Tokenizing Once in a Lifetime Experiences With Andy Krainak, President of VeeFriends
In this week’s episode of “Gen C,” VeeFriends President Andy Krainak comes on the podcast to discuss VeeCon year two, creating with Gary Vaynerchuck and how VeeFriends is activating a very loyal audience with empathy.
ABOUT
This episode is sponsored by Chainalysis.com.
Andy took a chance 11 years ago by tweeting at Gary V and asking for an internship. Fast-forward and Andy now leads VeeFriends, Gary’s successful Web3 brand NFT, event pass and community. He comes on the pod to discuss the most recent VeeCon conference in Indianapolis that featured everyone from Busta Rhymes to Drew Barrymore and Deepak Chopra. Krainak shares how major brands got involved, which speakers excited the audience most and how the event and community will evolve in time. Avery and Sam also discuss Bitcoin NFTs, Brave Browser’s recent token gated video calling service and finally how the Professional Bowlers Association is minting achievements for members.
Links mentioned from the podcast:
- Bitcoin Is the 2nd Largest NFT Chain
- Brave Browser Launched NFT Gated Calling
- PBA Achievements On-Chain
- VeeCon Site
- Krainak on Twitter
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"Gen C" features hosts Sam Ewen and Avery Akkineni, with editing by Jonas Huck. Executive produced by Jared Schwartz and produced by 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.
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Sam Ewen is CoinDesk's SVP, head of CoinDesk Social, Multimedia & CD Studios

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