Mint Season 3 episode 18 welcomes Marek Olszewski, a partner of cLabs, one of the companies working on Celo, which is a mobile-first permissionless platform that makes financial tools accessible to anyone with a mobile phone. In this episode we discuss: 0:00 - Intro 3:22 - Why Crypto? 5:31 - Thinking About Mobile Experience 19:00 - What’s Stifling Mobile Adoption? 23:52- Scalability 26:42 - Celo in the Creator Economy 33:21- The Next 6-24 Months 36:33 - Outro ...and so much more. I hope you enjo...
Dec 09, 2021•52 min•Season 3Ep. 18
Mint Season 3 episode 17 welcomes the founder of fractional.art, Andy Chorlian. From working at MakerDAO to becoming a top collector at NBA Top Shot, and now founding an innovative NFT protocol - Andy is a leading voice worth learning from. In this episode we discuss: 0:00 - Intro 2:06 - Growing Up 5:44 - Video Games & Crypto 8:50 - The Beginnings of Fractional 20:41- Artists' Reaction to Fractionalization 25:49 - Exciting Developments in NFTs 28:56- Fractional in a Multi-Chain Future? 30:44...
Dec 07, 2021•-1 sec•Season 3Ep. 17
Mint Season 3 episode 16 welcomes the founder and Brett Shear aka BlockchainBrett. He’s an avid NFT collector and web3 music proponent who’s leading blockchain investments at Palm Tree Crew. In this episode we discuss: 0:00 - Intro 3:51- Working at Consensys 12:56 - Music NFTs at Scale 19:04 - Working with Artists 26:23 - The Future of Record Labels 39:41 - The Value of Being Early 45:30- Market Dynamics 49:03 - Outro ...and so much more. I hope you enjoy our conversation. Learn more by visiting...
Dec 02, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Season 3Ep. 16
Mint Season 3 episode 15 welcomes the founder and CEO of POAP, Patricio Worthalter. I genuinely consider him one of the top 5 best founders in crypto - he’s such a visionary, hardworking individual, inspiring many to be the best version of themselves. POAP is a cornerstone crypto consumer protocol. In this episode we discuss: His early days as an aspiring tech entrepreneur His journey into crypto Why growing up in Argentina was pivotal for his understanding of crypto The story of POAP How creato...
Nov 30, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Season 3Ep. 15
Mint Season 3 episode 14 welcomes the futuristic tech-digital artist FVCKRENDER, who is a self-taught creative working out of Vancouver. With a defining affinity for sharp architectural geometry, beaming future landscapes, and brilliant crystalline arrangements, his renders pay a dark homage to what may eventually reflect our very existence. His clients include Supreme, Softest Hard, Columbia Records, Lil Nas X, Epic Records, Harpers Bazaar China, TOKiMONSTA, New Retrowave Records, High Snobiety...
Nov 26, 2021•57 min•Season 13Ep. 14
Mint Season 3 episode 13 welcomes the founder and CEO of YellowHeart, Josh Katz, who’s building NFT live event ticketing and collectibles platform for artists, teams and their authentic fans. In this episode we discuss: 0:00 - Introductions 4:11- The “AHA” Moment 7:50 - The Birth of Yellow Heart 8:43 - The Maroon 5 DAO 15:11- Thinking About Governance 19:57 - Bringing Web 2.0 into Web 3.0 23:13 - Creating NFTs with Utility 26:55 - Connecting with Normies 31:55 - Minting NFTs Live & at Scale ...
Nov 23, 2021•59 min•Season 3Ep. 13
Mint Season 3 episode 12 welcomes the founding members of Agora DAO, Reka and RAZ. Their vision is to supercharge Web3 adoption by creating gasless, multichain and platform-agnostic solutions, without sacrificing decentralization or privacy. In this episode we discuss: - 0:00 - Introductions - 2:13 - The Origins of Agora - 5:47 - Digging Into DAOs - 8:04 - DAO Tooling - 11:25 - Biggest Pain Points in DAOs - 15:09 - The DAO Stack - 18:23 - Increasing DAO Adoption - 22:55 - What's Next for Agora? ...
