AMA Recap of Crypto Legacy x Two Two by Steven Meistrich, Stacey Maites and Avron Gross
From salvaged graffiti of the Berlin Wall, to exclusively released print editions by emerging artists, TWO TWO brings the defiant style of Extreme Art™ into your home.
Rosemary Bianco, [14.05.21 11:23]
We start!
Alfred
Avron are you there?
Avron Goss
Yes!
Rosemary
Welcome @AvGoss!
Alfred
We welcome all those who join us in this prestigious AMA event with TWO TWO
Avron Goss
i am very well thank you. Been busy but I am excited to be here today to share information with TWO TWO with you. I love LatAm and have been Mexico, Peru and Argentina. I hope to visit more countries soon.
Rosemary
Ohh good data
It’s a pleasure to have you here talking about TWO TWO
Avron Goss
Pero mi Espanol es muy malo
Alfred
No hay problema
Rosemary
Jajaja no hay problema, es un idioma complejo
Alfred
Well, what do you think if we start with the AMA
Avron Goss
Let’s go
Alfred
Introduction Questions
P1. Can you provide a brief introduction about the core team behind TWO TWO?
Avron Goss
I am a co-founder of TWO TWO and have had significant experience setting up and running businesses. I started my career working for Accenture, one of the leading consulting firms in the world. Since then, and before getting involved in crypto, I have been a CEO and advisor to a number of businesses that I have delivered and have made profitable. I have had a number of roles in crypto including helping setup a tokenised stock exchange (Tokenise), advising a provably fair crypto casino and more recently I have been the CSO of Royale.Finance (a DeFi company).
My co-founders, Stacey Maites and Steven Meistrich, have significant experience in sales, intellectual property, art and building businesses.
Between us we have decades of experience delivering businesses.
Alfred
I imagine that your entire project encourages you to visit many countries, such as Latinos
Avron Goss
I love the cultures and food of Latin America. You also have some of the greatest cities in the world. I love Mexico City, Lima and Buenos Aires and I have learned you can only get Pisco in Peru
Alfred
Next question
P2. What needs does the NFT market currently have and how does TWO TWO solve these needs?
Avron Goss
We are very excited by the NFT market because it is going through explosive growth. We are going to be addressing the following markets with NFTs:
1. The art market which is currently a $50bn market globally
2. The collectables market which is currently a $350bn market globally
Both these markets have only started to touch NFTs and are excited to be part of this. But we are going beyond just bring art and collectables to NFTs, we are also attaching this to DeFi which means we can enable the community to be the gallery and provide marketing to artists.
Using X22 to enable the TWO TWO token economy means everyone can win.
Alfred
wow, $350,000,000
Avron Goss
That is a big number!
Alfred
Next question for TWO TWO
P3. Can you talk a little about your prospects and how they will benefit from your products and services?
Avron Goss
At the core we have great product, such as the art of Ouch, Nick Walker and Alan Teitel and access to rare collectables, such as a never before printed negative of Jimi Hendrix. We therefore believe that we will have very collectable NFTs.
But we have partnerships, which we will announce soon, which will take us into the world of Augmented and Virtual Reality allowing our NFTs to be experienced in a truly immersive way. We are also going to partner with a gaming company to bring NFTs to the gaming world.
Combine this all with DeFi where the X22 coin is driving marketing, sales, access to art and more and you have an exciting combination.
Alfred
when I read “we will have access to NFT collectibles” I hear $$
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P4. What is that milestone in TWO TWO that you are most proud to achieve?
Avron Goss
The most important milestone was building the team. I am proud to be part of the team and I am proud of every team member.
Together we have achieved a lot in a short period of time having started NFT sales with well known artists, including the Emmy Award winning photographer Alan Teitel. We have also started software development so all is on track.
We have a saying “Team work makes the dream work” and we definitely have the team that can build the dream.
Alfred
How long has TWO TWO been on the market?
Avron Goss
Planning for the physical gallery was started by Stacey and Steven about 4 or 5 months ago and it will be in the soon to be opened Resorts World. The 3 of us decided about 2 months ago to include NFT sales and DeFi and less than 10 weeks later we are over subscribed for seed, private and trategic rounds, we have launched our first NFTs and we have started building the V1 platform.
We do not wait around at TWO TWO
Alfred
Excellent
Rosemary
Amazing
Alfred
Last question
P5. What plans does TWO TWO have for this 2021?
Avron Goss
TWO TWO has an exciting roadmap for 2021 and we cannot wait to go live and deliver real value to the community. Key highlights include:
1. We have already launched our NFT sales and have an exciting lineup of artists
2. We are about to launch our Las Vegas Gallery
3. We are about to have an IDO and launch the X22 token which will be on Ethereum and BSC.
4. In June/July we launch V1 of our platform with Staking and Liquidity pools. This is really exciting as we will use art marketing revenues to buy back tokens on the market at the prevailing price and then distribute these to staking holders and liquidity providers.
5. After that we will launch a number of art related use cases for both the artists and community. This includes virtual reality galleries and augmented reality NFTs.
