Colby Mugrabi, Founder of MMerch, and Seedphrase, Collector and Entrepreneur, join Eli Scheinman to discuss the future of generative fashion in Web3. Topics include Seedphrase’s collecting thesis around AI art, integrating digital art and NFTs into real-world fashion, and a look inside our guests’ Vaults. Hosts and Guests Host: Eli Scheinman, Director of Art Guest 1: Colby Mugrabi, Founder of MMerch - x.com/MinnieMuse_eth Guest 2: Seedphrase, Collector, Entrepreneur - x.com/seedphrase Thumbnail ...
Sep 26, 2024•37 min
Abigail Miller, Tech + Art Lead at Avant Arte joins Eli Scheinman and guest host akaStevey to discuss how physical art is playing a role in onboarding the next generation of art collectors. Topics include: ➔ Social strategy and collector engagement ➔ Bridging physical and digital collecting communities ➔ A look inside our guests’ Vaults 🎨 Thumbnail Art: Iskra Velitchkova - “Eyelessness” 🖌️ Artists Mentioned: • Iskra Velitchkova • Anne Riddler • Mat Deslauries • Snowfro • Etholvants • ACK • Wil...
Sep 12, 2024•34 min
Ben Roy, co-founder of Accelerate Art, and R4v3n, artist/engineer, are joined by Eli Scheinman to discuss how narratives can often shape sentiment and culture. Topics include: consumer crypto trends in digital art, revisiting Ben’s “Fat Cryptopunks Thesis” in 2024, and, as always, a look inside our guests’ Vaults. Thumbnail Art: ➤ "a distance overlooked" by 0xdiid Artists Mentioned: ➤ Kim Asendorf ➤ 0xdiid ➤ Jimmy Herdberg ➤ Andrew Semark ➤ Lucas Rey ➤ Larva Labs ➤ Dmitri YouTube Times...
Sep 05, 2024•32 min
Erick Calderon (Snowfro), Founder of Art Blocks, and Alejandro Cartagena, Founder of Fellowship, join Eli Scheinman to discuss their experiences over the last 4 years as founders and pioneers of digital art platforms. ⏰ YouTube Timestamps: 00:00 ▶️ Intro 03:35 ▶️ Recently Collected 11:00 ▶️ Highs and Lows 18:47 ▶️ Balancing Supply and Demand 27:25 ▶️ What's in Your Vault Topics include: Building an art platform without a blueprint Balancing market dynamics while supporting artists A peek ins...
Aug 22, 2024•36 min
Eli Scheinmann, Director of Art at PROOF/Yuga Labs, is joined by Sofia Garcia, founder of ArtxCode, and Blondie, founder of White Walls, to discuss the business of supporting artists. Topics include: How their teams are addressing artist pain points Digital art in physical spaces How to onboard a new generation of artists and collectors 🎨 Thumbnail Art: “Adam’s Rib” by Yatreda 👩🎨 Artists Mentioned: Yatreda Kevin Esherick Sam Spratt Mario Klingemann Helena Sarin ⏰ Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 06...
Aug 15, 2024•41 min
Jack Butcher and Jalil Wahdatehagh on Building a Digital Art Museum with Consensus and Curation Jack Butcher and Jalil Wahdatehagh from Visualize Value, Opepen, and Checks join Eli this week to discuss using consensus and curation to build a new kind of digital art museum. Topics include: Opepen dynamics and its growing network of collaborators Building using first principles The story behind Jack’s Grails IV piece “Epiphany” The artists and movements that have inspired their work Thumbnail art:...
Aug 08, 2024•40 min
Raoul Paul (CEO of Real Vision) and OSF (artist/collector) join Eli to discuss how macroeconomics play a role in investing in crypto and digital art. Topics include: An overview of the “Banana Zone” theory The difference between ETH and BTC ETFs Collecting art history vs culture Artist Mentioned XCOPY Beeple OSF Diewiththemostlikes Timestamps 00:00 Intro 01:58 Recently Collected 04:39 Banana Zone Explained 11:15 ETH ETFs 16:09 "Be Picky" 22:28 What’s in Your Vault? 28:54 Outro Vaulted ...
Jul 25, 2024•30 min
First-ever PROOF Podcast guest DCInvestor returns with Matt Zhang (Founder, Hivemind Capital) to discuss future-proofing your digital art portfolio. Topics include collecting styles, time horizons, and strategies for collecting digital art that will remain relevant for years, even decades, to come. Thumbnail Art: Winds of Yawanawa by Refik Anadol Artists Mentioned: Tyler Hobbs Refik Anadol Larva Labs Chris Burden Emily Xie Dmitri Cherniak YouTube Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 02:36 - Recently Collec...
