Jack Butcher, Bilal Zaidi & Trung Phan discuss what they're finding on the edges of the internet + the latest in business, technology and memes.

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• 0:00:00 – Intro + NFT NYC
• 0:13:56 – Microsoft Metaverse
• 0:18:42 – Office In The Metaverse
• 0:22:04 – Mayor Eric Adams, The Bitcoins + Trung's Tree Trick 
• 0:29:09 – CEOs + Public Accountability
• 0:31:19 – Next $1Tril Company + Square vs Stripe vs Coinbase
• 0:43:54 – Brand vs Direct Response
• 0:50:25 – Square, Stripe, Coinbase Summary + Shopify-Spotify Partnership
• 0:54:27 – Fun Fact Phan: Formula 1 + Netflix Series
• 1:00:23 – Top 10 Highest Paid Athletes
• 1:02:44 – Space Race + F1 Culture

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Timestamps:

• 0:00:00 – Intro + What Is The Metaverse? Facebook Becomes Meta
• 0:08:15 – Virtual Worlds + Mark Zuckerberg Presentation
• 0:12:57 – What Can Facebook Build?
• 0:18:46 – VR, Black Mirror + Big Tech Rebrands
• 0:24:30 – Hiring Talent, Culture-Based Products + Hardware
• 0:28:15 – NIA Going Showbiz
• 0:30:06 – Threat of Hyperinflation + Cathie Wood’s Deflation Argument
• 0:37:41 – Money Supply + Supply Chains
• 0:42:43 – Experiencing Inflation in Vietnam
• 0:46:49 – Behavioral Outcome + Social Support
• 0:53:39 – Flexport CEO On Supply Chain
• 1:00:38 – Jack Worked In A Honda Factory
• 1:09:43 – Wage Inflation
• 1:15:36 – Debt Cycles + Labor Market
• 1:21:09 – Fun Fact Phan: Why US Healthcare Is Tied To Employment

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Timestamps:

• 0:00:00 – Intro, Bitcoin ETF Approval + All-Time Highs
• 0:14:48 – SBF on Regulation, Facebook Metaverse + Apple’s New Privacy Rules
• 0:23:53 – Google’s Parent Company Alphabet
• 0:28:55 – Apple vs Intel + Taiwan Semiconductor Company
• 0:39:59 – Twitter, Square + Web 3.0
• 0:42:45 – Cash App Studios + Facebook’s Failed Payment Product
• 0:48:05 – Twitter NFT Verification
• 0:54:00 – NFT Hacks + How To Keep Your NFTs Secure
• 1:01:12 – Hardware Wallets, Hot Wallets + Metamask
• 1:12:12 – Trung’s Squid Game Tweet

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Timestamps:

• 0:00:00 – Intro, Web 3 Inflection Points + Stripe
• 0:10:49 – Inflection Points + DAOs
• 0:23:15 – Bear Market Debate, Market Cycles + Saylor Support
• 0:34:21 – Inevitability of a Network + Future of Money
• 0:44:48 – Axie Infinity + Play-To-Earn Model
• 0:50:13 – How Play-To-Earn Works + Axie Scholarships
• 0:58:11 – Network Effect + Incentives
• 1:03:40 – Social Tokens for Creators + Communities
• 1:14:32 – When Tokens Make Sense + Creator ETF

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Timestamps:

• 0:00:00 – Intro
• 0:01:22 – Future of NFTs, Punk 6529 Thread + Nietzsche
• 0:10:52 – Importance of Decentralization vs Trusted Third Parties
• 0:17:32 – Roadmap of NFTs In 2030, Transparent Markets + Decentralized Governance
• 0:24:20 – Should Apple Buy A Film Studio?
• 0:26:24 – Evolving Definition of Memes, Decentralized Brands + CC0 License
• 0:34:47 – Eroding Brand Value + Eugene Robinson Interview Primer
• 0:42:43 – Cryptoadz Update
• 0:47:44 – Sam Bankman-Fried Sitting On $23bil
• 1:02:13 – Ozy Media Story Recap + Interview w/ Ozy’s First Employee
• 1:07:35 – Other Players + Red Flags
• 1:15:02 – Monetization, Archetypal Ozy Reader + Carlos Watson
• 1:21:00 – Reality Distortion Field
• 1:27:13 – Eugene’s View on the Evolving Media Landscape
• 1:33:01 – The Greatest MMA Fighter Ever + Andy Grove Superpower

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Timestamps:

