This week founder and CEO of FTX Sam Bankman-Fried was arrested in the Bahamas. Also, NBA hall of famer Scottie Pippen joins us to talk about his NFT sneaker collection. Plus, why top celebs like Justin Bieber and Madonna are being sued for promoting their Bored Ape NFTs and how this could impact the future of the industry.

Special guest:

Dan Roberts - editor in chief from Decrypt Media

Scottie Pippen - NBA Hall of famer, 6 times NBA champion, 2 time Olympic gold medalist, and entrepreneur

Andrew Rossow - Attorney and CEO of AR Media

On this weeks show we talk most influential people in crypto in 2022. Plus from Instagram photos to helping us write better AI seems to be popping up everywhere these days but what are the implications for the future of jobs. We also get creepy with crypto and find out what happens to your funds after you pass. 

CoinDesk's Most Influential 2022

Special guest include:

Attorney Asher Rubinstein - partner at the firm Gallet Dreyer & Berkey

CoinDesk publisher Ben Schiller and chief columnist David Z Morris

Ben Parr - co founder of Octane ai and cohost of Business Envy Podcast 

We're bringing you the show live from Miami for Art Basel. The event brings together the art world and has been around for 52 years. For the past two years the phrase NFTs has became top of mind as the tech scene has made its way into the art community as miami became the crypto capital.

Special guests include:

Jon-Ross Le Haye the head of digital for Christie’s 

Chris Adamo- Miami local, cofounder of Flamingo Capitol

Myriam Brouard - known as Professor M and founder of Noire Fungibles

On this week's show, we’re looking at the future of gaming with a video game veteran and one of the leading investors in the Web3 space, Animoca. Plus, how the writer of the John Wick franchise is creating a new world through NFTs and gaming.

Special guests include:

Susan Cummings, CEO and Co-Founder of Petaverse Network

Mr. Evan Au Yang, Group President of Animoca Brands

Dotta, Co-Creator & CEO of Forgotten Runes

On this week's show, the latest coming from the FTX collapse including company romances and a new CEO. Plus what could crypto regulation look like with this fallout and where is safe to put your crypto? We discuss the importance of hard wallets to keep your digital assets safe.

Special guests include:

- Tracy Wang, Coindesk

-Reeve Collins, Co-Founder of Tether and Smart Media Technologies

- Bec Jones, Founder of Clutch Wallet

Follow our host @shiralazar for more Web3 news and views! 

Crypto just experienced the largest crash in history, with an estimated $200 Billion wiped from the market just this week. It's all because of one company - FTX. 

The former billionaire and CEO of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, has been hailed as the Hero of WEB3 throughout the bear market, but this week he became Crypto's biggest villain.

Tracy Wang of Coindesk joins the show to tell us how her colleague, Ian Allison, triggered this chain of events with leaked information received earlier this week, and all the seedy details that have come out since then. 

Plus, Meta lays off 11,000 of it's workforce after another quarter in the red. Year over Year losses have reached over 22 Billion dollars as their conquest towards the Metaverse fails to gain traction. 

While Crypto Crashes and Meta Burns - Blockchain Tech is still making its way into the mainstream. This midterm election, some voters were able to submit their ballot remotely from their smart phone, thanks to the company Voatz. We meet with CEO Nimit Sawhney to find out how soon this will be available to all voters - and is it safe?  

Elon Musk has taken over Twitter and is already turning the company on its head with mass layoffs. Many are wondering - how can Elon use blockchain tech to solve some of the issues ruining the platform? Daniel ZKuhn from Coindesk joins the show to discuss how leading Web3 investors were involved in the acquisition, and what we can expect from the new Twitter King. 

The creator of the popular cartoon Rick and Morty launched an NFT project called Art Gobblers, and it's quickly knocked some of the largest NFT collections off the charts. The NFT's were initially free to mint, but have since made millions in secondary sales. Eric James Beyer from NFTNow tells us how they pulled this off, what sets the project apart, and the controversy surrounding the project. 

Jack Dorsey, Twitters original founder, is busy looking forward. This week he made headlines when he announced plans for his new platform called Zion 2 which he says - is Web5. Shira speaks with Mec, a web3 educator, to break it all down and answer what everyones thinking... isn't it a little early to talk about Web5?! 

00:01 - Welcome

00:40 - Weekly Headlines

5:35 - Daniel Kuhn from Coindesk - Twitter + Web3?

12:00 - Eric James Beyer from NFT Now - "OnlyFans" of the Blockchain

20:33 - Mec Web3 Educator - Web5

The Adult Entertainment Industry is often the first to the table when it comes to the latest tech. Sex work has been at the forefront of every new form of content sharing - and now Web3 is offering new ways creators can interact with their fans. CrassKitty is the founder of Proof of Peach, a woman-founded platform that allows creators to control what they create and how their content is accessed - by bringing it to the blockchain. She's joined by content creator, Joseline Kelly, to tell Shira how this new tech can be a safer space for sex work. 

A new NFT project from the popular social media platform Reddit has exploded onto the market and dominated the bear market, knocking some of the top NFT communities off the charts. Shira's joined by Pio Vincenzo to learn how Reddit was able to pull this off without even using the term "NFT."

Apple released new terms of service and laid out clear guidelines for apps selling NFTs - and web3 advocates are not happy. Kate Irwin of Decrypt joins the show to break down the new guidelines, and why the community is so livid.  

00:01 - Welcome

00:40 - Weekly Headlines

5:35 - Pio Vincenzo Founder of The Nifty - Reddit NFT Takeover

12:00 - Crass Kitty and Joseline Kelly from Proof of Peach - "OnlyFans" of the Blockchain

20:33 - Kate Irwin Writer at Decrypt - Apple NFT Guidelines 

The debate over artist Royalties is heating up as Magic Eden, a major NFT based game and marketplace, moves to "optional royalties" to withstand their competitors and purchasers who are working around the system to save on fees. Web3 was supposed to be the saving grace for creatives who rarely see compensation after an initial sale. Was it a short lived dream? Eli Tan from Coindesk joins the show to explain how the market is shifting, and Rebecca Rose offers her take from an artists perspective. 

Plus, Roofstock is making headlines for selling a home as an NFT in South Carolina. We've seen homes sold as NFT's earlier this year, but what sets this one apart is that it was completely sold AND financed on the blockchain. We're joined by Sanjay Raughavan, head of web3 Initiatives at Roofstock onChain and Geoff Thompson, Chief Blockchain Officer, to learn why more buyers and sellers may take this route in the future.

Last, this week the IRS announced that the 2022 guidelines will now require investors to recognize the gains and losses generated by NFT's on their taxes. Kate Irwin from Decrypt gives Shira the breakdown of what the IRS changed exactly, and what you should expect when you file next year. 

00:01 - Welcome

00:40 - Weekly Headlines

5:55 - Rebecca Rose Artist - Royalties for Web3 artists

6:30 - Eli Tan writer at Coindesk - "Magic Eden's" new Optional Royalties

12:00 - Geoff Thompson and Sanjay Raughavan from Roofstock OnChain - Buying + Selling a home on the blockchain

20:33 - Kate Irwin Writer at Decrypt - IRS vs NFT's