MARIA: WELCOME BACK.
SPORTS AND SOCIALS USING BLOCK
CHAIN IN BUSINESS, JOINING ME
RIGHT NOW IS RAPPER, ACTOR AND
BIG 3 FOUNDER ICE CUBE AND MY
DOGE CHAIRMAN AND CRAFT VENTURES
CO-FOUNDER BILL LEE.
GENTLEMEN, GREAT TO HAVE YOU
BOTH.
THANKS VERY MUCH.
CUBE, WELCOME BACK TO THE SHOW.
WE SO APPRECIATE YOU JOINING US
TO TALK ABOUT THIS BIG
TRANSACTION.
YOU ARE THE CO-FOUNDER OF THE
BIG 3 BASKETBALL LEAGUE, A
LEAGUE OF FORMER NBA PLAYERS IN
THREE ON THREE FORMAT.
BIG 3 LEVERAGING BLOCK CHAIN
TECHNOLOGIES, SELLING NFTs
THAT OFFER OWNERSHIP LIKE
BENEFITS LIKE LICENSING RIGHTS
FOR LOGOS, GAME MANAGEMENT AND
VOTING RIGHTS.
TELL US ABOUT THE TRANSACTION
TODAY.
>> WHAT’S UP, HOW YOU GUYS
DOING, WHAT’S UP, BILL.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> WE JUST DID SOMETHING GREAT.
YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO FIRST OF
ALL HAVE A LEAGUE LIKE THE BIG 3
OF TO EMBRACE NFTs AND THE
BLOCK CHAIN TECHNOLOGY TO ADD
REAL UTILITIES, YOU KNOW, FOR
THE MOST PART NFTs HAVE BEEN
PRETTY MUCH ART AND JPEGS AND
THINGS LIKE THAT BUT HERE WE’RE
ADDING REAL UTILITIES.
BILL SWOOPED IN AND BOUGHT A
TEAM WHICH IS BUYING ALL THE
NFTs, ALL THE FIRE TIER
NFTs.
WE HAVE A GOLD TIER AND PEOPLE
CAN BE OWNERS AND THIS IS A
GREAT TRANSACTION FOR THE
LEAGUE, FOR DOGECOIN, AND IT’S
JUST BEEN GREAT TO BE IN THIS
POSITION.
MARIA: YEAH.
I MEAN, BILL, I LIKE WHAT YOU
SAID IN THE PRESS RELEASE,
SAYING WHILE OTHERS ARE BUYING
NFT I’M PACKAGE IMAGES OF APES A
I BELIEVE NFTS WITH UTILITY ARE
THE NEXT FRONTIER.
YOU PURCHASED ALL 25 FIRE NTTs
FOR THE ALIEN TEAMS VIA
DOGECOIN, THE LARGEST COMMERCIAL
TRANSACTION OF DOIJ DOGECOIN IN
HISTORY.
WHY DID YOU DO IT AND WHY DO YOU
WANT TO BE PART OF THIS?
>> WELL, FIRST, I MEAN I THINK
WHAT CUBE IS REALLY DOING IS
BRINGING THE POWER OF WEB 3 TO
THE BIG 3.
AND SO IN THAT SENSE, IT’S LIKE
TRUE UTILITY INSTEAD OF JUST
BUYING ART.
AND SO WITH UTILITY, IT MAKES IT
SO THAT HE’S TURNING THE TEAM
OWNERS INTO DEVELOPERS.
AND SO THAT MEANS THAT AS A TEAM
OWNER, ANYONE WHO PURCHASES OUR
NFT, WE CAN CREATE CUSTOM
EXPERIENCES AND APPS FOR OUR
USER BASE AND SO WE CAN CREATE
LIKE A VIRTUAL GYM AND THE ONLY
PEOPLE TAKE CAN ENTER THAT GYM
TO MEET WITH OUR TEAM PLAYERS
COULD BE PEOPLE THAT HAVE
PURCHASED THE NFT AND WHAT THAT
FURTHER UNLOCKS IS SOME THINGS
SUCH AS SPONSORS, SUCH AS TACO
BELL.
THEY COULD CREATE THEIR OWN
UNIQUE NFT EXPERIENCES.
THAT’S THE BEAUTY WHEN YOU HAVE
REAL NFT WITH UTILITY.
WHAT I SEE WHAT CUBE IS REALLY
DOING IS ALSO MAKING THE BIG 3
FROM FROM JUST AN ENTERTAINMENT
AND MEDIA PLAY TO ALSO A
TECHNOLOGY PLAY SO HE’S
UNLOCKING ALL OF THEY THAT.
AND SO THEN ON TOP OF THAT WHAT
MY DOGE DOES, MY DOGE MAKES IT
EASY TO SEND AND RECEIVE
DOGECOIN.
