Nick Tomaino, general partner of 1confirmation, discusses his firm’s recently announced third fund of $125 million and gives his perspective on many hot crypto topics, such as NFTs, Layer 2 solutions, Polkadot, DAOs, and more. Show highlights:

why Nick became interested in crypto and his background
what drives 1confirmation’s investment thesis
why he Nick believes NFTs have taken off in popularity this year
why NFTs are currently in a bubble
what we might do with NFTs in the future
how competition between different NFT marketplaces will shake out
how music NFTs could work
the feasibility of charging royalties in the secondary sale of NFTs
why environmental concerns over crypto mining to only be a short-term issue
why Nick is not an Ethereum maxi and how he feels about the fragmentation of Layer 2 solutions on ETH
why Polkadot is such an exciting project
whether, as an early Coinbase employee, he would say the fat protocols thesis is true
what new trend Nick is keeping an eye on for 2021 and beyond