participate in this movement without repeating the missteps of earlier digital revolutions? Let us know your thoughts. Could Web3 be the reset button creative industries have been waiting for?
In this special English-speaking episode, John hosts Anna (Head of Business Development) and Leen (VP of Product) from Rarible, one of the historical NFT platforms. Rem was missing (playfully excused for the episode being in English!).The conversation revisited Rarible's roots as a pioneer offering open, permissionless minting in contrast to highly curated platforms like SuperRare. John shared personal memories, like launching the NFT Revolution book via Rarible back in 2021.Key topics covered:* Rarible's Evolution: Rarible has shifted from a pure NFT marketplace to a B2B infrastructure leader. They now specialize in building white-label marketplaces for big brands and new blockchains (similar to Shopify for NFTs), leveraging their in-house APIs and tech stack.* Major Projects: Examples include custom marketplaces for Mattel (Hot Wheels NFTs on Flow), BearChain, and Eclipse (on the Solana-Ethereum hybrid chain). Their strategy is now strongly multi-chain and use-case diversified (art, gaming, DeFi, RWAs).* Rarible's Business Model: They offer a toolbox for partners—technical infrastructure + visibility via Rarible's community and co-marketing efforts. They assist new blockchains and projects in launching successfully and gaining liquidity.* New Launch: Rarible.fun: Rarible unveiled a new fast, user-friendly platform, Rarible.fun, built on MegaETH (the ultra-fast Ethereum L2). It's designed to bring back the "fun" in NFTs with super easy minting, simple UX, and multi-chain plans. They already hit 5.8M mints in a few days on testnet!* Focus on Real-World Assets (RWAs): Rarible is positioning itself to support tokenized real-world assets, offering end-to-end infrastructure for asset tokenization and marketplace creation.* Community and Artist Support: Rarible continues supporting artists through Launchpads and new platforms like Scope (on Eclipse) and via initiatives like the Residency Program for digital artists at the upcoming NFC Lisbon.* Upcoming Presence at NFC Lisbon 2025: Rarible will have a big presence at NFC Lisbon (June 4-6), including an immersive booth experience and an open call for artists to participate in an exclusive digital art residency.* Vision: Despite market cycles, Rarible is doubling down on NFTs, confident that NFTs and tokenized assets will become the backbone of future commerce.Key Quote of the Episode:"NFTs are the future of all commerce, and we are building the infrastructure to power it." (Leen)
If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us!Guest:https://www.linkedin.com/in/bunopus/https://join.rarible.comPowered by Artifeks!https://www.linkedin.com/company/artifeksrecruitmenthttps://www.artifeks.co.ukhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/agilerecruiterLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/enginearsioTwitter: https://x.com/EnginearsioAll Podcast Platforms: https://smartlink.ausha.co/enginears00:00 - Enginears Intro.01:08 - Evgeny Intro.03:16 - Transition from Web2 to Web3.07:45 - Rarible Intro.13:14 - How far away is mass adoption of Web3?22:14 - What does engineering inside of Rarible looks like?24:56 - Differences between Web2 and Web3.28:45 - Challenges with building on different chains?31:41 - Will technological standards come to the blockchain?33:52 - How does a Web2 business explore moving into Web3?38:42 - What advice would you give to someone who wants to transition from Web2 to Web3?44:10 - Next 12 months for Rarible.47:45 - Evgeny & Rarible Outro.49:09 - Enginears Outro.Edited by: hunterdigital.co.ukHosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.
At 26, Vova already has 2 very successful exits in the world of EduTech and MedTech, and he's now been building a web3 business and it's going to make waves too. He went from idea to execution fast and has garnered support from very influential people in the space (Rarible, Binance, Polygon, OV, Chainlink, RZLT, ApeCoin DAO, etc) His company, eesee.io is a tool that will onboard millions into the ecosystem and unlock value like none other before. Eesee is a next-gen platform that offers gamified digital assets trading with the sense of community by allowing you to be a part of a larger and more dynamic digital world. With eesee, users can tap into the strength of the community, introducing them to new opportunities to earn that were previously inaccessible. The platform allows both sellers and buyers to benefit from being a part of the collective network, creating a unique win-win situation for everyone involved.. In this episode we talked a lot about the mentality of a successful entrepreneur, we dived deep into the job of a Founder and CEO and we talked about how the Blockchain will be used in the near future. Vova's pieces of advice are very wise even though he is 26 years old. His smile and energy is really high and authenticity is a big part of that leading energy that you feel when you are around him. __________________________________ SPONSORS:
In this sponsored episode of Edge of NFT, we dive into the world of digital assets with Jana Bertram, Head of Strategy at the Rari Foundation, and Alex Salnikov, Chief Strategy Officer and Co-founder of Rarible. Learn about the evolution of NFTs and how Rarible has made its marketplace more inclusive and creator-centric. Gain a deeper understanding of the challenges of Web3 technology and the importance of community engagement and sustainable compensation for creators. Support us through our Sponsors! ☕
In this eye-opening episode of the Web3 Podcast, host Sam Kamani welcomes Jana Bertram, a key figure at Rarible, to delve into the evolving landscape of NFTs and the role of decentralization in shaping the future. Jana gives us a comprehensive overview of Rarible's ecosystem, emphasizing the importance of community and the journey towards decentralization through the Rari DAO. Discover the revolutionary concept of embedding royalties at the node level on Rarible's new blockchain, ensuring creators' rights and fostering a sustainable creator economy. Jana also sheds light on the potential of NFTs beyond digital art, discussing real-world asset tokenization, brand adoption, and the intersection of NFTs with traditional sectors. The conversation then shifts to the broader Web3 ecosystem, exploring the challenges and prospects of decentralization, the impact of emerging technologies like Arbitrum, and Rarible's ambitious roadmap. Jana's insights into the future of NFTs in 2024, including the potential shift from speculative assets to value-driven creations, provide a unique perspective for enthusiasts and skeptics alike. Join us for this enlightening discussion with Jana Bertram, where we explore the depths of Web3, NFTs, and the relentless pursuit of innovation in the blockchain space. Whether you're a creator, investor, or simply curious about the future of digital assets, this episode offers valuable insights into the evolving world of NFTs and decentralization. Nothing mentioned in this podcast is investment advice and please do your own research. Finally, I don't run ads on my podcast. It would mean a lot if you can leave a review of this podcast on ApplePodcasts or share this podcast with a friend. Connect with Jana and Rari Chain here. Rarichain.org https://www.linkedin.com/in/janabe/ Connect with me here - https://samkamani.com/#linktree --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/web3podcast/message
Polygon introduces an aggregated blockchain design. Rarible deploys its RARI L3 chain on mainnet. OP Labs open-sources an ecosystem repository, And EigenLayer delays its restaking window. Sponsor: Harpie is an onchain security solution that protects your wallet from theft in real time. Harpie helps you detect and block suspicious transactions before they execute, safeguarding your assets from malicious attacks and scams. Try Harpie for free at harpie.io/ethdaily.
How do the worlds of cryptography, privacy, and AI relate? What is the promise of NFTs for building a user- and creator-owned economy? We dive into these topics and more with Ownership Economy Summit speaker David Pakman. David started his career in tech at Apple, and has been in venture capital for 20+ years at prominent funds Venrock and Coinfund, and was among the first VCs to realize what was coming in crypto and moved in early to back teams such as Dapper Labs, 3Box (Ceramic Network), and Rarible. David has been on the bleeding edge of the thinking in this space concerning user ownership of data, creator ownership and IP, and the building of an ownership economy.
RARI Foundation head of strategy Jana Bertram joins The Agenda to discuss how NFT marketplaces can support creators and create an equitable, democratic space for collectors and creators — as well as the future of nonfungible tokens.The Agenda is brought to you by Cointelegraph and hosted/produced by Ray Salmond and Jonathan DeYoung. Follow Cointelegraph on X (Twitter) at @Cointelegraph, Jonathan at @maddopemadic and Ray at @HorusHughes. Jonathan is also on Instagram at @maddopemadic, and he makes the music for the podcast — hear more at madic.art.Follow Jana Bertram on X (Twitter) at @yannau. Check out Cointelegraph at cointelegraph.com.If you like what you heard, rate us and leave a review!The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this podcast are its participants' alone and do not necessarily reflect or represent the views and opinions of Cointelegraph. This podcast (and any related content) is for entertainment purposes only and does not constitute financial advice, nor should it be taken as such. Everyone must do their own research and make their own decisions. The podcast's participants may or may not own any of the assets mentioned.
