From Esports to NFT’s with Iced Knife

In this episode, we are joined by Iced Knife for a rare and exclusive interview. His first ever published podcast interview. Iced is a well known and loved member of the Solana NFT community, and active investor in the space. We get a chance to learn more about his background in Esports as an early member of FaZe Clan, his thoughts on investing in Crypto and NFT’s, current vibes in the Solana ecosystem, Magic Eden and finding NFT Alpha.    

Topics discussed:

• Iced background in esports and finance
• Thoughts on risk tolerance and how to invest (NFA)
• FaZe Clan and being a Full Time esports YouTuber
• Applying Trad-fi education to investing irl
• Iced introduction to investing in Cryptocurrency
• Going all-in on Crypto & NFT’s
• Current vibes in the Solana ecosystem
• Advice on trading NFT’s (NFA)
• Views on the Magic Eden marketplace
• Methods for seeking NFT Alpha

Key Highlights:

0.13 - Intro

1.06 - Introductions to Iced 

3.57 - Thoughts on risk tolerance and how to invest (NFA)

6.58 - Intro to managing risk in NFT’s 

9.46 - FaZe Clan and being a full time esports YouTuber

12.29 - Earning money in esports 

15.00 - Applying Trad-fi education to investing irl   

17.59 - Iced introduction to investing in Cryptocurrency 

20.51 - Exposure to online poker 

24.43 - Team New Age

31.08 - Being early to Safemoon & Trading Bsc coins 

33.16 - Being early to Solana Monkey Business

43.11 - Going all-in on Crypto & NFT’s

45.13 - Working for yourself VS working in a corporate job

46.24 - Current vibes in the Solana ecosystem

50.29 - Advice from Iced on trading NFT’s (NFA)

56.04 - Iced views on the Magic Eden marketplace

1.00.25 - Iced process on seeking Alpha 

1.04.06 - Curated by Iced ME homepage collection 

1.08.27 - What’s next for Iced

1.09.28 - Outro

Moving from web2 to web3: a conversation with Joma

In this episode, we're joined by Joma, an amazing YouTuber who makes phenomenal videos about his life in tech and now, his life in crypto. Joma has recently made the transition from traditional tech to web3. Joma recently released a successful NFT collection via Magic Eden Launchpad and we hope this episode can inspire people who are looking to make that transition. We talk about Vaxxed Doggos, Blindr, Shadr, YouTube & education in tech.  

Topics discussed:

• Vaxxed Doggos
• Blindr
• Transition from tech to crypto & NFT’s
• Getting into crypto as a content producer
• Content gaps to help provide education in the NFT  space
• Design a marketplace to encourage the right type of projects
• Magic Eden company Philosophy

Key Highlights:

0.13 - Intro

0.50 - Introductions to Joma

1.16 - Vaxxed Doggos - Joma’s project released on Magic Eden

7.25 - Blindr, Shadr, YouTube videos and content creation

10.28 - YouTube ad revenue numbers

12.48 - Joma’s transition from tech to crypto & NFT’s 

15.25 - Timeline for NFT project, art, creation, marketing and launch 

12.48 - Why Joma got into crypto as a content producer

20.30 - Navigating skepticism from non-crypto YouTube audiences

25.20 - Joma on building an NFT community

28.37 - The future of Vaxxed Doggos

31.08 - Utility and benefits for Vaxxed Doggos hodlers

32.58 - Jacque Le Croix 

36.03 - K-pop

41.38 - What are some of the content gaps to help provide education in the space? 

48.57 - How to design a marketplace to encourage the right type of projects

56.55 - Magic Eden company Philosophy 

1.08.18 - Magic DAO

1.09.28 - Outro

In this episode, we are joined by Magic Eden co-founders, Jack and Zedd (Zhuoxun), and we chat with long-time Magic Eden supporter, Mike Dudas, AKA DAOdas on Twitter. Mike is an investor at 6th Man Ventures, an early stage web3 and crypto investment fund. He started The Block, a crypto media research company and worked at Paxos, a stablecoin business. His latest venture is LinksDAO, a community-governed golf & leisure club. 

