GEN C: The Fandom of Digital Collectibles, with Matt Kalish, president of DraftKings North America

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4.7 • 698 Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Matt Kalish joins the podcast this week to talk about how bullish he is on Web3 and NFTs, going so far as to updating his LinkedIn picture to a BAYC PFP. In this episode, we touch on brands entering the World Cup conversation with their own digital collectibles, and a potential hot take on how Apple is missing the mark when it comes to the blockchain. Matt Kalish, president of DraftKings North America, joins the podcast to share insights on how DraftKings meets its consumers where they are through fantasy sports and digital collectibles. A key takeaway being that audience market fit is as important as product market fit. Links mentioned from the podcast: Web3 Is Heading to the World Cup Coinbase Disables Mobile NFT Transfers, Citing Apple’s App Store Policies The Balance Between Art and IP Theft in NFT Culture DraftKings Reinmakers Fantasy Football game Props & Drops with Matt Kalish & GaryVee Podcast (Apple, Spotify) Matt’s Twitter DraftKings Twitter DraftKings website Follow us on Twitter: Sam Ewen Avery Akkineni CoinDesk Vayner3 From our sponsor: Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 at Consensus 2023, happening April 26–28 in Austin, Texas. Come and immerse yourself in all that Web3, crypto, blockchain and the metaverse have to offer. Use code GENC to get 15% off your pass. Visit coindesk.com/consensus - "Gen C" features hosts Sam Ewen and Avery Akkineni, with editing by Jonas Huck. Executive produced by Jared Schwartz and produced by Adrian Blust, Uyen Truong and Eleanor Pahl. Our theme music is "1882” by omgkirby x Channel Tres with editing by Doc Blust. Artwork by Nicole Marie Rincon. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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1:03.9	Welcome, everyone. Welcome everyone to Gen C. Gen C is Generation Crypto. We focus on the people who are raised on a different philosophy on how they look at money, how they look at identity, how they look at privacy,
1:07.8	and how they reimagine their relationships with the communities and companies they interact with.
1:11.6	We also focus on how Web3 and Web2 brands are building for these audience specifically.
1:16.6	I'm Sam Ewan from CoinDesk, and as always, I'm co-hosted here with Avery Akinini from Vayner 3.
1:22.6	Avery, I know you're in Paris right now. How's it going?
1:25.6	I am in Paris for the Ledger Open where they just revealed their Stax product, which is really exciting.
1:31.7	They had the designer of the iPod, give a keynote, which was incredible yesterday.
1:35.7	There's been some really positive reaction from enterprises, developers, and the Generation C,
1:41.1	crypto-native consumers.
1:42.5	Yeah, I got a lot of FOMO for not being in Paris.
1:45.0	Half for the food and half just because the event looked amazing.
1:48.0	So props to that team for doing a great job.
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