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#138: Hang Zhang on Sing-to-Earn NFTs and Seoul Stars Jun 27, 2022

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Hang Zhang is the interim Chief Marketing Officer at Catheon Gaming and Co-CEO of Seoul Stars. Prior to his time at Catheon, Hang has led operations and scaled various growth technology companies. He has extensive experience leading strategy departments in major financial services organizations. He was previously also a Manager at McKinsey, the leading global management consulting firm. Hang studied Computer Science at the University of Queensland, and subsequently his MBA at Michigan University
In this conversation, we discuss:
- Bear market best practices
- Seoul Stars Kpop NFTs
- Shipping great products
- Sing-to-Earn
- Yuna, the first digital kpop idol
- Growing socials to 100k+
- Selling 5k NFTs for $2mm
- 3D Virtual idol
- American Idol" style Korean TV show
Seoul Stars
Website: seoulstars.io
Twitter: @SeoulStarsNFT
Instagram: @seoulstarsnft
Hang Zhang
LinkedIn: Hang Z.
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#137: Brendan O'Flaherty on Building Smart Contracts, Solidity and NFTs Jun 23, 2022

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Brendan O'Flaherty, or as he is known in NFT circles, “Bread”, is a Web3 developer and smart contract author. Living in Colorado with his wife and 5 year old son, Bread quickly garnered attention from various blockchain based startups with his ability to incorporate complex blockchain based concepts to solve Web2 problems and reduce points of friction for various companies.
In this conversation, we discuss:
- Best resources to become a web3 dev
- Learning basic c++
- Only 8k solidity devs in the world
- NFT tech stack
- Tweaking existing contracts
- Free NFT mints
- no code / low code solutions
- NFT NYC
- Baked Blue Jays NFTs
Baked Blue Jays
Website: bakedbluejays.io
Twitter: @bakedbluejays
Discord: @bakedbluejays
Brendan O'Flaherty
Twitter: @_bcbread
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#136: Dan Reitzik on Virtual Land, Metaverses and Terrazero Jun 20, 2022

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Dan Reitzik is the Chief Executive Officer of Terrazero. Dan was the Co-Founder and CEO of DMG Blockchain Solutions (TSXV-DMGI) from 2016 until March 2021 when he left DMG to launch TerraZero Technologies. When Dan founded DMG, cryptocurrency was in its infancy, and at that time, while most people didn’t understand crypto currency, Dan knew that it would eventually change how many people would transact in the future. Dan believes the Metaverse is the next significant evolution to occur as a result of blockchain technology.
In this conversation, we discuss:
- Metaverse world agnostic
- Metaverse being the internet in 1993
- E-commerce presence in the metaverse
- Gaming vs meetings vs socializing
- Centralized vs decentralized worlds
- Renting land in the metaverse
- Launching amadea.com in 1-2 months
- Tools that create interoperability between metaverses
- Creating ticketing systems for the metaverse
- Metaverse is the blending of the real world and virtual world
- AR glasses coming out Q4 this year
- Utility tokens and utility NFTs
TerraZero
Website: terrazero.com
Twitter: @terrazerotech
Discord: discord.gg/Xu9nkNxqWW
Dan Reitzik
LinkedIn: Dan Reitzik
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#135: Charles Stanton on Web3 Branding, Forj and Animoca Brands Jun 16, 2022

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Charles Stanton is the CMO at Forj (formerly Bondly), which is the parent brand of MetaPrints and PolkaPet World.

Charles has years of experience leading digital marketing and campaigns for some of the biggest brands in the UK including KPMG, The National Lottery, BUPA and British Gas. Recognized through multiple awards including the Social Media Marketing Awards UK, and an international award for Innovation, he is passionate about bringing brands and mainstream audiences into Web3 through Forj.

In this conversation, we discuss:
- Bondly rebrand to Forj
- Qualitative aspects of onboarding
- Why the name Forj?
- Rebranding 101
- Airdropping tokens on different chains
- Future of the metaverse = values over branding
- Metaprints
- Animoca Brands
Forj
Website: forj.network
Twitter: @ForjOfficial
Metaprints
Website: metaprints.com
Twitter: @Metaprints
Discord: discord.gg/kpqP9MQ7vn
Charles Stanton
Twitter: @Chas_Stanton
LinkedIn: Charles Stanton
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#134: Clayton Roche on DAOs, Web3 and UMA Jun 13, 2022

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Clayton Roche is the Head of Community Development at UMA (Universal Market Access). He has been working in DeFi since 2019, well before that term made the cover of The Economist magazine. He was also a country ambassador for MakerDAO, community manager for a DAI wallet called Mosendo, and started a DeFi community called DeFi Nation.
In this conversation, we discuss:
- CoinMarketCap Online Conference
- Costa Rica
- Building in a bear market
- Optimistic Oracles
- Tech stack of DAOs
- Consensus mechanisms
- The Future of DAOs
- Outcome.finance
UMA
Website: umaproject.org
Twitter: @UMAprotocol
Discord: discord.com/UMA
Clayton Roche
Twitter: @TokenArchitect
LinkedIn: Clayton Roche
Instagram: @claytonroche
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#133: William Wu on P2E Gaming, SolChicks and Catheon Gaming Jun 09, 2022

