In this episode we chat with Henrijs Jansons about the relaunch of the Debitum platform, and why investors should consider investing in this regulated platform.
Links

* Debitum
* Jean's review of Debitum

In this episode, Jean and Joe interview the founder and CEO of Lonvest, Roman Katerynchyk.

We dig into how P2P lending for consumer loans works, and what kind of models power the decisions to give loans or not to new customers. We discuss the ethical side of P2P lending, and the big issue with millions of unbanked people in developing countries.

For example:

44% of Vietnam's population was unbanked in 2022, but a higher percentage remains under-banked.
Only 6% of the population in Vietnam have credit cards.

We also talk about how Lonvest works, why Roman started this new business after many years in the fintech and traditional consumer loans space, and what comes next for the platform. Roman also explains how Lonvest is differentiating itself in the market and bringing a new level of transparency to the game.
Invest on Lonvest

Links

* Lonvest
* Roman's Linkedin
* Jean's review of Lonvest

Welcome to another exciting episode of the Mastermind.fm podcast, where we explore the latest trends, ideas, and innovations shaping the world. In today's episode, we're diving deep into the fascinating realm of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its transformative impact on the way we work.

We're thrilled to have with us a special guest, Martin Slaney, the visionary behind ProductPrompts.com. Martin is a thought leader in the AI space and has extensive experience in harnessing the power of intelligent tools to enhance productivity and drive growth.

In our conversation today, we'll explore a wide range of AI-powered tools, such as OpenAI's GPT-4, Dall-E and Midjourney, and we'll discuss how these new tools are enabling businesses to streamline their operations, make better decisions, and ultimately, redefine what's possible.

From AI-driven customer persona generators to automating customer support and data analysis, Martin will share his insights on how AI is changing the way we approach our work and the potential pitfalls to watch out for as we continue to integrate these powerful tools into our daily lives.

So, grab a cup of coffee, sit back, and get ready for an enlightening conversation about the AI revolution with Martin Slaney. Stay tuned, because this episode of the Mastermind podcast is one you won't want to miss!
Links

* Martin Slaney on Twitter
* Product Prompts
* Westworld
* Humans
* Almost Human
* ChatGPT

In this episode Jean and Joe speak with Shehan Chandrasekera from Cointracker about the intricacies of NFT taxation.
Links

* Cointracker

In this episode, Jean hangs out with Tinbane and Astamcloud/P to discuss the experience of collecting, creating and curating in the generative art space.
Links

* Jean's post about embarking on his artistic journey
* Jean's generative art resources
* DCinvestor on-chain gen art collector thesis
* The rise of long-form generative art
* Mandelbrot set
* Picasso's The Bull

* Featured image art by Tinbane

In this episode, Jean speaks to Eric Rubens, a successful professional photographer and founder of Collective Strangers, an NFT community focused on photography. We go through Eric's journey into photography, why he created Collected Strangers, and what pass holders can expect in the coming months. We also touch on the photography NFT space as I'm quite excited about the future prospects of this niche.
Links

* Eric Rubens on Instagram
* Collective Strangers
* Justin Aversano
* Dave Krugman
* Cath Simard
* Nick Kuchar
* Drift

In this episode, Jean speaks to the founder and CEO of NFTfi, Stephen Young. We talk about all the use cases for borrowing and lending in the NFT space. I found this talk fascinating and learnt some new use cases I wasn't aware of. Whether you're on the borrowing or lending side, you should listen to this.
Links

* Stephen's Twitter
* NFTfi

In today's episode, Jean speaks with the artist ZAR, who he had the pleasure of meeting for the first time during his recent trip to New York for NFT NYC. We delve into many different topics, for an overall fascinating talk where topics like minimalism, utility for NFT art, community building, and the process for building Classicality are discussed.
Links

* Classicality
* ZAR's Twitter

Jean and Evan Medeiros team up to recap their action-packed week at NFT NYC, discussing their favorite projects such as Doodles, PROOF, Moonbirds, Coolmans, Cool Cats, Cyberbrokers etc.

They share what they loved about the events and what was a bit of a letdown.

If you haven't been to NFT NYC, this is a great way to catch up on the past week's events.
Links

* Evan's Twitter
* Thetraderisk.com

I recently started collecting generative art NFTs, and one of the collections that I fell in love with was Hōrō (meaning wandering in Japanese), from Lionel Radisson, known in the art world as makio135. In today's show, I connect with Lionel to talk about his journey as an artist and how he got into NFTs.

