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Why OpenSea’s CEO Devin Finzer is optimistic about NFT growth | Chain Reaction Podcast

For this week’s episode of Chain Reaction, Tech Crunch Senior Crypto Reporter Jacquelyn Melinek interviewed Devin Finzer, the CEO of NFT marketplace OpenSea. This year, Chain Reaction is doing monthly series diving into different topics and themes in crypto. To start things off, this month we’re focusing on NFTs. Despite the NFT market’s trading volume…

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For this week’s episode of Chain Reaction, Tech Crunch Senior Crypto Reporter Jacquelyn Melinek interviewed Devin Finzer, the CEO of NFT marketplace OpenSea.

This year, Chain Reaction is doing monthly series diving into different topics and themes in crypto. To start things off, this month we’re focusing on NFTs.

Despite the NFT market’s trading volume falling from all time highs in late 2021 early 2022, OpenSea is still pushing forward even though other NFT marketplaces have popped up and challenged their dominance.

Jacquelyn and Devin discuss the importance of web3 games integrating NFTs, Web2.0 firms launching their own digital collectibles and challenges the marketplace faces.

More about Devin: He co-founded OpenSea in 2017 and it quickly climbed to become one of the most well known – and well funded – NFT marketplaces. Two years ago, it raised $300 million in a Series C round at a $13.3 billion post-money valuation, bringing its total capital raised to over $400 million. Some of its investors include firms Andreessen Horowitz and Paradigm as well as celebrities like Kevin Durant and Ashton Kutcher.

(0:00) Welcome to Chain Reaction
(3:36) Launching OpenSea before NFTs took off
(7:55) Expanding NFTs core product categories
(9:44) NFT games to drive adoption
(11:39) Post NFT-boom industry atmosphere
(14:37) Keeping Retail investors engaged in NFTs
(19:30) Staying competitive in the NFT marketplace space
(20:24) Rapid Fire
(27:01) NFT use cases in 2024
(28:20) OpenSea’s core mission
(30:15) Advice for people in the crypto industry

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A Helium-Filled Cell Tower in the Sky

We visited Sceye’s hangar in Roswell, New Mexico to learn about the company’s High Altitude Platform System (HAPS), which is designed to provide internet services to underserved communities and conduct Earth observation with partners including NASA and USGS. Read more on CNET.com: Launching Balloon-Like Infrastructure for the Stratosphere 0:00 Intro to Sceye’s HAPS 0:39 What…

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We visited Sceye’s hangar in Roswell, New Mexico to learn about the company’s High Altitude Platform System (HAPS), which is designed to provide internet services to underserved communities and conduct Earth observation with partners including NASA and USGS.

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Launching Balloon-Like Infrastructure for the Stratosphere

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2:00 How does Sceye’s HAPS fly and operate?
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3:13 Sceye Control Center and Launch
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