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William Wu is the Founder of Catheon Gaming, a team of 200+ people, behind a number of GameFi projects including SolChicks, SeoulStars and Angrymals. SolChicks became the #1 play-to-earn game on Solana within 3 months of launch, raising $55m and listing at a peak diluted market capitalization of $8 billion. Prior to his ventures, he was a Vice President at Oaktree Capital, $120 billion asset manager owned by Brookfield Asset Management.
In this conversation, we discuss:
- Covid-19 in China
- World's largest distressed investor
- SOL vs ETH
- The future of P2E gaming
- Growing from 1-200+ people in less than 6 months
- Converting web2 legacy companies to web3
- Building a web3 one-stop-shop
- Working with BP
Catheon Gaming
Website: catheongaming.com
Twitter: @CatheonGaming
LinkedIn: Catheon Gaming
William Wu
Twitter: @SirWilliamWu
LinkedIn: William Wu
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#132: Koh Kim on Working for Google, Mysten Labs and Building Another Layer 1 Blockchain Jun 06, 2022

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Koh Kim is the Head of Ecosystem Partnerships and Marketing at Mysten Labs, a Web 3.0 infrastructure company. Previously, she was part of the Google Play Games Business Development team where she led international market strategy and industry influencer outreach.
As one of the key early members of the team since the platform’s rebranding in 2012, she helped expand Google Play’s reach and relationships with video game and tech companies from all over the world, cultivated local developer communities, and improved the platform’s perception dramatically.
In this conversation, we discuss:
- Early days at Google
- Working in crypto
- Mysten Labs
- Sui, building another layer1
- Solidity devs ... only 8k in the world
- Shortage of web3 developers
- Crypto in 2022
Mysten Labs
Website: mystenlabs.com
Twitter: @Mysten_Labs
Discord: discord.gg/Sui
Koh Kim
Website: kohkim.com
Twitter: @kohkim
LinkedIn: Koh Kim
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#131: Derek Yoo on Polkadot, Layer Zero and MoonBeam Jun 02, 2022

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Derek Yoo is CEO & Founder of Moonbeam, a layer-1 blockchain providing native interoperability and prioritizing secure cross-chain integration solutions. Previously, Derek co-founded and served as CTO of Fuze, where he led the product and engineering teams in the creation of a global Unified Communications-as-a-Service cloud platform.
As a professional tech entrepreneur with over two decades of success building software and cloud companies, Derek can speak to the importance of blockchain infrastructure to eliminate operational complexity and allow developers to focus on building unique applications and projects.
In this conversation, we discuss:
- Software eating the world
- Community computers
- Tech stacks over blockchains for longevity
- Fireblocks integration
- DeFi activity on Moonbeam
- Gaming NFTs
- Chainlink
- "Fully Ethereum Compatible"
Moonbeam
Website: moonbeam.network
Twitter: @MoonbeamNetwork
Youtube: youtube.com/MoonbeamNetwork
Derek Yoo
Twitter: @derekyoo
LinkedIn: Derek Yoo
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#130: Ganesh Swami on Granular Historical Data, Covalent and NFTs May 30, 2022

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Ganesh Swami is a serial entrepreneur, adventurer, and speaker. He is currently the co-founder and CEO of Covalent – a venture-funded blockchain data analytics startup based out of Vancouver, BC. He has over a decade of experience with database technology and bringing new products to market. His current focus with Covalent is to solve the big problems inhibiting blockchain's mainstream adoption. He started his career in building protein simulation algorithms to solve cancer.
In this conversation, we discuss:
- Building protein simulation algorithms to solve cancer
- How P2E games are becoming such a hot topic and what we found in our analysis
- Why people need granular, historical data, and how accessible they are
- How developers and analysts can use our Unified API for free, without coding
- How Covalent help with TAX seasons
- What is on-chain analysis, why do people need them
- Granular, historical data, and how accessible they are
- $25mil in funding to data verification space
Covalent
Website: covalenthq.com
Twitter: @Covalent_HQ
Discord: covalenthq.com/discord
Ganesh Swami
Twitter: @gane5h
LinkedIn: Ganesh Swami
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#129: Tracy Leparulo on Crypto in Canada, ETH and Blockchain Futurist Conference May 26, 2022

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Tracy Leparulo is the Founder of Untraceable Events and Founder of the Blockchain Futurist Conference. Since 2013, Tracy has been at the forefront of building communities for leading blockchain projects including Ethereum, Bitcoin, and Polymath. In 2017, she organized Ethereum’s largest Hackathon ETH Waterloo, where Cryptokitties launched while also witnessing their NFT’s crash the Ethereum Network.
In this conversation, we discuss:
- Crypto in Canada
- Untraceable Events funny stories
- Blockchain Futurist Conference
- Ins-and-outs of planning crypto conferences
- Present day crypto + NFT landscape
- How to get world class speakers at your events
- Everyone thinking they're an expert
- Toronto crypto events
Untraceable Events
Website: untraceableinc.com
Twitter: @untraceableinc
Facebook: @untraceableinc
Blockchain Futurist Conference
Website: futuristconference.com
Twitter: @futurist_conf

Tracy Leparulo
Twitter: @tracyleparulo
LinkedIn: Tracy Leparulo
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