Ezquire 🪑

Sports Agent/Lawyer, spent my life building community and networks, which is how I became a lawyer for some of the biggest athletes in the world. Our company bringing them to web3 and looking to keep building legitimate business and relationships in both worlds.

Heres what your settings need to look like if you don't want @discord messges to end up on @Google!

Your favorite project Discord is about to have a public web page, and you didn’t need to separately authorize it! On Nov 16 @discord gives every Discoverable Server (public servers with 1,000+ members) a public page with AI summaries of its public channels. From mid-December, members’ own messages can start showing up in Google. Every alpha call, every unhinged Degen slur filled rant yall love to allow in your Discord will be on Google unless you delete them directly or turn off the setting in Discord. FOUNDERS: the setting is on unless someone turns it off, and turning it off later doesn’t pull back what you already published. Founders who run a server, go to Server Settings, then Web Presence, and decide before Nov 16. If you’re a community member, the Data & Privacy setting keeps your messages out of search but doesn’t stop the summaries, so delete anything you don’t want public! Anyone with sense knows that Discord chats were never as private as people treated them. But a summary is a new work built from your words, and Discord’s terms already give it a license to do that. Teams should be telling holders before the 16th, not after. Is your project’s Discord opting out, or going public?

It became clear very shortly after Robinhood Chain NFTs started getting attention that the loudest accounts on the chain are likely the ones rugging everyone. If you’re shilling a new free mint EVERY DAY, you are probably one of the ones dumping on people for burger money. Just because it’s free doesn’t mean you should mint.

The biggest problem in NFTs are the consumers. Most of us joined in 2021 trying to make a bag, and probably fell in love with a community or the art, and rode a bunch of shit to zero. Most of us didn't realize that the only ones who really ball are the grifters and the insiders. In 2026, most people are still only trying to make a buck. Flipping for $10 swings and ignoring any underlying tech or legitimate delivery of a product. Plenty of founders have actually delivered, but the creation of a game, a product or an experience doesn't create immediate revenue for consumers, so by the time they deliver on their promises, no one is around to care. What do you think founders can actually do to keep holders happy when 90% of holders are only looking for their next best exit?

X just launched native clipping, and right now you can't turn it off on your own videos. Per @XCreators, anyone can cut 5 to 60 seconds from a video that's at least 2 minutes long and post it with their take. Every clip carries a "Clip from" label that jumps to that moment in the full video, and a clip can't run longer than 30% of the original. Off-platform clip deals usually pay the clipper a rate per thousand views and hope some of that traffic comes home. Here, if you're enrolled in Original Content Rewards, both you and the clipper earn from the same clip. Honestly, I think the 30% cap and the backlink are what I'd fight for in any clip deal, because they keep the full video from becoming optional. The gap is the off switch, and X says that control is coming. If your project posts reveal trailers or Spaces recordings, that's footage other people can now post and earn on. Would you leave clipping on for the reach, or wait for the off switch?

A @blur_io loan with no end date still ends when the app shuts off. Blur's website goes dark Nov 12 and Blend stops matching new loans! If you ever borrowed on Blend, check that wallet before Nov 12! Also, revoke your old Blur approvals while you’re in there! I always thought about using it to snag a Mutant, but never pulled the trigger. If you had the assets to loan out, it was probably a solid way to farm points and ETH. Anyone still playing chicken with their assets in Blend?

Everyone knows that with a brand credit card, the access is usually always worth more than the points. @Fanatics launched an @AmericanExpress branded card where rewards come back as FanCash that spends inside Fanatics, and cardholders get early access to four select Topps drops a year. The waitlist is open now, with invites later this year. Fanatics already owns @Topps. So the company that makes the cards is also selling you a faster line into its own drops. Smart move by Fanatics turning collector demand into a loyalty loop. We all know the access is what they’re really selling. Sign up for the early Topps access, or nah?

Tom Brady signed a 1/1 @Topps card live on Fox. Now the $11.99 commemorative release has one autograph redemption up for grabs. I’m sure collectors may want a shot. The degen in me clearly knows the odds depend on total cards ordered, so they get increasingly worse as it goes on. I’d def judge the $11.99 by the card I’m likely to get, not the signature I’m hoping for. Would a single autographed 1/1 will drive motivate you to buy?

A buyer waited 97 days, got a PSA 6 on a card bought on eBay listed near mint to mint, and now wants a refund 😅 PSA calls a 6 Excellent-Mint. The seller said eBay already checked it, and eBay returns close at 30 days anyway. I’m about to send some of mine in, so I’m learning real quick how strict grading is. Collectors, would you give the money back?

Fr… I need a Mutant.

It’s Day 15 of blaming my 12 year old self for not making me a millionaire from my Pokémon Card Collection. Saturday night and I pulled some of the favorites out of the binder and finally into penny sleeves. Still can’t believe my mom hid these for 20 years. Which ones are you sending to PSA first?

You can copyright a song, but you can't copyright your voice. But Tennessee law may have created a new problem for AI. Elvis' rights owners just sued Suno, the AI app that makes full songs from a text prompt. They say anyone on it can make a track that sounds like Elvis without consent or compensation. In 2024 Tennessee passed a law that treats your voice like your name and face, so nobody can use it to make money without your permission. More importantly, it lets you go after the company that built the tool, so Suno can't just blame whoever typed the prompt. The law is literally called the ELVIS Act, and now Elvis' own estate is directly involved with using it, but this is much bigger than Elvis. If an app can make a new Elvis song in ten seconds, it can do the same with your favorite artist or with you. This case helps decide whether your voice is something you own or something anyone can copy! Suno's "defense" is that it blocks prompts that name artists or songs specifically. IMO this is the very minimum responsibility that Suno should have. You don't need to type the name to get the sound or likeness. Should a legend's family get paid when AI sounds like them, or is a voice fair game once you're gone?!

Avery’s dad wants to pull his son out of a Pokémon pack. Avery the Poke Kid passed in September at 12, and yesterday his dad asked @Pokemon for an official card so the family can “chase our son.” As a father, this one hit me hard. People are already selling unauthorized Avery cards, and his family says they get nothing from them. @yugalabs already built the rails for a better version with Mudwater. Every card exists twice, a printed card in a vault and an NFT on Solana, and every trade pays a 2.5% royalty onchain. Run Avery’s card through that. Pokémon licenses the art, the family licenses his name and likeness, and the split is in the contract before a single pack ships. Every flip after that sends a cut to his family for as long as it trades. A regular printed card pays Pokémon once at retail. Every resale after that goes to whoever’s flipping it. This is the best case for tokenized cards I’ve seen. A kid who loved ripping packs gets a card his family can chase, and they get paid every time it moves. If you’re building anything with someone’s likeness on it, get the license and their cut in writing before you print. And if you’re buying a tribute card, make sure the family is the one getting paid. Should Pokémon put Avery’s card onchain or keep it paper only? (Not Legal Advice, and I’m not your lawyer)

If you could only hold 5 NFT projects for the next 6 months, which ones are you picking? The TL is full of hacks and fearmongering and floors are low. This is when everybody trades out. The projects that ran last cycle were the ones building and minting while it looked exactly like this.

This is the move. New tech, first release, take the time to get it right.

I have been to hundreds of fights in my life. This was by far my favorite moment as an agent. Was insane to witness live at how the MMA fans in Paris love Cedric Doumbe.