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Horacio spoke with Alex Engel, the CEO of the new card grading company Rare Edition. Alex goes behind-the-scenes to talk about the latest developments at Rare Edition and their goals as they enter a competitive market with one of the nicest quality and cutting edge slabs in the card industry.

Discussion topics include:

• Features of the Rare Edition slabs

• Finding an opportunity in the collectible market

• Security and anti-fraud measures on Rare Edition slabs

• The Rare Edition grading process combining scanners and in-person inspection

• Getting feedback from customers at shows and from social media

• Tiered turnaround times

• The unboxing process of newly graded cards

• Card collecting as a hobby and finding joy

• Growing the customer base and building trust

• Starting a marketplace and vault service

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Horacio spoke with information technology and systems expert Mark Thiele. Mark is the founder and CEO of Edgevana, whose company mission is to disrupt the existing processes for selling and buying colocation, edge and data center services. In this episode, Mark talks about creating edge, or the opportunity to bring technology closer to consumers through their business or home. Mark’s experience spans from the dawn of the internet to the emergence of Web3, making the argument that every major company needs to stake a presence in the metaverse.

Discussion topics include:

• Defining edge, or making technology more accessible to people

• Having a better experience with technology because of edge

• Data centers as giant computers and the backbone of information technology

• The modernization and decreasing costs of technology

• A constant demand to build data centers

• The necessity that corporations adapt for the metaverse

• Definitions and examples of the metaverse

• The components of decentralization and blockchain

• Working with companies to find appropriate data centers

• Asking companies to focus on renewables and arriving at net zero

• Follow Mark on Twitter

• Link to the Edgevana Podcast with Mark Thiele

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Horacio spoke with meteorite collector and dealer Mendy Ouzillou. Mendy is the founder of SkyFall Meteorites and the Founder and President of the Global Meteorite Association. In this episode, Mendy recaps his trip to the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show, talks about the current state of the meteorite marketplace, and talks about the fractionalized Lunar Meteorite on Rally Road.

More discussion topics include:

• Observations from the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show

• Making classic meteorites available

• Slicing meteorites as standard practice among scientists and collectors

• Museums trading their meteorites to expand their collections

• The difference in value of meteorites depending on geographic landfall

• Using weather radar to see a possible strewn field

• The dangers of chasing meteorites

• Possible preservation of the asteroid impactor that wiped out the dinosaurs

• The specifics of the Lunar Meteorite on Rally Road

• Lunar meteorites as collectibles and investments

• The Global Meteorite Association and growing the hobby

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Horacio spoke with Alfonso De Gaetano, the Founder of Crurated. Curated is a wine membership platform, allowing wine enthusiasts to buy great wine straight from the producers. Crurated’s partnerships enable it to offer wine from some of the most highly regarded domaine’s in Europe. In addition, Alfonso has implemented a tracking system using blockchain technology that tracks a wine’s movement from the vineyard to the buyer’s home.

More discussion topics include:

• ​​Making the greatest wines accessible

• Getting into wine as a hobby

• The appeal of high-quality wines

• Getting frustrated with buying expensive bottles with “dead” wine

• Using blockchain technology only if it can add value to the product

• Building relationships with the top wine producers in France and Italy

• Producers unhappy with inflated prices of their products

• Creating a new generation of wine collectors

• The importance of knowing where a wine bottle has been

• Focusing on wine to nurture passionate wine drinkers

• Link to Crurated on Instagram

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Horacio spoke with actor and director Anthony Hayes, whose latest release, Gold, is now available on major streaming platforms. Anthony is also the creator of Retrogression; the first movie franchise started from the blockchain. With Retrogression, Anthony is looking to disrupt the traditional financial mechanism in the film industry. The RTGN token is central to creating a new source of finance to put the power back in the hands of creatives and allow movie fans to have a say in a film’s development.

Discussion topics include:

• Anthony’s latest movie release, Gold, and the inspiration behind it

• Hurdles in securing financing for movies

• Economics of film budgeting to secure financing

• Netflix paying upfront but owning intellectual property rights

• Retrogression ecosystem as a film, play to earn game, and streaming service

• Integrating elements of crypto and NFTs into the entire ecosystem

• Rewarding creators with the RTGN token

• Meeting the demands of project supporters

• Tokenomics of RTGN

• Retrogression as a Role-Playing Game with the Ben Hammond protagonist

• Being an enemy of the traditional studios

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Horacio spoke with Sam Farber, the Head of Business Development and Content at Goldin Auctions. Sam oversees content development at Goldin, helping to bring a creative and engaging voice to the leading sports collectibles auction house. In this episode, Sam talks about the latest auction at Goldin, the merits of the sports collectibles industry, and future projects that Goldin is involved with - including a Netflix show!

