Zima Red

My guest today is Nick Kokonas. Nick is a modern day Renaissance man: formerly a successful trader, he is the founder of multiple Michelin star restaurants and also a tech founder, having recently sold his startup for $400m. On this episode we discuss: His incredible success as a trader Creating multiple Michelin star restaurants Starting a tech company Selling his company to Squarespace His thoug...

My guest today is Foobar. Foobar is a polymath and involved with all aspects of web3. Building, investing, learning, teaching, he has an incredible mind that has thoughtful views that we explore thoroughly on this episode. We discuss: Building games Machine learning and NFTs Investing and building in web3 How non-fungible and fungible tokens are merging The psychology around investing in web3 Thou...

My guest today is Jiran. Jiran is an active trader, investor and explorer of all things web3. On this episode we chat: How web3 is currently all one giant metagame How tribalism impacts NFT prices The blockchain as the ultimate information & investing tool NFTs as historical artifcats On-Chain analysis - what it is and how to use it Why understanding people generates the most alpha And so much...

My guest today is Tim Schuermer who is a co-founder of Gallop. Gallop has created a set of developer tools that expand the utility of NFTs. These tools are built for all developers, creators and investors, active in the NFT space. On this episode we discuss: The current state of NFT data Why aggregating data for NFTs is so difficult Why a product like Gallop needs to exist How NFT data can be used...

My guests today are Charles & Zunk the co-founders of Nifty Island. Nifty Island is an open, social game world powered by web3. On this episode we chat: Their progress since the last time they were on the podcast 1 year ago Why gaming is essential for virtual worlds Remixing NFTs and other assets Importance of User generated content What role curation and building play in Nifty Island Why givi...

My guest today is Kevin Beauregard. Kevin is the founder of Atmos which an upcoming game universe that combines sports, lore, and crypto-economics to create engaging and competitive virtual experience On this episode we chat: Being a crypto founder in 2013 Attempting to build a fantasy NFT basketball game in 2019 Sports as the ultimate trojan horse to crypto mass adoption Balancing skill-base game...

My guest today is Max Weber. Max is the founder of Chainmonsters which is a free-to-play monster taming MMO-RPG with a player-driven economy. On this episode we discuss: Falling in love with game design from an early age Prototyping an NFT game in January 2018 Self funding development and kickstarter Building on the Flow blockchain Creating a social interaction through PVP, collecting and crafting...

My guest today is Mack Flavelle. Mack is the founder of Big Head Club which is an NFT production studio. Mack was also on the Axiom Zen team which was the company that created CryptoKitties and the company that eventually became Dapper Labs. Our conversation has it all, we discuss: How the ERC721 standard was created The ideation and launch of CryptoKitties The creation of Dapper Labs His NFT prod...

My guests today are David & Chris who are the founders of Lit Protocol. Lit is a decentralized, identity-based encryption and access control protocol. What that means is that they are an access control protocol for the internet. On this episode we chat: Why access control is hugely important Why access control needs to be decentralized On-chain identity as a means of access The nearly limitles...

My guests today are Ado and Yas who are building Galaxy Fight Club, which is a web3-native, cross-IP PvP game. You can think of it like Super Smash Bros for the metaverse. We discuss: The Galaxy Fight Club meta How to balance skill-based gameplay with NFTs Why integrating 3rd party IP is so important Building game logic on or off-chain Earning NFTs through FUN gameplay Play-to-Earn with NFTs inste...

My guest today is Michael Sanders. Michael is a cofounder of Horizon which is the company behind the game Skyweaver. Skyweaver is free-to-play trading card game that is enhanced by web3 Michael and I chat: Why trading card games are perfect for web3 The skyweaver meta How create sustainable player-owned economies Why implementing non-blockchain based digital items is essential for onboarding the m...

My guest today is Yury Liftshits. Yury is the founder of SuperDAO which is a platform for creating DAOs and DAO-related infrastructure. Essentially SuperDAO wants to become the one-stop-shop for all things launching, operating and expanding DAOs. This episode is crash course in the present and future of DAOs. Yury and I discuss How Yury worked on DAO and web3 based technology before bitcoin existe...

