During my time at Draftly Sports, I was building the first-ever decentralized NIL collective to support student-athletes at the University of Miami. This was a one-of-a-kind venture & CanesDAO was featured in a few different sports media publications including NIL Collective trackers, podcasts, & articles. …

Web3 eliminates third parties within your transactions, & I believe this is one of the greatest benefits of this technology. This gives more freedom to the individual user & the ability to do as they wish with their assets, but the responsibility also shifts to each individual. Within any new…

Every college sports fan wants to contribute to the teams they love, and feel a part of their favorite programs’ success. In the new age of NIL, college sports fan involvement can go much further, and we have yet to scratch the surface of the possibilities for this new era…

From the “Bad Boys of College Football” teams of the 1980’s, to the myriad of NCAA scandals, the embrace of the “U” logo, and more recently John Ruiz & Life Wallet being at the forefront of Name, Image, and Likeness, the University of Miami has consistently pressured the status quo…

Miami has been the epicenter of blockchain hype for the last few months. From hosting the Bitcoin Conference, naming the Miami Heat arena after cryptocurrency exchange FTX, posting billboards in San Francisco to lure developers from the city, and a number of large crypto companies moving to the Magic City…

One of the most fundamental human desires is the need to belong. We are social beings and from the beginning of time, we have been forming groups to enhance our chances of survival. Belongingness is a pillar of Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and before a human can grow, this…

Anybody who has passionately followed a sports team knows that some decisions made by the team make little to no sense. I have often dreamt of being in a position to make the decisions for my favorite team and contribute to helping them win a championship. It can be overwhelmingly…

On Wednesday morning, the official Twitter account announced to its 59.2 million followers that they would be giving away 140 NFTs. The NFTs are being distributed to the lucky followers that receive a DM from Twitter. If you have lived under a rock for the past 4 months and have…

Some of the biggest struggles that people have with visualizing the future of NFTs is the lack of interchangeability between the physical and digital worlds. People are seeing NFTs of CryptoPunks and Nyan Cat sell for millions of dollars but many scoff at these transactions, calling them a waste of…