Jacy L. Youn
📝#74: Biden vs. Crypto Trump
HUGO goes Roblox. Zara x Apple. Pudgy expands to target. Crypto's political showdown. Uniswap x Robinhood. Apple x OpenAI. OpenAI's new real-time conversational chat. Top charts & more.
📝 #73: A New Supercycle
Crypto goes mobile. Vodafone integrates crypto into SIM cards. RTFKTs new collection. Mercedes-Benz goes Farcaster. Solana x Google Cloud. Big week for ETFs. Microsoft's new AI model & more.
📝 #72: Crypto's Trojan Horse
Telegram X TON: Crypto's trojan horse? Animoca Brands comes to Bitcoin. Roblox announces immersive ads. Blackrock invests in RWA company. Amazon's new genAI chatbot. Top charts & more.
📝 #71: The Crypto Killer App
We're rebranding: New name, new home, new PRO subscription. Plus: Stripe ads crypto. Bitcoin Runes go live. CZ faces 3 years in prison. ConsenSys sues SEC. Telegram to tokenize stickers & more.
📝 #70: The Next NFTs
Culture coins. Token2049's big themes. Bitcoin Runes. Adidas X STEPN. Nike releases new digital sneakers. Christie's & Ordinals. EigenLayer launches on mainnet. a16z 7.2B fundraise. Top charts & more.
📝 #69: NFTs Didn't Work
The first-hand signal from NFT NYC. Telegram and Japan's Sony Bank go crypto. The rise of Memecoins. Funding Q1 snapshot. Record stablecoin supply. Paradigm plans $750M fund. Top charts & more.
📝 #68: What now?
After Starbucks. Web3 loyalty for restaurants. BlackRock's first tokenized fund. RWA boom. London Stock Exchange launches ETN. Coinbase record volume. SBF gets 25 in prison. Top charts & more.
📝 #67: Big Stakes
Starbucks ends Odyssey. Forbes goes Web3. Hugo Boss goes Roblox. Gucci on Apple Vision Pro. Grab Singapore goes crypto. BlackRock's tokenized fund. Big AI news from Apple. Fundings & more.
📝 #66: Payday
VeeFriends: From NFTs to IP franchise. Bitcoin all-time high. Casio and Japan Airlines in Web3. Metamask X Mastercard. Ethereum gets cheaper. Top fundings & more.
📝 #65: The Next Frontier
Adidas goes Roblox. Bitcoin NFTs are exploding. CryptoPunk sells for $16M. Coachella launches NFT. Record high digital asset inflows. Deutsche Boerse launches spot platform. Musk sues OpenAI & more.
📝 #64: Gearing Up
Yuga Labs launches NFT marketplace & brings back NFT royalties. VanEck launches NFT marketplace. Circle's metaverse. Record crypto inflows. New GPT-4 rival. Big funding rounds. Top charts & more.
📝 Field Notes #63: The End Game
Impressions from NFT Paris. Nike cuts Web3 team. Yuga Labs acquires blue chip & appoints new CEO. Pudgy Penguins' record sales. Reddit invests in BTC. Japan pushes crypto. Google Gemini 1.5 & more.
Web3: A New Commerce Layer for the Internet
How maturing infrastructure, a wave of next-gen consumers, and the next Web3 adoption cycle will change eCommerce. Here's everything brand leaders must know.
📝 Field Notes #62: Virtual > Physical
Sephora goes Web3. Louis Vuitton's blockchain diamonds. Mastercard launches NFT experience. Bitcoin breaks $50k. Franklin Templeton files for spot ETH ETF. Coinbase beats estimates. Fundings & more.
📝 Field Notes 61: Beyond Plastic Cards
Visa enables crypto withdrawals. Visa & FIFA. MasterCard & Champions League. Disney's 1.5B stake in Epic. New NFTs from Japan Airlines & Mercedes-Benz. UBS goes Ethereum. Robinhood, Metamask & more.
📝 Field Notes #60 : Read Write Own
Web3 social takes off. Pudgy launches NFT licensing platform. Doodles & Casio. EA hints at Web3 entry. Binance goes Ordinals. Polygon Labs layoffs. 580M use crypto. Stablecoins on Amazon & more.
From Polo to Pixels: Case Study on Lacoste's Web Strategy
The definitive case study on how Lacoste is reinventing its brand with Web3, including key learnings for brand leaders.