Blockchain and Crypto

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I'm curious what your thoughts are on whether you feel like blockchain technology and like crypto is necessary for you to run the show. The fact that you can have someone sign up or like mint an NFT is essentially like marking them as a member in your universe. And then there's all these plugins like that is such an amazing way to spend something up quickly. I'd say now as we think about what it means going forward, one of the things that our goal is to help people discover new creatives, new creators, new talent.

Welcome back. This week while Lucas was out, Anita caught up with Devin Lewtan, cofounder and CEO of web3 media production studio Mad Realities. Mad Realities is the team behind “Proof of Love,” a dating show that allows its audience to vote and engage with its content using NFTs. Lewtan talked about how accidentally creating the viral Clubhouse show “NYU Girls Roasting Tech Guys” led her to launching a Paradigm and Paris Hilton-backed web3 startup. She also shared her insights on building community through web3 among people who might otherwise roll their eyes at that term.

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