Jul 4, 2022Spike Lee: Bringing democracy to filmmaking with NFTsFor me, the absolute highlight of the NFT NYC conference, which attracted 15,000 attendees to Times Square June 20–23, was filmmaker Spike Lee’s talk at Radio City Music Hall. Why? Because Spike didn’t get weighed down by the plunging price of cryptocurrencies, which cast a shadow over much of the…Nft3 min readNft3 min read
Mar 5, 2022Top NFT projects to get involved withI’m longtime friends with Chris Heuer and Kristie Wells, the social media pioneers who founded Social Media Club back in the day. So it was a welcome development, but no huge surprise, to see their involvement in the Web3 space. Chris, along with another longtime friend, Tina Hui, co-hosted the…Nft4 min readNft4 min read
Feb 17, 2022NFTs have a trust problem — and it needs to be fixedNFTs have a trust problem. It’s not an image issue that needs managing. It’s a real problem that needs fixing. And it’s not going away until some fundamental reforms and upgrades are made to the architecture of NFTs (non-fungible tokens). How do we know there’s a significant trust issue? Because any time fraud and piracy pervade an ecosystem in large numbers, it keeps honorable participants on the sidelines and attracts more bad actors to join in. You’ve heard of a virtuous circle? Think of this as the opposite: an…Nft4 min readNft4 min read
Jan 2, 2022The top 20 crypto stories of 2021We break down the Bankless hosts’ analysis of big happenings in Web3 At Digital Culture Works, we place Bankless near the top of podcasts covering crypto, NFTs, blockchain and Web3. And we’ve been spending a good deal of time lately in the Bankless Discord. So when Bankless came out the…Nft9 min readNft9 min read
Dec 21, 2021The different flavors of DAOs in Web3A quick guide to decentralilzed autonomous organizations To those outside the world of crypto, the term DAO (see our Glossary definition) may seem like a foreign concept. But even for those steeped in the promise of Web3, DAOs can be a slippery concept. In short, the purpose of DAOs is to give some measure of ownership or…Dao7 min readDao7 min read
Nov 15, 2021Gary Vee at NFT.NYC: NFTs will change the worldI wasn’t able to attend NFT.NYC on Nov. 1–3, which has quickly grown into the world’s largest NFT gathering since its birth in 2019, with 5,000 attendess on hand in Times Square for sessions on nonfungible tokens, DeFi, crypto, the metaverse and all things Web 3. Fortunately, the event organizers…Nft5 min readNft5 min read
Sep 30, 2021Are NFTs and crypto only for the rich?At the online NFT & Creators Summit held Sept. 24, one of the most thought-provoking sessions was a panel discussion that VC Drew Austin of Red Beard Ventures led with three leading founders in Web 3. Taking part were Roham Gharegozlou, co-founder and CEO of Dapper Labs (makers of NBA…Crypto8 min readCrypto8 min read
Aug 20, 2021RTFKT: Bringing sneaker fashion into cryptoThe digital fashion startup pioneers NFTs for virtual worlds Things are moving fast in the metaverse. On the Inside.com webinar titled “Mastering NFTs” that I attended recently, we got some intriguing insights into how a crypto brand is pioneering virtual footwear in the metaverse and bridging the digital and physical worlds — courtesy of sneaker fashion. The startup RTFKT…Crypto5 min readCrypto5 min read
Jul 15, 2021Crypto has an image problem(And Nafter isn’t helping) — Crypto and NFTs (nonfungible tokens) have a bit of an image problem: The frothiness of the cryptocurrency markets, where fortunes are being made (and sometimes lost) on currencies created as a joke. The planet-melting energy used to create Bitcoin. The notion that art NFTs are only for the rich. So…Crypto3 min readCrypto3 min read
Jul 7, 2021Where is the NFT marketplace heading?One industry observer offers some provocative predictions I’m as much a cheerleader for the NFT space as anyone. At the same time, as a startup founder, former journalist and down-to-earth kinda guy, I like to keep things real. …Nft5 min readNft5 min read