¡Bienvenidxs a Navegando el Espacio Cripto! En esta edición exploramos la asociación entre NuBank y Circle para llevar USDC a usuarios Brasileños, los nuevos enlaces que permitirán enviar cripto desde Coinbase Wallet, Talos utilizando la liquidez de DeFi y muchas otras noticias más. ¡Acompáñanos! 00:00 Intro 02:40 ¿De qué vamos a hablar? 06:27 Precios 18:38 Nu Bank y Circle se asocian para ofrecer acceso a dólares digitales https://international.nubank.com.br/consumers/nubank-cripto-adds-ten-new-cryptocurrency-options-in-less-than-1-year/ 22:20 Chécate nuestro video para aprender más sobre Optimistic y ZK Rollups https://youtu.be/c53cDFXp9Is?si=0BqB2_D07LsIbo-x 23:11 Coinbase permitirá pagos por Whatsapp y Telegram https://cointelegraph.com/news/coinbase-wallet-crypto-transfer-links-social-media-messaging 27:00 Talos enrutará transacciones por medio de Uniswap https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/11/30/institutional-crypto-trader-talos-taps-into-uniswaps-liquidity/ 28:58 Rarible lanza su L2 con regalías para creadores https://cointelegraph.com/news/rarible-rari-foundation-taps-arbitrum-royalty-embedded-evm-chain 31:50 Airdrops y ¿más airdops?: Airdrop de Starknet https://www.theblock.co/post/265588/starknet-foundation-confirms-screenshots-showing-draft-airdrop-plans-says-snapshot-already-taken 37:49 Airdrop de Jito https://blockworks.co/news/jito-airdrop-value Merit Circle se integrará con Immutable X, el gaming en Web3 crece https://medium.com/@meritcircle/beam-joins-forces-with-immutable-and-polygon-labs-for-multichain-expansion-and-product-development-87fbeb9f6efe 43:02 Wormhole lanza “Wormhole queries” https://wormhole.com/queries/ 45:06 El CEO de JP Morgan dice que si él fuera gobernador, acbaría con la industria crypto https://www.theblock.co/post/266392/jpmorgan-ceo-jamie-dimon-tells-sen-elizabeth-warren-that-government-should-shut-down-crypto Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
¡Bienvenidxs a Navegando el Espacio Cripto! En esta edición exploramos la asociación entre NuBank y Circle para llevar USDC a usuarios Brasileños, los nuevos enlaces que permitirán enviar cripto desde Coinbase Wallet, Talos utilizando la liquidez de DeFi y muchas otras noticias más. ¡Acompáñanos! 00:00 Intro 02:40 ¿De qué vamos a hablar? 06:27 Precios 18:38 Nu Bank y Circle se asocian para ofrecer acceso a dólares digitales https://international.nubank.com.br/consumers/nubank-cripto-adds-ten-new-cryptocurrency-options-in-less-than-1-year/ 22:20 Chécate nuestro video para aprender más sobre Optimistic y ZK Rollups https://youtu.be/c53cDFXp9Is?si=0BqB2_D07LsIbo-x 23:11 Coinbase permitirá pagos por Whatsapp y Telegram https://cointelegraph.com/news/coinbase-wallet-crypto-transfer-links-social-media-messaging 27:00 Talos enrutará transacciones por medio de Uniswap https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/11/30/institutional-crypto-trader-talos-taps-into-uniswaps-liquidity/ 28:58 Rarible lanza su L2 con regalías para creadores https://cointelegraph.com/news/rarible-rari-foundation-taps-arbitrum-royalty-embedded-evm-chain 31:50 Airdrops y ¿más airdops?: Airdrop de Starknet https://www.theblock.co/post/265588/starknet-foundation-confirms-screenshots-showing-draft-airdrop-plans-says-snapshot-already-taken 37:49 Airdrop de Jito https://blockworks.co/news/jito-airdrop-value Merit Circle se integrará con Immutable X, el gaming en Web3 crece https://medium.com/@meritcircle/beam-joins-forces-with-immutable-and-polygon-labs-for-multichain-expansion-and-product-development-87fbeb9f6efe 43:02 Wormhole lanza “Wormhole queries” https://wormhole.com/queries/ 45:06 El CEO de JP Morgan dice que si él fuera gobernador, acbaría con la industria crypto https://www.theblock.co/post/266392/jpmorgan-ceo-jamie-dimon-tells-sen-elizabeth-warren-that-government-should-shut-down-crypto Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Rob interviews the Co-Founder of Rarible, Alex Salnikov, to discuss RaribleX: a brand-new solution for brands to launch custom web3 marketplaces. What impact could this venture - and others in the Rarible team - make on the industry as a whole? RaribleX: https://x.rarible.com/ | Alex's Twitter: https://twitter.com/insider0x Produced by John Nichols and Robert Baggs. Watch The Mint One Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@mint1pod Follow The Mint One Podcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Mint1Pod Music: "Voxel Revolution" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Join me in an enlightening conversation with Alexander Salnikov, co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer at Rarible, one of the leading NFT marketplaces that's shaping the future of digital ownership and Web3 products. Dive deep into the world of NFTs as we discuss Rarible's impressive trajectory, including their user-friendly platform that has facilitated over $300 million in NFT transactions, attracted over a million users, and boasts a significant social media following. Check out the interview to see what else Alexander opens up about!
Kelp DAO introduces rsETH liquid restaking. Pyth Network announces its PYTH token airdrop. EigenLayer begins its LST race. And Rarible introduces marketplace-as-a-service.
In our latest Benzinga Exclusive Interview, we sit down with Alex Salnikov, the brilliant mind behind Rarible! Dive deep as Salnikov unveils: The next big waves in the NFT space.Insights on Layer 2 tech and its impact.Sneak peek of Rarible's groundbreaking plans.A teaser about his talk at Benzinga's Future of Digital Asset Event on Nov 14th! From tech trends to personal insights, this chat promises a front-row seat to the digital future!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-raz-report/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Alex Salnikov, the Chief Strategy Officer and Co-Founder of Rarible, joins Randi Zuckerberg in the Crypto Café to talk about how NFTs are changing the future of ownership!
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Web3 Academy: Exploring Utility In NFTs, DAOs, Crypto & The Metaverse
In this episode we asked Alex from Rarible everything you need to know about the current situation of royalties and marketplaces.
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Conversamos sobre el mundo de la seguridad y antifraude en Web3 con nuestro invitado especial Luis Carchi, co-fundador de Shield. Luis, junto con sus compañeros y exalumnos de Princeton y MIT, Emmanuel Udotong e Isaiah Udotong, dejaron puestos destacados en Facebook y McKinsey para involucrarse del lleno a la industria cripto y Web3. Primero con colecciones de NFTs, Ancient Warriors, y ahora con Shield. Shield, una startup centrada en proporcionar medidas de seguridad integrales para el ecosistema Web3, recientemente se destacó al levantar $2.1 millones de inversores. En este episodio, exploramos la historia de éxito de Shield, sus servicios de seguridad en Web3, como su API que identifica posibles estafas en aplicaciones móviles y su bot de Discord que ayuda a detectar actividades maliciosas. Además, descubriremos cómo Shield protege a más de 350,000 usuarios, incluyendo clientes de renombre como Fox Deportes, Rarible y Guild.xyz. Acompáñanos mientras Luis Carchi comparte su visión sobre la importancia de la seguridad en el ecosistema de las criptomonedas y cómo Shield está trabajando para convertirse en el equivalente de Norton Antivirus para las criptomonedas. También exploramos su participación en el Programa de Aceleración de a16z Crypto Startup School, donde Shield recibió $500,000 para impulsar su crecimiento y desarrollo. No te pierdas esta conversación Gracias a nuestros sponsors: xtrim: ¡El nombre de tu empresa en la camiseta de los árbitros! Participa en www.SponsorConectado.com Pardux: Expandir tu negocio por Latinoamérica nunca fue tan fácil. https://www.pardux.com/ Farmacéutica La Santé: Tu Generico, Tu Vida. www.lasanteecuador.com Anubis Crypto: Aprende a invertir en criptomonedas con Anubis Academy. https://www.grupoanubis.com/ Facturero Movil: Con Facturero Móvil podrás crear documentos electrónicos autorizados por el SRI, sin contratos y desde 10 dólares. www.factureromovil.com
Alex Salnikov is the Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer at Rarible (https://rarible.com/). Backed by Coinbase Ventures, CoinFund, & more, Rarible is a leading blue-chip NFT company that powers both established and emerging brands and creators. Through a multi-chain, aggregated marketplace for NFTs, a self-serve marketplace builder tool, and a white-glove service for custom marketplaces, their products help brands and creators achieve success at every stage of their NFT journey. In this episode, we cover the verticalization of NFT marketplaces, their experience decentralizing Rarible, the NFT royalties debate, & much, much more.Recorded Tuesday May 9th, 2023.
