Justin Wu from FinTech to DeFi, parachains to interchains & Pokemon to NFTs, plus: New York Times NFT, and big tech investors backing Sorare, OpenSea, Boson and more.
Jeff, Josh, and Eathan chat up marketing guru, crypto investor, gamer, NFT early adopter, and innovator Justin Wu about the upcoming DeFi Summit and NFT Con, how crypto has changed since the 2017 crash, what NFT platforms will survive and thrive the next several years, where FinTech and NFTs intersect, marketing at the center of NFT hype, Edge Quick Hitters, Hot Topics, and more!
Jeff, Josh, and Eathan chat up marketing guru, crypto investor, gamer, NFT early adopter, and innovator Justin Wu about the upcoming DeFi Summit and NFT Con, how crypto has changed since the 2017 crash, what NFT platforms will survive and thrive the next several years, where FinTech and NFTs intersect, marketing at the center of NFT hype, Edge Quick Hitters, Hot Topics, and more!
TOPICS
TOPICS
- 00:00 - 01:00 Intro
- 01:00 - 03:50 Justin Background
- Diamond hands for beginners
- Surviving the crypto crash of 2017
- 03:50 - 07:30 How this iteration of Crypto is different from 2017-2018
- DeFi Summit coming Mid May
- NFT Con coming June/July
- Newest, most interesting NFT Use Cases
- Ethereum scaling challenges, high gas fees, and competitive platforms
- 07:30 - 10:19 Competitive NFT Platforms built outside of Ethereum
- Projects like Polkadot & Kusama are building to combat the cost of transacting on Ethereum.
- Movement with Cardano, EOS, NEO
- 10:19 - 15:24 Where are we at in the NFT lifecycle?
- Is NFT a bubble?
- NFTs is bringing more adoption of crypto
- The road to mass adoption is to make the blockchain invisible
- 15:24- 21:47 Where is line between NFT trading and gambling?
- Can NFT trading be a career?
- Government’s role in regulating NFTs
- Money laundering via NFTs
- Will games include KYC checks for NFT purchases?
- 21:47 - 24:03 Learnings from Justin’s FinTech Experience that crossover into crypto and NFTs
- The value of KYC in NFTs
- Rules and regulations of the FinTech world and public companies like DraftKings
- Gaming as a top NFT application
- 24:03 - 28:27 What platforms will lead the way in the next phase of NFTs?
- Rarity
- Parachains
- Polkadot
- Cardano
- Lukso, ERC 725, and unique identity
- Interchains and the internet of blockchains may negate the “which platform wins” question
- Cosmos
- 28:27 - 59:25 The importance of Marketing and what specific NFT listing platforms like OpenSea and NFTY Gateway stand out?
- All of these platforms are backed up with NFT creation requests
- Different listing platforms might have different customer bases and might work better for some NFT sales than others
- Listing NFTs on all platforms at once
- NFTs today is a marketing game
- 33:05 - 38:18 The NFTs that we’ll still be talking about 20 years from now
- The big sales like Beeple
- Physical assets that exist as NFTs too
- NFT memberships
- Fractional ownership of NFTs
- Not all things are mean to be NFTs, like Creator Tokens
- 38:18 - 42:04 Not everything is an NFT, yet
- Masterworks.io, an NFT Alternative
- FinTech migration to NFTs
- 42:04 - 43:04 What NFTs does Justin own?
- NBA Top Shots
- Blankos 2
- NIFTY Gateway randoms
- Defi Trading vs NFT Trading
- 43:04 - 45:35 Tools and analytics to navigate NFT Ecosystem
- Game Stop, Doge, and rolling bubbles that will exist perpetually
- More tools to interact with NFT holders
- 45:35 - 48:29 NFTs in music
- 3lau
- Success and a community first approach
- The power of the brand and reputation authority
- 48:29 - 53:37 Edge Quick Hitters
- 53:37 - 60:00 Hot Topics
- NY Times article that sold as an NFT for $500K
- VC investments in NFTs
- 60:00 - 61:06 Outro
- 20:00 - 20:56 Intro
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