Sporting Crypto

The @_SportingCrypto Podcast is back! 🚨

In this episode we're joined by:

• @saunders3000, Founder & CEO, @xpticket

We discuss:

🧠 XP's innovative approach to ticket resale marketplaces

⛓️ Using blockchain for stablecoin escrow while tickets remain offchain

🎫 Creating an onchain order book for offchain ticket resale

🧑‍⚖️ Current legal controversies in US ticketing with StubHub and Ticketmaster

🌐 Ticketmaster's monopoly and the natural resale market need

💸 Blockchain enables value transfer but faces industry resistance and regulatory overlap

💡 XP solves fan liquidity fears with instant buy and sell options

🤖 Blockchain and AI agents will reshape online marketplaces starting with ticketing

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Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction

1:31 XP's innovative approach to ticket resale marketplaces

2:08 Using blockchain for stablecoin escrow while tickets remain offchain

3:34 Creating an onchain order book for offchain ticket resale

5:01 Current legal controversies in US ticketing with StubHub and Ticketmaster

5:58 Ticketmaster's monopoly and the natural resale market need

8:50 Blockchain enables value transfer but faces industry resistance and regulatory overlap

11:59 XP solves fan liquidity fears with instant buy and sell options

16:47 Blockchain and AI agents will reshape online marketplaces starting with ticketing

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The @_SportingCrypto Podcast is back! 🚨

In this episode we're joined by:

• @TuomHolmberg, Co-Founder & CEO, @Collector_Crypt

We discuss:

🛣️ Collector Crypt's journey since April 2021 launch

📈 Platform growth stats and $100M monthly pack revenue

🤔 Why tokenized collectibles achieved product market fit now

🛠️ Reducing fees and fraud in collectibles trading like stocks

🎰 Revenue model through arbitrage and vending machine buybacks

🔄 Token utility and vision as proxy for collectibles ecosystem

🚀 Launching a token requires product market fit first

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Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction

5:04 Collector Crypt's journey since April 2021 launch

8:14 Platform growth stats and $100M monthly pack revenue

10:47 Why tokenized collectibles achieved product market fit now

14:59 Reducing fees and fraud in collectibles trading like stocks

19:30 Revenue model through arbitrage and vending machine buybacks

28:08 Token utility and vision as proxy for collectibles ecosystem

35:45 Launching a token requires product market fit first

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The @_SportingCrypto Podcast is back! 🚨

In this episode we're joined by:

• @AMahensaria, Co-Founder & CEO, @predofficial

We discuss:

❗️ Disrupting sportsbooks as middlemen via peer to peer exchange

📊 Why sports needs a dedicated exchange not general prediction markets

🧩 Three customer segments: occasional, frequent, and institutional traders

🗝️ Key product needs for live sports trading speed and resolution

💰 Hedging and insurance as fringe use cases under 5%

🔎 Importance of clear rules and oracle providers for market resolution

💸 Parlays as sportsbook product with high margins not easily disrupted

🎰 Betfair comparison and why timing and DNA matter for exchanges

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The @_SportingCrypto Podcast is back! 🚨

In this episode we're joined by:
• @tadtweets, CEO, @CandyDigital

We discuss:

❗️ Candy Digital's troubled history and NFT bubble

🤔 Board observer role and Futureverse merger issues

💥 Revenue model challenges and IP license costs

💸 Royalty enforcement problems on secondary markets

⛓️ Solana Metaplex Core for protocol level royalties

🔎 Primary issuance focus instead of secondary markets

💎 Non-sports digital collectibles

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Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction

5:34 Candy Digital's troubled history and NFT bubble

6:46 Board observer role and Futureverse merger issues

12:17 Revenue model challenges and IP license costs

13:03 Royalty enforcement problems on secondary markets

20:40 Solana Metaplex Core for protocol level royalties

24:39 Primary issuance focus instead of secondary markets

33:30 Non-sports digital collectibles

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