My guest on today's podcast is Alex Salnikov, Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer at Rarible, a creator-centric, multichain NFT marketplace, empowering creators to have their own marketplace with complete control over their sales, royalties and branding. What's even more exciting is that this feature is currently free as Rarible has recently rolled it out. In this conversation, Alex and I dive deep into Web3 business models and the future of the space. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
Welcome to the Crypto Sapiens podcast! In this episode, we explore the origins and stories of some of the most innovative and visionary Web3 founders including Chris Castig of Console, Evin of Disco, Dan Romero of Farcaster, Perchy of Chippi NFT, Alex Salnikov of Rarible and Frogmonkee. In this episode, we'll take a deep dive into the personal and professional backgrounds of these trailblazers, and discover how their experiences shaped their journey towards building decentralized technologies. As the saying goes, "every giant has beginnings," and the Web3 movement is no exception. The founders of Web3 are a diverse group of individuals who come from different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. However, what they all share is a vision for a decentralized future that empowers individuals, rather than centralized institutions. Before diving into the world of Web3, many of these founders had already made significant contributions to various industries, such as finance, technology, and academia. Their experiences and expertise in these fields helped shape their understanding of the limitations of centralized systems, and the potential of decentralized technology. Through their stories, we'll discover the pivotal moments that led these founders to explore decentralized technology, and how they began to envision a future that was built on Web3 principles. We'll explore their personal and professional journeys, and how their backgrounds and experiences have helped shape their vision for a more decentralized world. —--------- This episode features the following founders: Chris Castig https://twitter.com/castig - Console https://twitter.com/consoledao Evin https://twitter.com/provenauthority - Disco https://twitter.com/discoxyz Dan Romero https://twitter.com/dwr - Farcaster https://twitter.com/farcaster_xyz Perchy https://twitter.com/TheFutureisDAO1 - Chippi NFT https://twitter.com/chippinft Alex Salnikov https://twitter.com/insider0x - Rarible https://twitter.com/rarible Frogmonkee https://twitter.com/frogmonkee —------- Whatever platform you listen to Crypto Sapiens on, please make sure you like, subscribe and give us a review. Doing this helps our content reach more people like you. Find ALL of our previous episodes on our website:
Web3 Academy: Exploring Utility In NFTs, DAOs, Crypto & The Metaverse
In this episode, Jay and Kyle talked with Alex Salnikov from Rarible about the origin story of this NFT marketplace and their experience navigating and surviving the space.
Web3 Academy: Exploring Utility In NFTs, DAOs, Crypto & The Metaverse
In this clip we asked Alex Salnikov from Rarible about how NFT Marketplaces can be sustainable, how they make money, and what is Rarible's business model.
Sirsu is the co-founder of BLVKHVND. He's an artist, designer, brand creator, gamer.BLVKHVND is creating an emerging ecosystem for onchain esports organizations. Their mission is to be the center of competition no matter where it lives. After breaking history as the first DAO to win a professional world championship they are driven to make the HVND fully owned and stewarded by everyone on the internet to build upon that success.In December 2022, BLVKHVND launched on Nouns Builder with a daily perpetual auction of NFTs to join their DAO.In this episode we talk about Sirsu's journey from earlier days in gaming, art and crypto. You'll hear stories from the origins of Zora, Rarible and Foundation. Being in telegram groups for art and NFTs long before the hype really came into the space.And what it's been like for Sirsu behind the scenes, having extraordinary experiences, like raising $1 million in one day on a Mirror crowd fund, and booting up an eSports organization with multiple teams competing around the world.About helping to launch Mint Fund in collaboration with others at Forefront, Zora and Seed Club ~ a Community-owned initiative helping crypto creators mint their first NFTsSirsu has many stories to tell, and much of it is shared here for the first time.SPONSORSZerion combines every corner of web3 in a simple and intuitive app for self-custodial humans. Discover the hottest NFT collections, track your DeFi rewards, and vote in DAOs across 10+ chains. Get started at zerion.ioLens Protocol is the open-source tech stack for building decentralized social media applications. A permissionless and transparent social graph that is owned by the user. Lens is the last social media handle you'll ever need to create. Visit lens.xyzYup is the best of web3 all in one feed. Aggregating content across Lens, Farcaster, Mirror, NFTs, and Crypto Twitter. Search across platforms, customize your feed, and show off your NFTs and POAPS on your profile. Visit yup.io
Launched in 2019, Rarible is one of the leading community-centric multichain NFT marketplaces. As an aggregated multichain marketplace, Rarible is unique in that it supports NFTs on Ethereum, Polygon, Solana, Tezos, and Immutable X. Rarible also offers users the ability to create their own marketplaces in just a couple of clicks.Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer Alex Salnikov sits down with Brian Friel to talk about Rarible's rich suite of products and services, his current views on NFTs, and where NFTs are headed next.About Alex:Alex Salnikov is the Chief Strategy Officer and co-founder of Rarible, a top-ranked community-centric NFT marketplace. A blockchain trailblazer and an active developer in the crypto space since 2012, Alex previously served as the Chief Technology Officer of CoinOffering, the first company to offer its shares in the form of blockchain assets. With a BA in Computer Science and an MA in Data Science, Alex's specialties span a variety of sectors including market analysis, decentralized finance, NFTs, and tokenomics. Show Notes:01:06 - Who he is and how Rarible started04:38 - How Rarible differentiated itself from othe marketplaces06:30 - Community marketplace products10:20 - RARI foundation. What is that? Can you dive a little into what that's all about?13:39- Rarible DAO and the RARI token 16:10 - Multichain NFT marketplace vs single chain22:17 - His current view on NFTs. What is exciting?25:39 - What is limiting NFTs? 27:42 - A builder he admires in the ecosystem Full Transcript:Brian Friel (00:05):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 Salnikov, the Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer at Rarible, one of the leading top ranked community centric NFT marketplaces. Alex, welcome to the show.Alex Salnikov (00:28):Hello. Hey Brian. Thank you so much for having me today. It's going to be an exciting talk. Thank you to our listeners for connecting and to hearing our chat. I'm excited.Brian Friel (00:41):I'm excited as well. This is a great time to be having this conversation. Right about this time, Phantom is gearing up to launch its multi-chain beta out to the public and you guys are super well positioned for this being one of the first NFT marketplaces to take a very multi-chain approach. I want to get into all that today with you, but maybe before we go into all that, let's start with a little bit about you. Who are you and how did you start building Rarible?Alex Salnikov (01:06):I have a computer science background. I've been getting my degree in one of the best economic universities in my country before moving to the United States, and that was the most pro-Western liberal part of university. And I guess that laid a big foundation for me to be predisposed to crypto because the crypto is very openness, pro-liberal environment. And even before that, during high school I was trying to earn money online and I had a lot of troubles with just accepting payments. Everybody was like, Hey, give us your passport and KYC," and, "Oh, you're not 18 yet. We can't really work with you." That doesn't make sense at all to me.(01:49):So in the first or second year in my university, I discovered crypto, never left the space. It was 2012. I can say that I'm born crypto, never done anything else. Fell down the rabbit hole as soon as I read Bitcoin white paper because of the very fruitful background that I've been growing in. And yeah, started doing startups with my college partner. We did a lot of cool stuff that eventually grow into Rarible. I mean not exactly grown into Rarible, but our experience of doing projects led us to do Rarible because of the following of the natural progression. There was exchanges like DeFi stuff and NFTs. So we tried all of that and NFTs were the most consumer native out of all that. DeFi is for nerds.(02:42):And NFTs are for people. We always had been doing something for nerds and we wanted to do something for people. And I'm joking. It's not that I'm disrespectful. We wanted to do something for people and it was just so much fun. We traded a little NFTs and my experience of facing obstacles with online ownership, it made so much sense when you have an item and you can change the wallet. You enter the same 12 words into another wallet and you have all the same NFTs with you, you don't like the marketplace, you connect your wallet to another marketplace. So it feels maybe not that important. Many projects saying, "Okay, we'll do email and password." But this idea when you can change your tools and have all the same environment, this is what sells you that vision because you feel like you are the owner, not someone else is the owner. You feel control and ownership and that is the key part of all the NFT market.Brian Friel (03:45):Yeah. No, I totally agree. It's that ability to exit anytime and not requiring the permission of somebody else. That's really cool too your experience early on with online businesses, especially in a foreign country. Where did you grow up, by the way? What country did you grow up in?Alex Salnikov (03:59):Russia. One of the most restricted.Brian Friel (04:02):Yeah, trying to operate an online business as a teenager in Russia, it's probably one of the best educations for the value of this kind of stuff. That's awesome to hear. So you mentioned you're in university, you start 2012 in crypto, you're going through iterations with your co-founders on DeFi, then you get to NFTs. And I agree, NFTs was really one of the first mainstream consumer applications of crypto that it kind of clicked for everybody. Let's talk a little bit about Rarible. So when you guys started Rarible, what was different about Rarible that you guys decided to do at the time from some of the other marketplaces that were out there?Alex Salnikov (04:38):Rarible was probably one of the first five NFT companies that went out there and back then, OpenSea was around, SuperRare was around, a couple other platforms were around and there weren't almost any NFTs. So you had all the wallets, you had all the collectibles, tabs on your wallets, all the infrastructure, on ramp marketplace, but it was almost none NFT. There was a couple copies of CryptoKitties basically. And even if you wanted to create an NFT, you needed to either deploy a smart contract yourself or you needed to go to SuperRare, submit an application to get accepted, wait several weeks and then to create something.