How SuperRare Turned Curation Over to Their Community with CEO John Crain

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08/25/21 • 35 min

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

Follow John Crain on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/superrarejohn?lang=en

And on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/superrarejohn/

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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

Follow John Crain on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/superrarejohn?lang=en

And on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/superrarejohn/

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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$2B+ NFT Summer & What’s Next with OpenSea CEO Devin Finzer

In this episode we’re honored to have Devin Finzer, the Co-Founder & CEO of OpenSea — the largest secondary marketplace for blockchain-based digital collectibles. As of August 17th, OpenSea already had over $1 billion in NFT transactions in the first half of August alone and has become a go-to destination for NFT enthusiasts. OpenSea recently closed a $100M Series B fundraising round, which valued them at $1.5B. In this episode we dive into...

What is OpenSea? What is the mission of OpenSea?

Which verticals are most rife for explosive growth with NFTs after CryptoArt?

What have been some of the most exciting or surprising trends?

How will the NFT market empower a shift in the creator economy?

Similar to the crypto bull and bear markets, what’s his outlook on growth in the coming years? Does he feel it’ll have a similar cycle with NFTs?

What does he feel are some of the key milestones in fostering mainstream adoption of NFTs?

How does he feel the entertainment industry as a whole will adopt NFT’s in the coming years?

OpenSea announced cross-chain support along with the most recent round. How does he envision the future of NFTs being cross-chain (L1 chains, L2 solutions, etc)?

How is OpenSea approaching curation and discovery to help users find NFTs they love?

What is most exciting about OpenSea’s roadmap?

And much more!

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Why Musicians Need NFTs with Ed Young, CEO of NFT.hiphop

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)