Digitized | Spotlight

Sep 30 2024 10 ep. 33 mins 2
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Spotlight is your lens into the best builders in consumer crypto, produced by Collab+Currency. Amanda (Collab+Currency) and Winnie (BlockTower Capital) explore the latest trends emerging in consumer crypto and chat with those building at the forefront.

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Ep. 11: On-Chain Chatter - Token 2049 and Solana Breakpoint Recap, Trends To Watch

Sep 30 2024 33 mins  
​Amanda (Collab+Currency) and Winnie (BlockTower Capital) bring on a few of their investor friends (Regan of Lattice, Mark of M13) to recap Token 2049 and Solana Breakpoint. We also chat through new apps we're trying and trends we’re watching for the rest of 2024.-----Resources:Follow Regan | https://x.com/reganbozmanFollow Mark | https://x.com/markwgrace-----Stay connected wit

Ep. 10: On-Chain Chatter - Stablecoins, Crypto Casinos, Emerging Ecosystems, and More

Aug 23 2024 43 mins  
Amanda (Collab+Currency) and Winnie (BlockTower Capital) bring on a few of their investor friends (Sanat of Dragonfly Capital, Sterling of Blockchain Capital) to chat about all of the interesting things that have been happening in consumer crypto as of late: stablecoin growth, crypto casinos and prediction markets, emerging ecosystems (e.g., Monad, MegaETH, Berachain), and more. Th

Ep. 8: Definitive - Democratizing Trading and Yield w/ Jai Prasad

May 21 2024 30 mins  
Digitized Spotlight hosts Amanda (Collab+Currency) and Winnie (BlockTower Capital) interview Jai Prasad, co-founder of Definitive, an institutional-grade trading and yield platform used by both retail traders and hedge funds. We discuss how retail is finding trading opportunities on-chain, the rise of memecoins, the growing complexity of the DeFi space, the increasing fragmentation

Ep. 7: On-Chain Chatter - Telegram, Memecoins, Prediction Markets, and More

Apr 08 2024 53 mins  
Amanda (Collab+Currency) and Winnie (BlockTower Capital) bring on a few of their investor friends (Mason from Variant, Brian from Sfermion) to chat about all of the interesting things that have been happening in consumer crypto as of late: ​Telegram bots and apps, memecoin culture, prediction markets, normies returning to crypto, and more. The episode was originally recorded live

Ep. 6: On-Chain Chatter - Farcaster, Memecoins, ERC-404, and More

Mar 07 2024 35 mins  
​Amanda (Collab+Currency) and Winnie (BlockTower Capital) bring on a few of their investor friends (Shayon of Multicoin Capital, Mark of M13) to chat about all of the interesting things that have been happening in consumer crypto as of late: ​Farcaster Frames and Channels, memecoins, ephemeral apps, ERC-404, trends for 2024, and more. The episode was originally recorded live on

Ep. 5: Sleepagotchi - Gamifying Sleep w/ Anton Kraminkin

Feb 01 2024 20 mins  
Digitized Spotlight hosts Amanda (Collab+Currency) and Winnie (BlockTower Capital) interview Anton Kraminkin, the founder of Sleepagotchi, a mobile app that helps gamify sleep via digital collectibles. We chat about building casual social games, designing sustainable token economies, catering to mainstream users, and more!-----Resources:Download Sleepagotchi | https://www.sleepagot

Ep. 4: Sound - Empowering Musicians w/ David Greenstein

Jan 19 2024 28 mins  
Digitized Spotlight hosts Amanda (Collab+Currency) and Winnie (BlockTower Capital) chat with David Greenstein – Co-Founder and CEO of Sound, an on-chain music startup that has attracted over 2.5k artists including Snoop Dogg and Pussy Riot. We dive into the benefits of releasing music NFTs vs. publishing to traditional streaming platforms, the role of curators in driving communit

Ep. 3: IYK - Powering Digi-Physical Experiences w/ Chris Lee and Ryan Ouyang

Nov 16 2023 31 mins  
Digitized Spotlight hosts Amanda (Collab+Currency) and Winnie (BlockTower Capital) chat with Chris Lee and Ryan Ouyang, founders of IYK – a platform enabling brands and creators, from adidas to Atlantic Records, to create digi-physical experiences. We dive into the tech stack for digi-physicals, use cases for tokenizing physical items and IRL experiences, the future of identity a

Ep. 2: TYB - Building Community-Owned Brands w/ Ty Haney

Oct 25 2023 30 mins  
Digitized Spotlight hosts Amanda (Collab+Currency) and Winnie (BlockTower Capital) interview Ty Haney, Co-founder & CEO of TYB – a Web3-enabled community and brand management platform. We discuss the future of community engagement and co-creation, building for mainstream audiences with blockchain under the hood, the role of venture capital in funding brands, the appetite for

Ep. 1: Floor - The NFT Everything App w/ Chris Maddern and Christine Hall

Sep 13 2023 29 mins  
On the first episode of Spotlight, hosts Amanda (Collab+Currency) and Winnie (BlockTower Capital) interview Chris Maddern and Christine Hall, co-founders of Floor - your everything app for NFTs. We discuss the current state of the NFT market and where we are going from here, launching crypto mobile apps in App Stores vs. as Progressive Web Apps, barriers to Web3 adoption, and more!