Devin Finzer on crypto disruption
From OpenSea, Are NFTs a Bubble or Sustainable?, What The Data Shows, CryptoVoxels, Adding New Protocols · · W3BTHR33
“Crypto really seemed like the one area that was really fundamentally disruptive to larger players in tech because if you look at virtual reality in AI and the existing players are actually pretty well positioned to capitalize on those technologies versus crypto is like just a fundamentally different model of how we interact with personal data and it's a it seemed like it was very ripe for startups.”
On , Devin Finzer, CEO & Co-Founder at OpenSea, spoke about crypto disruption during OpenSea, Are NFTs a Bubble or Sustainable?, What The Data Shows, CryptoVoxels, Adding New Protocols on W3BTHR33.
About Devin Finzer
At NFT.NYC 2025, OpenSea CEO and co-founder Devin Finzer discussed the company's approach to long-term sustainability and the lessons learned from rapid growth. He emphasized the importance of building a durable product and maintaining a small, aligned team, stating that a small group of talented, aligned people can move faster and accomplish more than a large organization. Finzer also highlighted the potential for "agentic trading," noting that it is easier to integrate AI agents with decentralized liquidity pools than with centralized exchanges. Finzer commented on the shifting regulatory environment, describing the SEC's previous posture toward crypto companies as "extremely aggressive, unfair" and saying that stance has "completely turned around." He argued that regulation should not be "one-size-fits-all," as the majority of NFTs are art and collectibles rather than financial assets, and that blanket regulation would be an "unthoughtful approach."