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Hidden fees. Fake listings. Waiting for someone else to go first. Buying a ticket shouldn't feel like negotiating a hostage exchange.
@saunders3000 on rebuilding ticketing with @XPticket on Solana.
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Michael Saunders retweeted
Jun 12
someone’s gotta know someone interested in a deal on courtside Knicks tickets for tomorrow
any serious offers hit my DMs!
Just in and taking offers on XP: courtside seats for NBA Finals Game 5 in San Antonio
New York Knicks vs San Antonio Spurs - G5, 6/13
Section 28
Row 5
2 tickets
Available for bidding NOW on @xpticket!
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Michael Saunders retweeted
Jun 11
WE PUT THE WORLD CUP IN A GACHA MACHINE. 🌎🏆
We're working with @XPTicket to drop real pairs of World Cup tickets into the Sports Gacha:
🇨🇻🇺🇾 Cape Verde vs Uruguay — 6/21, Miami
🇵🇦🏴 Panama vs England — 6/27, New York
🇺🇸🇹🇷 @gachasports may have some exclusives too...
Rip a pack, pull the tickets, and 2x seats are yours.
Take your 1 to the match — or sell them back in seconds.
Three matches. Three pairs of seats. In the machines right now.
Powered by @Collector_Crypt Built on @solana ⚽
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Michael Saunders retweeted
Jun 6
I do not envy whoever is in charge of pricing the Knicks "Fan First" presale
Game 4 get-in is $14,756 today. Was $3,659 on June 2nd.
Go too high (>$10k) → massive PR backlash on a sale literally called "fan first"
Go too low (<$5k) → leaving potentially millions of dollars on the table, and probably still dealing with backlash for charging several thousand dollars for something called fan first
Jun 5
REPORT: The Knicks are still expected to hold a “Fan First” presale for NBA Finals tickets, per @PIX11News.
Details are expected this weekend, but there will be no general public sale for NBA Finals tickets at MSG.
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NY Knicks. Go bid.
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Michael Saunders retweeted
Relationship status: Long courtside, short marriage....
Shoutout to @xpticket
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Michael Saunders retweeted
May 31
Unreal tickets just came through @xpticket desk.
Entire Private Theater Box for Game 1 and Game 2 of Spurs vs Knicks, NBA Finals in San Antonio - owner can’t make it and looking for offers.
• 6 tickets (4 seats 2 SRO)
• All-inclusive food, beer & wine
• 2 VIP parking passes
Hoping the algorithm can help find the fan in the market for an entire Finals suite.
DMs open!
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Michael Saunders retweeted
May 27
xp offers is our onchain bidding rails for tickets. sellers submit inventory and our buyer network competes on it in real time.
knicks fever is putting the engine into overdrive unlike any event we’ve seen before.
400 level seats pulling 5 figure quotes 🤯🤯
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May 21
The category is exchange-native marketplaces.
Hyperliquid, Polymarket, Kalshi, StockX, @xpticket, @BAXUSco. Same shape.
Listing marketplaces sold discovery; exchange-native marketplaces are what becomes possible when clearing comes first. Match both sides, hold escrow, settle the trade. And the product looks different because of it.
Value can accrue to a token, to equity, to fees. That part's downstream.
The category is the thing.
May 21
There's a new class in crypto: the revenue chains.
The leaders are Hyperliquid & Solana.
Both do some overlapping things, and some different things. Both have exceptional communities, usage, use cases, etc.
I think that both will rise together, just as iOS and Android both rode the structural adoption of mobile.
In the case of the revenue chains, they are riding the wave of capital markets coming onchain.
Right place, right time for both. If you are rooting for HYPE or SOL or both, success will be less about the competition between the two (healthy ofc), but rather the rise of onchain capital markets.
Root for capital markets coming onchain.
Love seeing crypto succeed —
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May 15
Smart play by OpenAI. Connect your bank account read-only first. Agentic payments are the natural next step.
May 15
A preview for Pro users: a new personal finance experience in ChatGPT.
Pro users in the U.S. can securely connect financial accounts, see where their money is going, and ask questions based on the information they choose to connect.
Your full financial picture, now in ChatGPT.
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Regardless of what the courts decide with Live Nation, AI is likely to reshape how consumers buy tickets, writes @StepCarter (via @opinion) bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
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Coming soon: Peer-to-Peer Swaps on @solana.
A major step toward solving one of the biggest consumer pain points in live events, only possible on-chain.
Watch @saunders3000 demo it at @SolanaConf.
This one’s big. Stay tuned.
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15 May 2025
🎟️🚀
We're thrilled to share XP has raised $6.2M to build the future of ticketing–with fans at the center–led by @blockchangevc with @L1D_xyz, @reflexivexyz, and others.
More below on how this accelerates our mission to build the most fulfilling live experiences for fans 👇
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12 May 2025
Game over for junk fees. The FTC just pulled the plug.
Today, the FTC’s new rule goes into effect, requiring ticket sellers to show total prices upfront – something that should have been the standard years ago.
XP’s been doing it from day one.
Here’s why this matters 👇🎟️
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12 May 2025
Now, with all-in pricing being the new standard, fans can see the difference for themselves: same tickets, better prices, better experience on XP.
xp.tickets/
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12 May 2025
XP remains committed to leading the industry with transparency and trust, and we applaud this important step forward in protecting fans.
Fans deserve better, and we’ve got more to deliver. Follow @xpticket for XP’s newest fan-first innovations dropping soon 👀
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