Crypt⭕️Craig

First Veve Drop - 1/17/22
First Hro pack - 4/8/22
Old guy excited about Web3 / NFT space
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🙀BEFORE and AFTER BINANCE ! NOW VEVE !
🐼EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT @veve_official NEW CO-CEO BEN ROSE @mrbenrose !

Ben's Career Before Joining Binance

🎨 Starting in Advertising:

Ben Rose’s career began in the UK advertising industry before he moved to New Zealand.

While working at advertising agencies, he collaborated with several globally recognized brands, such as Nissan, Firestone, Bridgestone, All Blacks
(New Zealand’s national rugby team), and Adidas.

This experience helped him learn the power of brand building and emphasized the importance of applying cross-industry experiences, a key skill in the advertising world.

💼 Financial Services and Marketing Experience:

Ben transitioned into the financial services sector, applying his expertise in marketing and sales. At nib, a New Zealand health insurance company, he was responsible for direct-to-consumer sales and marketing operations, working closely with teams in Newcastle, Australia.

He also worked for ASB, a subsidiary of Commonwealth Bank Group, where he was the head of retail marketing, responsible for products such as home loans and credit cards. Additionally, Ben gained extensive management experience in Sovereign’s life insurance business, further solidifying his leadership in the financial services industry.

🌍 Leadership Roles in Local and International

Companies: In addition to his work with large corporations, Ben held leadership roles at local companies.

For example, he worked in senior management positions at the digital media company Stuff (now owned by Nine) and the software development company Code HQ in New Zealand.

These roles provided him with opportunities to engage with local innovation and the tech industry, further enhancing his management skills and understanding of the tech sector.

🌐 Ben's Experience at Binance

💡 The Opportunity and Challenges of Joining Binance: As his interest in fintech and blockchain technology grew, Ben joined Binance, the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchange.

He was drawn to Binance’s rapid growth and disruptive technology, viewing it as a unique opportunity to drive innovation in an emerging industry. Ben became the first employee for Binance in New Zealand, where he successfully expanded the market and helped Binance acquire 250,000 registered users.

🇦🇺 Expansion in the ANZ Region and New Role: After Binance's success in New Zealand and Australia, Ben was appointed as General Manager for the Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) region.

His responsibilities included strengthening Binance’s leadership in these markets and addressing challenges such as working with regulatory bodies, ensuring compliance, and promoting blockchain education. Ben’s work at Binance demonstrated his leadership and ability to adapt quickly, successfully driving growth in a competitive market.

🔮 Technology and Future Outlook:

Ben is highly confident in blockchain technology’s potential to revolutionize traditional financial services. He believes Australia has the opportunity to become a global leader in blockchain technology, provided regulatory clarity is achieved.

One of his focuses at Binance was to drive user growth, aiming to increase Binance's user base in Australia to one million within 12 months.

🛠️ Ben's Plans After Joining VeVe Collectibles

🔗 Extensive Blockchain and Cryptocurrency
Experience: Ben’s experience at Binance gave him deep knowledge of the complexities of blockchain technology and the cryptocurrency industry.

He not only successfully launched Binance’s New Zealand operations but also expanded its presence in Australia. This experience helped him understand how to apply blockchain technology to real-world business scenarios, particularly how NFT technology can create scarcity, which is critical for driving growth in the digital collectibles market.

Ben sees NFTs as a core advantage that enables VeVe to maintain its leadership position in the market.

📈 Leadership and Business Expansion Strategy: Ben emphasizes his wealth of experience in leading teams, building company culture, and driving business growth. At Binance, he led teams to achieve remarkable growth in a highly competitive market.

VeVe, as a leader in digital collectibles, is entering a phase that requires accelerated expansion, and Ben’s leadership will help the company solidify its market share and expand into high-potential regions like Asia. His appointment reflects VeVe’s commitment to scaling its operations at this critical growth juncture.

🫱 Community Interaction and Transparency: Ben believes that community engagement and transparency are key to VeVe’s success.

He has already started listening to and observing the VeVe community, making this an important part of his future work. He has committed to working closely with VeVe co-founders David and Dan to ensure that users are kept informed of the company’s progress and future plans.

Ben’s emphasis on a transparent and open leadership style will help him integrate more effectively into VeVe and foster user trust in the company’s future growth.

🎁 Passion for Collectibles and the Future of Digital Collecting:

Ben is a passionate collector himself, which fuels his excitement about VeVe’s digital collectibles. He has a personal affinity for VeVe’s Sesame Street and Back to the Future collectibles and recognizes the massive growth potential in the digital collectibles market.

He highlighted that the digital collectibles industry is growing at a rate of 20-30% per year, far exceeding the physical collectibles market, which opens up vast opportunities for VeVe.

⚖️ The Integration of Digital and Physical Collectibles: Ben foresees the integration of digital and physical collectibles as a key trend for the future.

He believes VeVe has laid a strong foundation in the digital collectibles space and will be able to attract more physical collectors to the digital realm. With VeVe’s 200+ partnerships with globally recognized brands, Ben will continue to drive these collaborations, helping VeVe expand further into global markets.

🌍 Future Strategy and Global Expansion for VeVe:

One of Ben’s key goals is to lead VeVe’s expansion into more international markets, particularly in Asia, with Japan being a critical market for future growth. He emphasized that VeVe is at the start of a "hyper-growth" phase, and as market demand increases, the company will enter a new phase of ultra-fast expansion. Ben’s role will be to help VeVe scale its operations to meet this demand while addressing the challenges that come with rapid growth.

🎯 Conclusion:

Ben Rose’s experience in blockchain technology, leadership, and global expansion strategies will be a tremendous asset to VeVe.

His passion for collecting, including Funko Pop figures, WWE memorabilia, and VeVe’s Sesame Street and Back to the Future collections, along with his confidence in the digital collectibles market, makes him an ideal leader to drive VeVe’s future growth.

Under his leadership, VeVe will not only solidify its position as a leader in the digital collectibles space but also expand into more international markets, leading the future of global digital collecting.

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[Crypt⭕️Craig @Crypto__Craig]

@salsakesh @veve_official @Pixar Maybe crafting with MCP???

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@CryptoCosmo17 @veve_official It was by bronze ticks. One ticket gets you one item, 175 gets two and 350 gets all 3. I earned 249 ticks for what I staked. Am very happy they rewarded those with millions of tokens with 2!

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@CryptoCosmo17 @veve_official I’ll get 2 with ~3.3M OMI. You?

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@CryptoCosmo17 @veve_official Excited to see what they are gifting for Season 1 OMI!!!

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@SergioCollects How about implement the feature of joining waitlist 24 hours before drop and automatically paying if selected? That’s still in the works I hope

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Let's make OMI trend on X this weekend! Send it to $1 🚀🔥

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@VeVeValues Absolutely! Great to see the team deliver on this. Also excited about the accessories mentioned in the article!

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@veve_official @ecomi_ Great! Thank you, team!!!

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@veve_official @Mattgondek I don’t think you should hold back any SR on this one!

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@itswillmai Stack SR collectibles

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@veve_official @bettyboopnews Nice! Looks like Fleischer Studios is a client of Global Icons. USPS and Lamborghini are also clients … so wen Hot Dog on a Stick?

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A Christmas miracle! #vevefam