The Edge of NFT Newsletter | Issue #30
Giveaways | New Edge Branding | NFT LA Live on Twitter | NFT LA 2023 Tickets! | Edge of Asia | Edge of Las Vegas: Web 3 Expo! | Episode Drops | NFT Nuggets, and More!
😍 Listener Love: Learn, Earn and Build
Affyn X Edge of NFT Giveaway
The Mobile Metaverse Has Never Looked So Good…
Affyn has partnered with Edge of NFT to give away:
2x Early Access Spots (Whitelist) to the NEXUS World Land Sale - a mobile Metaverse with a digital layer that is mapped to the real world where users can explore, play and participate in activities based on their geolocation.
NEXUS Land is a digital representation of real estate in the virtual world that is mapped according to the real world. Each land is represented by a hexagon. Users can build structures on their land in NEXUS. These structures are digital representations of property in the virtual world. A NEXUS structure has its own set of characteristics and can be purchased from the marketplace.
Who is Affyn?
Affyn is a Play-and-Earn metaverse that allows players to start playing and earning without any initial fee. Affyn is becoming the next big pioneer in the mobile P2E space.
Additional info can be found here.
Learn more about the giveaway here. Enter using the button below. (Giveaway ends at 11:59 PM on October 18, 2022)
🏖🔥Check out our NEW NFT LA updated Experience page!
………and learn more about the incredible team behind this phenomenal Event here!
🌀It’s Official! New Edge Website And Branding
LFG!!! We are officially launching our new branding. We’ve been working diligently behind the scenes to solidify who we are and how we want to serve the world as a media brand.
In addition to what’s front-facing, take a peek at what’s behind what we do. Chances are you’ll love the values we care about, outlined below. It’s probably why you resonate with us and love to read along. Share what these values mean to you in the comments.
GROUNDED VALUES
- Openness
- Transparency
- Empathy
- Integrity
- Consideration
- Inclusiveness
- Fairness
- Communication
- Celebration
GRINDER VALUES
- Hustle
- Grit
- Boldness
- Accountability
- Self-Discipline
- Commitment
- Purpose
- Solution Oriented
- Resilience
Here at Edge of NFT we’ve realized that we’re here to serve the innovators, disrupters, and seekers that are curious about NFTs, blockchain and Web3. We exist to not only inform, but to co-create, and build an ecosystem that brings amazing people together. Stay with us and be a part of our mission to constantly drive awareness and adoption of new potentially world-changing technologies.
Our new website is live and in luscious living color. Hop on over to check it out, peruse the latest podcast episodes and dive deeper into the Edge Of ethos. Take a gander at our updated logo and branding in practice! Let us know what you think.
🎤🦜NFT LA Live on Twitter Continues!
Building our NFT LA Twitter spaces series has been an exhilarating journey. We’ve already met a whole host of impressive creators and builders, and we can’t wait to continue doing the same.
We just hosted a Twitter Spaces session where we discussed how Music & NFTs come together!
The topic was Music—Do Re Mi Web3! You can still listen back to the recording. We featured the powerful and resilient young musical artist, Annika Rose along with top representatives from the YellowHeart and SoundMint platforms. If you want to know what’s at the edge of music and NFTs, you’ll find out in the session.
We covered topics like launch strategies and processes, generative music, ticketing, token gating, utility and more. Click below to listen to the recording.
Next Up? Security in Web3
Our next session, on Thursday, October 27 will focus on Security in Web3 and NFTs. If you want to know who’s leading the charge to keep you safe and secure both inside of and through the power of Web3, tune in!
Subscribe to the event through the link above and turn on notifications so you remember to join!
🌟Edge Of Art Recap: An Evening At Christie’s With Diana Sinclair
Check out this recap post by our collaborator Joshua Sauceda, reporting on his visit in NYC to an inspiring evening with Christie’s art house and Diana Sinclair.
@ChristiesInc in #NYC has just made a valuable contribution to a rapidly emerging #Web3 economy full of talented, multi-faceted #artists…
The focus of the evening was Diana Sinclair and her introduction of a limited 1/1 collection of 8 hybrid pieces, each embracing the impermanence of the human experience. The internationally awarded 18-year-old #creator and #activist extend her talents across various interests including #photography, #video, & #drawing.
Find out more about this awesome event here.
🏖🏝Updates on NFT LA 2023: Early Bird Tickets Available! Very limited supply
NFT LA is rolling forward with intense momentum towards our launch date: March 20, 2023. We built some strong new relationships with potential speakers, sponsors and collaborators in recent trips to the East. We continue to build stronger ties with our podcast and twitter spaces guests. Stay tuned to find out more details. Don’t miss out on saving by snatching up an early discount ticket now.
🌍Edge of Asia: Recap So Far…
Remember, our team from Edge of NFT and NFT LA was in Singapore for Asia Crypto Week as well as other exciting global events. Then we flew to Seoul, South Korea for Seoul Meta Week. Let us re-visit the amazing things we did with the movers and shakers in the space!
All That Matters
Curious about what happened? Check out this interview that Josh was able to run down with leaders from the illustrious Sandbox Platform.
This event brought the global Music, Sports, Gaming, Marketing, and Digital Entertainment industries together with a lot of new Web3 friends under the theme of “All That METAS”.
Web 3.0 Impact
At this event, Edge of NFT co-host Josh Kriger moderated a panel at the Fusionopolis R&D park in bustling Singapore. We connected with a ton of existing frens and made many new connections as well. We networked with like-minded individuals focused on connecting Web3 to the real world by driving user-centric impact and taking a proactive approach in working with government officials and traditional industries.
