Kayvon Turanian is the founder and CEO of NFT marketplace Foundation. He is addressing an audience question about whether NFTs allow artists to become collectors.
“So on Foundation, without a doubt, you are watching creators able to make sizable sales, and you are watching the likes of Raphael Rosendahl, which is the, who is one of the most successful artists on Foundation, immediately funnel his resources and his reputation into smaller artists who he believes are the next Raphael Rosendahl.”
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PredictionNot checkable as stated
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AssertionSupported
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“Ultimately, through the course of the auction, the piece went for 300 Ethereum.”
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Traditional payment friction would make global artist sales impossible without blockchains
“Without any obstacle around customs, foreign exchange, wire transfers that would have perhaps, perhaps made this interaction impossible without blockchains and without foundation.”
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AssertionSupported
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“This piece sold for 2224 Ethereum. In today's prices, that's 7.5 million dollars. At the time of the auction, that was 5.5 million.”
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