The show today was consumed by the overall market and what the macros are doing. The influence of the outside financial world and how that affects crypto saw tons of speculation from the stage. Recent events and rumors along with the expected fed number cause things to feel unstable. Be cautious if you are investing and listen to the show for proper caution GM For the full notes check here: gldn's notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. https://linktr.ee/rugradio...
Jul 25, 2022•1 hr 24 min
Our hosts opened up with good energy and the daily macro discussion. Getting deep into the ETH pump and what could happen with the fed number dropping next week. RTFKT recently dropped a hoodie that received mixed sentiment from the market with some feeling excluded and others undervalued. To follow that up we went through Moonbirds recent reward for silver nesting that included a fanny pack. The response from this was much worse and trickled into mematic territory yet the birbs floor stays stro...
Jul 22, 2022•2 hr 5 min
Minecraft recently announced that they are no longer supporting any nft or blokchain based items on their platform. This was a massive blow to nftworlds and any other project that built their whole economy around the minecraft engine. Mike Dudas joins us to share his amazing perspective as Participant in both the VC and retail trading worlds. Lots of insight shared here from a view that isn't often shared, great listen. Gm Full summary notes here: gldn's notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priv...
Jul 21, 2022•1 hr 32 min
Today after diving into some of the positive macros we jumped into the Rare Pepe rabbit hole. Learning about everything from the creation, the inspiration to the eventual deviation due to strict moderation that became the fake rares. Listen in for a history lesson on all things rare pepe. GM For the full summary check here: gldn's notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. https://linktr.ee/rugradio...
Jul 20, 2022•1 hr 40 min
Today we went through the macros that despite not being great have led to some positive movement in stocks and elsewhere. We are continuing to see a decoupling from Crpto and even further into the unexpected is ETH outperforming BTC recently. Claire Silver is one of the biggest names in web3 AI art. She joined us today to run through her origin story and jump into the world of AI art, the tools used to create it and how the world views it. An absolute must for anybody that has the slightest bit ...
Jul 19, 2022•1 hr 45 min
We opened with a Hyped Farokh to start off the week. ETH touching 1500 caused for celebration despite the long term hole it's still in. Macros were broken down and if you listen closely you can hear the bullish narrative. The Otherside launched it's 'first flight' as the latest, most impressive version of their series of tests being performed. The kodas were seen and interacted with, even battled! Our stage is still looking forward to and anticipating a fun playable game as opposed to an interac...
Jul 18, 2022•1 hr 28 min
Jake the Degen is a successful artist in the space that has huge support and love from the community. He offers his origin stories and tons of insight into his work. There is some pointers from Jake to new artists entering the scene and trying to figure things out along with what's coming next from Jake as an artist. Tons of market talk in this episode with both the bear and the bull showing up in perspectives. For the full notes check here: gldn's notes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy fo...
Jul 15, 2022•1 hr 47 min
Today Nicolas Julia, the CEO of SoRare, joined the stage to give an overview of the platform, how it started and what's to be expected. Currently only involved in football, the company is launching into baseball within a week of writing this and plans to move into a second undisclosed US sport within the year. IP licensing is happening seemingly in a movement. Kingship is a new collection that is merging licensing with a major label partnership. They are launching today with 5k key cards that wi...
Jul 14, 2022•1 hr 45 min
Today we had the cake boss Steve Aoki join us to talk about his partnership with Metazoogames and their trading card game ecosystem. They have physical cards and are launching their PFP collection this Saturday. Steve also gives some insight into his Collector journey and offers some perspectives. We also dip into Gamestop's recent marketplace launch and what the environment looks like for marketplaces overall, especially in regards to challenging the mighty opensea. GM Metazoogames: https://met...
Jul 13, 2022•1 hr 29 min
This episode has tons of great content about the effects of adding a second collection to a project. The stage analyzes some recent events around the issue, one of which spurred a small angry mob against OSF upset with his views. Great market macros with OSF and Mando that get into what recession could look like for Europe and possible fates of the short term US economy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. https://linktr.ee/rugradio...
