Sporting Crypto Podcast

S1. Ep 1. Mark Epps: The Future of Web3 at The ATP Tour

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Episode notes

It was a pleasure to be joined by Mark on the first ever episode of the Sporting Crypto podcast - which you can consume on YouTube

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Timestamps:

* (03:46) Introduction to Web3 at the ATP Tour

* (04:56) Taking point on Web3 at the ATP Tour

* (05:36) Sceptics & misunderstandings about Web3

* (06:56) LOVE

* (10:09) Was LOVE, loved?

* (11:24) The success of LOVE

* (12:08) The feeling of selling out!

* (14:50) Working with Art Blocks & Martin Grasser

* (20:32) Would you change anything about LOVE?

* (23:22) The future for the ATP Tour & Web3

* (24:51) Loyalty in Web3

* (26:45) Data & Web3

* (31:11) What has it been like after the success of LOVE?

* (31:59) Effect of crypto winter on ATP Tour

* (33:46) Advice for other rights holders

* (34:52) What excites you in the sports x Web3 world right now?

* (36:22) Regulatory developments

* (39:29) What's overhyped right now?

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