Mario Nawfal

Liverpool FC launched a series of NFTs in March called "LFC Heroes Club" 90% went unsold. Soccer fans rebelled. This reminded me of the backlash Ubisoft experienced when launching their first NFTs Community, when done properly, can be an extremely zealous force.

Guilds serve their members. Projects serve ideas. Guilds are a new and non-intuitive form of organizing.

$MXNT A new token that will be pegged to the Mexican peso on the Ethereum network. Launched by USDT. Interesting.

a16z closed a funding round for their $4.5 billion crypto fund This corresponds with my experience in Davos where I attended as a speaker While retail is scared, institutional money is buying at huge discounts. Follow smart money. Think like smart money.

Spoke at Davos 2 days ago. Takeaways: - Davos is expensive AF! Tiny rooms at $10k per night - Retail is scared, yet big money is excited and buying assets for cheap! - Crypto took over Davos, Oh, and the same day I was in Davos speaking, NFT Tech was listed. What a day.

WE ARE LIVE ON NEO EXCHANGE A recognized Canadian exchange for senior public companies and investment products with: 👉 $2.6B monthly trading volume 👉 $4.4 million monthly trades Massive upcoming visibility for @NFTtech – a whole different ball game now.

TV Interview at WEF 2022 while @nfttech was listing on @NEO_Exchange t.co/UNRQiRYj5z

“Indian Central Bank Says Cryptos Could Lead to "Dollarization" of Economy” This way or another economies will find a way to dollarize. Trust in your own local currency is the issue. Not crypto.

NFT Tech is going public on the stock market in Canada tomorrow: t.co/VoTuI4laeB (Germany in a few days) After months of work, we made it 🥳

Our beloved Portugal is going to lose its crypto tax haven status. Where next? Dubai?

All great truths begin as blasphemies. George Bernard Shaw

Proof of work is not only useful but absolutely essential. Trustless digital money can’t work without it. You always need an anchor to the physical realm. Without this anchor, a truthful history that is self-evident is impossible. Energy is the only anchor we have.

#GameStop is entering the NFT space Bullish!

The ultimate goal of creating more wealth is gaining more freedom, not more things.

NYC’s enmity towards #Bitcoin continues. A new bill calls for a two-year ban on bitcoin mining projects that rely on a carbon-based energy source.

For too long, sports teams have been managed and run by the opaque whims of their owners. Sports DAOs are a thing to watch.

Ethereum’s move to Proof-of-Stake is likely to happen during the summer. The team postponed "The Merge" by about three months to avoid the "difficulty bomb," an element encoded on the blockchain that slows down the entire network.

Equities are falling, and Bitcoin is falling. #NFTs are still steaming hot.

Remember China’s ban on Bitcoin mining? The country still hosts around 20% of Bitcoin's hashrate.

Occupancy at #WeWork jumped to 67% in Q1 2022, up from 47% a year earlier. Co-working is back!

What’s happening with #Avalanche? The TVL on Avalanche blockchain is $4.74B, compared to the TVL of $13.7B in late 2021.

Most people think they’re following a moral compass when in fact they are just trying to fit in their tribe.

Live life by an internal scorecard. You will be happier living by a set of internal values instead of depending on external feedback and validation.

Recession is looming. Late-stage VCs are being called by panicked LPs. Early-stage VCs are still safe.

Crypto is short of good talent. Regulators are even shorter. It doesn’t help the cause if the knowledge is confined within a narrow band of people.

Spotify will soon introduce NFTs The feature is currently in beta testing with a small group of artists including early NFT adopters Steve Aoki and The Wombats. The main thing – they do not plan to take a portion of any artists’ NFT sales. Let’s wait and see.

@NFTtech is finally going public on the Canadian NEO stock exchange! And after 2 years of hustling we were able to get the 'NFT' ticker! Listing in 3 days, Germany a few days later Our efforts to bring access to NFTs for average retail investors & institutional funds paid off

#Crypto has mostly existed in a ~0% US interest rate environment. The current situation is new for all of us.

Apparently, metaverse bouncer is a thing.

Cryptocurrencies and blockchain-based tokens will not be taxed in Germany. Bullish!