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In Ep. 15 of the Podcast I was lucky enough to speak to Matt Lord, Director of Technology & Digital Systems at SailGP.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
01:34 What is SailGP?
08:39 Practical use cases of blockchain
11:51 How does SailGP utilise blockchain?
16:07 How successful have the Web3 products been?
18:02 DAO integration & fan engagement
25:02 Public vs private chains
27:16 Where has blockchain been used badly in sport?
31:00 Interoperability & chain migration
34:21 ESG & blockchain
35:16 Real-world assets on-chain
37:29 Legislation & consumer confidence
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In Ep. 14 of the Podcast I was lucky enough to speak to Richard Ayers, Co-Founder of Rematch.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
08:16 Poor utilization of blockchain in sport
11:08 Pressure on commercial teams in sport
20:27 Web3 & social
24:25 Lifting & shifting in America vs Europe
28:20 What's the biggest Web3 x sport opportunity?
32:23 How hard is it for sports teams & organisations to embrace a Web3 experience?
38:30 Fan engagement
42:02 Is everything overhyped?
46:14 FTX, Binance & regulation
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In Ep. 13 of the Podcast I was lucky enough to speak to Solo Ceesay, CEO & Co-Founder of Calaxy.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
03:26 Financial services → crypto
06:20 The importance of decentralised tech
08:09 Rebuilding social media & value transfer
11:46 Calaxy & blockchain
14:11 Creators, feedback & content
19:48 Self custody & security
21:30 Modernising the fan experience
24:32 Loyalty in Web3
27:20 Web3 games & product-market fit
31:06 Karate Combat
32:29 DAOs, sports & adoption
36:26 Building for the 'Why'
40:28 New tools, NFT hype & usage
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In Ep. 12 of the Podcast I was lucky enough to speak to Drew Austin, Managing Partner of Red Beard Ventures.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
03:26 AngelList Syndicates
05:00 SuperRare, NBA Top Shot & ZED RUN
08:33 The importance of digital ownership
12:53 Syndicate & fund investments
16:20 Sports & entertainment from a crypto perspective
22:43 Valuations & sustainable business models
31:59 Knights of Degen
39:19 On-chain network of sports fans
42:01 Fan engagement & finding balance
44:22 DAOs & communication
46:47 Distributed ownership, digital memorabilia & AI
49:31 PFPs: How can they be improved?
51:56 User experience & security
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It's crucial to provide our audience with clear information regarding the inherent nature of services and products that might be covered in this newsletter, including those advertised by our sponsors from time to time. When you buy cryptoassets (including NFTs) your capital is at risk. Risks associated with cryptoassets include price volatility, loss of capital (the value of your cryptoassets could drop to zero), complexity, lack of regulation and lack of protection. Most service providers operating in the cryptoasset industry do not currently operate in a regulated industry. Therefore, please be aware that when you buy cryptoassets, you are not protected under financial compensation schemes and protections typically afforded to investors when dealing with regulated and authorised entities to operate as financial services firms.
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In Ep. 11 of the Podcast I was lucky enough to speak to Scott Lawin, CEO of Candy Digital.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
04:17 Candy Digital & the NFT boom
08:25 Licensing & partnerships
16:43 Leverage in structuring deals & the changing market
18:14 Sustaining in a bear market
21:09 Onboarding users through conversion from less speculative activations
23:04 Fanatics divestment & Palm NFT Studio merge
29:57 Biggest opportunities within sport & Web3
34:17 Sport & gaming within Web3
37:29 Loyalty on-chain vs off-chain
40:38 Identity, privacy & data
42:07 Palm network & future prospects for Candy Digital
46:14 What are you most excited about in the next 3-5 years?
48:35 What do you think is overhyped?
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In Ep. 10 of the Podcast I was lucky enough to speak to Robby Yung, CEO of Animoca Brands.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
6:16 The importance of digital ownership
14:28 Innovations in blockchain technology
16:40 OneFootball Labs
25:47 Enhancing fan experiences through Web3
27:22 F1 Delta Time, right holders & licensing
31:39 MotoGP & Formula E
34:09 Biggest opportunity in Web3 & sports over the next decade?
39:56 The future of gaming in Web3
43:05 Is Web3 the next unlock for gaming?
49:36 Paying artists fairly through Web3
54:50 NFT IPs & saturating the Web3 gaming market
01:03:18 Where does crypto need to mature?
01:08:04 What are you most exited about in Web3?
01:10:13 What's overhyped in Web3?
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In Ep. 9 of the Podcast I was lucky enough to speak to Ronan Joyce, Director of Digital Innovation at Manchester United.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
09:10 Manchester United Web3 activity
10:26 First digital collectible launch: The Key
13:28 Freemium models
17:39 Managing, developing & growing a Discord community
23:51 Main learnings from the initial launch
26:52 Collect United
33:28 Running Web3 at Manchester United
34:54 Has there been pushback from fans?
