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My guest today is Matty, also known as DCL Blogger.

Matty is one of the most successful NFT traders and earliest NFT content creators in the ecosystem. Our conversation touches upon all of Matty’s best techniques for NFT trading and we also discuss his process for creating NFT content.

Matty oozes experience and knows the space like the back of his hand. He knows who is who, what is trading where and the best method to get it. Even though his focus is virtual land, he is knowledgeable about pretty much every type of NFT

What I loved about our conversation is how Matty tells it like it is, no sugarcoating and just spitting straight truth. Many people, myself included, tend to hold back in certain instances. Not Matty, he's out here dropping knowledge. That's why he has connected so well with everyone in our community and why he will continue on his path as one of the most successful NFT traders and content creators in our space.

Please enjoy my conversation with Matty

Twitter - https://twitter.com/DCLBlogger

Website - https://dclblogger.com/

Discord - http://discord.gg/jKByKGR 

My guest today is Fanny Lakoubay

She is the COO of CADAF - Contemporary & Digital Art Fair, and a curator at the MoCDA: Museum of Contemporary Digital Art. She has involvement with Radical Exchange and ETHlocal.

Before going full crypto she worked at the intersection of art and tech for 10 years and also at the legendary art auction house Christies. Luckily for us, she caught the bug and has been in crypto ever since.

Fanny has the unique experience and perspective to realize that we are at an incredible moment in art history and throughout our conversation we hit upon all topics related to art, both crypto and traditional. We also discuss Fanny’s involvement with RadicalxChange which is an organization that aims to tackle hard problems that our politician system ignores.

I learned so much during our conversation and I am already looking forward to the next one.

Please enjoy my conversation with Fanny.

Twitter - https://twitter.com/flakoubay

Website - https://www.fannylakoubay.com/

CADAF - https://twitter.com/art_cadaf

MoCDA - https://twitter.com/MOCDA_

RadicalxChange - https://twitter.com/radxchange

My guest today is Chris Chapman.

Chris is an advisor to Blockade Games and deeply involved in the crypto gaming ecosystem. He has an incredible background that starts in the early days of the web before the internet was the internet.

We discussed his journey through the pre.com era of the web, building platforms for virtual worlds, the blockchain game movement and the metaverse.

What I loved about our conversation was hearing about Chris’s amazing experience with internet native technologies and how he has deeply thought about the ramifications of our digital future.

Please enjoy my conversation with Chris.

Twitter - https://twitter.com/m3mnoch

Website - https://m3mnoch.com/about

My guests today are Stephen and Mads.

Stephen is the founder of the newly launched NFT loan platform, NFTfi. Mads is the founder of a tech startup called Bibblio but his nights and weekends are spent in the NFT ecosystem. He is an advisor to NFTfi and has been involved since its inception.

We discuss it all, from their backgrounds, to cyber physical systems, token engineering, and bringing DeFi into the NFT space. I loved our conversation because of the diverse topics we touched upon and also because of Stephen and Mads differing skill sets. Stephen has the magical combination of technical and creative while Mads has deep expertise with operating startups and marketing.

What I find really exciting is their ultimate objective which is “to bring more liquidity to the NFT markets” NFTfi is starting with loans but I could see it becoming something much bigger.

Please enjoy my conversion with Stephen and Mads.

Website - https://nftfi.com/

Discord - http://discord.gg/mnYDevm

Twitter -  https://twitter.com/nftfi

My guest today is Aleks Larsen, a senior associate at the $300m dollar venture fund, Blockchain Capital. Blockchain Capital is one of the oldest, most reputable and largest venture funds in the crypto space.

It was a blast getting to speak with Aleks, thoughtful, eloquent and insatiably curious, Aleks and I touched upon all parts of the NFT ecosystem. I peppered him with questions ranging from his thoughts on the metaverse, the ethos of crypto, and what advice he would give a team pitching Blockchain Capital. Anyone who is looking to form a startup and raise venture capital, I highly suggest you listen to this insightful conversation.

Please enjoy my conversation with Aleks.

https://blockchain.capital/

https://twitter.com/_alekslarsen

My guests today are Nate and Carolin. They are the founders of the NFT minting platform, Mintbase.

