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Kenny Lofton on The Opportunities of Non Fungible Tokens (NFT's) & the Emerging Web 3.0
Description
Aaron Wexler hosts Kenny Lofton for Episode 49 - The legendary Baseball player, Lofton was a six-time All-Star (1994–1999), four-time Gold Glove Award winner (1993–1996), and at retirement, was ranked 15th among all-time stolen base leaders with 622. He played for 11 teams, and he made 11 postseason appearances, including World Series appearances in 1995 and 2002 with the Indians and Giants, respectively.
Lofton is now the founder and CEO of centerblock.co - a management company that assists legendary names in professional sports, entertainment, and top brands with the ideation and creation of high-end NFT projects. He also runs Proxime.io, an NFT marketplace geared toward former pro athletes.
Websites:
https://centerblock.co/
https://www.proxime.io/
Kenny's IG: @kenny.lofton
In This Episode We Discuss:
- Being a "Team First" kind of player
- Kenny's Mindset as a lead-off hitter & stolen base leader
- How to increase your speed as an Athlete
- Finding the zone as an entrepreneur
- NFT use-cases in sports for athletes
- Monetization for Athletes using NFT's
- The Minting process of NFT's
- How up and coming athletes can benefit using NFT's
- Fundraising for a cause
- Potential Metaverse Applications