By the end of the year we want to truly be able to say the community is the gallery
Watch our channels for announcements, it is going to be a busy year!
Alfred
I like that they choose several chains in addition to Ethereum
Rosemary
Interesting
Alfred
I imagine that soon we will see that list of artists fulfilled
Avron Goss
It was important to us that we launch on a chain that does not have expensive gas fees. That is the only way to include everyon
And more!
Alfred
Thank you for your answers Avron, we just finished the segment of:
Introductory Questions
Thank you for your answers Avron, we just finished the segment of:
Introductory Questions
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Twitter Questions
An important characteristic of the urban, is its distinctive type of music, is it possible that in the NFT collectibles of TWO TWO they can incorporate music tracks from the most recognized artists of urban music?
Avron Goss
We absolutely can and will incorporate music tracks. We are already working with music artist related NFTs, for the example our Joey Ramone NFT that we are going to release next week, but we also have a negative taken of Jimi Hendrix at the Monterey Pops which has never been printed before.
We will of course be extending from visual into sound tracks and, of course, the combination of the two.
We want to support all forms for Extreme Art — that includes graphic, music and sculpture for a start.
Alfred
Ooohhh! Amazing
Jimi Hendrix
Avron Goss
YES!
The art that we can see on TWO TWO website is in its majority Graffiti art. Will this be the only kind of art style we will find on your platform or will you have space for every type of art?
Avron Goss
Graffiti is an important part of Extreme Art as it represents the raw expression of artists who are creative and have important messages. We definately want to spray paint their work around the world.
But there are so many other types of art too! Look at the photography of Alan Teitel who captures images in ways we do not normally see. This is Extreme Art too. (Note that anyone who buys one of our Alan Teitel NFTs will be part of a promotion where we are giving away 8000 X22 tokens).
They recently announced on a new partnership or sponsorship of Kosmos Ventures. So how does Kosmos Ventures positively influence the development of TwoTwo? What are the characteristics or benefits that Kosmos brings to TwoTwo?
Avron Goss
Kosmos Ventures has invested in TWO TWO. We are delighted with this as they have been introducing us to their network in the Blockchain industry enabling is to extend our partnerships even further.
What we like about Kosmos is they are supporting businesses that are changing the way things are done. We think alike.
Rosemary
One question @AvGoss, TWO TWO is a global project? Does everyone have access to their NFTs?
Do you have a Spanish-speaking community?
Avron Goss
Yes — everyone has access to our NFTs. We do not have a Spanish speaking TG group yet, but hope to include one. We can do a lot in 8 weeks — but not everything!
It caught my attention that TWO TWO will have artists such as Romero Britto within it’s platform. This make wonder, will only famous top artists be able to be part of TWO TWO? Or will new emerging artists have this possibility as well? How will this artist accepting process be?
Avron Goss
We support established and emerging artists equally. But more importantly we want support emerging talent and help them find a global audience. For too long the elite have controlled art. With TWO TWO you can be the gallery!
Part of our V2 platform will create innovative ways to team emerging artists with established artists so that we can really showcase their ability and allow the community to find the next Banksy!
ATTENTION! a blockchain-focused private equity firm with a long-standing track record, is investing in TWOTWO, it’s Twin Apex! We are seeing a generation of traders within the NFT market. What have been the agreements so that both can benefit and thus reach the moon together?
Avron Goss
As with Kosmos, having Twin Apex invest in us means they can help us through their network and help us form more and deeper partnerships.
They have invested in us because they are seeing an increase in NFT trading and believe we have the product, platform and vision to lead the way.
We will be sharing details of these soon so follow us on our channel.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Twotwoart
Telegram: https://t.me/TWOTWOofficial
Alfred
We just finished the segment of:
Twitter Questions
Now we move on to the segment of:
Live Questions
Avron Goss
Hit me with them
Avron Goss
As with Kosmos, having Twin Apex invest in us means they can help us through their network and help us form more and deeper partnerships.
They have invested in us because they are seeing an increase in NFT trading and believe we have the product, platform and vision to lead the way.
We will be sharing details of these soon so follow us on our channel.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Twotwoart
Telegram: https://t.me/TWOTWOofficial
Alfred
We just finished the segment of:
Twitter Questions
Now we move on to the segment of:
Live Questions
Avron Goss
Hit me with them
@JA
So aside from NFT what kind of Defi ecosystem #TwoTwo is planning to build? Can I stake my $X22 to get an NFT or stake $X22 to get more $X22? Also if I will provide liquidity will I get extra incentives?
Avron Goss
We are building a full DeFi platform with a number of features:
1. It will be possible to stake X22 for more X22 and for free NFT drops
2. We will have liquidity pools.
3. 80% of the liquidity pool will go into optimizers
4. 20% of the liquidity pool will be used in art related investments
5. TWO TWO will take a portion of its revenue and buy back X22 tokens form exchanges to put in its treasury where it will be locked. When it is unlocked it will be distributed to staker holders and liquidity providers.
We have some features that we will also include.
