Devin Finzer, co-founder and CEO of NFT marketplace OpenSea, talks all things non-fungible. Check out the whole show to hear Devin answer the following questions:   First Half: Breaking Down NFTs <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Why did he become so interested in NFTs ? </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">What is an NFT? Why have NFTs become so popular recently? </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Who is creating NFTs? Who is purchasing NFTs? </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Are we in an NFT bubble? </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">How is the NFT ecosystem going to evolve over the next few years? </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">What are people purchasing when they buy an NFT? </li> </ul>   Second Half: OpenSea Q+A <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">What is OpenSea? </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">How will OpenSea maintain its competitive advantage in the open-source blockchain ecosystem? </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">How does OpenSea make money? </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Are artists making money on OpenSea? </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">How is OpenSea planning on integrating with layer 2 solutions on Ethereum and other blockchains? </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">How do royalties work on OpenSea? Why are they hard to enforce? </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">What can be done about content being minted on OpenSea without an artist’s permission? </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">What issues in the NFT world still need to be resolved? </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">How is OpenSea handling the environmental concerns surrounding NFTs? </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">What’s next for OpenSea? </li> </ul>   Thank you to our sponsors! E&Y: <a href= "https://ey.com/globalblockchainsummit">https://ey.com/globalblockchainsummit</a> <a href="http://crypto.com/">Crypto.com</a>: <a href= "https://crypto.onelink.me/J9Lg/unchainedcardearnfeb2">https://crypto.onelink.me/J9Lg/unchainedcardearnfeb2 </a> Kyber Network: <a href= "http://dmm.exchange/">Dmm.exchange</a>   Episode Links   Basic Links <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Devin’s Twitter</li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><a href= "https://twitter.com/dfinzer?lang=en">https://twitter.com/dfinzer?lang=en</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">OpenSea</li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><a href= "https://opensea.io/">https://opensea.io/</a> </li> </ul> </li> </ul>   Devin Finzer Content <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Podcast appearances</li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><a href= "https://www.owltail.com/people/YzIoa-devin-finzer/appearances"> https://www.owltail.com/people/YzIoa-devin-finzer/appearances</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">The NFT Bible</li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><a href= "https://opensea.io/blog/guides/non-fungible-tokens/">https://opensea.io/blog/guides/non-fungible-tokens/</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Blockchain gaming (2018)</li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><a href= "https://www.coindesk.com/the-emerging-trends-in-the-blockchain-gaming-world"> https://www.coindesk.com/the-emerging-trends-in-the-blockchain-gaming-world</a> </li> </ul> </li> </ul>   OpenSea <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Profiles</li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2">Fortune</li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="3"><a href= "https://fortune.com/2021/03/18/nft-art-crypto-marketplace-opensea-amazon/"> https://fortune.com/2021/03/18/nft-art-crypto-marketplace-opensea-amazon/</a></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2">CoinDesk 50 for 2020 (#47)</li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="3"><a href= "https://www.coindesk.com/the-coindesk-50">https://www.coindesk.com/the-coindesk-50</a> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Recent announcements</li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2">scaling solution w/ Immutable X (Mar 31)</li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="3"><a href= "https://www.coindesk.com/nft-opensea-immutable-layer-2-protocol-ethereum"> https://www.coindesk.com/nft-opensea-immutable-layer-2-protocol-ethereum</a> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="3"><a href= "https://decrypt.co/65828/immutable-x-ethereum-nft-gods-unchained"> https://decrypt.co/65828/immutable-x-ethereum-nft-gods-unchained</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2">A16z investment (Mar 18th)</li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="3"><a href= "https://a16z.com/2021/03/18/investing-in-opensea/">https://a16z.com/2021/03/18/investing-in-opensea/</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2">updating terms of service (Mar 13)</li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="3"><a href= "https://twitter.com/opensea/status/1370895902068637697"> https://twitter.com/opensea/status/1370895902068637697</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2">taking down the hacker NFT (Mar 9)</li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="3"><a href= "https://www.coindesk.com/hacker-selling-cybersecurity-exploit-nft"> https://www.coindesk.com/hacker-selling-cybersecurity-exploit-nft</a></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2">unlockable content (early March)</li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="3"><a href= "https://twitter.com/opensea/status/1366780226416631817"> https://twitter.com/opensea/status/1366780226416631817</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2">Tezos collab (Feb 10)</li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="3"><a href= "https://twitter.com/opensea/status/1359519631275352064"> https://twitter.com/opensea/status/1359519631275352064</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2">creating NFTs for free (Dec 29)</li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="3"><a href= "https://opensea.io/blog/announcements/introducing-the-collection-manager/"> https://opensea.io/blog/announcements/introducing-the-collection-manager/</a> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="3"><a href= "https://twitter.com/xanderatallah/status/1358848443356221445"> https://twitter.com/xanderatallah/status/1358848443356221445</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2">recent usage:</li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="3"><a href= "https://duneanalytics.com/rchen8/opensea">https://duneanalytics.com/rchen8/opensea</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">2018 investing round</li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><a href= "https://www.coindesk.com/ebay-cryptokitties-raises-2-million-star-vcs"> https://www.coindesk.com/ebay-cryptokitties-raises-2-million-star-vcs</a> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><a href= "https://opensea.io/blog/announcements/opensea-raises-2-million/"> https://opensea.io/blog/announcements/opensea-raises-2-million/</a> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> Other <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Terms of service talk</li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><a href= "https://www.reddit.com/r/opensea/comments/m12uh4/do_i_keep_the_rights_to_any_nft_i_sell_on_opensea/"> https://www.reddit.com/r/opensea/comments/m12uh4/do_i_keep_the_rights_to_any_nft_i_sell_on_opensea/</a></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Stats</li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><a href= "https://www.forbes.com/sites/youngjoseph/2021/03/29/nft-market-rages-on-nfts-market-cap-grow-1785-in-2021-as-demand-explodes/?sh=2974862a7fdc"> https://www.forbes.com/sites/youngjoseph/2021/03/29/nft-market-rages-on-nfts-market-cap-grow-1785-in-2021-as-demand-explodes/?sh=2974862a7fdc</a> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><a href= "https://duneanalytics.com/rchen8/opensea">https://duneanalytics.com/rchen8/opensea</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul>

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