Admit One with gmoney

Today we have the Global VP of Adidas web3 studio, Erika Wykes-Sneyd. As an expert in marketing across fintech, accelerated tech, gaming, sports, and advertising along with her passion for emerging culture, she has led adidas into “The New Age of Originality”. That 3 year vision began with Into the Metaverse, impressing many in and outside the space with their strategic entrance into the web3. Now she’s here to discuss their next frontier - Virtual Gear, the 16-piece limited edition collection of NFT digital wearables.

Timecodes:

0:00 - Intro

3:37 - Alpha on upcoming Adidas wearables

5:52 - Addressing logistical challenges Adidas has faced

8:11 - How Erika championed blockchain within Adidas

15:13 - The biggest risks Adidas took 

19:03 - How to shift the internal mindset of a big brand to embrace web3

24:52 - What’s the biggest learning from Adidas’s perspective

29:22 - How focusing on community augments sustainability 

37:28 - Virtual Gear key takeaways 

57:33 - Fave NFT

9dcc Iteration-02 is coming with a special collaboration with Art Blocks! gmoney and Snowfro talk about the details on the 9dcc pop shop at Art Basel, how we're bringing the Chromie Squiggle to 9dcc, and how you can get your hands on a 1:1 9dcc x Art Blocks shirt.    

Snowfro is an artist, coder, and digital creator who has dedicated himself to exploring functional use cases for NFT technology, specifically in the art sector. These explorations culminated in the development and subsequent launch of the generative art NFT platform, Art Blocks, in November of 2020 and release of his own NFT project called the Chromie Squiggle. I’m fortunate enough to be collaborating with him on 9dcc Iteration-02. We’ll be discussing its detail, inspirations and how you can mint your own live this year at Art Basel.

Timecodes:

0:00 - Intro

1:45 - Marfa event recap

2:03 - FTX and decoupling the NFT space from exchanges

7:55 - Chromie Squiggles rarity navigation

14:03 - Snowfro breaks down what crypto truly delivers on

17:50 - Doing dope shit with decent people 

22:14 - Meshing generative art to the physical world

27:09 - Bright Moments in Mexico City

32:00 - Snowfro and gmoney at Art Basel

34:20 - What excites Snowfro the most about 9dcc collab

40:03 - Bringing rarity to fashion 

43:20 - Alpha on the 9dcc pop up at Art Basel

Q&A

48:48 - Which rarities should we expect?

Today we have the co-founder of Rolling Loud, Tariq Cherif. In 2010, after noticing a discrepancy in hip hop representation in Florida, he and his partner set out to start Dope Entertainment and helped set the stage for many up and coming hip hop talent. In 2015, they founded Rolling Loud, starting as a one night concert, which has now become the world’s largest Hip Hop festival. He’s here to talk through the next phase of Rolling Loud and how their new Loudpunx NFTs will be the blueprint for all other festival passes.

Today we have the founder and CEO of 9GAG, Ray Chan.   9GAG is a global multi-platform community for viral content. Founded in 2008, their mission is to make the world happier. 9GAG has a global audience of 200 million over their social media platforms and has decided to take on the world of web3 with Memeland. After launching ‘You The Real MVP’ in June, and the free mint of ‘The Potatoz’ in July, he’s here to discuss their new collection, ‘The Captainz’.

Timecodes:

0:00 - Intro

1:24 - How Ray Chan became a memelord and started 9GAG

5:00 - How Chan learned about crypto

8:03 - First NFTs/communities 

9:15 - Chan’s first experience in BAYC

14:00 - Pay to learn philosophy in crypto

19:47 - When you decided to start your own project and what problem you’re trying to solve

26:56  - Starting MEMELAND

32:29 - Lessons from globlintown strategy

35:20 - How the Potatoez brought value to holder

38:00 - How do you monetize a meme

45:50 - How the Captainz integrates into MEMELAND ecosystem

53:00 - Details of the Captainz drop

1:16:00 - Thoughts on Reddit NFT

1:03:40 - Fave meme

Today we have the founder and CEO of SPACE, Batis Samadian. SPACE is an all around metaverse that focuses on bridging the e-commerce space to the next evolution of the internet. He’s here today to walk us through how SPACE simplifies the onboarding web2 creators and the next evolution of networked products.

0:00 - Intro

00:52 - Batis's story

05:34 - the future of ecommerce in web3   

10:38 - Evolving the shopping experience

13:48 - How front-end and back-end work together to build an e-commerce in the blockchain 

15:13 - The case for Polygon and FLO 

16:36 - Merging web3 natives with web2 users to favor mass adoption

17:50 - How Wikipedia incentives users to keep & maintain their platform 

20:00 - gmoney’s advice on how to build community 

26:35 – What engine is he building SPACE on

28:03 - The illusion of scarcity in the metaverse

33:55 – SPACE’s networked product opportunity

37:17 – Walking through the space (Share screen) 

39:35 – How many users each instance might have

42:26 – How to do a build out

49:35 – Fave NFT

Today we have the founder and CEO of 4K Protocol, Richard Li. 4K is a web3's solution for tokenizing physical assets. By leveraging a decentralized network of storage "Guardians," 4K Protocol allows brands, creators, and collectors to easily access physically-backed NFTs as a service. He’s here to discuss how physically backed NFTs are the first step to mass adoption of blockchain technology and how 9dcc holders are benefiting.

