Monte Cahn is Founder of RightOfTheDot (ROTD.com) a licensed business & premium domain auction and brokerage firm.  

ROTD.com is currently running a premium domain name auction at NamesCon.Global(.)

It has been 2 years since domain investors and entrepreneurs have been able to attend a NamesCon in-person. While the NamesCon team has done a great job with their online shows in the meantime, nothing beats the in-person experience - and that combined with the terrific lineup of content and the live domain auction makes this a can't-miss event for anyone in the domain space!  

You can learn more about NamesCon at NamesCon.Global(.)  

You can register to bid at the live auction at ROTD.com(.)  

In today's The Assets Show, we talk candidly with Monte about the upcoming Namescon auction, his new .Hiphop domain extension, and his vast history of domain name experience.  

Monty was Founder and CEO of Moniker.com and former President of SnapNames.com, in the early 2000's.  Monte has been pioneering domain and aftermarket services since 1994/95. During his time, he helped many new and existing TLD’s have successful launches through registrar promotions, sales & auctions of premium domains through marketing, brokerage and sales.  He was one of the early domain name pioneers and started investing in domains in 1994/95 and started the first online domain brokerage business in the industry.   

His success stories include more than $550,000,000 in domain sales & brokerage, including the WORLD'S FIRST EVER domain name sale for over $1 million dollars with the sale of Wallstreet.com and the industry's first $2 million dollar domain sale with the sale of Autos.com in 1999. Later, he sold the highest dollar domain in history with the sale of Porn.com for $9.5M and Slots.com for $5.5mm. 

He is also the visionary behind Live and online Domain Auctions. He was also the creator of domain appraisals, domain escrow and Whois Privacy services.  

Monte was voted into the 2010 Domain Hall of Fame by industry peers. 

He has spoken and presented at more than 150 industry conferences.  

Watch Monte talk about all this and more on the lucky 13th episode of The Assets Show.  

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Join Rob and Ed as they talk with Steve Vallas who was the CEO of Blockchain Australia. 

Steve finished up as CEO last week, but before he left, we were lucky enough to have him on The Assets Show for his final interview as CEO.  

Watch as Steve discusses:  

- What lead him to becoming CEO of Blockchain Australia 

- What is the blockchain? 

- Is Bitcoin and Blockchain dead? 

- Is Blockchain and Cryptocurrency a scam? 

- the reality of Rob’s idea of turning the DNS off in 2 years and switching to Blockchain. 

- BlockchainWeek.com.au 

- What is Blockchain Australia? 

- Why TikTok is a great social network. 

- his roles as a panel member of ASIC’s Digital Finance Advisory Panel and ASEAN Blockchain Consortium 

- Why Australia is being described as “strategically important” for blockchain technology.  

If you don’t watch any other part of the podcast you simply must watch Steve discuss being in Washington and talking with members from the US Federal Reserve about Blockchain technology in Australia (around the 19 minute mark).  

On leaving Blockchain Australia (after this podcast was recorded), Steve recently posted on his Linked In: “It has been my absolute privilege to be trusted by so many people to share and tell their stories across Australia and to the world.  Blockchain Australia is the peak national industry body, an organisation that’s recognised globally for its contribution to the sector. Its success has been and will continue to be, your voice.”

Today Rob and Ed speak with Conor Bode from Avvy Domains.  

Avvy Domains have created a new blockchain domain name extension called .Avax for the Avalanche blockchain network.  

In this episode Conner discusses:  

- how he came up with the "Avvy" brand name for .avax domain names. 

- his background in blockchain technology. 

- how he came up with the idea to create the .Avax domain extension for the Avalanche blockchain. 

- how he is trying to handle possible trademark infringements and cybersquatting. 

- his thoughts on ICANN and how he has heard they are concerned about blockchain domain names. 

- how you can use your .avax domain today with traditional DNS using a bridge. 

- the utility of .avax domain names in the future.  

You can purchase .avax domain names from Avvy.Domains

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Rob and Ed speak with Dave Haslop who's hosting the first Australian Crypto Convention at the Gold Coast Convention Centre in Queensland on September 17 and 18, 2022.  

Watch the show to see the special guests that will be appearing at the crypto convention and hear about how Dave's "The Crypto Den" company aims to help people understand Digital Currencies and how to trade them.

Rob and Ed talk to George Keay today. George discusses old school share trading and talks about some great tools and websites you can use to get into shares. Rob and Ed compare the new crypto market as they go along.

George answers these two very important questions that every stock market or crypto market investor should be asking themselves;

Rob and Ed talk with Adam Schwab who is co-founder and CEO of LuxuryEscapes.com  

Adam discusses how he purchased the LuxuryEscapes.com domain name and what it took to build the Luxury Escapes brand. The LuxuryEscapes.com domain name was purchased for $100,000 which is always a strong move if you can lock down your '.com' or '.com.au' domain name before launching your product or service. Luxury Escapes currently employs over 400 staff and Pre-COVID, Luxury Escapes turned over close to $500 million and serviced 500,000 customers.  

Adam also discusses his previous brand Deals.com.au and informs us that he purchased the domain name for $100,000.  

We also voice our opinions on a great topic in this day and age after the Covid epidemic; is it a good idea to work from home?  

Adam is also an author, with his book, Pigs At The Trough available at Amazon.  

Adam has written for the Financial Review and the Herald Sun and runs his own podcast called From Zero.

Rob and Ed talk with the young crypto guru Ben Simpson from CollectiveShift.io

In this episode, the guys talk about:

- Is this a good time to buy and invest in crypto?

- What is the Bitcoin halving and when is the next one and how will this effect the market?

- Are crypto conferences worth attending?

- What is crypto staking and should i stake my Bitcoin, Ethereum or Avalanche in a bear market?

Rob and Ed show you how to create a MetaMask wallet, how to buy an ENS domain name (.eth) and what you can use them for.  

Rob and Ed, in their own special lay-man ways, outline the following in this show:  

What is a MetaMask wallet?

Rob and Ed discuss Domain Names versus Cryptocurrency (Metaverse / Web3) as valuable Digital Assets.

On this episode of The Assets Show we have our special guest, Adam Saville-Brown, General Manager of Koinly APAC.  

Adam has some great stories on what lead up to him becoming the Koinly APAC General Manager.  

Koinly is a Crypto Tax Calculator designed to make your life a lot easier working out the crypto tax portion of your tax return

.  Many people who invest in crypto seem to forget about the tax component when they make a profit or just as important, if they make a loss.