In this episode of Exponential, Joseph Zhang, co-founder and CEO of CatchBack, explains how a side hustle flipping Pokémon cards evolved into a full-stack collectibles trading platform. Combining lessons from crypto infrastructure with firsthand experience in collectibles, CatchBack introduces a new model for how real-world assets can trade online. “Crypto taught me about liquidity,” Joseph says. “In collectibles, things move slowly. Our goal was to bring the efficiency of crypto tooling to p...
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In this episode of Exponential, Joseph Zhang, co-founder and CEO of CatchBack, explains how a side hustle flipping Pokémon cards evolved into a full-stack collectibles trading platform. Combining lessons from crypto infrastructure with firsthand experience in collectibles, CatchBack introduces a new model for how real-world assets can trade online. “Crypto taught me about liquidity,” Joseph says. “In collectibles, things move slowly. Our goal was to bring the efficiency of crypto tooling to p...
In a world where AI can generate realistic images in seconds, Faust founder and CEO, Kosuke July Hata, who goes by July, is building a new kind of camera — one that proves a photo was actually taken by a human, on a specific device, at a specific time and place. Roc Camera is a compact, point-and-shoot–style device that embeds cryptographic proofs into every image it captures. “It’s a camera that takes verifiably real photos in the age of AI,” July says. “It can prove that the photo could hav...
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In this episode of Exponential, Joseph Zhang, co-founder and CEO of CatchBack, explains how a side hustle flipping Pokémon cards evolved into a full-stack collectibles trading platform. Combining lessons from crypto infrastructure with firsthand experience in collectibles, CatchBack introduces a new model for how real-world assets can trade online. “Crypto taught me about liquidity,” Joseph says. “In collectibles, things move slowly. Our goal was to bring the efficiency of crypto tooling to p...