36:21 Utilising fan feedback for improvement
38:59 The future of Manchester United's Web3 strategy
41:11 How do these Web3 projects impact fandom as a whole for Manchester United?
47:19 Enhancing the fan experience through Web3
52:55 Tech cycles & direction of travel
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In Ep. 8 of the Podcast I was lucky enough to speak to Cooper Sherwin, Co-Founder and Head of Community of LinksDAO.
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Timestamps:
00:00 What are you focusing your energy on right now?01:48 What is LinksDAO?02:15 Timeline of buying a golf course...05:43 Negative reactions to raising money07:30 Execution & reaching goals08:31 The USP & criticality of using Web3 & crypto for LinksDAO?09:48 Community in the back, business in the front: Why has this structure been so successful?11:23 Operationally as a DAO, what challenges were surprising?12:38 Execution of buying a golf course18:31 First reaction to the newly purchased golf course19:28 Mechanics: NFTs, community, on-chain & voting22:17 Community decisions24:05 Why have there not been more success stories from DAOs?26:51 What is the end goal for LinksDAO?28:32 Reconciling a business with a Web3 native community29:53 Building a strong brand within golf vs Web330:52 Balancing a sustainable business & upside in growth32:23 What would you do differently starting LinksDAO again?35:40 What are you excited about more broadly in sports & Web3?36:50 Advice to sports organisations entering Web3 & investing in community37:55 What excites you outside of sport?38:38 How is the sports landscape changing?40:48 On-chain network & independence43:33 Roadmap for LinksDAO over the next year?
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In this episode, I was joined by Nigel Eccles, Co-Founder of BetDEX, Vault and FanDuel Nigel Eccles to discuss Web3 in Sports & Entertainment.
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Timestamps:
00:00 What are you focusing your energy on right now?03:12 BetDEX06:51 Where did your interest for Web3 & crypto spark?08:37 Why have we not seen many consumer facing products?10:44 Vault & BetDEX stats breakdown13:43 Touring: Major artist vs emerging artist14:40 Building a company in crypto & educating about the space18:14 Most surprising miseducated takes on crypto...19:51 Platformification: Why did it take so long?23:23 Why was NBA Top Shot such a good onboarding moment?27:52 Sports & DAOs30:01 What do fans want?34:16 Exploiting fans35:19 Why have we not had a breakout Web3 game in '22?38:29 Incorporating real-life elements into games40:47 Rights holders & innovation41:28 NFTs & utility in '2343:50 Ticketing49:37 Have DAOs had their mainstream moment?51:33 What are you most excited about in this space?54:44 Is AI being overhyped?
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In this episode, I was joined by Max Wolfe, Web3 & Digital Licensing at McLaren Racing to discuss their Web3 strategy.
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Timestamps:00:00 Role at McLaren Racing 01:50 Crypto & Web3 - Where did the interest stem from? 06:11 Max's story up until now 07:46 First interaction with NFTs 08:51 Joining McLaren 09:37 McLaren Web3 activations 13:41 Activation successes 18:53 Internal conversations before and after the 23/23 launch 20:35 Fan response 22:36 Where can 23/23 go from here? 25:25 Engagement lead approach vs. commercialisation 31:22 The future for McLaren Racing & Web3 33:01 Working in the worlds of Web3 & racing 34:31 Impact of F1 hyper-growth on Web3 projects 39:17 What is being overhyped? 41:13 Where do we need to see the biggest improvement for mainstreaming?
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In episode 5 of the podcast, I was joined by Tareq Nazlawy, president of ScienceMagic Studios - and former Director of Digital Strategy at Adidas.
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Timestamps:00:00 What are you currently spending your energy on? 01:32 What sparked your interest in Web3 & crypto? 03:24 Web3 convergence moment 05:30 Changing direction to something more abstract 09:50 Leading Adidas into Web3 13:44 Into the Metaverse collaboration 17:55 How well did this do from an impressions perspective? 20:57 Conversations before vs after Into the Metaverse 23:19 Taking risks 24:04 Realising the potential in the project 26:35 What would you have done differently? 29:21 Taking criticism effectively 31:32 Holder criticism that changed your perspective 34:00 Scalability and looking at things long-term 38:16 Why ScienceMagic.Studios? 43:25 What's the unique value proposition for SMS? 46:35 Conversations with stakeholders & understanding value proposition 48:42 Conversations with sports brands 52:15 Sports revenue models 53:52 DTC & connection to fan 56:28 Convergence with tech & crossing the cultural chasm 01:02:13 Tax and compliance issues with brands entering the space 01:05:56 What are you excited about in this space? 01:07:56 What do you think is being overhyped at the moment? 01:09:24 What does the future of this space look like?
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Should sports team ownership be democratised?
Krause House thinks so.
In Episode 4 of the Sporting Crypto Podcast, I had the pleasure of being joined by Flex Chapman, Co-Founder of Krause House - who are trying to get their DAO on the cap table of an NBA team.