• 0:00:00 – Intro
• 0:01:58 – Trung’s Headset
• 0:05:40 – Ozy Media Fiasco
• 0:22:44 – Chris Dixon Web 3 Thread
• 0:31:58 – Pyramid Meme vs Pyramid Scheme
• 0:40:42 – Crypto vs Traditional Investing vs Memes
• 0:48:11 – Work Below or Above The API + Monetizing Attention
• 0:55:40 – NFTs + Chinese Money Laundering
• 1:02:42 – Unrealized Capital Gains + Tax Code

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Patrick Stanley (@PatrickWStanley) joins the NIA boys to discuss a full breakdown of Citycoin's origin, the current state of Miamicoin + what this could look like in the future for other cities.

Make sure you're subscribed to catch a new episode every Thursday, where Jack Butcher, Bilal Zaidi & Trung Phan discuss what they're finding on the edges of the internet + the latest in business, technology and memes.

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Timestamps:

• 0:00:00 – Intro
• 0:02:26 – How Cities Are Evolving, CEO of Miami + How Citycoins Fit In
• 0:07:35 – Problem Miamicoin Is Solving + Origin of Citycoin
• 0:13:19 – Not Doing An ICO + How They Setup Miamicoin
• 0:17:29 – What Happens When The Price Goes Down? 
• 0:20:58 – Government-run vs Customer-run
• 0:23:17 – Ryan Hoover's Tweet: How To Mine + Stack Miamicoin
• 0:28:52 – Setting Up A Wallet + Resources To Learn
• 0:31:14 – Launching Citycoin in Your City + Working as a Community
• 0:34:02 – Steelman Arguments Against Citycoin
• 0:38:32 – Evolution of Nation-States
• 0:40:05 – Expanding Definition of Memes, Affinity Tokens + Outsider Trading
• 0:45:50 – What Makes A Good Citycoin City, Historical Memers + Next Cities?
• 0:52:43 – Wrapping Up

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Timestamps:

• 0:00:00 – Intro + Trung’s Car Got Towed
• 0:04:00 – Cryptoadz, McMansions + NFT Communities
• 0:11:27 – Evolution of Bored Apes + NFT Milestones
• 0:19:13 – Opensea Insider Trading + Walmart Litecoin Fake News
• 0:25:47 – Crypto Regulation
• 0:30:11 – Misinformation, Portnoy AOC tweet + Is Trung A Journalist?
• 0:37:16 – Mirror - Crypto Native Publishing
• 0:43:51 – Mirror 2yrs From Now
• 0:54:42 – Web 3.0 Resources + Jack’s Bored Apes Experiment
• 1:01:15 – Jack’s Visualize Value Evolution
• 1:05:00 – City Coins, Miamicoin + Mayor Francis Suarez
• 1:12:40 – Apple iPhone 13 + Memes
• 1:23:39 – Apple: Bank, SaaS or Hardware + Warren Buffet’s Tech Bet

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Timestamps:

• 0:00:00 – Intro
• 0:02:01 – Coinbase vs. SEC
• 0:16:04 – Understanding Where Defi Yield Comes From
• 0:21:46 – Calculated Risks + Narratives
• 0:24:47 – Theranos Trial, Elizabeth Holmes + Adam Neumann
• 0:34:14 – Solana, FTX + Tom Brady Ad
• 0:40:32 – Cryptoadz + Dune Analytics
• 0:56:23 – NFT Bots + Opensea Walkthrough
• 1:06:06 – Blockchain Explorer + Monitoring Prices
• 1:12:48 – Opensea Filters + NFT Traits
• 1:16:59 – Supply, Demand + Greater Fool Theory
• 1:21:39 – Air Force Ones vs NFTs

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Timestamps:

• 0:00:00 – Jack’s Afghan Care Initiative
• 0:08:46 – charity: water + Pineapple Fund
• 0:15:00 – Storytelling With Technology + NFTs
• 0:21:22 – Make Yourself An API, Transparency + Charity Marketing
• 0:25:04 – Twitter Haters
• 0:28:37 – Trusted Distribution + Smart Ways To Raise Awareness
• 0:30:56 – Gala Pros & Cons + Hitting Scale
• 0:37:16 – Hiring Talent
• 0:38:29 – Billionaire Donations
• 0:40:07 – Keyboard Warriors vs Real Impact
• 0:44:33 – "Pessimists Sound Smart, Optimists Get Paid"
• 0:52:13 – Hope vs Guilt + Hero’s Journey
• 0:54:39 – Effective Altruism

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