(05:26):And for us, after spending that much time in the crypto, it was a little contrarian to the openness and all the values that you bring. You're the owner. You don't want to ask anyone before creating an NFT. So we just did a simple experiment. We created a page that allowed you to create an NFT, no verification, no questions, upload your picture, upload your name, description, royalties, and connect the wallet, deploy your own smart contract and deploy your own token and all that just direct access to the chain without any intermediary. This just blew up. Apparently the crypto people resonated with that vision.Brian Friel (06:10):That's awesome. I love that. I think that's a good segue into some of the features that you guys have going now as well. So you started that kind of self-serve, create your own NFT marketplace. You guys have continued that same sort of spirit with your community marketplace products. What are some of those? Can you give us an overview of those products that you guys are building for the community?Alex Salnikov (06:30):The whole story goes more or less like this. Just a year after Rarible is life, we are taking a look at the market and we understand that the potential of NFTs is just so much more and so much wider than art market, than PFP market. We are very early at this point of even discover of the market what's possible with NFTs. And we understand that the more the market develops, we will need different verticals, like best for gaming, best for tickets, best for art, best for music, best for everything. And just naturally I feel like a big part of our team, the big part of the company DNA is technical. Both our co-founders are technical by background, our CTO, head of product, a lot of technical experience, a lot of just even math and physics background. So when we were deciding, "Oh, let's build a marketplace," without even realizing that we created an indexer that reads all data on chain, stores all NFTs in our database. Because it felt like, "Okay, let's do it."(07:41):And turns out that's a big strength that we have as a marketplace and that's one of the hardest part for other marketplaces to go and actually to use. That's why we created product, which is called Rarible Protocol. We wanted to go down the layer of infrastructure and power the next generation of NFT products, be it this platform that you want to build a wallet, like Phantom for example, and you need to have API to access, "Oh, what are even the current users NFTs that he owns? Or what's the market data for these current NFTs? What is the floor prices for the current NFTs that they own? What is the metadata for them?" So this product is called Rarible Protocol and it exists for two years now.(08:26):The next thing that we learned is that there's still pretty heavy stack to build on top of that protocol. If you want to create a marketplace, you need that API and moreover, you need to have a great UI on top of this. And a great UI still takes a lot of time to build. That's why we went ahead and created the UI offering too. Here is your protocol, here is your API, and here is your UI to create your own marketplace.Brian Friel (08:53):These are all tools that are being used by creators essentially to have their own community centric marketplace that's powered by Rarible in the background.Alex Salnikov (09:01):Yes. At this point, we have almost 2,000 marketplaces created with this infrastructure, both UI and protocol. There is not much, maybe 10 projects that is using Protocol directly without the UI, but quite extensively. I think like Coinbase Wallet hits us pretty hard with some API calls and several others. So all this is just all this shared vision that we want to power the next generation of apps, of marketplaces, of protocols. The community marketplace today is a no code tool. A creator can come if they have their own collection and create a marketplace using our UI and UX without actually even writing any code. You can deploy your own marketplace in minutes tomorrow.Brian Friel (09:48):That's awesome. I love that. So you have all these tools which for most people who are interested in maybe creating their own NFTs, the infrastructure set up and the software side of things is usually the biggest hurdle. So you guys are eliminating that from people's stack. You guys also have this white glove service. I know that's being used by a number of NFT projects, some even on Solana that shout out to Degenerate Ape Academy who has built their own marketplace with you guys there. And then you guys have this thing called RARI Foundation. What is that? Can you dive into a little bit about what that's all about?Alex Salnikov (10:20):Yes. Yes, of course. Wow, we have a lot of things. Shout out to Degenerate Ape Academy, a great partner. They've been actually maybe the second or third project to use our white glove solution, the first on Solana and the biggest on Solana. So we love the partner. The very foundation, so as many of you know the Rarible issued this thing called RARI governance token quite early in the days. And the idea is that this is the governance token for the Protocol. It is fairly standard, as we know, route for the projects to gain security and credibility and neutrality. So why Curve is great, because it is fully on chain, you don't need to trust anyone and it is community owned. You have an exposure to the activity that happens on Curve with Siri.(11:25):Usually the companies that do that in order to prevent the conflict of interest, you want these companies to be separate. You want to have a lapse company that is doing software and you want to have a foundation that is overseeing the actual governance and the token, and this is what RARI Foundation is. If you would go to RARI.foundation, you would see everything regarding the token incentives, the fully on chain governance. It's a cutting edge governance that we created. I don't know if our listeners are familiar with the VeToken model. It's vote escrow token. In order to vote in the foundation, you need to log your area for the certain amount of time, and the longer you log them, the more Ve RARI you get because you are committed to be with the project long term you're looking for two years. The votes of people who are known to be committed for two years are much more valuable than votes from people who will not be here tomorrow. I think Curve pioneered with this model and we at RARI Foundation actually created the first solid implementation of the VeToken model.Brian Friel (12:36):Oh, no way. I didn't know that. That's awesome.Alex Salnikov (12:37):So if you want to launch the VeToken model, you can come to us and we would help you to set up DAO. And it's not easy today. A bunch of projects sit on the tokens that cannot be even used in voting because they don't have the snapshotting mechanism. I know we're getting into the weeds, but if you created your project several years ago and didn't think that you will use it in Adel, it might not be possible. And by adding VeToken, using OpenZeppelin Governor and using Tally as the interface, you can have a full featured, very robust DAO that is fully on chain that can operate budget, that can operate treasury, and that will weigh much more committed votes in favor of those that are not committed. It's great.Brian Friel (13:24):That's awesome. So the purpose of the Rarible DAO and the RARI token, as I understand, is that you guys have plans for this over time to take ownership of this Rarible Protocol that we talked about earlier. Can you talk a little bit about the current state of that?Alex Salnikov (13:39):It's all started kind of blended together. There is Rarible, there is Rarible Marketplace, there is Rarible Protocol and the governance and ownership of that is blended. So the end state is there is RARI Foundation that has fully robust on chain governance that overtook the Rarible Protocol and governance of the Rarible Protocol. The Rarible is doing laps, it develops the protocol, it develops the code. It submits the proposals to the foundation sometimes like, "Oh there is a new version. Can you please approve that?" And today the RARI Foundation has full control over the undistributed supply of RARI, something like around 40% of the network, and the full control over the governance processes and the branding and IP of the token. That's the step one.(14:31):The step two would be establishing participation requirements. There are certain activity requirements at which we can say, "Oh, now the foundation is ready to overtake the Rarible Protocol." And then RARI Foundation will overtake it and Rarible will just operate the front end on top of that. So that's the end state and end goal where we're going. Yeah.Brian Friel (14:52):That's super cool. Well, it seems like you guys have been on this track from day one with your community minded perspective here, so it's really cool to see that being laid out in front of everything.Alex Salnikov (15:03):Yeah, it is not easy. We had all this community spirits, but this is more or less the duration of the DAO. Even the first was signaling DAO and it was signaling, but there was not much execution done. The second was an onboarding DAO. We've been doing grants to work on protocol and there was a lot of participation, there was a lot of people working at the DAO, but the effectiveness was quite low, just too much coordination. This is the third version. Yeah.Brian Friel (15:32):So I want to take a little step back here and talk about how you guys have been multi-chained basically from day one. This has been something that wasn't always the norm, especially coming from Ethereum very much focusing on Ethereum and maybe other EVM chains. You guys were one of the first to recognize Solana, integrating there, then taking a step further, adding Tezos, Immutable X, and this comes at a really interesting time because as we're recording this show, Phantom is gearing up for its multi-chain launch. I want to hear from you, how has it been building a multi-chain NFT marketplace, and what insights have you found in building that that might inform you what you think the future of this multi-chain versus single-chain narrative will play out?Alex Salnikov (16:11):Yeah, this is a great question. We started with adding the second chain that was flow as early as Autumn 2021, so quite early. And of course, the narrative behind multi-chain is always easier. There is Ethereum. There is a lot of artists that are unhappy with paying a hundred dollars of gas prices to create their NFT. So what do we do? We adopt a faster chain and the future is going to be bright. Not that fast.(16:45):I guess the biggest learning of multi-chain development is that it's quite easy to buy that narrative that we will abstract away the blockchain from the user and the user doesn't even need to know, the same way the user doesn't know that we use HTTP when we run a website or HTTPS, but we're not there yet in terms of the community. A lot of these chains, they are networks. They're networks of communities and these communities have values and these values are sometimes even opposed to each other. Somebody compromised decentralization in favor of speed. Somebody compromised speed in favor of decentralization and it gets even political. There is not much intersection between these blockchains, at least yet.