We speak about the challenges and also big wins that ultimately helped Lionel transition into working as a generative artist full-time. I am extremely bullish on the potential of NFTs to empower artists and bring their ideas and work much more accessible to collectors the world over.
Links

* Lionel's Twitter
* @mattdesl
* @amygoodchild
* Lionel's first sketch using Slashes shapes
* Article about Lionel's journey
* Lionel's linktree

In this episode, Jean talks to Hanif Perry about his experience as a collector of generative art NFTs and member of various communities that formed around this movement. This is a great primer for those who are interested in NFTs and want to know what to look for and where when buying their first pieces.
Links

* Hanif's Twitter
* Jean's article on generative art NFTs
* Picasso Punks
* GrailersDAO
* Fidenza by Tyler Hobbs
* Chromie Squiggles
* Dmitri Cherniak
* Century by Casey Reas
* Gazers by Matt Kane
* Stefano Contiero
* Rhythm by Jeff Davis
* Infinite Objects frames
* Mov3
* Quantum Key
* Grails by PROOF

In this episode, I sit down with Danny Greene, the general manager of the MeebitsDAO. We have a wide-ranging conversation about the significance of NFTs, the analogies that can be used to onboard new users into the NFT space, and of course, we also focused on Meebits in particular. I really like the MeebitsDAO initiative in favor of an open metaverse, so if you'd like to learn more about the metaverse and how you can start participating in this space you should definitely give this one a listen.

The Meebits are 20,000 unique 3D voxel characters, created by a custom generative algorithm, then registered on the Ethereum blockchain. The original 9000 Meebits were available for purchase through a Dutch-style auction starting from 2.5 ETH. The remaining NFTs were distributed to holders of CryptoPunks as well as Autoglyphs.

A simple gas fee transaction could be used to redeem a Meebit with a punk or glyph. Because of its rarity as well as scarcity, the collection had topped the charts as well as sustained constant sales. With $127 million in sales volume, this became the 7th all-time top collection in just four months. At least ten Meebits have indeed been sold for over a million dollars.
Links

* MeebitsDAO
* Yugalabs acquisition
* Jadu Mirrorverse

In this episode, we speak to Robin Copernicus (real name Robin Kabir) from Metaverse Land Club. It was a real pleasure speaking with Robin, his passion for futuristic technologies and the ways that they can help human betterment really comes through in our conversation.

Join us as we explore the many facets of the metaverse and how it will impact humanity in this wide-ranging episode.
Links

* Metaverse Land Club
* Robin on Twitter
* Gaia Forums
* Nano reef tanks (I was also a huge aquarium hobbyist growing up)
* Lemonnerd art
* Gaming guilds
* My Pet Hooligan
* BT Forum - Orbs (Gala Music)

Books mentioned

* Minimum Viable Mockup
* Traction
* Atomic Habits

In this episode, we have Igors Puntuss, CEO of Bulkestate, as our guest. Together with Igors, we discuss Bulkestate's journey over the past five years, and the main things that investors should expect going forward. Bulkestate is one of my favorite platforms. Contrary to other players in the market, they have an understated approach and focus on delivery rather than hype.

Here are some of the main numbers from Bulkestate's performance over the past years.

* Total funding volume originated as of 31.12.2021: € 24 307 835,00
* Total number of projects funded: 135
* Weighted average annual return: 14.33%
* Number of active investors: 10 171
* Capital lost: 0
* Repaid objects: 86
* Defaulted objects (Historically): 6%
* Delayed objects: 13%

Biggest project: Marijas Street 1 750 000 EUR with 740 investors and 17% return. That ended up being 2% more than planned.

With regard to group buying, here are the main stats:

* A total volume of group-buying deals: 14 992 883 EUR
* Number of group-buying deals: 4
* Total area sold in group-buying deals: 15 350.8 sq m
* Number of participants in group-buying deals: 83
* Total units sold: 95

Links

* Bulkestate is 5 years old

We are glad to welcome Hearsay to our show. It's a really special episode covering a quiet unspoken topic of law and NFTs.

