Episode 101 with Tad Smith CEO of Candy Digital

Tad is the former CEO of Sothbeys and Madison Square Garden

Now taking on a new important role with Candy Digital as the CEO

He recognizes that onchain is the future for collectibles and better liquidity

We talk about this former experiences as CEO and why he jumped in to a blockchain start up

But also getting to know him outside of his professional standings and what he does for fun

Had a great time chatting with one of our industries most influential figures

00:59 @tadtweets on collecting

09:23 What actually interests Tad on chain and @CandyDigital

14:13 Physical to digital link the hard part

21:30 Still chairman of @doodles today

26:04 NFT vs IP disconnect at Licensing Expo

32:22 Has the fun left collecting

36:06 Using Claude to find coin grails

40:57 Every query through AI now

44:08 Minting 2M assets on Solana at their cost

49:01 Human collecting will grow with AI

53:27 Embrace AI fear bad human decisions

Episode 100 with Moose

His starting moment was becoming a niche sensation and still has one of the most well known viral sayings

Since then he has tapped in to different interest sand is one of the most well known creators

As onchain becomes the new online and is the normal so will creatives of the ecosystem

Had a fun time chatting with Moose

Pretty cool that he is the 100th episode

01:55 Showing up in costume with @JoeyMoose

04:33 Kick antics and creative direction (clips)

08:54 Buying every legendary Top Shot moment

11:56 Crying on a Twitter space

17:56 Going all in on himself

21:32 Starting with a 15 dollar camera

24:38 Do you think you've peaked

30:01 How he explains this to family

34:38 Why he needed his own office

38:19 Owning the word moose

41:31 UFC on the White House lawn

45:40 Does the world go back to pre-COVID

49:19 Google spotted the earthquake before scientists

Episode 99 with James Au Co-founder of Watch dot Fun

Milestone luxuries are increasingly becoming more popular

Luxury goods are also now being traded by top institutions

Onchain is the new online

01:56 @watch_emperor on @watchdotfun and luxury watches

09:11 Secret AP 37mm Solana watch reveal

14:30 Why Batman and Pikachu stuck as watch names

21:16 Every watch comes with a story

26:29 Why Solana is the only chain that works

33:07 Dead internet the return to real assets

36:05 Uncut aquanaut no one else has this

41:16 Kevin O'Leary's watch insurance empire

45:27 Dos and donts of the watch world

52:59 Starter watch list for beginners