Transcript Ep. 315: How NFT DAOs Could Shape the Next Blockbuster, Fund Poetry and Change VC

Laura Shin:

Hi, all. As you may know, a few months ago, I started a Facebook bulletin newsletter. I’ll now be opening a paid Facebook discussion group where you, and other listeners of the show, can discuss recent episodes, ask questions in advance, get access to special AMAs with myself and show guests, and more. Those who join now, and for the next two weeks, will get a special introductory price of $2.99 a month or $29.99 annually. Those who join from February 15 and onward will be charged the regular rate of $4.99 a month or $49.99 annually. We will open up the group on the 15th, one week ahead of my book launch. 

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I also have another announcement. I have a new author website. It’s at laurashin.com. Please go check it out. I think it’s gorgeous, and it captures well everything I’ve been up to, from my book to the podcast to speaking and press. You can also find out all the contact information for me depending on whether you’re interested in pitching Unchained, having me speak or do press, or want to sponsor the show. Again, the URL is laurashin.com, laurashin.com. Enjoy. 

As you know, my book, The Cryptopians, comes out February 22. I wanted to share a blurb that Michael Casey, Chief Content Officer at CoinDesk and co-author of The Age of Cryptocurrency, wrote about it. Michael said, Laura Shin’s compelling, blow-by-blow account of the remarkable birth and growth of Ethereum shows that its spectacular wealth generation was not without struggle. By Shin’s telling, the story of Ethereum is a grand human drama. Its lesson is that for all the talk of decentralized, code-based virtual machines, a successful crypto project’s biggest challenge is that it must survive its user community’s internecine conflicts and rise above the egos of its brilliant but humanly flawed founders. If that intrigues you, then pre-order The Cryptopians: Idealism, Greed, Lies, and the Making of the First Big Cryptocurrency Craze today at bit.ly/cryptopians. That’s bit.ly/cryptopians, and the book comes out February 22, and again, you can pre-order it at bit.ly/cryptopians. 

Hi, everyone. Welcome to Unchained, your no-hype resource for all things crypto. I’m your host, Laura Shin, a journalist with over two decades of experience. I started covering crypto six years ago, and as a senior editor at Forbes, was the first mainstream media reporter to cover cryptocurrency full-time. This is the February 1, 2022, episode of Unchained. 

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Today’s guest is Trevor McFedries, CEO of Dapper Collectives, and founder of Friends with Benefits. 

Welcome, Trevor. 

Trevor McFedries:

Hi. Thank you for having me.