Jamie Ritchie, one of the world’s leading wine and spirits auctioneers, explains why he left three decades of remarkable performance at Sotheby’s to join a startup called BlockBar — where he is COO. BlockBar is an online marketplace combining NFT, cryptocurrency (ethereum/eth), and blockchain technology with the sale, storage, and distribution of collectible wine and spirits to create authenticity and guaranteed provenance in the marketplace.

Learn more about BlockBar at https://BlockBar.com/

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