Afterparty Is Minting The Future Of Community Through NFTs And Social Influencers

  • Date: 28-Apr-2022
  • Source: Forbes
  • Sector:Economy
  • Country:Gulf
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Afterparty Is Minting The Future Of Community Through NFTs And Social Influencers

David Fields is CEO of Afterparty, coming there after a career at Disney followed by working at Michael Eisner's Tornante Company. He leads Afterparty along with Dan Rahmel and Eytan Elbaz. Afterparty is making noise in the NFT (nonfungible token) space. They are looking to move live event ticketing onto the blockchain as they concurrently build a community of Afterparty minted NFTs which allow access to events hosted by the company. The idea is that Afterparty is as much its own society as it is the gate for events such as parties or music festivals. The next ticketing event for Afterparty is the drop of 10, 000 NFTs which grant lifetime access to purchase a VIP entrance ticket for their festival in Los Angeles at the Banc of California stadium. The company is working to develop Web 3 protocols which grant access to their universe of events which may include their Halloween weekend NFT art and music festival or gallery showings at the Afterparty house in the Hollywood Hills. This "club" which grants access to high demand events is attracting high profile investors such as Paris Hilton, Jason Calacanis, Blochange Capital, Acrew Capital and 25 more who are among the