Topics discussed:

• VC Funding
• Solana NFTs
• Ethereum DeFi and NFTs
• Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC)
• LinksDAO
• Magic Eden

Key Highlights:

0.13 - Intro

1.05 - Introductions from Jack & Zhuoxun of Magic Eden and Mike Dudas.

5.51 - The NFT Inflection Point / Leverage

6.25 - On 6th Man Ventures and VC Funds

7.30 - Magic Eden’s experience raising capital from VCs & 6th Man Ventures

12.27 - How the Solana NFT ecosystem is different & What to expect in 2022 

14.19 - Gaming NFTs

19.31 - On Ethereum’s DeFi and NFTs

29.12 - BAYC’s success (what helps an NFT collection be successful) 

33.14 - Twitter’s Verified NFT Profile Pic

34.47 - Bullish on NFTs

37.23 - LinksDAO

42.16 - What’s special about Magic Eden

47.42 - Outro

Episode Summary:

In this episode, DJ Trix & Andi talk NFT Alpha with Bryce to discuss the NFT ecosystem on the Solana & Ethereum Blockchains.

Topics discussed in this episode:

• Bryce introduction to Crypto & NFTs
• Andi introduction to NFTs
• ETH & SOL blockchains
• ETH & SOL NFTs
• BAYC
• Emotional connection to NFTs

Key Highlights: 

0.13 - Intro

2.21 - Bryce history in Cryptocurrency & NFTs

8.11 - Ethereum & Solana Blockchains

14.49 - Benefits of operating on Solana 

17.45 - Bryce introduction to NFT’s on Solana

21.57 - Andi introduction to NFTs

25.00 - Working with Magic Eden

27.09 - ETH vs SOL NFTs

32.34 - Emotional connection to NFTs

35.52 - NFT Rarity and floor strategy

38.59 - BAYC

45.19 - Alpha DAO

46:25 - Solana NFT Alpha

53.35 - Community & derivatives

54.39 - Bryce on flipping vs hodling

56.39 - Looking forward to the future of Solana

57.22 - Outro

In this episode, we speak to Justin Wu, a growth hacker, DeFi trader, NFT collector and founder of Decentralcon. Decentralcon is the largest conference dedicated to DeFi and NFTs.

Topics discussed in this episode:

• Personal evolution throughout different roles 
• Concept of “Crypto Poor but JPEG Rich” 
• DeFi Protocols & Investments
• Solana v Other Chains 
• 2022 Prediction for NFTs

Key Highlights: 

0.13 - Intro

1.59 - Justin’s background and experience with growth hacking

3.56 - How Justin got into Web3

5.28 - His motivation behind Decentralcon and how it came about

9.18 - What Justin got into during the pandemic & on crypto

15.21 - How Justin got into NFTs

16.41 - Justin explains what ‘hackerpreneur’ and ‘crypto poor, jpeg rich’ means and how his knack for growth hacking started at a young age

31.24 - Opportunities in NFTs & what to look for when assessing a project to invest in

35.19 - The difference between quick flips and blue chips NFTs

37.30 - How Justin navigates across different L1s & DeFi farms

42.56 - NFT predictions for 2022 & why Solana will be the place for GameFi to take off

56.52 - Upcoming events and conferences planned 

1.00.13 - Advice for getting into DeFi and NFTs 

1.01.05 - Outro

Episode Summary:

In this episode, Tiff & DJ Trix talk with SolPlayboy & Magic Eden’s very own Chief Degen Officer ChartFuMonkey to discuss Solana NFT Alpha for 2022.

