Welcome back, this week Anita was off on vacation so Lucas was joined by TC crypto reporter Jacquie Melinek to discuss what happened in the crypto world this week. They dove into the topic of the Solana Saga phone, discussed FTX's alleged interest in buying up Robinhood, and chatted about some of the crypto financial firms that are currently in deep... trouble.

In this week’s interview, Lucas chatted with Julian Holguin, the CEO of Doodles. Doodles is a very popular NFT project that has done just over $500 million in total sales volume. Holguin was previously a big exec at Billboard and has taken on the task of scaling the Doodles brand into an intellectual property powerhouse. The firm just banked its first round of venture funding from Alexis Ohanian and is gearing up for some big new NFT launches as it looks to keep the party going even amid a crypto downturn.

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Helpful links:

https://techcrunch.com/2022/06/27/ftx-says-no-active-talks-to-buy-robinhood/

https://techcrunch.com/2022/06/23/osoms-ov1-is-now-solanas-web3-android-handset-saga/

https://techcrunch.com/2022/06/30/north-korea-lazarus-harmony-theft/

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