In this episode, John Crain joins the nft now podcast! John is the Co-founder and CEO of SuperRare, one of the earliest and most acclaimed crypto art NFT platforms that launched in 2018. SuperRare recently announced its 2.0 platform update, including the $RARE curation token, SuperRare Spaces, SuperRare DAO, and sovereign smart contracts initiatives. SuperRare has done over $90 million in volume since 2018 and is backed by the likes of notable entrepreneurs like Mark Cuban. The platform raised a $9M Series A investment back in March and this is only the beginning for what's to come in the metaverse. 

In this episode we discuss: 

SuperRare 2.0 (2:24)

Why Decentralization is important (03:18)

Launching $RARE token (4:17)

New SuperRare talent vs maintaining the current community (10:13)

Who should be chosen to have SR storefronts (12:49)

DAOs (14:52)

Custom Smart Contracts (18:44)

How SuperRare handled the NFT gold rush (21:33)

Blue Chip Crypto Artists / 1-of-1 drops (29:57)

How SuperRare plans on embracing the Metaverse (31:52)

SuperRare’s favorite rising artists (33:29)

The long game for SuperRare & NFTs (36:30)

To learn more about the recently launched $RARE curation token & SuperRare DAO: https://superrare.mirror.xyz/fkGKcN1xVNRvfZk5OiY52-T_WNSndC4ve1DPDmvZQ6E

Follow John Crain on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/superrarejohn?lang=en 

And on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/superrarejohn/ 

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