Consensus Conversations: Why Marvel Studios' Founder Pivoted to Web3
A Consensus 2023 panel with Erik Calderon and David Maisel.
ABOUT
The Founding Chairman of Marvel Studios who spearheaded the launch of the first Iron Man movie and the Marvel Cinematic Universe discusses his new digital art venture, the Ekos Genesis Art Collection, with one of the field's leading artists and founders.
Erick Calderon, founder and CEO of Art Blocks, speaks with David Maisel, founding chairman of Marvel Studios and Mythos Studios.
This episode is executive produced by Jared Schwartz and edited by Ryan Huntington, with additional production assistance from Eleanor Pahl. Cover image by Kevin Ross and the theme song is "Get Down" by Elision.
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We cover news and analysis on the trends, price movements, technologies, companies and people in the bitcoin and digital currency world.

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