In this episode, Carly’s talking to Justin Kan, Co-Founder of Twitch—which he sold for $970M to Amazon in 2014—and current Co-Founder of Fractal, an open marketplace for gaming NFTs. Justin shares the full backstory to why gamers hate NFTs, why...
In this episode, Carly’s talking to Justin Kan, Co-Founder of Twitch—which he sold for $970M to Amazon in 2014—and current Co-Founder of Fractal, an open marketplace for gaming NFTs. Justin shares the full backstory to why gamers hate NFTs, why he believes this won’t always be the case, how Fractal is changing the gaming/NFT landscape for good, and SO much more!
Justin and his team are building the NFT gaming ecosystem of the future. At the moment, gamers and NFTs aren’t on the friendliest of terms, but Justin believes it’s only a matter of time. Strap in, this is a fun one—plus—a special guest cameo?!
------
🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: https://jpegs.banklesshq.com/
🎙️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST
APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/overpriced-jpegs/id1591954323
SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/5G2HSDneVg8mZUQ3zUIoLX?si=6d57ee1f89184974
------
BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:
👀 POLYGON | NFTs ON LAYER 2
https://bankless.cc/Polygon
💸 UNSTOPPABLE | YOUR CRYPTO DOMAIN
https://bankless.cc/Unstoppable
🌊 INDEX COOP | METAVERSE INDEX
https://bankless.cc/MVI
🔷 AXIE | PLAY, EARN, TRADE
https://bankless.cc/AxieInfinity
------
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
3:00 Justin's Background
8:25 Twitch Today & Web3 Twitch
17:42 NFT Gaming
37:30 Fractal
41:20 Why Solana?
43:43 Special Guest!
45:00 Solana Cont.
54:00 Learnings From Gaming NFTs
58:40 Instrinstic Motivation & Happiness
1:04:25 Closing Questions
------
Resources:
Justin on Twitter
https://twitter.com/justinkan
Fractal on Twitter
https://twitter.com/fractalwagmi
-----
Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research.
Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here:
https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/bankless-disclosures