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🎙 On Thursday, June 9, we kicked off Season 1 of our Twitter Spaces: The Future of NFTs. Episode 1 was called 'Hodl My Bear: The Risks and Benefits of NFTs in The Long Term' featuring 'The NFT Attorney' Jacob Martin.

⚡️ Jacob outlined the factors and legal considerations he looks at when determining the potential of an NFT project, the investment thesis of his fund 2 Punks Capital, the macro-factors impacting the NFT space, what encourages or discourages celebrities and fashion brands getting into NFTs, and much more.

🎤 We took questions from the audience and had an open discussion on the future of NFTs.

Mark Zablow is the founder of Bleecker Trading, a trading card store and exciting brand in the collectibles space, based in New York City. Mark has an interesting history in branding, influencers, and entertainment and has a lot of deep ties within the trading card industry.

In this conversation, we spoke about 🚀 how Mark started his journey as a collector and founded Bleecker Trading, 📈 the growth of trading cards, ⚡️ how influencers are affecting the modern trading card market, 🌎 building community and legitimacy within the card hobby, and 👀 the most exciting areas of trading cards.

Jerad Armijo is a landscape photographer who uses synesthesia, minimalism, and surrealism to express his life’s journey. Synesthesia is when you hear music or a word, and instantly see a color. Jerad produces versions of his artwork in the form of physical prints and also has gone deep down the NFT rabbit hole, minting some of his work in the form of NFTs and listing them on marketplaces like Foundation, SuperRare, and OpenSea.

In this conversation, we spoke about 🚀 how Jerad started his journey as a photographer/artist, 📈 the growth of his career in Web3 vs. Web2, ⚡️ creating NFT versions of his work, 🌎 how he sees NFTs affecting the broader photography community, and 👀 his fascinating creative process .

Josh Doner is one of the first people in the world to buy an NFT and a CryptoPunk OG from June 2017. He's a growth leader working on a DAO called Tracer, a decentralized Perpetual Contracts Protocol on Ethereum used to hedge risk to both digital and real world assets. Josh is a regular speaker on NFTs, Defi and Blockchain related topics.

In this conversation, we spoke about 🚀 how Josh started his NFT journey through buying a CryptoPunk, 📈 growth and change in the NFT market, ⚡️ creating NFT derivatives, NFT loan collateral and other DeFi applications, 🌎 the environmental benefits of Ethereum for governments and businesses, and 👀 the evolution of NFTs for entertainment franchises .

Justin Truong is co-founder and CEO of Pushas, a platform for buying and selling authentic, new sneakers. Pushas is a curated sneaker marketplace for resellers where all sneakers are authenticated on hand and where resellers have tools to improve their experience. Pushas focuses on building out seamless infrastructure to help resellers scale up.

In this conversation, we spoke about 🚀 how Justin started reselling sneakers and created Pushas, 👟 how the secondary market for sneakers has changed, ⚡️ building a sneaker investment fund, 🌎 expanding from Australia to the US, and 👀 the evolution of sneaker culture.

🎙 On Thursday, May 12, we hosted a Twitter Spaces with Chris Camillo from Dumb Money to discuss his thesis answering the question, "Are NFTs Dead...?"

⚡️ Chris outlined the failure and success potential of NFTs, what kind of team and leadership is required to make an NFT project successful, the macro-factors impacting the NFT space, the role of 'blue chip' NFTs, and much more. We took questions from the audience and had an open discussion on the future of NFTs.

🎙 On Thursday, April 28, we hosted a Twitter Spaces with Chris Camillo from Dumb Money to discuss the implications and investment opportunities for the Yuga Labs' Otherside NFT Mint, one of the biggest NFT events of the year.

⚡️ Chris outlined his thesis on how he's thinking about metaverse land, Yuga Labs/Bored Ape Yacht Club, ApeCoin, the different factors affecting Otherside land, and much more. We also took questions from the audience.

Also, make sure to check out our article where we summarized what happened during the mint and what could happen next = https://neustreet.com/content/yuga-labs-hotly-anticipated-otherside-nft-sale-has-happened

Gary King Pokémon is widely regarded as the world's biggest Pokémon influencer. Gary is one of the largest Pokémon card collectors and has been involved with Pokémon since the beginning of the franchise. He sold some of the most expensive ever Pokémon cards to Logan Paul and Steve Aoki and spends his time promoting the hobby worldwide. Pokémon is the highest grossing entertainment franchise of all time and Pokémon trading cards are experiencing a new renaissance.

In this conversation, we spoke about 🚀 how Gary got into Pokémon, 🖼 what makes Pokémon different and have longevity, ⚡️ Gary's journey as a collector since childhood, 🤔 the evolution and growth of Pokémon cards, and 👀 untold stories about Logan Paul and Steve Aoki.

David Lopez is the founder of Nightkids NFT - an artist-focused, curated project that collaborates with artists who they feel are being slept on. The spirit of web3 involves lifting each other up and collaborating for a common cause. This sense of community is the backbone of what Nightkids is all about. The concept for our art drops is based on Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, with each drop representing a level of the pyramid.

In this conversation, we spoke about 🚀 how David got into NFTs, 🖼 the inspirational story behind Nightkids and helping artists, ⚡️ success stories of different artists and NFT projects, ⚽️ his love for Inter Milan and meeting all different types of people, and 👀 endeavoring to create a better world.

Russell Korus is Co-founder of EZ365, and CEO of publicly traded Wee-Cig International, a digital ecosystem that combines the best aspects of NFTs, online gaming, digital asset trading and blockchain education. He has been a blockchain and cryptocurrency evangelist since first discovering this groundbreaking technology 8 years ago. A TEDx alumnus and having spoken around the world, Russell is a globally recognized thought leader.

In this conversation, we spoke about 🚀 how Russell got into NFTs, 🖼 NFT art, collectibles, and virtual land, ⚡️ the EZ NFT platform, 🏀 his love for the Toronto Raptors, and 👀 physical and digital collectibles.