(17:31):We're seeing more and more of conformity. Say at some point Ethereum and maybe Cosmos and maybe Arbitrum and maybe Polygon and Solana at this point are almost equal chains in the sense they're commonly accepted as being cool. The more the subset of okay chains are growing, the more we can grow towards the multi-chain vision. But before that, it was like you support the chains, but users of one chain, thinks that the users of other chain is almost like political enemies to you. So this is the biggest learning, bootstrapping the network on the new chain is much more hard than we could have expected. We tried going that route and multiple projects followed that route. I think OpenSea followed that route and struggled to get a meaningful market share from Magic Eden on Solana. Magic Eden added Ethereum and struggled to get meaningful market share from OpenSea on Ethereum. Now everybody's going to Polygon. We'll see how it gets there. It's much more interesting.(18:43):But yeah, we're seeing convergence obviously, but it happened two years after we added the first chain. Doodles migrated to Flow. We're seeing some convergence between ease in Flow. But again, this happened two years after we added that. We were a little ahead of time to get there.Brian Friel (19:03):Yeah. You guys were early to all that. I am curious though, you mentioned there's this narrative that some people have, definitely not everyone in crypto, but it's like, "Oh, in the future we're going to abstract away what chain you're using." And it's just like you're using a normal website and it doesn't notice anything. Do you buy that narrative? Do you think that is still coming despite all the differences between chains that we have today?Alex Salnikov (19:27):I don't know. Honestly and truly, I don't know. It feels like at this point at least EVM chains are all getting abstracted away. If you connect Ethereum Wallet or Rainbow Wallet, they would display the balance across all the chains just like a single shared (wallet). And you'll see, "Oh, here's my Optimism balance, here's my Polygon balance, here is my Ethereum balance." And then the next point would be bridges. MetaMask just added bridges so you can move things across these chains. This is definitely happening among the EVM chains. We haven't seen this happen among... I guess you are very well positioned to make that true for Solana and Polygon and ETH. So that is great. We're seeing this happening for sure. And even OKX Wallet. If you connect OKX Wallet, I loved that innovation and I'm dying to see that innovation among every other wallet. They don't ask you to change the network. I don't know why we need to ask people to change the network. Please don't ask people to change the network. It's impossible for a newcomer to understand.Brian Friel (20:32):Well, Alex, you'll be very happy to know that you'll never be asked to change your network in Phantom's multi-chain version. It all happens behind the scene. You just connect once it's considered connected on all chains. So we'll make it happen for Rarible. It will be a great showcase for all of that as well.Alex Salnikov (20:48):Thank you. Thank you so much. Let's collectively push MetaMask or the whole market.Brian Friel (20:54):Yeah, absolutely. A lot of this stuff is not intuitive. You're already getting people who are maybe coming to crypto because they like an NFT, they have a lot of questions about crypto, they're not sure. And then showing them these network change popups in their face, it's probably the last thing they need. And it's all about making this a safe and intuitive and familiar experience so that we can grow this thing.Alex Salnikov (21:17):There are two things that are almost impossible for the newcomer to overcome. It is the stuck or failing transaction. A failing transaction is okay, you can just resubmit it. But a stuck transaction, you need to wait until it goes so you can submit the next one. I've seen countless people just drop on that and this change of the next one.Brian Friel (21:40):I couldn't agree more.Alex Salnikov (21:41):It's so bad.Brian Friel (21:41):Yeah. That's something that we all have to fix, I think, as an industry. And we definitely have our take on those two problems. So we'll share you a beta code after this is done so you can play around and get your feedback on it. But yeah, I'm excited.(21:54):I want to switch gears a little bit to talk about how you see the NFT market evolving. You sit in a really interesting spot because as we said, you were very early, not only to NFTs, but to crypto. You're starting this in playing around in crypto in 2012. You've been early to the NFT marketplace scene. What is your current view on the NFT meta per se? What excites you about NFTs today?Alex Salnikov (22:17):It's a great question. More or less the whole story of NFT, we had CryptoKitties, which I actually believe is a way more advanced NFT than all that we currently have. It's living things that have DNA that can breed on chain and you can own them. Wow. After that, we take the giant step back. Okay, it's too hard for people to understand. Let it be just pictures. Let it be just art, and that went out. Art has a product market fit, very clear generative art, plain art, one-on-one, open additions. The current meta of open additions is through the roof, but it is all the same category of art. Quite clear. The simplest use case to make you get the idea of NFT.(23:10):The second biggest use case is PFP profile picture. Again, great one. It's virtual clothes for your digital identity. I find that the biggest cool thing about NFTs is that your digital you can own digital things that are directly owned by your digital you. And Twitter integrated that. Amazing. Instagram integrated art. I think Reddit integrated but not fully yet. So a PFP digital avatar. Great. And sadly, this is the only two use cases that work for NFT today. Maybe the third small one is memberships. You can have NFT membership. And that's it. Nothing else has yet worked. There are a lot of discussion. People usually think, "Okay, what's next? Or let's connect phygital. Let's do physical and digital at the same time."Brian Friel (24:05):I haven't heard that, phygital. That's funny.Alex Salnikov (24:07):For me, this is not as exciting. It is definitely what's needed. But the digital world evolves much faster than the physical. And by the time we have this, "Oh, digital, let's do an NFT for the house." So you need to have laws and it would take 10 years to get laws in place and during that 10 years, we'll have metaverses that are far more advanced than it is now. So it's just this part of the market, it's growing. It's faster. So to me, something that excites me a lot is something like CloneX is doing. You have a 3D avatar that you can import into the different metaverses and that would be you. So digital and native virtual use cases that have not been possible before. PFP have not been possible before, the interoperable between platforms PFP. The digital art have not been possible before. So some new use cases that have not been possible before that will utilize NFTs is what excites me. Games makes a lot of sense. But I don't know, CryptoKitties was such a cool project. There have got to be more to NFTs.Brian Friel (25:21):We got to get back to that same spirit for sure. I'm curious, do you think there's any one thing, like one bottleneck that's holding the NFT sector back? Is it something on the wallet side? Is it something just on the user education front, technology, or do you think this just takes time to iterate on?Alex Salnikov (25:40):I think the main value prop of NFTs is the standard. It is looked at everywhere as the same item. And this is the biggest bottleneck as well. We're coming up with the smart NFTs, so the smart NFT, every wallet should adopt it, every marketplace should adopt it, and some projects ideally should adopt it. So just the cooperation, the intersection of projects to adopt the same idea. I've subscribed to the newsletter that's called This Week in Ethereum, and I think that's one of the best newsletters out there. I read about new developments of NFT standards. Almost every week, there is something. Composable NFT, rentable NFT, this NFT, that NFT. And when I look at this proposal, I understand that several years need to pass before we will actually see any of these new NFT standards adopted.(26:39):So we will all need to come up with some addition to NFT standard that we all love and that we will all adopt and that will not be as hard as composable NFT of like ERC 998, or 988. That is very complicated, and very complicated standards do not get adoption. So some small increment, some better standard and a wider adoption of that standard. So complexity. Getting back to your question. Complexity. Yeah, complexity and coordination. Yeah.Brian Friel (27:10):Yeah. Complexity and coordination. Coordination across a lot of different people. Yeah. That's awesome. Well, that's a great insight, especially for us as we're gearing up to go multi-chain and supporting NFTs. So we're going to have to take a deep look at a lot of those different standards that are coming online and continue to iterate. So Alex, I just want to thank you. This has been a really great conversation. Thanks so much for coming on the show. One last question that we ask all our guests, and I want to hear this from you as well is who is a builder that you admire in the Web 3.0 Ecosystem?Alex Salnikov (27:42):Vitalik. I might come to some better answer, but-Brian Friel (27:48):You are the first person to say Vitalik on this show. So the spotlight's yours, you can take it.Alex Salnikov (27:52):I'll take Vitalik. He's built so much and his article... I've been recently diving into the article that explains how ZK works. I recommend it to everyone. They say that, "Oh, the next decade is going to be ZK decade." So just try to digest it, understand how it works. It's going to change a lot of lives.Brian Friel (28:11):That's a great answer. Well, we all have our homework assignment after this. Alex, thanks so much for coming on. Where can people go to learn more about Rarible?Alex Salnikov (28:19):It's always on twitter.com/rarible or twitter.com/insider0x. That's my personal Twitter, if you want to follow me. Rari.foundation is the biggest and exciting part that just started. So there's going to be a lot of development on that end. We're going to be East Denver. Let's meet. It's a great place to catch up.Brian Friel (28:41):I love it.Alex Salnikov (28:44):Yeah. And I feel like the second part of our talk is better than the first. Let's skip to the second part, guys. Maybe we can put that into-Brian Friel (28:52):Yeah, we'll get that in the show notes for sure. Awesome. Alex Salnikov, the Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Rarible. Thanks so much for coming on.Alex Salnikov (29:00):Thank you for having me, Brian. You are a part of an amazing team that built an amazing product that actually have chances to compete with the giants that we all know are really hard to move. Good luck with that. Let's not change networks, please.Brian Friel (29:15):Yeah, let's not change networks. I love it. That's all. Awesome. Thanks so much.Alex Salnikov (29:20):You're welcome.