Nov 18, 2021•31 min•Season 3Ep. 12
Mint Season 3 episode 11 welcomes Our Zora’s Community Lead and Singer, Songwriter and Producer, LATASHÁ. She’s an NFT thought leader and a FORCE in crypto, having sold tens of thousands worth of music NFTs. In this episode we discuss: 0:00 - Introduction 2:52 - Opening up for Kanye West 7:56 - Valuing Independence 9:59 - Defining NFTs as an Artist 13:16 - Diving into the Depths of Web 3.0 17:29 - Being an Early Adopter on Zora 19:09 - Working with Zora 22:36 - NFT NYC - The Performance 25:22 - ...
Nov 16, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 3Ep. 11
Mint Season 3 episode 10 welcomes the founders of the media outlet nftnow. I sat with Matt Medved, Alejandro Navia, and Sam Hysell to discuss: 0:00 - Introductions 8:17 - The Vision behind nftnow 11:09 - Forming the Trio 14:52 - Finding Inspiration in Starting nftnow 17:16 - Thinking about Community 25:01 - Web 2.0 vs. Web 3.0 in Media 31:34 - The Future of nftnow 36:15 - What Comes After Art? 43:44 - Psychedelics as a Path to Empathy 48:06 - What Will Eat Web 3.0? 54:11 - Outro ...and so much m...
Nov 09, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Season 3Ep. 10
Mint Season 3 episode 9 welcomes crypto’s power couple, James Young and Anjali Young. They founded Abridged, a no-code technology stack to build and manage decentralized projects. You may know them for the infamous discord bot called Collab Land. In this episode we talk about: 0:00 - Intro 3:23 - The Dynamic Duo - 26 Years 9:06 - Leading a Crypto Community 19:22 - Being Grounded in Community First 26:03 - The Importance of Decentralized Identity 32:33 - Macro & Micro Trends in Communities 38...
Nov 02, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Season 3Ep. 9
Mint Season 3 episode 8 welcomes Santiago R. Santos, Owner of Punk #9159 🤖. In this episode we talk about: 0:00 - Intro 2:38 - Growing up in Mexico 6:05 - Life After ParaFi 10:30 - Getting Hooked on Crypto 17:22 - Defining an Investment Thesis 25:01 - The Future of Social Tokens 30:37 - The Creator Economy 36:33 - The Intersection of DeFi and NFTs 42:08 - Lifelong Learning 49:44 - What Eats Web 3.0? 56:26 - Outro ...and so much more. I hope you enjoy our conversation. Learn more by visiting: ht...
Oct 28, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Season 3Ep. 8
Mint Season 3 episode 7 welcomes Alex Zhang, a Co-Founder of Friends with Benefits and the aspiring Jane Jacobs of DAOs. This was probably the most important conversation I’ve had on Mint so far. He brings so much insight and is really well versed with all things DAOs, aka decentralized autonomous organizations. In this episode we talk about: 0:00 - Intro 4:10 - Growing up a Son to Immigrants 7:34 - Becoming the Jane Jacobs of DAOs 20:55 - Understanding Dynamism in a Digital City 24:02 - The Dif...
Oct 26, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Mint Season 3 welcomes Joyce Yang, the founder of Global Coin Research, a subscription-based media platform that provides insights and analysis into the Cryptocurrency and Blockchain space, with a focus on Asia. She is also a contributor at TechCrunch covering Cryptocurrency and Blockchain. In this episode we talk about: 0:00 - Intro 3:56 - Growing up in China & Going Global 9:57 - Launching Global Coin Research 12:05 - Investing as a Community 19:11 - Encouraging Participation 23:22 - Token...
Oct 21, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Mint Season 3 episode 5 welcomes music producer and artist Daniel Allan. In this episode we talk about: 0:00 - Intro 2:55 - Getting Started in Web 3.0 7:16 - The Future of Artist Management 12:37 - Overstimulated EP 19:55 - Selling out in 12 Hours 24:30 - Getting the Fans Involved 25:51 - Launching on Party Bid 34:09 - Outro ...and so much more. I hope you enjoy our conversation. Learn more by visiting: https://adamlevy.io/mint --------------------------------------------------------------------...
