Posts tagged Loot
User-Generated Finance and Cultural Financial Instruments, via Snoop Dogg, Dapper Labs, and $1.5B Decentralized Social
User-Generated Finance and Cultural Financial Instruments, via Snoop Dogg, Dapper Labs, and $1.5B Decentralized Social

The structure of capital markets precedes the innovations that come from it. High frequency trading, passive ETF investing, SPACs, and crypto assets all telegraphed their value proposition before becoming large and meaningful in scale. We are now seeing a new market shape emerge, one that starts with community and builds up into financial instruments that are cultural and social. This analysis looks at the most recent developments in the overlap between decentralized social and cultural work and related financial features.

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exchanges / cap mkts, visual art, NFTs and digital objects, metaverse, identity and privacy, social & community, marketingLex SokolinSnoop Dogg, Gordon Gekko, Flashbots, Chromie Squiggle, Crypto Punks, Legg Mason, TikTok, Sorare, Palm Protocol, Dapper Labs, Friends with Benefits, Lil Miquela, BitClout, DeSo, Loot, Nouns DAO, SharkDAO
Financial Mythmaking with $200MM of Loot NFTs and their growing world
Financial Mythmaking with $200MM of Loot NFTs and their growing world

We discuss the top-down and bottoms-up approaches to innovation and project building. For the former, we reference Australia’s draconian surveillance laws, and the integration of US driver’s licenses into Apple’s wallet. For the latter, we dive into the Ethereum-based Loot project and its incredible derivatives, $500MM token, and $200MM of volume. Last, we conclude by highlighting the role of creators on the coming wave of Fintech.

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identity and privacy, governance, metaverse, NFTs and digital objects, gaming & sports, exchanges / cap mkts, social & community, regulation & complianceLex SokolinApple, Australia, DocuSign, Ethereum, Loot, Step