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Keith Grossman, president of TIME magazine, has a long track record of revising and modernizing digital media brands. With leadership roles at Bloomberg and WIRED under his belt, Grossman has been responsible for leading the nearly century-old brand into web3 over the past year. During this time, they’ve experimented with tokenizing covers, collaborated with with Beeple, and partnered with the Cool Cats Community. But that’s not all. Now, Grossman has launched TIMEPieces, the brand’s web3 community initiative. Featuring collaborations with leading NFT artists as well as artists who had previously contributed to TIME, the Genesis drop and Slices of Time drop have done more than $35 million in total sales volume. Grossman is truly at the forefront of the web3 movement, and is working to ensure his legacy media brand stays relevant in the space with impactful, tangible results.

In this episode we cover:

• The vision behind TIMEPieces and the future of the initiative
• How web3 and NFTs will disrupt digital media
• The value of tokenizing the written word
• What’s next for TIME in the web3 ecosystem

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In this episode, John Crain joins the nft now podcast! John is the Co-founder and CEO of SuperRare, one of the earliest and most acclaimed crypto art NFT platforms that launched in 2018. SuperRare recently announced its 2.0 platform update, including the $RARE curation token, SuperRare Spaces, SuperRare DAO, and sovereign smart contracts initiatives. SuperRare has done over $90 million in volume since 2018 and is backed by the likes of notable entrepreneurs like Mark Cuban. The platform raised a $9M Series A investment back in March and this is only the beginning for what's to come in the metaverse.

In this episode we discuss:

SuperRare 2.0 (2:24)

Why Decentralization is important (03:18)

Launching $RARE token (4:17)

New SuperRare talent vs maintaining the current community (10:13)

Who should be chosen to have SR storefronts (12:49)

DAOs (14:52)

Custom Smart Contracts (18:44)

How SuperRare handled the NFT gold rush (21:33)

Blue Chip Crypto Artists / 1-of-1 drops (29:57)

How SuperRare plans on embracing the Metaverse (31:52)

SuperRare’s favorite rising artists (33:29)

The long game for SuperRare & NFTs (36:30)

To learn more about the recently launched $RARE curation token & SuperRare DAO: https://superrare.mirror.xyz/fkGKcN1xVNRvfZk5OiY52-T_WNSndC4ve1DPDmvZQ6E

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In this episode, we welcome Ed Young onto the nft now podcast! Ed Young is the CEO and founder of https://nft.hiphop/ and one of the co-founders of influential hip hop magazine, “The Source”. He recently partnered with https://near.org/ and the Universal Hip Hop Museum (UHHM) to feature 47 hip hop legend NFTs in honor of the 47th year anniversary of the hip-hop era. These 47 NFTs feature musical icons like Eazy-E to Lil Wayne.

In this episode we discuss:

Intro (0:00)

Hip hop and NFTs (1:16)

From magazines to NFTs (2:48)

Why hip hop needs NFTs (6:06)

Bringing the power back to the creators (7:20)

The thriving middle class (8:30)

How NFT.hiphop was born (9:02)

Adding utility within hip hop NFTs (13:39)

The vision behind NFT.hiphop (15:05)

Any Shopify store can now sell NFTs (18:06)

How has the Hip hop community responded to NFTs (19:36)

Jay Z’s NFT vs 3LAU’s (24:20)

NFTs, Blockchain and the future (27:24)

Direct to consumer creativity (30:00)

Milestone towards NFT mainstream adoption (32:41)

Closing thoughts (36:49)

To learn more about how Ed Young and NFT.hiphop are bridging the gap between music artists and NFTs, go to: https://nft.hiphop/

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In this episode we’re honored to have Ronnie K. Pirovino. Ronnie is a widely recognized art collector, curator and appraiser; his pursuits encompass entrepreneurial projects including NFTs. Notably, after his collection grew to prominence, he departed a successful career in digital advertising to focus on his passion for art. Pirovino has partnered with Christie’s on an ongoing series of auction sales, called “Trespassing.” As chief curator at LGND.art, he is consistently aiming for innovation at the intersection of art and technology. On Instagram, @pirovino shares his various endeavors to a wide range of audiences. Pirovino holds a B.S. in Communication with a minor in Art History from Northwestern.

In this episode we discuss:

How Ronnie was an early supporter/collector of Kaws who saw him rise from a bit of an outsider in the art world to a star and what lessons can be learned that apply to the NFT community

The story behind Ronnie’s “Trespassing” exhibit at Christie’s and what made him decide to include NFTs

How does he feel NFTs will redefine the fine art community

Does he feel purists in the fine art community are hesitant to support NFTs?

In the fine art world, who are the gatekeepers and what role do they play? How do NFTs tear down that paradigm and democratize fine art?

As an experienced collector, how does he determine which artists you want to support and collect?

Ronnie’s upcoming gallery at ComplexCon in partnership with LGND.art

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pplpleasr is an artist who first rose to prominence in the crypto space due to her viral animations for popular DeFi protocols like Aave and SushiSwap. Her breakthrough ‘x*y=k’ NFT featured an animation of a Uniswap unicorn adventuring through a symbolic DeFi landscape to the “Ethereum promised land.” The auction caused the spontaneous creation of pleasrDAO, a collective of 23 Ethereum addresses, who won the auction for 310 ETH ($525K). pplpleasr announced that she’d be donating all of the proceeds to ​​the Stand With Asians movement. Since then, pleasrDAO has become a major player in the NFT space with high-profile purchases like Edward Snowden’s first NFT ($5+ million), the original Doge photo ($4+ million), Tor Project (nearly $2 million) and more.

In this episode we dive into...

What is a DAO? What are the pros and cons of running an organization as a DAO? How does she foresee they will impact the broader business landscape in the coming years?

The initial Uniswap auction that led to pleasrDAO’s creation.

What motivated her decision to donate all of the proceeds from her landmark sale to combat AAPI discrimination?

What is the mission of pleasrDAO?

How does pleasrDAO function structurally? What role does she play in its decisions?

The story behind the Snowden, Doge and Tor auctions.

What role does she foresee DAOs playing in the NFT space going forward?

What inspires her most about the NFT space’s future?

What projects does she have in the works?

And much more!

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