Oct 19, 2021•44 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Mint Season 3 episode 4 welcomes Tally’s Founder and CEO Dennison Bertram. Tally is a platform that builds governance infrastructure for decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs). In this episode we talk about: 0:00 - Intro 2:24 - Magic Internet Money, Organization, & Society 9:15 - Creator DAOs and The Value in Decentralized Governance 20:08 - Making DAOs Mainstream 28:20 - National Elections, Radical Transparency & its Pitfalls 35:10 - What are you Excited About in Crypto? 40:03 - ...
Oct 14, 2021•1 hr•Season 3Ep. 4
Mint Season 3 episode 3 welcomes OpenSea’s CEO and Co-Founder, Devin Finzer. In this episode we talk about: - 0:00 - Intro - 1:07 - Starting Up - 2:35 - NFTs in 2021 - 3:31 - The Explosion at OpenSea - 9:57 - The Future of Web 3.0 - 13:44 - Governance Tokens and the Gatekeepers - 16:48 - Valuing Community - 18:42- Eating Web 2.0 - The World On Chain - 20:37 - Advice to Newcomers - 21:21 - Outro ...and so much more. I hope you enjoy our conversation. Learn more by visiting: https://adamlevy.io/mi...
Oct 12, 2021•29 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Mint Season 3 episode 2 welcomes the iconic generative algorithmic artist Tyler Hobbs, who’s most recently known for his work Fidenza. In this episode we talk about: 0:00 - Intro 0:19 - Getting started in crypto 3:15 - Thinking like a creative in tech 8:42 - His first mint 10:28 - Art Blocks 14:49 - The Crypto Renaissance 16:03 - The birth of Fidenza 23:24 - Getting technical 31:39 - NFTs in the creator economy 35:45 - Fidenza in the future 39:47 - Painting the impact 44:37 - Outro ...and so muc...
Oct 07, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Mint Season 3 episode 1 welcomes the President of Vayner NFT Avery Akkineni. She leads the company's mission to build long-term strategic NFT projects for the world's leading intellectual property owners serving brands, celebrities, athletes and associations looking to incentivize and reward brand advocacy and customer loyalty . In this episode we talk about: 0:00 - Intro 1:39 - From Google to VaynerMedia 4:18 - VaynerNFTs 8:37 - The Vayner Group 11:57 - Defining Web 3.0 13:08 -NFTs and Intellec...
Oct 05, 2021•49 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Mint Season 2 episode 14 welcomes Jeff Marsilio and Jordan Lyall of Nifty's, who are building the ultimate destination for creators, collectors, and curators. In this episode, we talk about: Web2 social media vs. Web3 Onchain curation Building social products in web3 Art collabs via Common Canvas Introducing Damien Hirst and SpaceJam to NFTs What will eat web3? ...and so much more. I hope you enjoy our conversation. Learn more by visiting: https://adamlevy.io/mint -------------------------------...
Sep 28, 2021•49 min•Season 2Ep. 14
Mint Season 2 episode 13 welcomes Rafa, a community builder, Web3 operations contributor, and an active supporter of local artisans in Puerto Rico. Currently, he’s most active in web3 communities like ForeFront and creator cabins. In this episode, we talk about: The biggest recaps from MetaCartel’s MCON How can DAOs nurture a space for experimentation How to narrow the gap between passive and active contributors? What DAO-related problems would he like to see tools or platforms solve? His idea a...
Sep 23, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 13
Mint Season 2 episode 12 welcomes Founder & Builder of Shenanigan, Victor Ginelli. Shenanigan or SHE for short, is a social token issuance platform for athletes. In this episode, we talk about: 2:30 - Getting Into Crypto 6:02 - Building a Career Beyond Sports 10:26 - Shenanigan DAO 12:07 - Working for an Algorithm 16:42 - Earning Through Participation 20:15 - Social Tokenomics 26:16 - Post-Mortem Social Tokens - Retroactive Earning 32:17 - Integrating Token Models 35:40 - Outro - Closing Out...