We started discussing uncertainties of crypto taxation and what is crypto from a legal standpoint. A big part of the discussion ahead was about the traditional art industry and legal backbone, as well as the concepts of authenticity, derivatives, and value compared to the digital NFT world. The other important topic we touched upon were DAOs from the legal perspective and their prospects in governance.
Links

* Hearsay on Twitter
* Creative commons
* NFT License
* NFT License Breakdown: Exploring Different Marketplaces and Associated License Issues
* NFTs and Intellectual Property: What IP Owners and NFT Creators Need to Know
* Protecting IP and Limiting Liability When Licensing IP for Digital Art and NFTs
* BAYC - The case for licensed commercial use rights
* NFTs, Minting and Copyright

In this episode, we welcome back Jalil from PunkScape for another round of NFT knowledge drops.

Following our more introductory first episode with Jalil, in this episode, we continue evolving some of the topics we touched upon previously as well as introduce some other very important concepts and guidelines that all NFT investors or creators should know about.

Some of the topics discussed:

* An exploration of NFT contracts on Etherscan.
* How metadata and images are stored on IPFS.
* What software was used to build the scapes?
* What's happening behind the scenes in a project's reveal stage?
* Potential for exploits, cheating, unfair advantages when a project is launched.
* Why ENS domains are important and how they fit into PunkScapes.
* Some innovations in the PunkScapes metadata, such as the date assigned to each scape.
* Upcoming PunkScape apps and functionality(animations, gallery, background builder etc).

Links

* Etherescan contract - PunkScape
* PunkScape token 1 on IPFS
* Example of PunkScape PNG file hosted on IPFS
* Pinata
* Cryptopunks contract
*
Figma
*
Affinity Designer
* Tom Sachs Rocket Factory

In this episode, we welcome the founder of Kumo's World, Kumo, who shares with us her journey and motivations for creating this collection of extremely cute characters, as well as the new features that are on the roadmap for the next few months.
About Kumo's World
Kumo’s World is a fantastical place where you control the story. Go on adventures with the other explorers and discover the hidden gems the world of Kumo!

Here, you can let your inner child free and just be yourself without judgment.

We hold expeditions in our discord that are like text version of RPG, where the story follows the explorers actions. They have set challenges to overcome and with each challenge, they grow stronger as a team.

There will be factions where grouped resident classes will compete against each other in World leagues, as well as pets with special powers that can open up different realms for more adventures in unknown parts of world. A new currency kxwCoins will be in circulation post drop. These coins are only available through taking part in the leagues, explorations and community events. Shops will open in the future where the coins can be exchanged for items/pets.

Future roadmap includes children story books, merch, collabs with other similar projects, live events and many others to come!
Links

* Kumo x World

In this episode, we welcome Jalil Wahdatehagh, the founder and artist behind the PunkScape NFT project to guide us through the remarkable world of non-fungible tokens.

How do we visualize value, what are and why digital identities are important, how NFTs can be used not only for visual art? These are just minor parts of the topics we discussed with Jalil. Of course, we covered the basics (well, they are not so basic after all):

* NFT minting process and ownership
* Algorithms and ideas behind NFTs
* How do NFT treasuries work?
* How NFT is a form of money?
* What are the prospects of NFT in the future?

Apart from that, we talked about PunkScape, the NFT project Jalil founded and now runs with his team, as well as other projects like the CryptoPunks.

If you are new to NFTs, jump over to the 'How to Invest in NFTs' article on my personal blog to learn more about the topic.
Links

* PunkScape on Twitter
* Jalil on Twitter

In this episode we’ve met Liza Aizupiete, managing director of Fintelum.
Fintelum is a crowdfunding platform, which offers assets tokenization. With Fintelum investors can invest in businesses, who are tokenizing their equity, and then receive dividends.

We've talked about how Fintelum works, new ways of investments and why you should make your crypto work.
Also, we've touch next topics:


* how investing in crypto and in traditional currencies differs;
* why Fintelum is not a stock exchange;
* what backlashes exist against p2p landing;
* the essence of token;

and many others.

In this episode of Mastermind.fm we've met with Arnab Naskar, co-founder and business lead of STOKR. It's a digital marketplace which allows to invest into new and existing business with no middle man. STOKR is built on blockchain to keep things transparent and secure.

Arnab introduced us to the story behind STOKR and how it operates. And we've discussed lots of interesting topics including:  inefficiencies of capital market, equity vs. crowdfunding, hybrid IPOs and Liquid Network of Bitcoin. Also we talked over Blockstream Mining Note, one of the most recent ventures on STOKR.