WE WERE ABLE TO SEND $600,000 OF
DOGECOIN IN LESS THAN A MINUTE
WITH FEES OF A PENNY OF TO THE
BIG 3 WITH JUST A TWEET.
MARIA: WELL, I MEAN, THAT’S
HUGE, CUBE, TO HAVE THE DOGECOIN
COMMUNITIES REPRESENTED BY THE
ALIENS.
WHERE DO YOU SEE THIS GOING?
IS THIS GOING TO SPUR EVEN MORE
IDEAS IN THE SPACE?
>> WITHOUT A DOUBT.
YOU KNOW, HAVING OUR LEAGUE
CONNECTED TO THESE COMMUNITIES
THAT ARE SO ACTIVE, SO
PASSIONATE, CAN ONLY HELP THE
LEAGUE GROW.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE’RE EXCITED
TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THIS LEAGUE
INTO NEW FRONTIERS.
IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE
BIG 3, WE’RE NOT CONNECTED TO
ANY CITIES.
SO IT’S NOT THE LOS ANGELES
ALIENS, IT’S JUST THE ALIENS.
SO TO BE ABLE TO BE CONNECTED TO
A HUGE COMMUNITY THAT LOVES THE
LEAGUE, LOVES THE TEAM, AND CAN
HELP THE LEAGUE GROW, TO ME IT’S
JUST A NEW FRONTIER AND I CAN’T
WAIT TO SEE WHERE THINGS GO THIS
YEAR.
MARIA: WELL, I MEAN, IT IS A
NEW FRONTIER, RIGHTING BILL? YOU’RE THE CHAIRMAN OF MY DOGE.
YOU’RE THE CHAIRMAN OF MY DOGE.
IT’S A LOW FEE, SECURE DOIJ COIN
YOU’VE BEEN AN EARLY ADOPTER IN
THE WHOLE SPACE, CO-FOUNDING
SUCCESSFUL START-UP.
>>> YOU’VE UP.YOU’VE BEEN AN EAR
TESLA, SpaceX, COIN BASE.
YOU’VE HAD A VISION OF WHERE
THIS IS GOING.
TOG TO USTALK TO US MOREABOUT WH
THE GROWTH STORY STORY AS
RELATES TO DOGECOIN AND THE
CRYPTO MARKET.
>> FIRST, THIS IS LIKE THE
BEGINNING OF WHERE YOU START TO
SEE DOGECOIN BECOMING THE
PEOPLE’S CURRENCY.
AND WHAT WE’RE REALLY EXCITED
ABOUT IS THAT THIS IS GIBBING
ANYONE THE -- GIVING ANYONE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME A
DEVELOPER AROUND THE NFTs FOR
THE BIG 3 AND SO AS I MENTIONED
BEFORE, YOU COULD HAVE -- YOU
CAN ENVISION A WORLD WHERE
ANYONE, EVEN A FAN, COULD CREATE
THEIR OWN CUSTOM EXPERIENCES
AROUND THESE UTILITIES AND
BECAUSE NFTs ARE DETRAVELIZED
LEDGERS, ALLOWING PEOPLE TO GET
CERTAIN BENEFITS, CERTAIN
DISCOUNTS ON MERCHANDISE.
I’M REALLY TRYING TO SAY THIS IS
THE REAL POTENTIAL OF WHERE MOST
CRYPTOCURRENCY TODAY IS JUST
SPECULATION ON THINGS LIKE APES
AND OWLS.
YOU CAN ENGAGE DEVELOPERS TO
ACTUALLY BUILD USE CASES FOR
THESE NFTs AND UTILITIES.
IT’S GOING TO BE THE FRONTIER.
AS YOU MENTIONED I WAS AN EARLY
INVESTOR IN OPEN C, AN INVESTOR
IN ARTIFACT WHICH GOT ACQUIRED
BY NIKE.
I THINK THERE’S A PLACE FOR
PFTs AND PRIMARY PROJECTS SUCH
AS CLONE-X BUT I THINK CHAPTER 2
IS GOING TO BE WRITTEN AROUND
WE’RE ALLOWING PEOPLE TO GAIN
REAL UTILITY FROM THESE NFTs.
MARIA: SO YOU ALSO INVESTED
EARLY IN HE TESLA, BILL.
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON ELON
MUSK NOW ACQUIRING TWITTER AND,
I MEAN, THE LEFT IS LOSING THEIR
MIND OVER IT.
YOUR THOUGHTS?
>> I THINK HE’S GOING TO DO THE
RIGHT THING AND I THINK PEOPLE
SHOULD REALLY TAKE HIM AT FACE
VALUE ON WHAT HE TWEETS.
AND I REALLY THINK HE’S TRYING
BE WAY MORE INCLUSIVE AND BRING
EVERYONE TOGETHER AROUND THIS
AND A I’M SUPER EXCITED FOR IT
AND LOOK FORWARD TO