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Today we are chatting with Alex Salnikov, Co-founder of Rarible. We learn about the early days of Rarible, starting with the launch of their easy-to-use NFT minting platform that allowed anyone to create them. Alex says, at that time, you either had to be a developer or be vetted by the marketplace to mint NFTs. Throughout my conversation with Alex, I realize this consideration for accessibility drives a lot of their innovations. This has inspired it to become a first-of-its-kind aggregated marketplace for Ethereum NFTs and, more recently, to launch community marketplaces. This last one seems to have resonated with many popular collections and creators who launched marketplaces powered by Rarible. As always, there are lots to unpack here, so let's get started. - - - And please remember to like and subscribe wherever you listen to this podcast. And give us a 5 star review. This helps our content reach more people like you. You can also find our entire podcast archive on our website cryptosapiens.xyz. Until next time, stay brainy. Follow Alex here https://twitter.com/insider0x Follow Rarible https://twitter.com/rarible https://rarible.com/ Crypto Sapiens is produced in partnership with Bankless DAO. https://bankless.community --- Crypto Sapiens hosts lively discussions with innovative Web3 builders to help everyone learn about decentralized money systems, including Ethereum, Bitcoin and DeFi. https://www.cryptosapiens.xyz/ Join our community https://discord.gg/kzKA9RQTb4 __ Mint a Publication https://lenstube.xyz/cryptosapiens.lens https://mirror.xyz/cryptosapiens.eth --- Subscribe to our Newsletter https://cryptosapiens.substack.com/ ------------- --- https://twitter.com/CryptoSapiens https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC26aOc_4vSGiQATW1V4e9Tw https://www.instagram.com/cryptosapiensofficial/ https://www.facebook.com/CryptoSapiens-Podcast-107678875061018 Connect with Humpty Calderon https://twitter.com/humptycalderon --- --- Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research.
On this episode, we're looking into a possible crypto crash catalyst on the verge of wrecking the market silently. One-click checkout company Bolt backed out of a $1.5 billion dollar acquisition of crypto payment provider Wyre. Crypto business are beginning to panic and shift their onboarding solutions to alternatives, potentially setting back crypto months.~This episode is sponsored by GALA Games~Gala Games website ➜ https://bit.ly/GALAgamesGala Music website ➜ https://bit.ly/GALAmusicGala Film website ➜ https://bit.ly/GALAfilm
Sebastian Brocher is the creator of 2018 on-chain generative nft project Cryptoarte and founder of Studio Uno, a collaborative NFT art Studio. Cryptoarte is considered one of the earliest forms of generative art on the blockchain, while at the time utilizing the most effective tools to bring the art "on-chain". His new venture Studio Uno collaborates with generative artists to push the boundaries of NFTs and art. "Where artists and technologists collaborate to bring you interactive projects that explore the boundaries and intersection of their métier.Unleash your creativity. Mint incredible art that is significant to you. Join the thriving collector community. Gain access to exclusive experiences and rewards."|Sebastian Brocher|• Twitter → https://twitter.com/CryptoArte• Website → https://studiouno.io/|CONNECT WITH JAKE|• Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/jakegallen/• Twitter → https://twitter.com/jakegallen_• Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/JakeNGallen• Linkedin → https://www.linkedin.com/in/jake-gall...|FOLLOW AND SUBSCRIBE THE PODCAST|• Website → https://www.jakegallen.com/• Youtube → Subscribe to this page• Apple Podcasts → https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...• Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/show/7hQdRAz...• Google Podcasts → https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR...• RSS Feed → https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/1005154.rss• Website → https://solo.to/theguestlistpod• Media Host → https://theguestlistpod.buzzsprout.com/
Hemba was the largest claimant of CryptoPunks V1 (1054) and Autoglyphs (72) in 2017 and 2019 respectively. This also means that he also received that airdrop for CryptoPunks V2 after a bug was found within the original contract's marketplace. During 2022, V1 CryptoPunks made a comeback after a developer created a wrapper contract and owners began listing them on Rarible. Since then Hemba has been one of the vocal leaders and supporters of the CryptoPunks V1 Community. |Hemba|• Twitter → https://twitter.com/soldthebottom• Website → https://v1punks.gitbook.io/cryptopunks-v1-wiki/|CONNECT WITH JAKE|• Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/jakegallen/• Twitter → https://twitter.com/jakegallen_• Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/JakeNGallen• Linkedin → https://www.linkedin.com/in/jake-gall...|FOLLOW AND SUBSCRIBE THE PODCAST|• Website → https://www.jakegallen.com/• Youtube → Subscribe to this page• Apple Podcasts → https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...• Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/show/7hQdRAz...• Google Podcasts → https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR...• RSS Feed → https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/1005154.rss• Website → https://solo.to/theguestlistpod• Media Host → https://theguestlistpod.buzzsprout.com/
The Automotive Troublemaker w/ Paul J Daly and Kyle Mountsier
We're thankful for Thursdays as we give you a fly over of all things pop culture in this unique episode of The Automotive Troublemaker. We also talk about some motorized momentum in new mobility stocks as of this week.The Porsche IPO has topped initial expectations with its final offer price coming in at the very high end of the initially proposed price range, settling at $79.93. The list price brought in over $9.1 Billion dollars making it Europe's largest IPO in a decadePuts Porsche's valuation very close to the total market cap of VW Group which owns VW, Audi, and several other brandsThe funding will provide a boost to the company's electrification plans and proves the brands loyal following with such a strong showing in overall challenging market conditionsReuters reports Harley-Davidson spun off its electric motorcycle division in a SPAC deal creating the first publicly traded electric motorcycle company in the U.S.Yielding $1.77B in cash, Harley Davidson has retained 74% ownership in the brandLiveWire currently produces 2 motorcycles at a starting price of $16,999Tesla's annual AI Day is tomorrow where the likely star will be the company's Optimus humanoid robot. Tesla revealed the project last year and is promising to show off an actual working prototype of the bot which is intended to replace humans doing dangerous, repetitive, or boring tasks. As designed, the 125-pound, battery-powered, human-size robot will move with the aid of 40 mechanical actuators, including 12 in its hands for "human-level" functioning. It'll lift 150 pounds and perceive the world using eight cameras. Tesla's design showed it using the same computer that controls Tesla's cars.Tesla will also be featuring updates to its FSD capabilities and live streaming the entire event on its YouTube pageOur friends at Retail Wire are reporting Walmart has moved to the metaverse. The retail giant on Monday launched two immersive experiences on the Roblox gaming platform.Walmart Land and Walmart's Universe of Play are the retailer's first attempts to connect visitors with virtual merchandise (AKA verch) that have real life matches on walmart.com and in the chain's stores.While no real money will be changing hands, users can earn coins to exchange for toys and other items, have a dance challenge, and engage in a Stranger Things trivia experience. Look out for the overhead blimp that randomly drops toys.NFT Trading volume is way down YoY. Bloomberg first reported on data hosted on Dune Analytics that showed trading volume for NFTs has gone from $17 billion to just $466 million from January to September this year. That's a precipitous 97% drop in just nine months. The data was collected from NFT trading platforms including OpenSea, NFTX, LarvaLabs, LooksRare, SuperRare, Rarible, and Foundation.This puts trading below June of last year before the NFT craze skyrocketed salesOverall number of traders hasn't changed much indicating community interest in the collectiblesMeganame NFTs such as the Bored Ape Yacht club are retaining their value, albeit the volume of trading has diminishedSome of the companies that tried to cash in on the NFT craze are now repackaging their efforts with phrases like ‘