Jul 18, 2024•41 min
Sam (Market Analyst/CCO, Memeland) and CJ (Generative Artist and Engineer) join Eli Scheinman (Director of Art, PROOF/Yuga Labs) to discuss their experiences as creators on L2s, network effects, and favorite pieces of digital art in their vault. Thumbnail Art: Midnight Breeze by Dutchtide https://www.midnightbreeze.io/ Follow Sam: https://x.com/punk9059 Follow CJ: https://x.com/r4v3n_art Follow Eli: https://x.com/eli_schein Follow PROOF: https://x.com/proof_xyz 00:00 Intro 01:43 Recently collect...
Jul 11, 2024•29 min
Amanda akaStevey (Community/Art, PROOF/Yuga Labs) makes her triumphant return to the show, joining KOL 787 (Collector/Artist) to chat with Eli Scheinman (PROOF/Yuga Labs’ Director of Art) about all things digital art. Thumbnail Art: Hexagons by Nix https://hexagons.art/ Follow Amanda: https://x.com/akasteveyyy Follow 787: https://x.com/FKA787 Follow Eli: https://x.com/eli_schein Follow PROOF: https://x.com/proof_xyz 00:00 Intro 01:52 Recently Collected -Amanda: Hexagons by Nix - https://hexagons...
Jul 11, 2024•32 min
Collector/Investor Derek Edwards and Artist/ALLSHIPS founder Dave Krugman join PROOF/Yuga Labs’ Director of Art, Eli Scheinman. They discuss why IRL is important to the space right now and how their own cryptoart theses have evolved. “What’s in your vault?” explores the vaults of our guests, diving into meaningful pieces and the stories behind them. Thumbnail Art: Dave Krugman’s ”Warmth in a Cold Wind.” https://nft.christies.com/nft/warmth-in-a-cold-wind Follow Derek: https://x.com/derekedws Fol...
Jul 11, 2024•30 min
It’s “genesis podcast vibes” for Vaulted by PROOF, a podcast about collecting and creating digital art. This week, artist Bryan Brinkman and art market analyzooor Roger Dickerman join PROOF/Yuga Labs’ Director of Art, Eli Scheinman. They discuss art they recently collected, and if the movement from digital art from L1s to L2s will persist. Bryan touches on what artists need right now to thrive in web3, and RD gives a mini market overview of current trends and sales. “What’s in your vault?” explo...
Jul 11, 2024•29 min
Kevin (CEO, PROOF) is joined by Derek (Collab+Currency), Amanda (PROOF Culture and Community), Sam (NFTStats; PROOF Director of Research), and Eli (PROOF Head of Art) for the show this week. The crew talks about the upcoming Cozomo event at The Foundry before diving into Blur’s BLAST– what is it and why are so many people putting their ETH into it? Then they discuss the comeback of Solana NFTs and opportunities for generative art on SOL. A behind-the-scenes video for artist Summer Wagner is roll...
Dec 01, 2023•51 min
Kevin (CEO, PROOF) is reunited with Derek (Collab+Currency) this week. They’re joined by Amanda (PROOF Culture and Community), Sam (NFTStats; PROOF Director of Research), and Eli (PROOF Head of Art) for the show. Eli gives details of the ZENTRUM Exhibition at the Foundry and the exciting Helena Sarin drop. NFTstats/Sam gives an overview of the market this week, and the crew starts chatting about Disney x Dapper’s partnership for digital pins. They also talk about the Liquid Delegate marketplace,...
Nov 17, 2023•51 min
Kevin (CEO, PROOF) is joined by Amanda (PROOF Culture and Community), Justin (Co-Founder, PROOF), and special guest collector Tony Herrera for this week’s 100 PROOF Live. Kevin and Justin quickly recap their recent time in Japan before the crew dives into "the pump." Are we back -- or not quite yet? Tony also gives a little background of how he got into digital art and crypto. The latest Art Blocks Curated drop from mount vitruvius has gone wild this week, and it spurs a discussion abo...
Nov 12, 2023•1 hr 1 min
Kevin (CEO, PROOF) is joined by Amanda (PROOF Culture and Community) and Sam (NFTStats; PROOF Director of Research) for this week’s 100 PROOF Live. After Sam’s market overview, the trio discuss how a crypto rally is affecting NFTs before discussing Snowfro’s colorful Velocity Series project, ///. Sam then talks with artist ThankYouX about his exciting new solo exhibition, inertia, kicking off at Sotheby’s LA on November 28. The two discuss his background as an artist, how he is inspired by Korea...
