The yWhales team speaks with Darren Smorgon, the Co-Founder of Polemos, a GameFi platform with guild elements. Polemos aims to become a leading decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) focusing on a variety of crucial and visionary services within the GameFi space. Darren speaks more in-depth on Polemos and what differentiates them from other gaming development.
About Guests
Darren Smorgon is the Co-Founder at Polemos and Managing Director of Sandbar Investments, a Sydney based family office. Prior to that, Darren was a Director, member of the advisory board and partner at CHAMP Private Equity. He has been actively involved in crypto since 2015 and has a broad portfolio of initially seed stage investments, fund manager investments and direct coins. He Co-Founded Polemos in Mid 2021.
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Connect with Darren Smorgon: LinkedIn
Connect with YWhales: Website | BitClout | Twitter
Polemos: Website | Twitter | Medium | Discord | Twitch | YouTube
Timestamps
[01:05] Darren’s background and first exposure to Web3 technology
[05:33] Seed investing in crypto
[08:15] A Web3 reckoning is coming and where the space currently is
[13:26] Polemos and play to earn gaming development
[20:11] What differentiates Polemos
[26:34] Projects/games that are looking at/investing in + differentiators
[32:14] Changing the value of NFTs
[37:15] The Polemos token
[47:20] Darren’s relationship with his dad
[49:03] Web3 is defined by openness
[53:02] What Darren is excited about
[1:00:55] Where to learn more about Polemos
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