UP324 Web3 WTF - Alex Amsel on What We Learnt

Alex Amsel  is better known as SillyTuna, the award winning game developer, investor, and blockchain expert. He was one of the stars of the Unofficial Partner Web3 Brainstorm Live event at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium last September, which was the absolute peak of NFT mania. Now the hype around web3, blockchain and NFTs has dissipated, so we've asked Alex to give us an update on where we are, what we learnt and where it's going next.After 15+ years running a game studio Alex Amsel moved into the blockchain field in 2012, selling NFT startup Ownage in 2018 before most even knew the term. In 2021 his Covid Alien CryptoPunk NFT sold for $11.75million at Sotheby's. He's currently co-founder of Soulcast, a customisable NFT platform, and is an early stage investor and advisor in numerous AI, NFT, DAO, DEFI and infrastructure projects including Ethereum, Stable Diffusion and Axie Infinity. He is also a partner at Outlier Ventures.This week’s episode is brought to you by our friends at the Institute of Sports Humanities (ISH) and Loughborough University London.ISH and Loughborough University recently launched the new Leadership in Sport Master’s course, running from Autumn 2023.Uniquely, the course has been designed for executives working in the sports industry as well as athletes seeking specialised education to support their professional development. The masters course fits alongside busy jobs and busy lives. It’s ideal for people seeking to develop their impact and effectiveness in leading and managing. individuals, teams, and organisations. The mission of ISH – which is led by the former England Cricket Selector, professional cricketer and. author, Ed Smith – is to nurture and inspire sport’s current and future leaders around the world.  Students on the MA Leadership in Sport programme will join an amazing ecosystem of sports experts – Loughborough University has been ranked the #1 university for sports-related subjects for the past 7 years. So the world’s top sports university is working in tandem with a unique sports network at ISH. The new intake starts in October 2023 and applications are currently open. Find out more at. www.sportshumanities.org Unofficial Partner is the leading podcast for the business of sport. A mix of entertaining and thought provoking conversations with a who's who of the global industry. To join our community of listeners, sign up to the weekly UP Newsletter and follow us on Twitter and TikTok at @UnofficialPartnerWe publish two podcasts each week, on Tuesday and Friday. These are deep conversations with smart people from inside and outside sport. Our entire back catalogue of 500 sports business conversations are available free of charge here. Each pod is available by searching for ‘Unofficial Partner’ on Apple, Spotify and every podcast app. If you’re interested in collaborating with Unofficial Partner to create one-off podcasts or series and live events, you can reach us via the website.