Ep 86.1: FOMOing into NFTs, BAYC, Cryptopunks & Goblintown with Zeneca - NFT Thought Leader, 300k Twitter Followers, Founder of ZenAcademy

If you’ve been following STIMY recently, you’ll have noticed our recent Web 3.0 trend. Yes, the market is bearish. Crypto is crashing. But more companies & individuals than ever are entering the space. NFT NYC just ended. Soul tokens are coming… To make, hopefully, some sense of it all, STIMY is proud to present its latest guest - one of the most prolific NFT content creators & thought leaders around - to provide his take on all things NFTs: Zeneca → a former professional poker player (15 years!) turned NFT founder, investor and educator. He has nearly 300k followers on Twitter that follow him for his opinions and analysis in the space. He is also the founder of ZenAcademy, an NFT community that aims to create a safe learning environment for people discovering their place in web3, has a newsletter, YouTube channel and 2 podcasts! We had such a wide-ranging conversation that the episode has been split into 2. This is Part 1. Enjoy! Highlights: 4:22 Becoming a professional poker player 6:27 Money is a tool 10:24 What success means for a poker player 13:58 Going back to crypto in 2020 16:35 When everything “clicked” for Zeneca about the NFT space 21:57 Best NFT learning resources 24:13 The “infinite regret” behind Zeneca’s 1st NFT purchase 25:20 FOMO 30:42 Deciding on an NFT investment in 10-15 seconds based on gut instinct 31:44 Goblintown.wtf 33:56 Why no roadmap? 36:42 CC0 NFTs have no copyright? 39:37 Why Cryptopunks got so huge 41:52 Cryptopunks v Bored Apes Yacht Club 45:27 What it’s actually like being part of the BAYC community 48:14 Is BAYC overhyped? 50:49 What would it take for BAYC’s valuation to crash? 53:28 Buy a Punk, Sell an Ape? 55:04 What is generative art & why is Zeneca so bullish about it? 58:05 No copyright for generative art like Artblock? 📍Show notes: www.sothisismywhy.com/86-1 🙊 Like STIMY? Buy us a ☕️?: https://beacons.ai/sothisismywhy 💌 Get the latest STIMY alpha/exclusive updates: https://sothisismywhy.ck.page/ebf231f605