Feb 20Web3 Newsletter — Edition #59We’ve talked about the massive ~90% drop in NFTs from 2022. Today I wanted to focus in on virtual real estate, specifically Sandbox and Decentraland. We analyzed the sales volume in April of last year as you can see from the below. Here are some of the high-level stats: Average…4 min read4 min read
Feb 12Web3 Newsletter — Edition #58This past week, I was invited to sit in on a bunch of presentations for full-stack ticketing solutions. Ticketing, and the platforms that support it, is one of the most ripe industries for disruption. The complaints about ticket broker fees, how scalpers are able to capture the market and charge…4 min read4 min read
Feb 5Web3 Newsletter — Edition #57The Bitcoin community is divided on the introduction of the “Ordinals project” in the Bitcoin network for NFTs. …5 min read5 min read
Jan 30Web3 Newsletter — Edition #56I am really excited to be able to share a Q&A this week with Petrit (“Pet”) Berisha, the founder of the Sporting Crypto newsletter. The central goal of this newsletter has been to help learn about the Web3 space and one of the great sources for me has been Pet’s…6 min read6 min read
Jan 23Web3 Newsletter — Edition #55A surprise to start the year has been the rise of Bitcoin. It currently sits around 23K, which is not only a 5 month peak, but also +36% in the last month. A couple of months ago, we talked about how the correlation between BTC and the S&P 500 started…5 min read5 min read
Jan 15Web3 Newsletter — Edition #54This past week, I was invited to join a Web3 sports meetup in London, organized by Petrit Berisha, who writes the Sporting Crypto newsletter. I really enjoyed the opportunity to meet people from a variety of roles and backgrounds and hear why they are enthusiastic about Web3. It reinforced how…4 min read4 min read
Jan 8Web3 Newsletter — Edition #53Happy New Year! In the media and tech space, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas is the big conference to kick off the year. One of the interesting things happening this year at CES were advancements that Samsung and LG made to connect the Metaverse to their smart…4 min read4 min read
Dec 18, 2022Web3 Newsletter — Edition #52John and I have been working on this newsletter for a year now. Our goal when we started it was to try and scale our, and our readers, learnings about the Web3 space, increase our network, discover interesting companies, jobs, investment opportunities and more. The newsletter was a way to…4 min read4 min read
Dec 11, 2022Web3 Newsletter — Edition #51This week, after much anticipation, Starbucks launched Odyssey their blockchain-based loyalty program to it’s customers. What is Odyssey? A way for loyal customers to earn rewards through Games, Trivia, and Other activities. The activities are called, “Journeys” that allow you to earn “Journey Stamps” or NFTs. The points earned can…4 min read4 min read
Dec 4, 2022Web3 Newsletter — Edition #50We see estimates of how big the Metaverse will be in the future, so we wanted to dig into some of the reports in more detail. Like many things in this space, we seem to see both extremes. On the one hand, we have an article this week that talks…4 min read4 min read