My guest today is Baek Kim. Baek is a general partner at the web3 investment firm, Hashed. If you want a crash course in how to operate one of the top investment firms in web3, then you have to dive into this episode. We chat: How they grew Hashed from $700k to $4b in assets under management Why the best strategy in crypto is buy and hold Building a web3 venture studio Why they are so excited abou...

My guest today is Paul Kohlhaas who is the founder of Molocule as well as a member of VitaDAO and PsyDAO. Molecule is a decentralized biotech protocol that is democratizing biopharma research and development This one is going to blow your mind. We chat: How drug development current works The monopolistic nature of drug development The Open Source pharma movement Longevity research DAOs Psychedelic...

My guest today is Winston Robson who is the flounder of WeMeta. WeMeta is a virtual land marketplace that has a deep focus on data and analytics. Winston and I chat about: How data science can be used for NFT alpha How virtual worlds will survive and thrive on engagement How discoverability drives value How NFTs are access points that enable open-ended functionality How early we are and what poten...

My guest today is Greg Isenberg who is the founder of Late Checkout which is a product studio, design agency and fund. On this episode you hear us chat about: Gregs background founding and selling multiple companies Why community-based businesses are the best Why people connect with IP, brands and characters How to build a great product Why design is ultra important in web3 How Late Checkout is th...

My guest today is Dillip Das who is a former high frequency trader who is now building something new in web3. On this episode we chat about: Dilips insane background playing poker, being a high frequency trader, working with Jed McCaleb at Stellar (For those who dont know, Jed is founder of Mt Gox and Ripple) Market structure and how to generate an edge Algorithmic NFT trading How web3 games will...

My guest today is Eric Golden. Eric was at Fidelity for 16 years and has recently jumped full-time into web3 - Eric has a wealth of experience from Fidelity - starting as an intern, working up to portfolio manager, and even being able to launch his own busines within Fidelity which became a huge success. Eric is also the host of the amazing podcast web3 breakdowns which is part of Patrick O'Shaugh...

My guest today are Conor and David from Metastreet Metastreet is a liquidity routing and scaling protocol for NFT credit markets - said in plain english, Metastreet is the most active participant on all NFT lending markets by making the terms transparent & simple On this episode we dive into: All types of credit markets including real estate and art The NFT lending markets and how they represe...

My guests today are David and Jay from Hume. Hume is metastar entertainment studio - which is a studio that creates virtual artists, influencers and celebrities. On this episode we dive into How the traditional music industry is broken How web3 can empower the creators and artists Their first metastar Angel baby Their go-to-market strategy The ramifications of open IP If you want to peer into the...

My guest today is Caygayn aka Cagy. Cagy is web3 gaming focused content creator, best known for his hot takes on Twitter and his awesome YouTube channel. What makes Cagy unique is his boundless energy, authenticity and ability to really understand and communicate the nuisances of the gaming ecosystem. As expected, our conversation is filled with hot takes and alpha leaks. Cagy does not beat around...

Peter Ing - Zima Red ep 108 My guest today is Peter Ing. Peter is the founder of Blockchain Space which is a platform and tool that allows play-to-earn guilds scale and operate efficiently. Do be more specific blockchain space is used by guilds to help with Onboarding Community management Player performance Payroll Benchmarks Data feeds And more. A true SaaS solution for the modern day web3 startu...

My guest today is Beryl Li. Beryl is a co-founder of Yield Guild Games, aka YGG. YGG was the very first play-to-earn gaming guild and has achieved huge success. Today, guilds are ubiquitous across the metaverse but hearing from Beryl how YGG started and where they are headed is extremely exciting. It is also amazing to hear Beryl’s stellar background from working at the successful Philippines-base...

My guest today is Bernadine Brocker Wieder. Bernadine is the founder of Vastari & Vastari Labs. Vastari is focused on helping the traditional art world showcase art globally via museums, exhibitions and more. Vastari Labs is the web3 focused arm that acts as the bridge between the traditional art world and the metaverse. Bernadine has deep experience in the art world and has always been lookin...

My guest today is Andy. Andy is the founder of Fractional which is a platform that allows users to buy, sell and mint, fractions of NFTs. Andy is a part of the MakerDAO mafia and a total legend. He has been super active in the cryptosphere since his initial entry and has been nonstop building ever since He is also considered someone that has great takes on twitter and gives it to ya straight. His...