Aleyna Dogan is a strategist at Vayner3, Twitter spaces audio host with Rarible, author of a weekly newsletter called NFTimes, photographer, and graduate of NYU Gallatin where she studied technology ethics. She has been on various podcasts talking about ethics in web3, gives workshops about NFTs, and publishes other articles about web3 on One37pm and CryptoSlate.Welcome to the Summer Series of Culture Factor. I'm Holly Shannon.When I was speaking and interviewing at NFT NYC I noticed themes that almost every one of my conversations touched.This new Web3 digital space is made up of artists, collectors and businesses and when we stopped to scratch the surface, these underlying themes all pointed toward our most basic, fundamental, evolutionary need: connection.Over the next few weeks, I'm going to break down the whys, not just the whats, of this new digital space we find ourselves in.Hello Culture Factor Family, and welcome to the summer series.During my interviews at NFT NYC, a theme that revealed itself underneath the Web3 technology was the different kinds of user experience.Technology accessibility, fiat (or, real cash money)vs. cryptocurrency, social media, personal expression, community, and education these are all facets of user experience that I've noticed directly affect people's engagement in this space — both literally and metaphorically.1. This is my second Vayner voice on the show and I see that you are immersed in the new vertical that is Vayner3, are you excited to be on the ground floor of this?2. The First episode of Season 4 was at NFT NYC and I was interviewing artists and collectors about the user experience. The vantage point was the friction that an artist or collector will bump into in the initial growth of this space and around adoption of the tools. Where do you see the user experience maturing?3. Switching from User Experience, I realize you are passionate about the human experience. What do you think that specifically is like in the NFT/Web3 space? And please give me the perspective of the artist and the collector.4. Let's tap into Web 3 ethics which has become your specialty: How does the artist protect themselves? Is there a perfect smart contract on the blockchain?5. How does the collector protect themselves from predatory behavior? (ex. wallets drained, NFTs stolen, rug pulls)Season 4 of Culture Factor is produced by Avery Rogers' Paleblue StudiosAleyna Dogan's NewsletterAleyna Dogan TwitterAleyna Dogan LinkedInHolly Shannon's WebsiteZero To Podcast on AmazonMint Holly Shannon + Culture Factor NFTHolly Shannon, LinkedinHolly Shannon, InstagramHolly Shannon, TwitterHarmony Wine Use Promo Code HOLLYROSE20 for 20% offWatch Culture Factor and VaynerNFTSeason 4 producer Avery Rogers (Paleblue Studios)Avery Rogers, TwitterAvery Rogers, InstagramAvery Rogers, LinkedInAvery Rogers, Portfolio#web #business #backstage #education #talk #collector #NFTNYC #billboards #indie #timessquare #technologies #conversations #creativity #creators #nfts #nft #nftart #cryptocurrency #blockchain #metaverse #culturefactor #web3 #smartcontracts #bitcoin #nftartist #nftcollectors #eth #ethereum #marketingdigital #marketingstrategy #marketingtips #youtubers #tiktok #instagram #reels #branding #authorsofig #podcastersofinstagram #authorpreneur #entrepreneur #solopreneur #coach #consulting #zerotopodcast #podcast #jobsearching #thoughtleader #thoughtleadership #b2bmarketing #b2b #b2bsales #writersofig #howtopodcast #startapodcasttoday #startapodcastalready #nofear #lifelonglearning #experiences #experientialmarketing #bitcoin #companyculture #employeeengagment #web3 #smartcontracts #bitcoin #nftartist #nftcollectors #eth #ethereum #community #peertopeer #decentralizedeconomy
This week on Future Fossils, we sync up with globe-trotting (Singapore-based) futurist Parag Khanna, author of several internationally best-selling books on the shifting landscape of human geography and technological evolution. My acquaintance with Parag dates back all the way to 2011 when I found his Hybrid Reality Institute, and started writing for his BigThink blog, thanks to the writing of Jason Silva — I knew this was a party I couldn't miss, even though I was then, as now, deeply ambivalent about the contours of the futures he and his colleagues were making visible with their rigorous research. This spirit has defined my entire adult life: if you want to help steer something in a better direction, you might just have to get your hands down into the murk and engage with it deeply enough to be in the position to make a difference. So when his agent contacted me about interviewing him about his latest book, 2021's Move: The Forces Uprooting Us, I knew it was an offer I couldn't refuse. But let me be clear that Parag sees things very differently than I do, and I appreciate that about him: he has a keen sense of the risks and dangers of our times but emphasizes the opportunities because the facts are there to support it. If you move around as much as he does, and always has, you get a kind of synoptic view of the planet and the tension between individual destiny and collective momentum comes into a new tuning. This is a beast of a conversation. It was hell to edit. I'm glad it happened. Here you go!Complete, extensive show notes at Patreon.✨ Housekeeping:• Intro music is "You're In My Self-Portrait" from my 2012 album Golden Hour. Outro music is "City of Jewels" from my 2013 EP of the same name. For something completely different, check out my latest live album, recorded at Meow Wolf Santa Fe while opening for DeVotchKa.✨ Other Ways To Support The Work & Community:• My roughly-monthly newsletter at Substack• Venmo: @futurefossils• PayPal.me/michaelgarfield• ETH: FutureFossils.eth• BTC: 1At2LQbkQmgDugkchkP6QkDJCvJ5rv3Jm• NFTs: Rarible | Foundation | Voice | Hic Et Nunc | Mint Songs Get bonus content on PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/futurefossils. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
✨ SUBSCRIBE TO THE OVERPRICED JPEGS CHANNEL ✨ https://bankless.cc/jpegs Jon Rogers is back! In case you didn't know, Jon was the former franchise head of Disney and is currently deeply tapped into all things web3 & NFTs. On today's episode, Jon and Carly cover the hottest updates and projects in NFTs! Such as, their NFT NYC observations, CryptoPunks' new brand lead and the insider trading (?!) that happened prior to the announcement, Doodles 2, and so much more! We seriously advise you to never miss a Jon Rogers episode. The depth of his knowledge of the space sees no limit. ------
✨ SUBSCRIBE TO THE OVERPRICED JPEGS CHANNEL ✨ https://bankless.cc/jpegs On this episode of Overpriced JPEGs, Carly is joined by Michael Le, aka JustMaiko, a 22-year-old web2 superstar with over 50M followers across all social platforms. Michael gearing up to enter the web3 gaming space, with his company Joystick. Michael is also joined by his Co-Founder & Joystick CEO, Robin DeFay for this insightful interview with Carly! Joystick is a web3 gaming and esports platform that allows users to become pro gamers or content creators in the Web3 space by giving them the opportunity to keep 100 percent of revenue earned. They've raised $8 million in seed funding and are currently raising a $110 million Series A. Where is the future of gaming headed? What web2 learnings has Michael implemented when building his social empire to dominate in web3? How are Michael and Robin thinking about gaming chains, play-to-earn, and land sales? Answers to these questions and so much more in the episode! ------
✨ SUBSCRIBE TO THE OVERPRICED JPEGS CHANNEL ✨ https://bankless.cc/jpegs Welcome back to another Moment of Zen(eca) recap episode with none other than Zeneca_33! The bear market keeps on bearing, but the show goes on. This week, Carly and Zeneca cover the Celsius CeFi move that tanked the CEL price, the Goblintown team dox, Nickelodeon's NFTs, and what they're buying and eye-info in this market. The two also give their predictions on where the bear market bottom lies…under $1000…under $500 ETH prices…?! Hear their predictions, their reasoning, and tons more on this week's recap! As always, we hope you enjoy this week's Moment of Zen(eca) with Zeneca_33 :) ------ SUBSCRIBE TO OVERPRICED JPEGs YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgwYifaFPX3_FJe7MMWfmAg
