NFTs and the Art World: A Future Unfolding

Ryan Zurrer, founder of Dialectic, a crypto wealth multi-family office, discusses his recent $29 million purchase of Beeple’s Human One and his experience at Art Basel in Miami, along with his thoughts on the NFT space in general. Show highlights:

• what Human One is and why Ryan purchased it
• how Ryan and Beeple’s personal relationship factored into the purchase of Human One
• why Human One is important to the metaverse
• how Ryan defied the odds in purchasing Human One
• how Miami’s Art Basel conference missed out by not capitalizing enough on NFTs
• what Ryan thinks about the NFT industry being described as a bubble
• how Ryan uses “proof-of-artwork” to determine which NFTs to buy
• Ryan’s experience visiting Beeple’s art studio/campus
• where Ryan thinks NFTs will go from here, and why he is so bullish on music NFTs in particular 

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Episode Links:

Ryan Zurrer

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/kukulabanze
• Previous Unchained appearances:
• • https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-ryan-zurrer-would-like-to-see-a-new-dao/
  • https://unchainedpodcast.com/all-things-cryptoeconomics-pt-1-with-olaf-carlson-wee-and-ryan-zurrer-of-polychain-capital/ 

Human One

• Beeple x Christie’s interview:
• • https://www.christies.com/features/Beeple-gets-real-with-human-one-11940-7.aspx
• Barron’s on Human One purchase:
• • https://www.barrons.com/articles/beeples-human-one-video-sculpture-and-nft-sells-for-nearly-29-million-01636506472 
• Ryan Zurrer purchase:
• • https://twitter.com/kukulabanze/status/1458236032818819075?s=20 
• Proof-of-Artwork:
• • ​​https://www.decential.io/features/proof-of-artwork-ryan-zurer-on-his-29-million-purchase-of-beeples-human-one

Art Basel Miami

• https://artbasel.com/miami-beach 

Beeple saying NFTs are a “bubble:”

• https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-21/prices-in-a-bubble-beeple-says-after-his-69-million-nft-sale 

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