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Mar 2022
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Determining your value in Web 3.0 w/ Sol...

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Solo Ceesay is the Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder of Calaxy, an open social marketplace for creators, by creators, that aims to reimagine the entertainment industry and the fundamental ways with which we all interact digitally. I met Solo, in person, at AfroTech Exec, where he spent a lot of time talking about how the met averse will change the game for influencers and marketers

On this episode, we talk about determining the value of NFTs, what the metaverse will look like in 5 years, and how influencers can tokenize themselves for huge rewards.

Follow Will Lucas on Instagram at @willlucas

Learn more at AfroTech.com https://instagram.com/afro.tech

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