Sam Blumenthal
@samblumenthal
Sam Blumenthal
Enabled by secure and transparent decentralized ledger technology, branded stablecoins provide marketing intelligence to brands on who their biggest fans are. At the same time, branded stablecoins incentivize and reward customers for their loyalty. Brands can store user purchasing histories on the blockchain and then apply associated savings to... See more
cointelegraph • Brands must tokenize their loyalty and rewards programs
In a world of branded quasi-commodity products like coffee with little barriers to entry, the social interaction — or atmosphere of the store’s community — is ultimately what
differentiates a brand and creates defensibility.
Sam Blumenthal • Social Retail: Immersion & Serendipity
Synthetic Media and
Consumer Social and
They are technically complex, but socially promiscuous in a way only much simpler digital things, such as plain text files or JPEGs, have been so far. As we’ve discussed, they’re also kinda content-free. They bear no necessary payloads, pointers, programmed affordances, or rights. All those things are optional extras. The NFT itself is just a token... See more
Venkatesh Rao • Magic Beans - by Venkatesh Rao - Ribbonfarm Studio
On talent and
Startup Growth and
