NFTs Are Collectibles, Tickets, Subscriptions and … Securities?
Exploring the wide range of NFT use cases and future of Web3 media with Daisy Alioto, CEO of Dirt Media.
ABOUT
On “Carpe Consensus,” hosts Ben Schiller, Danny Nelson and Cam Thompson bring listeners up to speed on the latest news in crypto. Plus: Daisy Alioto, CEO of Dirt Media, describes building a Web3 publication from the ground up.
- [2:00] Inside the Desk: The offering of Dapper Labs’ NBA-branded “Top Shot” non-fungible tokens might be securities, a federal judge ruled.
- [7:22] Cam’s Corner: Guest Daisy Alioto breaks down the rollout of Dirt’s NFT subscription service, building a Web3 community and the future of media.
- [21:41] Sam Ewen, head of CoinDesk Studios, describes how blockchain technology might save IRL events and how Microcosms, the Consensus NFT project, plays into that vision.
- [27:25] Danny’s Dungeon: Solana faced a late-night network mishap last weekend. Danny documents his journey to get the news out.
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“Carpe Consensus” is executive produced by Jared Schwartz and produced and edited by Eleanor Pahl.
HOSTS
Dan Ilett writes on tech, money and energy. He advises business on digital strategy and technology messaging for large deals. He is founder of Erbut - an advisory company - and Greenbang - a smart technology research company.

Cam Thompson was a Web3 reporter at CoinDesk. She is a recent graduate of Tufts University, where she majored in Economics and Science & Technology Studies. As a student, she was marketing director of the Tufts Blockchain Club. She currently holds positions in BTC and ETH.

Danny was CoinDesk's managing editor for Data & Tokens. He formerly ran investigations for the Tufts Daily. At CoinDesk, his beats include (but are not limited to): federal policy, regulation, securities law, exchanges, the Solana ecosystem, smart money doing dumb things, dumb money doing smart things and tungsten cubes. He owns BTC, ETH and SOL tokens, as well as the LinksDAO NFT.

Ben Schiller is a senior adviser at Miden, a privacy-focused blockchain. He was a CoinDesk managing editor from 2019 to 2025, and, before that, a staff writer at Fast Company.

Danny Bradbury has been a professional writer since 1989, and has worked freelance since 1994. He covers technology for publications such as the Guardian.

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