Jul 12, 2022•1 hr 32 min
OSF and Mando inadvertently poured up some hopium through the macros and market talk. Mando pointed out how every bit of news builds the case for the bears and bulls respectively. The overall sentiment for both sides is shaped this way. The on chain presence 0xb1 wrote a thread exposing their involvement with celsius's alleged mismanagement of funds. The thread goes into 0xb1's identity and ultimately ends in a lawsuit they filed against Celsius. The stage dives into this and Farokh delivers an ...
Jul 08, 2022•1 hr 47 min
Positive talk on the market side with Eth above $1200. Discussion on the Othersidemeta load test from many different perspectives. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. https://linktr.ee/rugradio
Jul 07, 2022•1 hr 42 min
The first half of the show was entirely market-centric. We traveled from macros to deep speculation on the NFT market and the trends shining through. A great conversation is had midway about NFT adoption during the bear market. We were then joined by John knopf, Anna McNaught and unicorn DAO to discuss the 'We Stand Together piece. 100% of the profits are being donated to unicorn DAO to support Women's Rights through various organizations all of which are transparent. It is an open edition avail...
Jul 06, 2022•1 hr 46 min
Todays show we were joined by renowned artist Nina Chanel Abney! She gave us a look into her origins and a brief review of her amazing body of work, including her current Jordan collab! Nina shares info about her new drop "Nina's Super Cool world" and what The creative process was like. The collection is dropping on Thegoda.io. The show was then prompted by commercial rights and the recent release of CloneX's 3d files to holders. Anyone interested in IP, licensing and use cases should listen! Ni...
Jul 05, 2022•1 hr 46 min
The show dove straight into the market and highlights of the downturn. Special guest Soby joined us and broke down how he sees the current landscape of scaling solutions. Going through layer twos and modular block chains. The tail end was all gaming and p2e. We walked through the difficulty of making a great game and the separate task of making tokenomics sustainable. Gm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. https://linktr.ee/rugradio...
Jul 01, 2022•1 hr 25 min
Today we were joined by Julian, the CEO of doodles to discuss the future of the doodles brand and how the new bucket drop is intended to play out. Julian handles the stage and all the difficult questions thrown at him with flying colors! Ivan Bezdomny also joined us to discuss the tools he's created for the Cryptopunks collection data and all of his plans to push into other collections. GM Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. https://linktr.ee/rugradio...
Jun 30, 2022•1 hr 30 min
We kicked off the show straight into macros and took a decent dive into the market. Recent events in the ever crumbling scape of DeFi have offered many interesting topics. NFTs seeing some major wins with 1/1 sales, crypto seeming steady. We then dove into the Doodle ecosystem, what their next moves are and how things may play out going forward. Pixelvault's nearly simultaneous launch has it's own set of speculations surrounding it. This lead to great conversation about holder sentiment and how ...
Jun 29, 2022•9 min
Mando made light work of the market summary today, pointing to possible stability in crypto and a few small rallies in NFTs! Most of the discussion was centered around NFT NYC as nearly every speaker on stage was In NY last week. Stories and highlights were shared and enjoyed by everyone, with so many events packed together it was impossible to see 1/4 of everything. Overall there was a positive sentiment taken away from the week along with a special Poap! GM Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priva...
Jun 28, 2022•2 hr 8 min
Today our hosts Farokh & Mando loosely calculate that we are on episode 69 since the first show, giving way to our new count. The market summary went over yesterdays FOMC meeting that went as expected, especially if you have been listening along! True Crypto OG Santisiri joined us today to give some insight into his origins and dive deep into his beliefs in crypto, NFTs and more so how they tie into humanity. A truly passionate conversation had today that could inspire and motivate any who h...
Jun 16, 2022•1 hr 29 min
The show opened with heavy macro talks, diving deep into todays upcoming FED meeting that will drop the new interest rate number. We went through what influences this number and how it will influence the overall market going forward, great educational listen. There was a controversy with a DAO named Merit Circle that kicked one of their members Yield Guild Games and refunded their investment. The stage went into why this is big for DAOs in general and how laws and future investments could potent...
