A Conversation with Dan Nissanoff, CEO of Silks

The yWhales team speaks with Dan Nissanoff, CEO of Silks, the world’s first P2E Metaverse powered by the real world of thoroughbred horse racing. Dan discusses how the team created a platform that provides a play-to-earn gamified metaverse tied to horse racing and the inspiration for the project. He shares how the platform mirrors a dynasty, fantasy horse ownership game and the tokenomics behind the Silks token.

 

About Guests

Dan Nissanoff is the CEO of Silks and Principal of Trovario LLC, an early stage venture fund with a primary focus on seed capital rounds. He is also the founder & CEO of The Crown League, the first blockchain and NFT based company that sought to institutionalize fantasy football into a national esports platform. The Crown League launched the first professional fantasy football league with teams owned by the public and managed by the experts. Dan is a seasoned 5X Internet and Blockchain startup entrepreneur with 20+ years experience, successfully developing and building large scale, institutionally-backed businesses from the ground up. He is a published author of the international bestselling mega-trend book "Futureshop.”

 

You’ll learn about:

• Dan’s extension history with Web 1 to Web 3 and what drew him to it
• How Silks creates play-to-earn gamified metaverse tied to horse racing and the inspiration for the project
• The team behind Silks
• How the platform mirrors a dynasty, fantasy horse ownership game
• The Silks Token and the tokenomics
• How to get involved in the ecosystem

 

Resources: 

Connect with Dan Nissanoff: LinkedIn

Connect with YWhales: Website | BitClout | Twitter

Silks: Website | Twitter | Discord

 

Timestamps

[01:11] Dan’s background

[06:09] Web1 vs Web3

[11:04] What drew Dan to Web3

[16:58] Intro to Silks

[22:16] How Dan gets people into NFTs

[25:58] Entering the Metaverse

[30:46] Play-to-earn gamified metaverse tied to horse racing

[35:40] Derivative assets and the Silks Token

[40:34] Fractionalizing ownership of horses

[45:28] Fantasy game

[47:36] How to get involved in the ecosystem

[50:51] Silks Tokenomics

[56:42] The team

[59:36] The timeline for the launch

[1:09:39] The inspiration for the project

[1:12:01] Data maintenance and DAO Maintenance

[1:20:42] How will people visually see the platform

[1:24:22] How to contact Dan and Silks

 

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