@Mafs
Do I have to meet any requirement or go through some type of selection to be able to sell my art on your platform? or can anyone freely access and sell their content?
Avron Goss
Just contact gallery@twotwoart.com
@JA
So aside from NFT what kind of Defi ecosystem #TwoTwo is planning to build? Can I stake my $X22 to get an NFT or stake $X22 to get more $X22? Also if I will provide liquidity will I get extra incentives?
Avron Goss
We are building a full DeFi platform with a number of features:
1. It will be possible to stake X22 for more X22 and for free NFT drops
2. We will have liquidity pools.
3. 80% of the liquidity pool will go into optimizers
4. 20% of the liquidity pool will be used in art related investments
5. TWO TWO will take a portion of its revenue and buy back X22 tokens form exchanges to put in its treasury where it will be locked. When it is unlocked it will be distributed to staker holders and liquidity providers.
We have some features that we will also include.
@TheCurious
I read that to be part of your community you have to fill out a form and from there you evaluate if we are eligible for VIP exhibitions, private auctions, free NFTs, etc. What aspects do you take into account to decide who belongs to this group and who does not?
Avron Goss
We do not decide — you decide. If you fill out the form you will be part of the community. For giveaways (e.g. free NFTs or exclusive access) this is randomly chosen
Mauricio
Many people love to go to galleries and enjoy “traditional” art, but now the world has changed and technology has advanced so far that it includes crypto art, do you think people choose to buy unique pieces of NFT-based paintings? What is innovative about TWO TWO to capture the attention of art lovers?
Avron Goss
We are unique because we are breaking down the boundary between the physical and the virtual.
For example we are working with a well know UK sculpture artist (Jill Berelowitz) to create NFTs out of her sculptures. So you will be able to buy a sculpture in a gallery, as an NFT and see it virtual reality or augmented reality.
There are many ways to experience art
@EbertoFuentes
How can I participate in your IDO? What requirements will be necessary and on what platform will it be carried out?
Avron Goss
Fill out our safelist on our site and watch twitter and our channel. We have selected our IDO platforms and will be announcing them VERY soon.
Safe List — https://twotwoart.typeform.com/to/RL16QaCz
@Simplylucky
Where do your funds come from? Lately NFts projects for money laundering arise, is TWO TWO really reliable and did it come to stay in the DeFi world? Thanks
Avron Goss
Our NFT business is based in the US so we would be very unwise to launder money! Our capital raise was done under strict control from our legal team and we will be announcing our main investors (such as Kosmos and Twin Apex).
@AngBronx
Art is a thing for the powerful and rich so my question is can an average person own an NFT art or kind of art from TWO TWO?
Avron Goss
We are making art available to everyone and are therefore going to be making NFTs available at all price ranges. We want to take art out of the hand of the elite and put it it in the hands of the community.
@DanielMZ
Digital art can be in image, GIF, 3D modeling, or video format. They are files that are fully authenticated, through Blockchain technology,
Does your platform offer artists the ability to display their work in 3D and 2D presentations? Do you have different methods of displaying the art?
Avron Goss
Yes to all! See my response about sculptures as NFTs
@DiegoVenditte
I believe that art is expressing what you feel at all times in different ways, but when it comes together with cryptocurrencies, it is profitable. Is this “An NFTs Market by Artists for Artists” or can everyone participate?
Avron Goss
Everyone can participate! On the one side we have art and NFT sales, on the other side we have the DeFi platform and the X22 token which allow the community to participate as the gallery. We have some really exciting concepts to share… watch our announcements
@Raisbelys
Can users freely buy their NFTs within TWOTWO? Is there some kind of security mechanism like a KYC to establish better security? How do you set the price of these NFTs?
Avron Goss
We do not have KYC requirements on NFT sales and the buyer ultimately decides on the price.
@LeyaNirmala
On your website you say that users must fill out a form to be eligible for VIP shows, private auctions, free NFT and other things. But why have you decided to do this form? Is it for security? How does it work?
Avron Goss
We need to know your wallet address if you want to be part of a free NFT draw so we decided the best way was to give people that support our community the ability to do so via a form.
@DiegoVenditte
TWO TWO exclusively celebrates the coexistence of Extreme Art ™ in the real and virtual worlds. Who is Extreme Art ™ aimed for? Can we all enjoy this art in our homes?
Avron Goss
Yes, once you purchase the NFT you will have access to a high definition version that can be displayed on a screen in your home. Digital art such as this has been around for years, the NFT allows your to prove ownership.
I think I have caught most of the important points in the questions. If I have missed something let me know.
Remember that we are having our IDO soon…. that we are giving away 8,000 X22 tokens to people who buy Alan Teitel’s NFTs and we have some really cool NFTs being released every week (including the Jimi Hendrix photo).
Go to www.twotwoart.com for more information
Alfred
Avron, thank you very much for sharing your successful project with our community, we will be waiting for the news and milestones of your project!
Rosemary
Thanks for you time @AvGoss
Avron Goss
Its a pleasure…. great questions today!