Sep 21, 2021•49 min•Season 2Ep. 12
Mint Season 2 episode 11 welcomes pet3rpan, a DAO and NFT thought-leader whose work is widely known across the early-stage token investment firm 1kx. He’s also a Community organizer and summoner at MetaCartel, as well as the Co-founder & blood mage at MetaCartel Ventures. In this episode, we talk about: 1kx’s investment thesis Understanding the role of leadership in DAOs How to eliminate or prevent bad actors Strategies for growing decentralized communities His POV on JPEG Summer His NFT inv...
Sep 16, 2021•49 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Mint Season 2 episode 10 welcomes Erikan Obotetukudo, Founding and Managing Partner at Audacity Fund, who’s investing in Black and African-led crypto startups targeting trillion dollar markets worldwide. I wanted to bring her on because she’s extremely vocal of how NFTs will change Africa forever - a new perspective that sparked my attention. I genuinely had so much recording this episode as Erikan’s high energy and incredible spirit made sharing her story enjoyable. In this episode, we talk abo...
Sep 14, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Mint Season 2 episode 9 welcomes Andy Artz who's on a mission to advance humanity by solving the world’s hardest problems by investing capital across early-stage startups at Social Capital. He’s also a major proponent of the decentralized social media platform BitClout following his own creator coin $ARTZ. In this episode, we talk about: Understanding BitClout Weighing the risks of creator coins Curation on the blockchain Launching $ARTZ coin Trading social capital What will eat Web 3? ...and so...
Sep 09, 2021•45 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Mint Season 2 episode 8 welcomes Maria Shen who’s a partner at Electric Capital. Prior to Electric, Maria was CTO and co-founder of a startup that helped SMBs easily create their supply chains with manufacturers around the world. Prior to that, she worked on search technology at Microsoft, with her features shipped to more than 1 billion devices. In this episode, we talk about: Her NFT collection strategy undercollateralized social lending in NFT communities Favorite NFT use cases The intersecti...
Sep 07, 2021•59 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Mint Season 2 episode 7 welcomes Jonathan Dunlap, Founder and CEO at MintGate. He and his team are building tools for creators to experiment with token-gated content via NFT access passes and generative secret links for events, videos, music, websites, and blogs, to name a few. I’m a big believer in the power of token-gated content and how it will upgrade your communities - so this session is a special listen. In this episode, we talk about: Why should creators care about token-gated content? Ex...
Sep 02, 2021•48 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Mint Season 2 episode 6 welcomes Reuben Bramanathan, an expert on all things crypto law, product management, fund management, and more. Having worked at Coinbase from 2015 to 2017, Reuben has seen the industry evolve at a rate in which many don’t have purview. Now, he’s helping build IDEO CoLab for collaborative impact where he and his team connect organizations to shape technology's impact on the world. In this episode, we talk about JPEG summer, securities laws regarding fractional NFTs, what ...
Aug 31, 2021•43 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Mint Season 2 episode 5 welcomes Jess Sloss, the instigator at Seed Club, an incubator for the crypto space helping creators and communities launch and grow successful social tokens. In this episode, we talk about finding and aligning your community with a universal purpose, the ownership economy, frameworks used to derive liquidity for early-stage social token projects, DAO management roles, the importance behind on-chain revenue, the rise of a human stock market, and so much more. I hope you e...
Aug 26, 2021•1 hr 24 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Mint Season 2 episode 4 welcomes CEO and Co-founder of Socialstack Andrew Berkowitz. He’s building a protocol to power mission-driven social token economies on the blockchain that is driven by gratitude and abundance. In this episode, we talk about what determines the success of social communities, debunking social token myths, how to derive initial liquidity, Andrew shares predictions for where the space will be in 5 to 10 years, Socialstack's vision and so much more. I hope you enjoy our conve...
Aug 24, 2021•59 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Mint Season 2 episode 3 welcomes Jeff Kauffman Jr, who’s building Parachute, a social token-driven consultancy firm focused on web3 solutions for brands and agencies. Jeff has made it his responsibility to provide entry-level social token exposure to many mainstream marketing and advertising executives via the community’s currency, $JUMP. In this episode, we talk about the vision behind Parachute and $JUMP, how social tokens will change advertising forever, why he’s building an advertising and m...
Aug 19, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Season 2Ep. 3
