Nov 29, 2022
In this episode of Chasing the Insights, I talk to web3 and NFT innovator Colin Johnson.
Colin talks to us about Freeport, the concept of Web2.5 and how will bring in the next 100 million customers.
After deciding to leave Apple and dive into web3, he dedicated
two months to strategizing and executing the Restore Earth campaign
with Angel Protocol on the Terra blockchain. In this campaign, he
worked with the Galactic Punks team and developed an incredible
collection of NFTs to incentivize donations - which themselves were
being sold for thousands of dollars each, and are now the core of a
philanthropic web3 community. The campaign was wildly successful,
raising over $1.5M for three climate-focused charitable
organizations.
Now, as the CEO and co-founder of Freeport, Colin is intently
focused on moving as much real-world value as possible onto the
Ethereum blockchain. Freeport is merging the worlds of fine art and
web3, allowing users to buy, sell and display their favorite pieces
of physical fine art and NFTs - all in one place, with assets that
have been SEC qualified. Thanks to the tokenization of assets,
customers can collect pieces from artists they’ve never been able
to access before - like the pilot collection of five incredibly
rare Warhols. Living in a world between web2 and web3, Freeport
will be the perfect combination of premier customer experience and
on-chain utility.