NFT LA Conference 2022 Highlights

The inaugural NFT LA conference hit the Los Angeles Convention Center this week with star studded panels and a crowd of thousands, eager to discuss the future of NFTs! Some of the highlights included:

The conference kicked off with Axie Infinity Co-founder, Jeff Zirlin, who goes by the nickname “The Jiho.”  He showed real leadership and poise during an extremely tough time for his company ($625M were stolen earlier that morning).

Kicking off @NFTLAlive with State of the NFT Union with @Jihoz_Axie & @shellypalmer #NFTLA – on a tough morning for @AxieInfinity after today’s $500M+ ETH Hack pic.twitter.com/FTABhNPmZa

— Blockchain Beach (@blockchainbeach) March 29, 2022

Next up was Mark Cuban, explaining how his live entertainment app, Fireside, will include metaverse components:

“You will become a better content creator” – @mcuban on @FiresideChatApp. Fireside is “Metaverse compatible.” #NFTLA @NFTLAlive pic.twitter.com/dVBaw7gOvu

— Blockchain Beach (@blockchainbeach) March 29, 2022

And brought on a surprise guest, Charlie Sheen, one of the stars of an upcoming show on Fireside:

Charlie Sheen is willing to “NFT his way into the fucking future,” but he didn’t want it to be tied to “forgettable” parts of his past @charliesheen @NFTLAlive #NFTLA pic.twitter.com/Gfcz6XfxUF

— Blockchain Beach (@blockchainbeach) March 29, 2022

DC Comics then made a major NFT announcement about its Batman Franchise:

Big announcement from @warnerbros of a 200,000 Batman #NFT collection at @NFTLAlive @DCComics #NFTLA pic.twitter.com/MtzNO4yYy2

— Blockchain Beach (@blockchainbeach) March 29, 2022

Day 2 included Aria Exchange talking about how important Sports is to onboarding new NFT fans:

(In terms of NFTs) “The world of sports may be a little easier for most people to understand” – @mr_nonsequitur @TheAriaExchange #NFTLA @NFTLAlive pic.twitter.com/8lUOZYyIMg

— Blockchain Beach (@blockchainbeach) March 30, 2022

And Steve Aoki gave his best advice for new NFT investors (he also played a two hour set that evening for his A0k1verse holders and other VIPs at Wisdome LA):

“My best advice is don’t FOMO without doing research” – @steveaoki @a0k1verse #NFTLA @NFTLAlive pic.twitter.com/vkfg3QROLa

— Blockchain Beach (@blockchainbeach) March 31, 2022

The women of Dapper Labs told us what we already know about the popularity of NBA Top Shot, but also gave some data on the popularity of WNBA Top Shot

WNBA Top Shot made almost 60% of collectors more interested in following the @WNBA per @dapperlabs @jayne #NFTLA @NFTLAlive pic.twitter.com/ithC9DYqDr

— Blockchain Beach (@blockchainbeach) March 31, 2022

Finally, former presidential candidate Andrew Yang took the stage with other members of GoldenDao:

Closing @NFTLAlive is @AndrewYang and members of @goldendaoxyz @calistawu @WilliamTong #NFTLA @NFTLAlive pic.twitter.com/OrCAgzCQ3C

— Blockchain Beach (@blockchainbeach) March 31, 2022

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