Tad Smith CEO of Candy Digital

Episode 101 with Tad Smith CEO of Candy Digital Tad is the former CEO of Sothbeys and Madison Square GardenNow taking on a new important role with Candy Digital as the CEOHe recognizes that onchain is the future for collectibles and better liquidityWe talk about this former experiences as CEO and why he jumped in to a blockchain start upBut also getting to know him outside of his professional standings and what he does for funHad a great time chatting with one of our industries most influential figures 00:59 @tadtweets on collecting 09:23 What actually interests Tad on chain and @CandyDigital 14:13 Physical to digital link the hard part21:30 Still chairman of @doodles today26:04 NFT vs IP disconnect at Licensing Expo32:22 Has the fun left collecting36:06 Using Claude to find coin grails40:57 Every query through AI now44:08 Minting 2M assets on Solana at their cost49:01 Human collecting will grow with AI53:27 Embrace AI fear bad human decisions