Introduction
I am grateful to be speaking with MetaKovan, the bitcoin billionaire who spent a record US$69.3 million worth of cryptocurrency on a piece of digital art! MetaKovan is the founder and financer of Metapurse, an NFT production studio and the largest NFT Fund in the world. He is also a blockchain entrepreneur, coder and angel investor.
Get ready to hear about his humble upbringing in South India, his views on crypto investing, what it’s like, being a crypto billionaire, his views on money and why he invested so much into NFT art.
Show Notes
MetaKovan begins with discussing how he spent 69 million dollars on an NFT. [2:23]
The philosophy MetaKovan follows is touched on. [4:59]
Cryptocurrency offers a new asset class to invest in; MetaKovan discusses how this works. [10:19]
MetaKovan describes his childhood influences and struggles growing up in India. [12:41]
At one point, MetaKovan only owned a USB and borrowed laptops, he discusses this point in his life. [22:00]
The impacts of travel on MetaKovan reflected on. [25:01]
Life is about more than making money, MetaKovan discusses this idea. [27:57]
MetaKovan discusses being a billionaire and his views on money. [30:31]
Getting started with an idea is difficult, MetaKovan shares his process for new beginnings. [34:02]
The work MetaKovan does with artists is discussed. [37:16]
Meditation and the role it plays in MetaKovans life is explained. [42:42]
The function of investments in blockchain, NFT’s and cryptocurrency is explained. [47:28]
MetaKovan discusses his appearances on podcasts. [56:09]
Quotes
“I almost feel like you know being part of that story, how crypto is important to the world and what crypto is doing here – so that is the story of the 69-million-dollar purchase.” [3:10-3:21
“Blockchain’s are like Wikipedia, more like Wikipedia than like Facebook.” [8:21-8:26]
“I wanted to build stuff, I wanted to innovate on things, I wanted to invent things and by saying those words I think what I meant was if innovations and new inventions were possible in say a place like where I was born from, you know that would become an economic tool, a social tool.” [14:30-14:52]
“Think about money as a potential energy, like water on top of a tank.” [31:05-31:10]
“Crypto in a way, is a system. Its not just a technology, it actually proposes a systemic change in how we deal with assets, what privacy means to people and owning a part of a public infrastructure.” [47:36-47:56]
Social Links
MetaKovan
Twitter: https://twitter.com/metakovan?lang=en
MetaPurse
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Metapurse
Website: https://www.metapurse.fund/
