RWA SegMints

Bill Lee, founder and CEO of Dualmint, explains how he's building a platform that tokenizes the most boring machines on earth into cash-flow-generating assets. From laundromats that keep printing money while crypto markets crash ("people still need to wash their clothes") to arcade claw machines and EV charging stations, he's betting that when AI takes...

Andrew Pelekis, co-CEO of Claynosaurz and Heeboo, explains how a former private equity investor managing $500M in emerging markets went down the blockchain rabbit hole in 2017, reluctantly helped friends with "clay dinosaur NFTs" in 2022, and ended up running two companies trying to solve media's "uninvestable asset class" problem. From partnering with...

Doggtor, owner of Gutter Cat Gang, reveals how he rescued one of Web3's most culturally significant NFT projects after it changed hands multiple times through anonymous owners who "put the project down." From acquiring the brand in June 2025 as the largest holder to cross-chaining to Bitcoin and navigating the brand that got the interest of LaMelo Ball and Puma, he's rebuilding with a physician's precision while managing multiple m...

Henry, CEO of CyberKongz, explains how one of Web3's original degen communities survived five years of chaos, including a 27-month SEC investigation, the metaverse collapse, and the disappearance of 99% of 2021 NFT projects. From launching in March 2021 as a premier avatar collection to building Wall Street Kongs into crypto's most active alpha communi...

Sylvain Horwood, founder of Puru Suisse and Pureternia, explains why he left Switzerland's first regulated crypto bank to make 100% natural skincare in his kitchen. Over six years, he's evolved from hand-mixing coconut oil and cocoa butter to launching a full skincare line, publishing five Captain Puru children's books, and preparing to test whether cu...

Nicholas Cabana, co-founder of Claynosaurz, reveals why a team of Hollywood animation veterans (Game of Thrones, Paddington) quit their 80-100 hour studio weeks to mint dinosaur collectibles. For the past three years, they've built a transmedia brand now spanning Gameloft gaming partnerships, an upcoming TV series, and physical collectibles, all to hel...

Tzvi Wiesel, CEO of Baxus, explains why watching grown adults stand over garbage cans at card shops, literally throwing out non-rare Pokémon cards as "worthless trash," reveals the fundamental transformation of collectibles from a passion-driven hobby to pure financialization. While Target races toward $1 billion in annual card sales and Pokémon TCG Pocket crushes $1.3 billion in its first year, the market faces a critical inflec...

Miguel Kudry, CEO of L1 Advisors, explains why the disconnect between retail sentiment and institutional adoption is accelerating tokenization faster than anyone expects. While gaming companies shut down and crypto Twitter panics, the DTCC has just received SEC approval to tokenize $100 trillion in assets, creating unprecedented access to collectibles ...

CJ Breen, Director of Marketing and Licensing at Leaf Trading Cards, reveals how the company transformed from a dormant brand into the multi-sport and celebrity king of the hobby. From pioneering pickleball trading cards that generated $1M in year one (including a $45K one-of-one sale) to securing autographs from Kim Kardashian, The Rock, and Margot Ro...

John Lemon, CEO of The Doge Pound, shares the wild journey of building one of crypto's most recognizable dog brands. From Yu-Gi-Oh! card trading in elementary school to generating 100 million+ GIF views and literally building a dog shelter from scratch in Tanzania. John and host Steven Schill discuss the evolution of Web3 brands, the power of mass-producing viral ...

Matt Bartlett, Head of Web3 at VanEck and the mind behind SegMint Collectibles, returns to break down how tokenized collecting is shifting faster than anyone expected. From building real infrastructure for brands to the upcoming launch of Syncd (a social collector app described as “Robinhood meets Tinder for collectibles). Matt shares why he believes the next two years will transform how the world values physical assets.

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Kohji, Co-Founder and Head of Game Development at Parallel, joins the show to break down how his team built one of Web3’s most ambitious gaming ecosystems. Blending a digital-first trading card game, an AI agent called Wayfinder, and multiple cross-chain game worlds into a single sci-fi franchise.

We recap Parallel’s journey from pandemic Zoom brainstorms to signing YouTube’s founder as a partner, their decision to go digital-first...

Insight, co-founder of Chimpers, joins the podcast to talk how they've become one of the most recognizable new brands.

Insight shares how Chimpers grew from a Bored Ape derivative art series into a multimedia IP spanning digital collectibles, plushies, trading cards, and viral short-form content with over 3 million followers across TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook.

We discuss Chimpers’ creative origins, the story behind the name, it...

Jeremy G from Orange Cap Games sits down to talk about what it’s actually like building one of the fastest-growing trading card games in the world, in real time. We get into why Vibes TCG is selling out print runs in weeks, how they’re landing partnerships with PSA/eBay/Barnes & Noble–tier players less than a year in, and what it takes to keep both collectors and competitive players happy without wrecking the economy. We also g...

Adam Gomez, co-founder of Portals, joins to break down how a lean team with ~$5M outlasted studios that raised $50–$100M—by focusing on revenue, sustainability, and player-first design. We get candid about crypto vs. Web2 VC incentives, why “just make a better AAA game” is an oversimplification, and how Portals’ browser-based, no-code creator tools are powering a new wave of crypto-enabled games. From an Atari game jam to a consoli...

Jason and Howie Schwartz, the father-son duo behind Always Legit, join to share how a teenage sneaker hustle scaled into a data-driven collectibles business and a new tokenized trading model. From Marquette and UNC Jordan PEs to vault-custodied assets with titles onchain, we explore why younger investors chase passion and identity, how authentication really works (yes, the glue test), and more.

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- Why Gen Z and ...

Jean-Michel Pailhon, founder of Grail Capital and former executive at Ledger and the New York Stock Exchange, returns to unpack how blockchain and AI are reshaping the art world. From digital galleries in Paris and London to the rise of the new TokenWorks platform that's all the rage. The conversation gives an overview how culture, liquidity, and innovation are merging to form the next art renaissance.

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Tzvi Wiesel, co-founder and CEO of Baxus, returns to dive deep into the evolving world of tokenization, collectibles, and culture. From Pokémon card euphoria and anime streaming pivots to in-person events, POAPs, and the risks of over-tokenizing everyday life, this episode explores how Web3 continues to collide with nostalgia, utility, and real-world adoption. Tzvi shares why Baxus leads with product instead of blockchain jargon, h...

Ben Elvidge, Head of Product at Uranium.io, joins to unpack how uranium is becoming one of the world’s first tokenized commodities. From his career in TradFi at Morgan Stanley to fintech and AI, Ben explains how he entered the crypto space and why tokenizing physical uranium can transform access, transparency, and efficiency in a $5B+ market. He shares his concert ticket analogy for tokenization, insights from the Fuel the Fire inv...