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My guest today is Dark Forest. DF is a full-time DAO member at Index Co-Op The Index Co-Op is straight from science fiction as it is a decentralized autonomous asset manager that is governed, maintained and upgraded by its users. DF is a methodologist focused on the Metaverse Index. This product, called MVI is squarely focused on metaverse-related projects in our ecosystem. He is constantly review...

My guest today is Aleksander aka Psycheout. Aleksander is a co-founder of Sky Mavis, which is the development studio that created Axie Infinity, and a former competitive esports gamer. Aleksander story is incredible. He dropped out of one of the top business schools in Norway, did a quick stint working for the norwegian government and then became a full-time competitive gamer becoming one of the t...

My guest today is Yan Liberman. Yan is a co-founder at the crypto investment firm, Delphi Digital. Yan’s story is incredible, him and his cofounders started Delphi Digital as a crypto research firm and have grown it into one of the most respected crypto investment funds out there. We discussed Yan’s personal journey into crypto, the founding and expansion of Delphi Digital, his investment strategy...

My guest today is Donnie Dinch. Donnie was last on the podcast in April 2020 and A LOT has happened since our last chat. For those who have not hear our previous episode, Donnie is the founder of Bitski which is a platform where anyone can easily create, buy and sell NFTs - think Shopfiy for NFTs. The big differentiator is that Bitski makes this process dead easy with all the incredible tech they...

My guest today is Sarutobi Sasuke. Sarutobi is an Axie Infinity expert who leads partnerships at Yield Guild Games and is also an Axie manager at the NFT fund DAO Blackpool. He takes me through a detailed guide on how to play Axie, the different classes, the different mechanics and everything you need to know in order to jump in and start playing. We also discuss play-to-earn and how to operate an...

My guest today is Jonathan Glick Jonathan is an internet OG who experienced the dawn of the internet while at AOL, helped the New York Times go digital and spent time at an expert network advising people on the internet. Now he is focused on the next evolution of the internet which is as you can guess, the metaverse. Because of his deep experience with internet technologies Jonathan is able to elo...

My guest today is Aaron Wright. Aaron is a mega OG that has been deeply involved in crypto for years. He is a man with many talents as he is a professor at a law school in New York, played a role in the launch of Ethereum, published a book, sold a company AND is behind many of the major DAOs that we know today including, the LAO, Flamingo, Neptune and many more. Aaron gives us a masterclass on all...

My guest today is Conlan Rios who is the founder of the programmable art platform, Async Art. Conlan and I first met each other inside the virtual world Cryptovoxels. I knew right when I met him that he was going to make big moves because of his intense passion for our space and the fact he was always building interesting things. Async Art is not a pure art platform how we think of them today with...

My guest today is Cloudwhite Its difficult to explain Cloudwhite’s background and activities in a simple one liner because he seemingly does it all. He is known for creating incredible content around the NFT ecosystem and especially around the Axie community. He has even made some hilarious YouTube videos where he raps about Axie infinity - highly suggest you check it out. Cloudwhite’s skills do n...

My guest today is AJ. He is a former Amazon data scientist who has turned his focus and skills towards NFTs, specifically the fantasy soccer game called Sorare. AJ has dominated Sorare since his entry into the game roughly a year ago and has even joined Blackpool as a manager in the Sorare category. Blackpool is an extremely exciting project that is one of the most active NFT investment DAOs but w...

My guest today is Tom Sachs. Tom is a world renowned artist that has been experimenting with all forms of art and creation since he was young. Whether it be a painting, sculpture, drawing or NFT, his thirst for designing, destroying and creating never stops Tom and I go deep on this one. We discuss his creative process, the incredible power of mimesis, his partnership with NFT Studios and of cours...

My guest today is Barthazian. A mechanical engineer by background with a deep interest in cognitive sciences - we get to some really intriguing concepts in this one. We discussed things like: How our brains are computers and how we will eventually be able to tokenizing memories with products like Neuralink His framework for investing in the NFT sector - especially with his focus on esoteric factor...

