
Episode #101
Tad Smith CEO of Candy Digital
Episode 101 with Tad Smith CEO of Candy Digital Tad is the former CEO of Sothbeys and Madison Square Garden Now taking on a new important role with Candy Digital as the CEO He recognizes that onchain is the future for collectibles and better liquidity We talk about this former experiences as CEO and why he jumped in to a blockchain start up But also getting to know him outside of his professional standings and what he does for fun Had a great time chatting with one of our industries most influential figures 00:59 @tadtweets on collecting 09:23 What actually interests Tad on chain and @CandyDigital 14:13 Physical to digital link the hard part 21:30 Still chairman of @doodles today 26:04 NFT vs IP disconnect at Licensing Expo 32:22 Has the fun left collecting 36:06 Using Claude to find coin grails 40:57 Every query through AI now 44:08 Minting 2M assets on Solana at their cost 49:01 Human collecting will grow with AI 53:27 Embrace AI fear bad human decisions






