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Blockchain technology is about to transform every trust-based interaction of our lives, from financial services to identity, from health care to our Internet of Things devices. In this podcast, host Laura Shin talks with industry pioneers across tech, financial services, health care, government and other sectors about how the blockchain and cryptocurrency will open up new opportunities for incumbents, startups and everyday people to interact more efficiently, directly and globally.

Dec 3, 2021

Ryan Zurrer, founder of Dialectic, a crypto wealth multi-family office, discusses his recent $29 million purchase of Beeple’s Human One and his experience at Art Basel in Miami, along with his thoughts on the NFT space in general. Show highlights:

  • what Human One is and why Ryan purchased it
  • how Ryan and Beeple’s personal relationship factored into the purchase of Human One
  • why Human One is important to the metaverse
  • how Ryan defied the odds in purchasing Human One
  • how Miami’s Art Basel conference missed out by not capitalizing enough on NFTs
  • what Ryan thinks about the NFT industry being described as a bubble
  • how Ryan uses “proof-of-artwork” to determine which NFTs to buy
  • Ryan’s experience visiting Beeple’s art studio/campus
  • where Ryan thinks NFTs will go from here, and why he is so bullish on music NFTs in particular 

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