My guest today is Leandro. Leandro was first on the podcast with his cofounder Nahwel back in March of this year. Even though that is a short time ago, everyone knows how quickly our space moves so a lot has happened. Leandro has moved full force on his company NFT Studios which not only builds awesome tools and in-house NFT projects but in addition has a white-glover service for those that want t...

My guest today is Bryce. Bryce is an incredible creator, gamer and community builder focused on the Axie Infinity ecosystem. On this episode, Bryce take me on a deep dive into the Axie Infinity universe teaching me about battling, breeding, investing, scholarships and the power of Play To Earn What I loved about our conversation was Bryce’s infectious positivity around the NFT ecosystem and Axie c...

My guest today is Charles Smith. Charles is the founder of Nifty Island a new blockchain-based virtual world platform that allows everyone to participate immediately by giving them an island to start creating on. We go deep on this episode - discussing Charles background at the stablecoin protocol  Reserve, how stories drive value, the concept of “Minting new NFT OGs” and how economic empower...

My guest today is John Egan. John is the CEO of the L'Atelier which is a foresight company focused on researching emergent technologies. I first had John on the podcast in June 2020 after L'Atelier released an incredible report on the virtual economy, which of course, heavily featured NFTs. It is always a great time speaking with John because his knowledge on the metaverse is second to none and he...

My guest today is Gabby Dizon from Yield Guild Games commonly called YGG. YGG is a platform that allows people from anywhere in the world to earn real value from gameplay, an amazing product that is only possible in crypto. Gabby is a long-time game designer, developer and founder who was bitten by the crypto bug years back and dove in head first. Gabby has this incredible ability to see far into...

My guest today is Aftab, also known as, DC Investor. Aftab is an investor, advisor and professional Ethereum community member. Not only does he invest in a whole host of defi and NFT projects on Ethereum but he is also helping with the monumental task of moving Ethereum to ETH2.0. Aftab has incredible foresight into the future of the crypto economy, how NFTs will evolve and grow and of course how...

My guest today is Jess Sloss. Jess is the founder of Seed Club which is a social token incubator. Seed Club is on the bleeding edge of the social token revolution and after speaking with Jess I understand the massive potential of combining creators with social tokens. Jess is an incredible founder that is focused on the long-term. He knows that social tokens will be a massive market and industry b...

My guest today is Erick, also referred to as Snowfro. Erick has been around since the very early days of the NFT ecosystem. Way before Cryptokitties, Erick was picking up CryptoPunks back when only a handful of people around the world knew about them. Erick has turned his passion for NFTs into a full blown career as the founder of the generative art platform Artblocks An amazing story teller, it w...

My guest today is Ryan Gill. Ryan is the co-founder of Crucible which is a protocol for self-sovereign identity. What that means is that Ryan is building a secure, portable digital identity that we will be using in the metaverse and broader internet. During our conversation we touch upon his background, the trillion dollar avatar economy, DAOs and of course, the metaverse. Ryan oozes authenticity...

My guest today is Nate Alex. Nate is the definition of an NFT OG having been around since the early days of CryptoKitties. Today he is the co-founder of the NFT development studio NFT42 which is incredible because he started out in the space with a mere .1 ETH. Not only a founder, Nate has always been a voracious tinkerer and builder, having created NFT projects like ChainFaces, Squigly WTF and mo...

My guest today is Brendan Cooper. Brendan is the Director of blockchain and NFTs at Panini America. Panini is one of the oldest collectible companies in the world and considered one of the top companies in the space with licenses from the NBA, NFL, FIFA, and more than 300 others. Our conversations not only covers how Panini is thinking about the NFT space but also what their plans are. It is also...

My guest today is Gmoney. Gmoney is an investor, trader and growing voice in the NFT ecosystem. Coming from the world of traditional finance, Gmoney brings a wealth of market knowledge into the emergent asset class of NFTs. Everything from spotting trends early to market psychology has helped him navigate this space extremely effectively We discuss everything markets like the NFT bubble, how big w...

My guest today is Bitcoin Benny. Benny is the founder of Red Fox Labs and Rfox Games. Like many things in the metaverse, Benny is building a multifaceted ecosystem that builds, invests and incubates companies and projects that connect to the cryptosphere. Benny is filled with information around building tech related products because he has been involved in the industry for a long time. This tradit...