The Fandom of Digital Collectibles, With Matt Kalish, President of DraftKings North America

In this episode, we touch on brands entering the World Cup conversation with their own digital collectibles, and a potential hot take on how Apple is missing the mark when it comes to the blockchain. Matt Kalish, president of DraftKings North America, joins the podcast to share insights on how DraftKings meets its consumers where they are through fantasy sports and digital collectibles. A key takeaway being that audience market fit is as important as product market fit.

Links mentioned from the podcast:

• Web3 Is Heading to the World Cup
• Coinbase Disables Mobile NFT Transfers, Citing Apple’s App Store Policies
• The Balance Between Art and IP Theft in NFT Culture
• DraftKings Reinmakers Fantasy Football game
• Props & Drops with Matt Kalish & GaryVee Podcast (Apple, Spotify)
• Matt’s Twitter
• DraftKings Twitter
• DraftKings website

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"Gen C" features hosts Sam Ewen and Avery Akkineni, with editing by Jonas Huck. Executive produced by Jared Schwartz and produced by Adrian Blust, Uyen Truong and Eleanor Pahl. Our theme music is "1882” by omgkirby x Channel Tres with editing by Doc Blust. Artwork by Nicole Marie Rincon.