Alexa, play “Video Games” by Lana Del Rey

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Lots of happenings!

1. NYC friends, come to our beloved tech & pop culture trivia night, MIND GAMES, on Tuesday with Aleo. Fun, free and open to all.

2. We’ll be at FWB FEST in August, use code boysclub01 for a discount and Permissionless II in September, use code CULTURE20 for 20% off.

3. Listen to our latest pods! 1) The weekly Feelings Check-In covering the Mercedes NFT, Pixel Penguins scam and our personal feelings on ~life~ and 2) “Running a $4.5B fund with Arianna Simpson" on Context.

Bye! 

The Boys

Writer: Deana

Swinging in the backyard. EA Sports, makers of video games like FIFA and Madden with hundreds of millions of players around the world, announced a partnership with Nike’s .SWOOSH platform this week. Details are scant, hype is big and hopes are high that mainstream gaming integrations could be the holy grail use-case that the industry desperately needs right now. Just don’t call them NFTs. 

Regulatory Rizz. Hong Kong and UAE are working together to create friendly regulatory frameworks for crypto, shared across the two regions. Wen Boys Club HK?! In US news, a big ole’ 162-page crypto regulation proposal was dropped on Friday night. It’s not perfect, but many agree it’s a solid effort. Proposed by Republicans, it will require cross-aisle support to pass. Lots of chat on creating pathways for registration and compliance, allowing crypto assets on trading platforms, defining decentralized networks, airdrops and more. Read this thread for the TLDR.

sad. Huge Atomic Wallet hack reported. $35M counted as stolen so far, though this is a developing story.

• 🎨 We love to see it pt 1. Hire creative director LJ, who worked on the Boys Club Zaddy and Zine drop!

• ✍️ We love to see it pt 2. Erin writes about how the content treadmill is killing us.

• 🎙 We love to see it pt 3: Maceo and Ashley on a podcast talking about DAOs as tools for building equitable and inclusive futures.

• 🌱 Hiring? Check out the Boys Club collective.

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