Benjamin Leff & VESA of Sheesha Finance on the NFT Rainbow after the Art History pot, plus: stimmy checks fueling nifties & what happens to your crypto when you die.

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• 00:00 - 03:19 Intro

• 03:19 - 07:24 Reaction to the recent media attention on NFTs

  • Blockchain Heroes and Bitcoin Origins

  • What makes art valuable to begin with?

• 07:24 - 10:13 NFTs as a booster to an already established social following

  • Kings of Leon, Paris Hilton

  • Opportunities for new and established followings

• 10:13 - 12:32 A message to NFT newbies 

  • Experimentation + Expression

  • Study where we came from before determining how to contribute now

• 12:32 - 16:00 Thoughts for artists who are new to Digital Collectibles

  • Education & Empowerment

  • Use cases…functional or quick flip?

  • Partners can help you grow

  • Community and lifting each other up yields success

• 16:00 - 17:13 How Ben & VESA originally connected

  • NFT Day

• 17:13 - 18:00 Sheesha Finance NFT features 

  • NFT gifts as part of the liquidity generation event

  • Starting with VESA, but adding new artists as well

• 18:00 - 25:03 The Rainbow at the end of the pot (History of Digital Art)

  • The gold standard

  • What is sustainable value?

• 25:03 - 27:25 Own Your Data Foundation / Cambridge Analytica

  • The Social Dilemma

  • Is the earth round or flat?

• 27:25 - 35:48 What NFT platforms are Ben & VESA excited about?

  • Superrare, the gold standard for art

  • Opensea for gaming NFTs

  • Wax 

  • Gamification of selling NFTs = fun!

  • The metaverse is here and awesome (Super World Cryptovoxels, Decentraland)

  • Old Guard Cryptovoxels project by VESA

  • Terra Virtua

  • Blockchain Art Exchange & Shasha Bailey

• 35:48 - 37:39 Sheesha Finance beyond art & NFTs

  • Diversified portfolio of DeFi projects

  • Staking yield Sheesha tokens AND tokens from each DeFI project in the portfolio

  • Operates on the Ethereum & Binance Smart Chains

• 37:39 - 52:36 Edge (not so) Quick Hitters

• 52:36 - 64:25 Hot Topics

  • What happens to your crypto when you die?

  • Once we’ve spent our stimulus checks, will the value of NFTs and Crypto all drop?

• 64:25 - 66:45 Where to learn more about Sheesha Finance, Ben & VESA

• 66:45 - 67:19 Outro