✨ SUBSCRIBE TO THE OVERPRICED JPEGS CHANNEL ✨ https://bankless.cc/jpegs On this episode of Overpriced JPEGs, Carly is joined by renowned NFT and crypto investor, creator, thought leader, tastemaker, futurist, and culture shifter (the list goes on!) — gmoney. After a year+ of planning and studying, gmoney has finally launched Admit One, a 1,000-big NFT community that has managed to break through in a big way during this bear market. He unpacks just what Admit One is, how it came together, and what's up with the marketplace that he's launched with it. The two also break down why gmoney has called NFTs a smart risk-adjusted investing bet, what g is reading these days to get smarter on the space, and how he thinks about the metaverse today. Enjoy! ------
✨ SUBSCRIBE TO THE OVERPRICED JPEGS CHANNEL ✨ https://bankless.cc/jpegs On this episode of Overpriced JPEGs, Carly welcomes friend and colleague, Danny Greene, General Manager of the MeebitsDAO. The two talk about what's changed with Meebits since the Yuga Labs acquisition, the future of Meebits, MeebitsDAO's approach to building the open metaverse, their unique governance structure, and Meebits' upcoming drop—Meekicks—free for all Meebits holders! Danny's passion for web3, the open metaverse, and social good make for the ultimate vibe of an episode. Enjoy! ------
✨ SUBSCRIBE TO THE OVERPRICED JPEGS CHANNEL ✨ https://bankless.cc/jpegs As the idea of “the metaverse” grows in popularity, projects selling land in their own metaverse grows more popular too. But is this really a good long-term strategy? In this episode, Carly sits down with Lars Doucet, the Co-Founder of Level Up Labs, a consulting firm focused on blockchain gaming. Lars is a digital land expert who has studied what happens when you sell “land-like assets” in virtual worlds. (Hint: digital economy land recessions). He explains why selling land can be a losing strategy, the situations in which it does work, and how some of these high-profile projects who have already started selling land (**cough cough Otherside, cough cough Axie Infinity**) can do from here to prevent the worst from happening. Digital land is one of, if not THE hot topic of NFTs as of late and it's important we all understand it a little better. ------
✨ SUBSCRIBE TO THE OVERPRICED JPEGS CHANNEL ✨ https://bankless.cc/jpegs As the idea of “the metaverse” grows in popularity, projects selling land in their own metaverse grows more popular too. But is this really a good long-term strategy? In this episode, Carly sits down with Lars Doucet, the Co-Founder of Level Up Labs, a consulting firm focused on blockchain gaming. Lars is a digital land expert who has studied what happens when you sell “land-like assets” in virtual worlds. (Hint: digital economy land recessions). He explains why selling land can be a losing strategy, the situations in which it does work, and how some of these high-profile projects who have already started selling land (**cough cough Otherside, cough cough Axie Infinity**) can do from here to prevent the worst from happening. Digital land is one of, if not THE hot topic of NFTs as of late and it's important we all understand it a little better. ------
✨ SUBSCRIBE TO THE OVERPRICED JPEGS CHANNEL ✨ https://bankless.cc/jpegs Surprise! We're welcoming back Zeneca_33 for the second time in two weeks for another Moment of Zen(eca) recap episode! This week, Carly and Zeneca cover the Goblins' OpenSea leaderboard takeover and debate: is goblintown the next BAYC or is it Loot? They also break down the hottest projects of the week: OSF's rektguy and GMoney's Admit One drop. The two also discuss recent OpenSea news (and the charges against former OpenSea employee, Nate Chastain). And they provide updates on some topics from last week's episode. As always, we hope you enjoy this week's Moment of Zen(eca) with Zeneca_33 :) ------ SUBSCRIBE TO OVERPRICED JPEGs YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgwYifaFPX3_FJe7MMWfmAg
✨ SUBSCRIBE TO THE OVERPRICED JPEGS CHANNEL ✨ https://bankless.cc/jpegs Surprise! We're welcoming back Zeneca_33 for the second time in two weeks for another Moment of Zen(eca) recap episode! This week, Carly and Zeneca cover the Goblins' OpenSea leaderboard takeover and debate: is goblintown the next BAYC or is it Loot? They also break down the hottest projects of the week: OSF's rektguy and GMoney's Admit One drop. The two also discuss recent OpenSea news (and the charges against former OpenSea employee, Nate Chastain). And they provide updates on some topics from last week's episode. As always, we hope you enjoy this week's Moment of Zen(eca) with Zeneca_33 :) ------ SUBSCRIBE TO OVERPRICED JPEGs YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgwYifaFPX3_FJe7MMWfmAg
✨ SUBSCRIBE TO THE OVERPRICED JPEGS CHANNEL ✨ https://bankless.cc/jpegs On this episode of Overpriced JPEGs, Carly welcomes Jake Brukhman, Founder & CEO of CoinFund, one of the first blockchain-focused investment firms in the United States. The two dive into the VC-funding slow-down, what Jake's betting on for the next big market trend, and what metrics NFT investors should be looking at (because floor prices are a faulty indicator!) Jake has been actively investing in crypto and blockchain for seven years so he's seen it all - the good, the bad, the bear and the bull! Enjoy! ------
✨ SUBSCRIBE TO THE OVERPRICED JPEGS CHANNEL ✨ https://bankless.cc/jpegs On this episode of Overpriced JPEGs we welcome back Zeneca_33 for another Moment of Zen(eca) recap episode! Carly and Zen debate whether or not this is the bottom of the bear market or if there's further to fall, and the projects making headlines this week, including Goblintown, Oddities, Chimpers, and StarTrek NFTs. Plus, Zeneca explains why FXHash is outperforming the market and Carly explains the steps Seth Green could have taken to protect his Bored Ape film project, despite the fact that his Ape was stolen. As always, we hope you enjoy this week's Moment of Zen(eca) with Zeneca_33 :) ------ SUBSCRIBE TO OVERPRICED JPEGs YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgwYifaFPX3_FJe7MMWfmAg
Co-Founder & President, Robbie Ferguson and Co-Founder & CTO, Alex Connolly join us to reveal something very important: the next chapter of Immutable. Tune in to find out what it is and what it means for the NFT space! ------
Many of the artists and creators who mint nonfungible tokens (NFTs) are concerned about the environmental impact of the blockchain. But what if they could pair carbon removal with any given NFT to make it carbon-negative? Alexander Salnikov is Cofounder and Chief Strategy Officer at Rarible: a multichain, community-centric NFT marketplace. On this episode of Reversing Climate Change, Alexander joins Ross and cohost Alexsandra Guerra, Nori's Director of Corporate Development, to discuss the partnership between Nori and Rarible, describing how it affords Rarible users the opportunity to address their carbon footprint. Alexander explains how NFTs function as an effective way to store assets on the blockchain, exploring the many different use cases for NFTs, and how having access to a community is attracting new users to the space. Listen in for Alexander's insight around the future of NFTs and learn how blockchain technology might be used to make all our systems more transparent, faster, and more efficient. Connect with Nori Purchase Nori Carbon Removals Nori's website Nori on Twitter Check out our other podcast, Carbon Removal Newsroom Resources Rarible Rarible's Partnership with Nori Bored Ape Yacht Club CryptoKitties Aspen Ideas Climate Conference Ready Player One Retina Ghost: creator of the Nori Proof-of-Attendance NFTs from the Miami event Nori Token Pre-Launch Carnival Recap Jesse Smith on Reversing Climate Change S3EP12 Ross's Nori Logo Graveyard NFT Digital Gold: Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Misfits and Millionaires Trying to Reinvent Money by Nathaniel Popper Doodles NFT.NYC Art Basel Imogen Heap on Reversing Climate Change S2EP72 Aragon Court --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/reversingclimatechange/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/reversingclimatechange/support
"The Hash" hosts discuss today's top stories ranging from Elon Musk's bid to take over Twitter for $54.20 per share to Solana's NFTs debuting on Rarible.-Consensus 2022, the industry's most influential event, is happening June 9-12 in Austin, Texas. If you're looking to immerse yourself in the fast-moving world of crypto, Web 3 and NFTs, this is the festival experience for you. Visit coindesk.com/consensus2022 to get your pass today.This episode has been edited by Michele Musso. Our Executive Producer is Jared Schwartz with additional production support from Eleanor Pahl. Our theme song is “Neon Beach.“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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