June 10, 2021· 50 min
Why Brooklyn Nets Star Spencer Dinwiddie Co-Founded a Crypto Startup
Orality
Model
50%
Speaker Breakdown
HostTracy Alloway(1,634 words)
M:93%
GuestSpencer Dinwiddie(4,003 words)
M:93%
Oral Indicators
Agonistic34%
literally, completely, very
Engagement100%
you, our, your
Memory Aids100%
listen, now, so
Repetition100%
know (333x), like (222x), about (77x)
Parallelism70%
And I'm Tracy Alloway...., So, Tracy, you know, we've bee..., But in kind of, like, a sort o...
Sound Patterns83%
87 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"
Formulaic Phrases6%
at the end of the day, you know what, i mean
Literate Indicators
Hedging7%
could, quite, maybe
Passive Voice8%
been obsessed, was honored, be retired
Abstract Nouns17%
investment, recommendation, tokenization
Subordination7%
because, since, however
Sentence Length50%
Avg: 17.5 words/sentence
Word Complexity47%
investment, analyze, anticipate
Academic Markers0%
Impersonal Style0%
1059 personal pronouns found
Descriptive Style100%
literally, completely, lately
Description
Over the last year, numerous celebrities and athletes have gotten into crypto in some way. For example, some have announced plans to put part of their salary into Bitcoin. But Brooklyn Nets star Spencer Dinwiddie has been in the space for a lot longer, having held Bitcoin for several years. And, in addition to owning Bitcoin and other coins, he's also the co-founder of a new company called Calaxy, which aims to let fans buy tokens associated with their favorite stars. On this episode, we speak with Spencer as well as his co-founder Solo Ceesay about the world of creator tokens, and how various technologies, including crypto, are changing the relationship between fans and celebs. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.