Mintbase allows anyone to set up a shop and start minting all types of NFTs, from tickets, to art, game items and now, even music!

We discuss everything. Nate's tech background, Carolin’s experience working in the German parliament and of course we dive really deep into Mintbase.

What I really loved about our conversion was Nate and Carolin’s sincerity. Just straight facts and without all the hype.

Nate and Carolin are really building something special with a core focus on the users. Constant communication and user feedback acts as their north star and guides them on what gets built. They say the single goal of your startup should be to build a product users love and it looks like Mintbase is doing exactly that.

Please enjoy my conversation with Nate and Carolin.

https://mintbase.io/

https://twitter.com/nategeier

https://twitter.com/CarolinWend

My guest today is John Egan. John is the CEO of the foresight company L’atelier. L’atelier, meaning “workshop” in French, is a subsidiary of the French banking giant, BNP Paribas. L’atelier’s job is to identify future market opportunities and conduct deep analysis of these emergent opportunities. And oh boy, do they deliver.

The market opportunity that they have identified and decided to dive deepest on, is the virtual economy. They recently produced an incredible research report, which I am not afraid to say is some of the best in the world on this topic.

John’s depth of knowledge is staggering. During our conversation, we touched upon almost everything metaverse. Virtual worlds, economics, artificial intelligence, bioaugmentation, and the pros and cons of our inevitable digital reality.

Our conversation could have lasted days but alas we had to get back to the metaverse. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did.

John Twitter - https://twitter.com/iamjohnegan

L’atelier - https://atelier.net/

Virtual Economy Report - https://atelier.net/virtual-economy/

My guest today is Jason Bailey. Jason is the founder of Artnome which started out as a database that tracks extremely high-value artworks but has since expanded into a multifaceted business, ranging from art curation, art consultation and even a thriving blog focused on the intersection of art and technology.

Jason’s background is perfectly suited for our conversation which is centered around the convergence of art and tech that we are all currently experiencing. He went from a successful machine learning startup to launching Artnome and is now widely known within the traditional art world for his technological expertise.

During our conversation, we discuss everything art and tech. Generative art, ai art, crypto art, how to value art, and much more. Jason has an incredible ability to explain difficult concepts even to art newbie like myself.

I am so fortunate to be able to speak with Jason. Having someone of his caliber interested in the crypto art space is a signal to us all, that we are onto something big.

Please enjoy my conversation with Jason.

Jason Twitter - https://twitter.com/artnome

Artnome - https://www.artnome.com/

My guest today is Edward Thomson. Edward has an incredibly interesting background that ranges from traditional finance, to crypto, to even being a Persian rug salesman.

This diverse background helped him build multiple skill sets which come in handy for his current job, which is Grants Manager for the Web3 Foundation.

The Web3 Foundation is best known for being the group behind the newly launched, Polkadot blockchain.

Edwards's interests don't stop there, he has dived deep into decentralized gaming, going so far as to suggest different architectures that could facilitate fully on-chain games today.

Falling further down the metaverse rabbit hole we look at esports DAOs and how they will eventually evolve into fully-fledged companies and how the line between what is reality and what is a game will soon become blurred.

All in all, an awesome and wide-ranging conversation that I hope you will enjoy as much as I did.

Edward Twitter - https://twitter.com/EAThomson

Web3 Foundation - https://web3.foundation/

Edward Personal Website - https://edthomson.com/

My guest today is Brett Shear, or for those in the NFT community, BlockchainBrett. Brett is a co-founder and COO of Fleek, which is a platform for building websites and applications on IPFS.

Our conversations starts with his introduction to crypto, which involves a random encounter with some classmates, his time at Ethereum incubator Consensys, the startup he was a part of while there and of course, Fleek.

Along with building crypto products, Brett has an intense passion for the arts, specifically crypto kind of art. Although a huge fan of the artist Coldie, he collects all types of work and NFTs.

I love Brett's views on the crypto and NFT ecosystem and I also love that he is not just an enthusiast admiring from the sidelines but he is heads down, busy building a product to further the goals of decentralization.

Please enjoy my conversation with Brett.

Fleek - https://fleek.co/

Brett Twitter - https://twitter.com/web3brett

Fleek Twitter - https://twitter.com/fleekhq