Do You Think We'll See More Verticalization Over Time?

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Step In is an example of people thinking about it from the opposite way. This is really interesting to me because for a long time investors and crypto talked about fat protocols. And then I think that logic extends to the base layer building blocks as well. So do you expect to see more of this verticalization happening over time? And if so, does that kind of threaten projects like Uniswap or compound that are just like generalized exchanges or lending protocols? Yeah, I absolutely remember we exactly talk about this. And last time my answer still holds fruit.

How can crypto be dead when we still have outstanding teams building amidst this bear market?

STEPN took the world by storm when it introduced the idea of earning through movement - at its peak, there were more than a million daily active users using STEPN.

Since then, Find Satoshi Labs (team behind STEPN) has made further strides and verticalized to launch its own decentralized exchange DOOAR and more recently, their NFT marketplace MOOAR.

Today on Blockcrunch we have Mable Jiang, Chief Revenue Officer at Find Satoshi Labs to share with us:

How is STEPN performing in a bear market
Decision to verticalization
Enforcing royalties on DOOAR
Trading vs subscription fee on DOOAR

Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice.

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(00:00:00) – Introduction

(00:01:39) – Introduction to STEPN

(00:04:41) – Motivation for playing STEPN in a bear market

(00:09:07) – STEPN’s new dual reward system

(00:14:19) – Cutting Orca off and creating own DEX (DOOAR)

(00:20:41) – Building their own NFT marketplace (MOOAR)

(00:29:02) – Synergies between MOOAR and STEPN

(00:31:50) – Managing STEPN, DOOAR & MOOAR all at once

(00:35:58) – Decision behind MOOAR’s subscription fee

(00:43:54) – Status and roadmap on all the developments

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