Topics discussed in this episode:

• Coming from ETH to Solana
• Q1 NFT Market Sentiment
• Established NFT plays
• Metaverse & Tokenomics Alpha
• SOL NFT Twitter
• Chartfu Intro to Solana NFT
• Micro-niche communities
• What do the homies think of Magic Eden?
• Magic Eden Alpha

Key Highlights: 

0.13 - Intro

2.31 - SolPlayboy introduction to crypto & NFT’s 

6.56 - Bullish sentiment for NFT’s in Q1

7.49 - Established NFT plays - Metaverse & Tokenomics Alpha

10.15 - Early SolPlayboy NFT plays 

11.48 - Challenges with scaling staking and liquidity pools

13.30 - ChartFu early Alpha 

17.07 - Micro-niche communities 

22.51 - Token NFT Projects 

31.22 - Photography in NFT’s 

34.17 - Betting & gaming NFT niche 

36.47 - Paper handing tax

43:01 - We’re still early here

45.46 - Community projects 

48.11 - LinkedIn users waking up to NFT’s

51.01 - What do the homies think of Magic Eden? 57.55 - Bots, whitelists & over-subscribed mints  

1.05.20 - New project Alpha 

10.10.16 - Magic Eden company related Alpha

1.20.33 - Outro

Episode Summary:

In this episode, we have a conversation with Tom Pandolfi from Honey Defi, to discuss NFT Staking, Collateralization, Fractionalization, along with the current and future utility of The Honey Defi Platform.  

Topics discussed in this episode:

• Tom’s introduction to cryptocurrency, Defi & NFT’s 
• The Honey Defi platform
• Some of the collections Honey Defi has worked with to date
• NFT staking and liquidity pools
• NFT Fractionalization 
• Collateralization of NFT’s on Solana
• The Honey Defi NFT Mint and IDO plans
• Outlook for the Solana ecosystem in 2022

Key Highlights: 

0.13 - Intro

1.53 - Tom’s Background, introduction to Cryptocurrency & NFT’s

7.08 - The success and progress of Honey Defi so far

9.29 - Honey Defi Liquidity and discussion of the magnitude of the protocol

10.18 - Collections Honey Defi has worked with

11.48 - Challenges with scaling staking and liquidity pools

15.28 - NFT Fractionalization

16.30 - NFT Collateralization

18.10 - The opportunity cost of holding NFT’s

21.08 - Accounting for the volatility of NFT’s

23.27 - NFT Collateralization strategy

29.53 - Challenges and obstacles around decentralising the collateralization of NFT’s 

33.01 - NFT’s as a seed round allocation

35.48 - The Honey Defi NFT project, release and mint plans

42.33 - Challenges with bot prevention for NFT mints 

48.48 - Views on the Solana ecosystem to 2022

50.33 - What would Tom do differently if he could go back and start again?

52.02 - Outro

Episode Summary:

In this episode, we speak to community members Sol Beach Bum & Kiwi Princess about their personal journeys, of how Solana NFT’s have changed their lives and the lives of others in the ecosystem and where they see things going from here for 2022.

Topics discussed in this episode:

• Sol Beach Bum introduction to collecting NFT’s 
• Kiwi Princess onboarding to Solana ecosystem
• What to look for in a good NFT project
• SMB purchasing and Shadowy Super Coder Mint
• Future outlook for NFT’s on Solana
• Top 3 NFT hodl’s for 2022

Key Highlights: 

0.13 - Intro

1.33 - Sol Beach Bum Story & introduction to NFT communities in the Solana ecosystem

7.58 - Sol Beach Bum on being early to Solana Monkey Business

15.11 - Kiwi Princess story and background are getting on-boarded to NFT’s on Solana

20.58 - Kiwi Princess on aspects to look for in a good NFT project

23.04 - Sol Beach Bum NFT‘ investment thesis 

28.54 - Kiwi Princess on minting the Shadowy Super Coder DAO NFT

36.50 - Kiwi Princess on starting small 

38.25 - Sol Beach Bum on the Future outlook for NFT’s on Solana

48.51 - Kiwi Princess on the Future outlook for NFT’s on Solana

57.58 - Sol Beach Bum & Kiwi Princess on the top 3 NFT hodl’s for 2022

1.03.44 - What would you do differently?

1.06.07 - Outro