A paraphrase of the key points from Mike Danshin’s interview, recorded as a live episode of the NEXT.io Podcast at NEXT Retreat Cyprus and published by Tribuna on 26 December 2025. See the source link for the full original.
The headline figure: 1win Crypto reached 24 million monthly active users. Mike uses that scale as the backdrop for a frank look at how crypto casinos compete today.
On product, he is open about the role of unusually high RTP in original games. Headline rates close to 99.9 percent are first and foremost a marketing strategy. He expects that over several years RTP will settle lower, perhaps around 99 or 98 percent, which would still sit above many traditional titles such as Pragmatic Play’s offerings. The point is that aggressive RTP buys attention and trust early, and the number normalizes as the brand matures.
On strategy, Mike names tokenisation as the company’s main short-term objective, with launching 1win’s own token set as the priority for the next quarter. This lines up with his broader thesis that the token should come after the product and the audience are ready, not before.