How I Accidentally Sold $100M in NFTs - Keynote speech
summary
CurioCards (2017) — a 30‑card Ethereum art project — resurfaces on OpenSea in 2021 and records about $100M on OpenSea (≈38,000 ETH), with Christie’s fetching $1.1M and Sotheby’s $650k for pieces; the collection alone outgrosses the Philippine visual arts annual market (~$85M) and sits below the top‑20 NFT collections despite that volume. On‑chain provenance and royalty mechanics enable ongoing artist revenue. A nonprofit Cryptopop Art Guild is created, interviewing ~2,500 artists and supporting ~200 active members with training and market access.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Bunk beds to bed bugs
- 3:58Curio Cards and NFTs
- 6:26Overnight success four years
- 10:41NFTs in Philippines global impact
- 13:13Crypto Pop Art Guild
- 14:58Web3 Metaversity future
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