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Timestamps: 01:53 What is a DAO? 05:11 How do you buy an NBA team? 13:34 Investing capital the right way 25:12 Owning and operating an NBA team as a DAO 28:55 How open are owners to the concept of DAOs? 39:12 Why would you use a blockchain? 42:37 Access, equity & governance - why is it so important? 44:34 Biggest challenges you've faced so far? 47:26 What makes Krause House different? 51:53 What sports and Web3 projects have you been inspired by? 53:52 What's the end goal for Krause House? 56:39 Do you think community lead businesses can work?59:18 Building a brand & media company 62:12 Would you do anything differently starting from scratch? 69:00 What is exciting you most about the space right now? 74:43 Krause House roadmap from now on... 76:36 What's paramount for Krause House in the next 12 months?
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On Episode 3 of the Sporting Crypto Podcast I was joined by Preeti Shetty!
Preeti is:- The CEO of Upshot System- Director at Brentford Football Club- Advisor at READY- Vice Chair of Street Child United- Director of London Sport - Board member of Women in Football’s Board Committee
She is one of the most influential people in sport and has had a huge impact on football, women’s sport and sustainability in sport.
She fell down the Web3 rabbit hole a few years ago and never really came back up. This led her to become an advisor at READY, a women’s sports community and consultancy that focuses on Web3.
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01:07 Introduction01:55 What sparked your interest in Web3 & crypto? 05:41 Career path up until now09:15 When was the first time you heard Web3 being mentioned? 11:53 How can Web3 solve issues in sports right now? 15:27 Accessible integration of NFTs for mass adoption 17:44 First feeling towards Web3 & finding community 19:52 How have the conversations around Web3 & sports changed in recent times? 22:29 Catering direction of travel within Web3 to your needs 24:11 Who's responsible for decisions made about Web3 in organisations right now? 26:24 READY & education around innovation, technology & Web3 27:12 Supercharging women's sport 29:31 How receptive has the women's game been to Web3? 30:42 Angel City FC & Web3 integration 32:45 Over-commercialisation 35:06 Unbundling36:08 Knowing the value of women's football37:44 The importance of brand association39:14 The issue with sports fans & crypto 40:43 Breaking the ties of NFTs & lack of education 42:25 Biggest misconceptions of crypto & Web3 45:34 Rebranding crypto & Web3 46:56 Onboarding people & changing the stigma50:19 Building understanding within brands entering the space 53:07 Regulation 54:44 Importance of new frameworks making things easier 57:26 Self-sovereign identity 60:33 Digital identity & digital ownership 62:41 What's overhyped right now? 63:47 Fixing governance problems & funding teams 64:50 Fan involvement 66:44 How will Web3 impact your career in near future?
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On Episode 2 of the Sporting Crypto Podcast I was joined by Sillytuna aka Alex Amsel!
He’s an award-winning game developer and one of the most influential people in Web3 and Gaming.
He is an investor and advisor to various Web3 companies, a partner at Outlier Ventures, sold the 6th most expensive NFT of all time and actually owns the first ever NFT on Ethereum.
He is also for his sins, a big Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. fan!
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Timestamps:
* 05:01 Web3 & crypto lightbulb moment
* 06:07 The value of blockchains vs databases
* 08:30 Gaming & NFTs
* 13:36 Digital ownership & democratisation
* 14:46 Migrating digital property & identity
* 18:08 Financialization & use cases of NFTs
* 18:44 Property rights
* 22:15 Branding in sports & Web3
* 27:09 On-chain networks of fans
* 33:52 Bringing value to consumer NFTs
* 35:22 Product market fit
* 39:31 Interoperability
* 42:27 Regulation
* 48:01 .SWOOSH NFTs & EA games integration
* 52:05 Marketing NFTs the right way
* 54:35 Crypto games
* 57:22 Anti-NFT crowd & the benefits of NFTs in games
* 65:30 What are you excited for in the future?
* 69:02 What's overhyped at the moment?
* 70:05 What do people get wrong about Web3?
* 72:59 The direction of crypto
* 74:14 Scams & protecting people
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It was a pleasure to be joined by Mark on the first ever episode of the Sporting Crypto podcast - which you can consume on YouTube
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Timestamps:
* (03:46) Introduction to Web3 at the ATP Tour
* (04:56) Taking point on Web3 at the ATP Tour
* (05:36) Sceptics & misunderstandings about Web3
* (06:56) LOVE
* (10:09) Was LOVE, loved?
* (11:24) The success of LOVE
* (12:08) The feeling of selling out!
* (14:50) Working with Art Blocks & Martin Grasser
* (20:32) Would you change anything about LOVE?
* (23:22) The future for the ATP Tour & Web3
* (24:51) Loyalty in Web3
* (26:45) Data & Web3
* (31:11) What has it been like after the success of LOVE?
* (31:59) Effect of crypto winter on ATP Tour
* (33:46) Advice for other rights holders
* (34:52) What excites you in the sports x Web3 world right now?
* (36:22) Regulatory developments
* (39:29) What's overhyped right now?
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