Let’s Chat Crypto with Ryan Zurrer

In this episode, the yWhales team speaks with Ryan Zurrer, Founder and Director of Dialectic AG, a bespoke invite-only crypto-wealth multi-family office. Ryan talks about Dialectic AG and how his path in Web3 led him to where he is now. He talks about the challenges Dialectic AG is solving in the Web3 space and how he formed his team. He also discusses the curated NFT sale he organized to benefit MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies).

 

About Guests

Ryan Zurrer was an early supporter of digital artists, and is building an important digital art collection, working with and collecting leading digital artists such as Beeple, Refik Anadol, Mad Dog Jones, Ash Thorp and many others. Ryan is considered by many to be one of the most important collectors of NFTs. Ryan is supporting the exhibition ESPRESSIONI CON FRAZIONI which opened at Castello di Rivoli, Turin on April 24, through lending Beeple’s HUMAN ONE. The presentation of HUMAN ONE at Castello di Rivoli marked the international museum premiere of this kinetic video sculpture with corresponding NFT, which was presented face-to-face with Francis Bacon’s painting Study for Portrait IX.

Ryan is the Founder of Dialectic, a Swiss-based family office focused on alternative assets. He also leads Vine Ventures, a biotechnology fund investing in neurotech, longevity and psychedelics. Ryan was an early investor in some of the best performing venture investments of the 2010s. He has built a reputation for being a hands-on, value-add venture investor with a uniquely global perspective. Previously he was CEO of a large Brazilian renewables firm and is responsible for roughly more than 1GW of wind and solar power development globally along with a range of renewable energy innovations. Ryan lives in Switzerland.

Ryan organized a sale of NFT art at Christie’s that started on June 21: Cartography of the Mind: A Curated NFT Sale to Benefit MAPS. The proceeds benefit the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies.

 

You’ll learn about:

• What inspired him to create Dialectic AG 
• What Dialectic AG does and the challenges it has solved
• About MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies)

 

Resources: 

Connect with Ryan Zurrer: LinkedIn | Twitter | Medium | CoinDesk | Crunchbase

Connect with YWhales: Website | BitClout | Twitter

Dialectic AG: Website | Twitter 

 

Timestamps

[01:25] Ryan’s background

[05:26] The hard path to success: Filtering out the garbage

[06:41] Solving the challenges of web3’s fast pace

[08:29] Self-sufficiency in learning the crypto world

[12:05] What does Dialectic AG do?

[15:55] About the team

[18:59] Absorbing, training and trusting young talent

[24:03] About MAPS: Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies

[29:47] Meeting the digital artist vs the conventional artist

[32:32] Funding future art benefits

[35:23] The gamification of learning and impact in the undeveloped world

[39:03] View on DAOs

[40:00] Real life applications of NFTs and digital ownership

[47:28] What is Ryan’s legacy?

[49:51] Educating kids in financial literacy

[56:43] The emergence of social networks

[1:00:35] Up and comers in Crypto Social

 

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