Jun 15, 2022•1 hr 32 min
We trudge through another day of rough market macros, discussing yet another day of the cruel red bear. Today however, we were joined by Kaleo and he brightened up the show with good vibes and stories of how he was able to get through the last bear cycle and find success when the bull returned. Jack and his team are creating web 5, the stage discusses what this 'means' and what the differences in all of these webs are. GM! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. https://link...
Jun 14, 2022•1 hr 28 min
With Macros in the pits and ETH diving under $1200, the sentiment is heavy across the entire community. We discuss how to deal with the feelings associated with these rough bear cycles and also go deep into what this means financially. Crashes like these birth the "geniuses" of the next bull run and will likely create new millionaires. There is also a huge focus on friendship and leaning into community for support. Isolation while things are rough can be damaging. This is not the end of the road...
Jun 13, 2022•1 hr 57 min
A pop-up show where the community came together to discuss the latest lows of eth, NFTs and macros. Hear the best share realistic views, make predictions, empathize and talk about all things NFT! GM Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. https://linktr.ee/rugradio
Jun 12, 2022•2 hr 12 min
Yesterday Sartoshi the creator of the infamous meme collection Mfers left the community and deleted his Twitter account. On his way out he launched an Open Edition piece that sold for .069 eth each. His exit stirred emotions from all parts of the NFT world and we discuss what this all means. Cory van Lew joins us to discuss his upcoming drop on NIfty Gateway that consists of an open edition drop available for 30 mins and a 1/1 piece that will be auctioned off. We also dive into Cory's origin sto...
Jun 10, 2022•1 hr 43 min
Today we had the pleasure of David Bianchi joining us to talk about his #Spinema project launching on the Async platform. It combines poetry with a unique visual audio experience and David performed a piece live! We also had the 'Rebels by night' crew give us a deep dive into their dynamic NFT launching that allows for customization. Holders can alter their pfp using nfts from outside collections! David Bianchi: https://twitter.com/davidbianchi Rebels by Night: https://twitter.com/rebelsbynight ...
Jun 09, 2022•1 hr 50 min
We started the show today discussing the flat market, then moved into free mints and how they are influencing the current market. Will they be the standard or a trend of the past? We then moved to NFT NYC and talked about different events that are happening with the people that are hosting them and curating them. The NFT top 10 has been dominated by goblins and less than favorable pop up derivatives. This along with quality projects taking a dive has led to a lack of fun for some. We go into thi...
Jun 08, 2022•1 hr 24 min
Today's show was joined by Niels Juul, executive producer of The Irishman film, and KinoDao joined us to talk about their upcoming project and the landscape of Film NFTs in general. Great information shared from professionals in both the film and web3 industries. Dippies NFT also joined us to discuss their Dippie van drop and how they are integrating nfts from certain other collections into the van via 'garage'. Three Dippies were given out live during the show! GM KinoDAO: https://twitter.com/K...
Jun 07, 2022•1 hr 56 min
Today we went over the wild degen minting that happened over the weekend vs the low volumes reflected in established and blue chip collections. Goblin derivatives and literal poop dominated the charts. Discord and it's seemingly never ending discord hacks brought up safety talks from some top mods. There was also talks of what kind of platform could potentially replace Discord. Upcoming Apefest during NFT NYC is being gated by tokenproofxyz. They offer a solution that doesn't require participant...
Jun 06, 2022•1 hr 40 min
The Focus of the show was photography today. We were joined by John Knopf, Eric Rubens and Pastel Papi to discuss where photography is in web3 and what the environment looks like for new photographers entering the space. Collective Strangers was also discussed, looking to make it easier for photographers in the space to find success. Anybody interested in photography and NFTs should listen to this episode. Webaverse also came on the stage to talk about their open source metaverse, sharing use ca...
Jun 03, 2022•1 hr 37 min
Today we opened up the show with macro talks and moved into NFT NYC, set to be the biggest event in the space on June 20-23. Rug Radio will be there at the SuperChief gallery hosting a gallery and live discussions. Former Opensea employee Nate Chastain was charged with federal crimes yesterday. Four different lawyers joined us on stage today to discuss this case, the implications and what the future of regulation looks like in web3. A must listen for anyone curious about how the law translates i...
Jun 02, 2022•1 hr 23 min