Discussion topics include:

• The Jackie Robinson 75th Anniversary Auction

• Game-worn memorabilia as undervalued collectibles

• The rise of Formula 1 and tickets as an asset class

• Working in the NBA overseeing digital content

• Growing the infrastructure for content at Goldin Auctions

• Creating content to engage all of social media

• Balancing business practices with social media relevance

• Selling to a more educated audience

• Breaking hobby boxes with Drake and Ken Goldin

• The historical value of the sports card market

• Creating a reality show on Netflix

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Horacio spoke with Walter Ramirez, the Contemporary and Urban Art Consignment Director at Heritage Auctions. Walter oversees Heritage’s curation of the growing Urban Art scene. Since its creation in 2018, Walter has seen Urban Art auctions increase exponentially. Graffiti and pop culture are prominent in this form of art. In this episode, Walter talks about the rising popularity in Urban Art, some of the growth and acquisition strategies at Heritage Auctions, and his view on the future of contemporary art.

Discussion topics include:

• Urban Art as a subcategory of Contemporary Art

• Graffiti and street art as emerging forms of art

• Working at Heritage Auctions and specializing in Urban Art

• The rise of the Urban Art department at Heritage

• The influences of pop culture and collaborations

• The appeal of NFTs and the ease of curation

• Taking art from a public space

• Artists adapting to change and trends

• The process of acquiring and consigning works of art

• Growing the Urban Art category at Heritage

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Horacio spoke with Kamel Belkadhi, Co-founder and CEO at LandEx. LandEx is a fractional investment platform for farmland in Europe. Currently, LandEx has invested in farmland in Estonia, where the company is based. Its investment platform is open to retail investors in Europe with minimum investments as low as 10 Euros. In this episode, Kamel talks about the unique aspects of buying land in Europe, the merits of farmland as an investment, and why farmland is as important as ever.

Discussion topics include:

• The benefits of investing in farmland

• Advantages of tapping into retail investors as a startup

• Finding a market opportunity in Europe

• The differences among European countries in attaining land

• Balancing farmland investing with being a fintech company

• Fractional investment market in Europe

• The impact of climate change and disasters on farmland

• Rising food prices and the effect on farmland

• The impact of the war in Ukraine on land prices and food supply

• Acquiring more farmland and entering a CO2 recapture program

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Horacio spoke with Victor Ma, Co-founder of Nf.td. Nf.td is Your Link in Bio for Web3. By minting your online username through Nf.td, you can claim your username before others get a chance for Web3 and broadcast it on various social media platforms. Victor talks about his road toward developing Nf.td, including working in a family restaurant, becoming a domain name investor, and a social media content creator. Victor also talks about Nf.td, the future he envisions for the company, and the online community he hopes to build on the platform.

Discussion topics include:

• Domain names as real estate on the internet

• Prior business experience and building community on social media

• The rise of alternative extensions as viable options

• Trending domain extensions for specific industries

• Channels for selling domain names

• Building a domain portfolio by doing research

• The value of words for domains and usernames

• Nf.td as a Web3 Link in Bio to build community

• Being an OG on Nf.td by being an early supporter

• People moving online and the importance of finding a community

• Your Link in Bio as a signal of belonging to a community

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Horacio spoke with Brian Harstine, Co-founder and CEO at AcquireInvest. Acquire is an investment platform tokenizing securities on the Ethereum blockchain for retail investors. Acquire, currently in beta, will also look to offer investment opportunities usually found in private deals, including commercial real estate, movie and entertainment funds, and biotechnology. In this episode Brian talks about the advantages of tokenizing securities, the importance of the user experience, and the steps Acquire is taking as its platform goes live in late 2022.

Discussion topics include:

• The growth of retail investors

• Advantages of tokenizing assets and using blockchain technology

• Giving retail investors access to private deals

• Offering a mix of traditional and alternative investments

• Accessibility through the appeal of the product for retail investors

• Offering investments in the media and entertainment space

• Buying an Acquire NFT to gain access to the investment platform in beta

• Utilities of the NFT for use in the Acquire platform

• Link to articles by Brian Harstine on Medium

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