Timecodes:

0:00 - Intro

2:30 - Richard’s background

4:00 - How Vitalik asked him to help market ETH 

6:50 - Why he started 4K

10:16 - The expansion of physically backed NFT

13:30 - Web2 vs Web3 version of 4K

20:23 - Building your own node on 4K protocol

27:00 - Backup plan for insolvency? 

29:03 - 4K’s decision to use ERC-1155’s

31:27 - 9dcc/4K partnership details

39:20 - The tech that makes 4K work

40:30 - The craziest assets 4K has been asked to vault

45:00 - Future projects for 4K

50:25 - gmoney’s take on drop mechanics

51:03 - What is in the vault and his fave piece

55:50 - Final Thoughts - where you can find 4K

Today we have legendary actor, director and artist, Anthony Hopkins, who is here to introduce his  collection, The Eternal Collection releasing on Thursday, October 13, 2022 on Opensea.

Alongside him are the co-founders of Orange Comet, David Broome, and Dante Ferrarini. Orange Comet is a premiere web3 entertainment company, producing world-class NFTs and blockchain experiences. 

It is an NFT collection that will break the barriers of storytelling, creativity and technology. It can be found at www.anthonyhopkinsnfts.com

Today we have a very special episode. It is the one year anniversary of the podcast. In Sept of 2021, I started live on Twitter Spaces under The Cutting Edge with guests like Gary V, Nadya of Pussy Riot, Don Diablo… the list goes on. As the gmoney community advanced and the NFT space grew, I felt like the podcast should evolve with it. We introduced Admit One in May and have had guests from Timbaland to Seth Green to  Bored Elon. So I couldn’t think of a better way to kick off the next year of the show other than with some of web3’s more influential and thoughtful leaders, Avery Akkineni of Vayner3, Derek Edwards of Collab Currency, and Matt Medved of NFTNow

3:45 - Current state of the market

09:17 - how to invest in a bull market

13:48 - Legacy IP reactions to web3 during a bear market

18:54 - NFTNow’s Nucleus at Art Basel

27:37 - CcO vs owned IP

37:10 - Moonbirds' CcO debate

44:10 - Creative royalty debate 

46:53 - How should royalties be divided in a 10k PFP collection?

55:47 - Final thoughts

Today we have Charli Cohen, the founder and CEO of RSTLSS, a digital fashion label dedicated to providing tools for brands to cultivate and monetize their identity in the metaverse. It has caught the attention of investors like Kevin Lin, Paris Hilton, and Red DAO by breaking barriers in the fashion industry. A fashion designer by trade, she has created immersive experiences by blending both gaming and fashion, as seen in collaborations with Assassins Creed and Pokemon. Now with RSTLSS she is creating paths for other designers to stake their claim in web3 fashion.

Timecodes:

0:00 – INTRO

1:24 – How she became the Ray Donovan of the metaverse

2:30 – Start of the fashion industry

07:51 – What was your reason for having different digital identities? 

09:06 - gmoney explaining his alt personality to his real one

11:08 -  Charli’s collaboration with Assassin’s Creed

12:51 - Charli coming into web3

16:11 – What is RSTLSS and its origin story 

17:43 – The unique interoperability of RSTLSS

19:20 – Experience of transitioning as a founder from web2 to web3

23:46 – The lessons learned from CHARLI COHEN brand

26:19 – Managing a team as a founder in web3

34:34 – The gamification in RSTLSS

39:53 – Details of genesis drop

41:53 – The benefits of building an exclusive community

43:31 – Fave NFT

Today we have an actor, comedian, producer, writer, and director, Seth Green (and his cat), who has entertained us for nearly four decades in series such as Emmy-winning Robot Chicken, Family Guy, and movies like Austin Powers. Alongside him we have the co-founder and the CEO of Masterfile Co, Shaan Bhagat. Together they are here to introduce the launch of B-BOTS, the first project from their joint venture entertainment company, Globitron.

0:00 - INTRO

2:27 - Seth’s NFT origin story

05:42 - Seth’s story of losing his Ape

07:15 - NFTs as an expression of content creation and individuality

09:34 - How Shaan and Seth created B-Bots

11:39 - Shaan’s background with Masterfile

16:33 - How content creation and web3 work together

22:03 - What excites Seth the most about tech

44:53 - Why B-Bots

48:13 - Details of B-Bots drop

01:01:58 - Found out more about B-Bots

01:02:37 Favorite NFT