Blockchain Gaming 2022
We collaborated with ABGA, and participated as they created this gaming-focused event enabling brand-new pathways for gameplay! We witnessed it unfold at Marina Bay Sands, Expo, and Conventions Centre in Singapore on September 26-27.
Yoshi Shin at @ABGAasia said, "People are in shape with #entertainment, giving them raw #blockchain isn't going to work - so let's put it in a #game & add #community features." The Game Partnership Lead at @klaytn_official referred to #gaming's contribution to global #Web3 adoption. Watch how the conversation gets so interesting!
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Above, check out a clip of Josh’s killer interview with Yoshi Shen of Klayton, soon to be out on the podcast as well.
Token2049
On September 28-29 at Marina Bay Sands, we had the privilege to talk to key figures like Jagdeep Sidhu (Lead Developer and President at Syscoin). We chatted with Jeff Morris Jr. (Founder & Managing Partner, Chapter One), Whale Shark (Founder, WHALE), David Shin (Klatyn Foundation) and more. These folks shared their insights on future NFT and metaverse trends and how blockchain gaming is paving the way for wider Web3 adoption. We also talked to Max Kordek (CEO and Co-Founder, Lisk) and Justin Waldron (Co-founder, Storyverse).
Lucaz Lee (Founder & CEO, Affyn) discussed how Affyn is reinventing the gaming model and their play-and-earn metaverse with a sustainable economy. They had their drop last 10/08! Check them out here:
Seoul Meta Week
This just in…we just had the privilege to attend Seoul Meta Week from October 3-7, 2022! Many scrambled to the event to share knowledge of trends and information about the Metaverse, NFTs, Web3.
We watched and learned while viewing premium content with world-leading speakers and experts during the conference.
Seoul Meta Week 2022, one of Asia’s most influential events on the blockchain, ended its 3-day conference with over 1,000 attendees from across the globe.
It was hosted by TV Chosun and organized by Chris & Partners, co-organized by TokenPost, Fintelli, Cryptomeria Capital, and Metaverse Post.
We had a chance to talk to Trevor Owens of Stacks, Jay Kimm from Boomco,
RUSYENG from NFT Kartel, Andrew Ku from Altava Group, Phillipp A Sostmann - Manager Pwc Germany and Emanuel Erdem - Exclusible
Seoul Meta Week 2022 has been one of the most influential conferences on the globe featuring Blockchain, Metaverse, NFTs, and Web3. The organizers have proved Asia’s central role in the development of Web3.
✈Edge of LAS VEGAS: Edge Of Company Team Visited Web 3 Expo!
W3BX hosted the inaugural “Web 3 Expo” on October 10-13th, at the Wynn Las Vegas. This 4-day conference offered an extraordinary platform for relationship building with both existing and prospective institutional and private investors. The event featured senior executives from over 100 private and public companies all within the growing Web3 sector.
Dedicated to cultivating an unparalleled experience, W3BX facilitated daily networking events, 1-on-1 meetings, educational workshops, fireside chats, and Summit sessions. Attendees ranged from Fortune 500 companies, Venture Capitalists, Retail and Institutional Investors, Hedge Funds, Family Offices, and Blue-Chip NFT Collectors.
📻 Edge of NFT Episode Drops
EP190
When it comes to the digital collectibles space, VeVe is a trailblazer. Long before NFTs were cool, this company had been pioneering the building of a marketplace and community around premium digital collectibles from the brands that we all know and love. Daniel Crothers, the co-founder of VeVe, is an early adopter of disruptive technologies and he believes it is the platform’s mission to replicate every aspect of the physical world of collecting to the digital world…
EP191
The metaverse is expanding and evolving at an unprecedented scale. Nino Saez saw this interconnected virtual world as a chance to monetize his talents and give back to the community through philanthropy work. Joining Jeff Kelley, Eathan Janney, and Josh Kriger, the phil-entrepreneur shares his mission of transforming the metaverse into a utopia through his company aptly called Utopia…
EP192
VEME, the Web3 creator network that focuses on transforming fans into co-creators and investors, will now be known as Creation. In this episode, we are joined by VEME founder Raamayan and his Chief Strategy Officer, Cristopher Pitcher, who explain the rationale of the rebrand and the unique value their platform is bringing to creators and fans alike. Web3 is enabling platforms to push the definitions of co-creation to the outer edge, and the folks at Creation are making the most of that ability…
EP193
To really bring about mass adoption for NFTs, those who are already in the space need to think of ways to make participation more inclusive. This is what Andrew Klein and the team at Sweet™ are doing. In this episode, Andrew explains how Sweet™ works with some of the world’s biggest brands to create authentic experiences for creators, collectors and fans alike. The work that they are doing in this exciting venture is set to bring a huge chunk of the masses into Web3…
🥚 NFT Nuggets
Artsy:
Damien Hirst burns $10M in art: Nifty Newsletter, Oct 5–11
Gamerville:
Gabe Leydon’s Limit Break plans $6.5M Super Bowl ad for NFT game
Metaversal:
$1.2 Billion Metaverse Company Boasts It Has A Whopping 8,000 Daily Users
Collectible:
Physical NFTs? One Potential Mainstream Use-Case Explained
Uncategorical:
7 Ways to Use Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) With Examples
❓ Edge Question of the Week
Who are your favorite NFT artists or collectors? Why?
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