Posts tagged Hashmasks
Getting ahead in Facebook's Metaverse by earning the Harvard of NFTs
Getting ahead in Facebook's Metaverse by earning the Harvard of NFTs

Facebook is building towards a Metaverse version of the Internet, in both its hardware and software efforts. What are the implications? And further, how does one acquire status, work, and social capital in such a world? We explore the recent NFT avatar projects through the lens of Ivy League universities and CFA exams to understand some timeless cultural trends.

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metaverse, social & community, NFTs and digital objects, big tech, visual art, gaming & sportsLex SokolinFacebook, Oculus, Harvard, Ivy League, YCombinator, CFA, CryptoPunks, Bored Apes Yacht Club, Hashmasks, Mooncats, Wicked Craniums, Cool Cats, Dead Heads
Non-fungible tokens and crypto art (like Hashmasks) will create multi-billion markets for digital objects with financial features
Non-fungible tokens and crypto art (like Hashmasks) will create multi-billion markets for digital objects with financial features

This week, we look at:

  • Hashmasks, CryptoPunks, and other large NFT / crypto art projects generating tens of millions of USD trading volume

  • Perceptions of financial value, as well as whether it matters to have an “original” digital art piece relative to its digital copy

    The intersection of collectibles with decentralized finance, and its collateralization, tranching, lending, and trading, as well as a view on 2021

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visual art, NFTs and digital objects, decentralized finance, philosophy, supply chain / tradeLex SokolinHashmasks, Crypto Punks