Hold on for Dear Life — The Holder Podcast ep. 17

In this episode:

• OpenSea, an NFT marketplace, launched OpenSea Studio. It’s an easy way for creators to launch and manage digital art projects and collectibles without using code.
• Boss Beauties announced their acquisition of BFF. Both brands share a similar audience and the same mission of onboarding minorities into web3 spaces. 
• Noah (@mauloadream), an activist investor, announced that he purchased Gutter Lab’s assets — he’s now the new owner of Gutter Cat Gang. 
• Farcaster is now open to everyone — users no longer need an invite code to join! 
• Pudgy Penguins has seen major success selling toys on Amazon and has now entered the physical marketplace — their toys are sold at  2,000 Walmart locations. 
• FTX founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, is on trial — bad players give web3 a bad wrap in the media.

Want to connect with the Holder team?

• Drew on LinkedIn
• Joel on LinkedIn
• Ariana on LinkedIn

To learn more about Holder, check out our Website:

• https://www.holder.xyz

• The Nouns DAO fork happened because of ongoing disagreements regarding the power of the founders and the DAO’s treasury — the split resulted in over half of the Noun holders joining the fork. (link)
• Stoner Cats' parent company was charged by the SEC with security fraud. They now have to pay a one million dollar settlement fee.
• MetaMask Snaps are add-ons and features made by third-party developers to further enhance transaction insights and enable interoperability for MetaMask wallets.
• The global sentiment of crypto is widely positive — Asia’s excitement for crypto is exploding.
• TPan updates us on all things Friend.tech.

Want to connect with the Holder team or Thomas Pan?

• Drew on LinkedIn
• TPan on LinkedIn
• TPan's Substack

To learn more about Holder, check out our Website:

• https://www.holder.xyz

In this episode:

•  OpenSea is sunsetting the Operator Filter which is changing creators' fees and royalties. (link)
• The court sided with Grayscale in the lawsuit against the SEC which had denied the Grayscale’s application to convert the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust to an ETF. 
• The court dismissed a lawsuit against Uniswap, claiming that Uniswap was responsible for the scam tokens that were on the protocol.
  • Hayden's Twitter Thread
• A deep dive into the new web3 social platform, Friend.tech. 
  • Friend.tech Part 1 from TPan
  • Friend.tech Part II from TPan

Want to connect with the Holder team or Thomas Pan?

• Drew on LinkedIn
• TPan on LinkedIn
• TPan's Substack

To learn more about Holder, check out our Website:

• https://www.holder.xyz

In this episode:

• VaynerSports is launching VaynerSports Points.
• Y00tes bridged from the Polygon blockchain to the Ethereum blockchain. 
• PayPal launched its stablecoin.
• Base is a new L2 blockchain built by Coinbase.
• NFT art galleries are growing in popularity. 

Want to connect with the Holder team?

• Drew on LinkedIn
• Joel on LinkedIn
• Ariana on LinkedIn

To learn more about Holder, check out our Website:

• https://www.holder.xyz

In this episode:

• Web3 brands can communicate with holders with Holder Wallet Messaging.
• The importance of Holder Web3 Automation.
• News on ERC-6551 and ERC-721 smart contracts.
• The Ripple Ruling is a partial win for the web3 ecosystem.
• Freeport fractionalized art projects.
  • Since the podcast was recorded, Freeport closed their open sale and  decided to move their business in a different direction. As of July 31st, the company is refunding individuals that were affected. You can learn more about this on their site: https://freeport.app/.

Want to connect with the Holder team?

• Drew on LinkedIn
• Joel on LinkedIn

To learn more about Holder, check out our Website:

• https://www.holder.xyz

In this episode:

• Blur launches "Blend", a way for NFT traders to purchase NFTs on a loan
• What the Holder team think of NFT lending as a whole
• Goblintown's Big Inc launch, an NFT mint for only the worst traders and unluckiest in web3.
• Adidas and Pharrell Williams have partnered with Doodles 2 to launch "Pharrell packs"
• What we think of Balaji losing his 1m (1.5m) bitcoin bet.

Want to connect with the Holder team?

• Drew on LinkedIn
• Skyler on LinkedIn
• Joel on LinkedIn

To learn more about Holder, check out our Website:

• https://www.holder.xyz

In the headlines 

• Drew introduces Jeff and Chris from the JUMP community
• Jeff announces the launch of SkyNews
• Why is Consensus the best conference in the industry?

Want to connect with the Holder team?

• Drew on LinkedIn
• Skyler on LinkedIn
• Joel on LinkedIn

To learn more about Holder, check out our Website:

• https://www.holder.xyz

To learn more about Jeff, Chris, and JUMP:

• Jeff Kauffman on LinkedIn
• Chris Martin on LinkedIn
• JUMP Community

For a written deep-dive on Consensus, check out the articles written below by fellow JUMP members!
 

• TPAN 
• Chris Sotraidis

In this episode:

• NFT NYC recap, our thoughts on the event
• Trends we're seeing in web3 from a brand perspective
• SEC Chair vs Congress discussion
• Starbucks Odyssey announced the awards for the beta program, our thoughts on what they've built so far

Want to connect with the Holder team?

• Drew on LinkedIn
• Skyler on LinkedIn
• Joel on LinkedIn

To learn more about Holder, check out our Website:

• https://www.holder.xyz

Mint a commemorative NFT here:

• https://www.holder.xyz/podcast

In the headlines 

• Stef and Lauren share their web3 journey and how the Allowlist Podcast was born
• Arbitrum airdrop has happened, quick recap and thoughts on airdrops as a marketing strategy
• What does mainstream adoption look like in Web3? 
• Gaming and metaverse leading the way for the adoption of brands
• Gucci's announcement of a partnership with Yuga Labs

Want to connect with the Holder team?

• Drew on LinkedIn
• Skyler on LinkedIn
• Joel on LinkedIn

To learn more about Holder, check out our Website:

• https://www.holder.xyz

To learn more about Stef and Lauren:

• Stef Caldwell on LinkedIn
• Lauren Tierney on LinkedIn
• Allowlist Website

In the headlines 

• Tara shares her SXSW and NFT Paris recap and trends in the web3 industry
• LinksDAO has officially bought a 100-year-old golf course
• Doodle's Founder in hot water — are they an NFT project?
• Amazon is launching an  NFT marketplace, but the details remain mysterious

Want to connect with the Holder team?

• Drew on LinkedIn
• Skyler on LinkedIn
• Joel on LinkedIn

To learn more about Holder, check out our Website:

• https://www.holder.xyz

To learn more about Tara Fung and Co:Create:

• Tara on LinkedIn
• Co:Create Website