Oct 28, 2023•56 min
PROOF CEO Kevin Rose is back with Derek, Amanda, Eli and Sam, to discuss some of the latest art drops and the rising popularity of physicals. They look into XCOPY and his latest piece “Algo Bro” , as well as art from Matt Kane and Wiliam Mapan. The crew wraps it up with a discussion on the impact of royalties and prints in the digital space before turning it over to this weeks special guests. Luke Shannon and Jesse Woolston from “Notes from a Neutron Star,” come on to give us an inside look at t...
Oct 24, 2023•1 hr 1 min
Kevin (CEO, PROOF) is joined by Derek (Collab+Currency), Sam (PROOF Director of Research), and Amanda (PROOF Culture and Community) for an amazing show. Sam dives into an NFT market overview for the week before the crew discusses Pace's collaboration with Peter Saville on the CP1919 project, Blur Season 2 Ending, Refik Anadol enters MoMA’s permanent collection, and Blackdot.tattoo: generative art tattoos. --------- EPISODE CHAPTERS --------- 0:00:00 Intro 0:00:05 - NFTs and Collaboration Wit...
Oct 18, 2023•1 hr 8 min
Kevin (CEO, PROOF) is joined by Derek (Collab+Currency), Sam (PROOF Director of Research), and Amanda (PROOF Culture and Community) for an amazing show. Sam dives into an NFT market overview for the week before the crew discusses Matt Kane & SuperRare, MoMA NFT postcards, and how digital art is thriving in the Las Vegas Sphere. A special interview between Eli (PROOF Head of Art) and Chris Ostoich (Transient Labs COO) is shared, where they walk through the Outliers Exhibition at the Foundry. ...
Oct 06, 2023•1 hr 6 min
Kevin (CEO, PROOF) is joined by Derek (Collab+Currency) for a special live audience show, featuring tokenized fashion and PROOF’s Diamond Exhibition. The crew first welcomes Justin Mezzell (Cofounder, PROOF) and Terrell Jones (Diamond Exhibition Artist) to talk about Diamond Exhibition, Outliers, and what’s next for Terrell. Then they chat with Gala (Tribute Brand) about the popular ODDS “Squiggle Sweater” project, and how she envisions the future of digital fashion. The hosts are also joined by...
Sep 30, 2023•55 min
Kevin (CEO, PROOF) is joined by Derek (Collab+Currency), Amanda (PROOF Culture & Community), and Eli (PROOF Head of Art), live from Glitch Gallery in Marfa, TX during Art Blocks Weekend 2023. The crew welcomes several special guests, including Nifty Fifty (SquiggleDAO), Snowfro (Art Blocks), Madison & Malte (Glitch Gallery), and diewiththemostlikes (Grails IV artist). Nifty Fifty | https://twitter.com/NiftyFiftyETH Snowfro | https://twitter.com/ArtOnBlockchain Madison | https://twitter.c...
Sep 22, 2023•1 hr 11 min
Kevin (CEO, PROOF) is joined by Derek (Collab+Currency), Amanda (PROOF Culture & Community), Sam (PROOF Director of Research). The crew debates about Friend Tech before discussing the latest art drops from diewiththemostlikes and William Mapan. Then they get into the Nouns DAO fork and SEC vs. Stoner Cats, with a little detour of Amanda getting lost in Monaverse. They’re later joined by special guest artist Lars Wander. They dive into his prior works, his Meme Machine Discord bots, and what’...
Sep 15, 2023•1 hr 14 min
0:00:00 Intro and Host Chat 0:05:01 Refik Anadol - Machine Hallucinations: Sphere - https://twitter.com/refikanadol/status/1697281838124089380?s=20 0:09:52 DEAFBEEF’s Hashmarks - https://hashmarks.deafbeef.com/ 0:17:02 Christie’s x Keith Haring - https://www.christies.com/features/keith-haring-digital-drawings-12857-3.aspx 0:21:18 Ben Snell Sculptures - https://twitter.com/snellicious_/status/1692907358450602293?s=20 0:25:21 Torrent by Jeres - https://www.artblocks.io/collections/curated/project...
Sep 08, 2023•1 hr 3 min
Kevin (CEO, PROOF) is joined by Derek (Collab+Currency), Amanda (PROOF Culture & Community), Sam (PROOF Director of Research), and special guest Jordan Lyall (CEO, Prohibition.art) for a special live audience show. They discuss the state of NFT royalties and what it will take to move the space forward. The crew is joined by Erick “Snowfro” Calderon (CEO, Art Blocks Inc.) to discuss Jordan & his latest generative art project, heart + craft. They talk about the two met, the inspiration beh...
Aug 25, 2023•1 hr
Kevin (CEO, PROOF) is back with Derek (Collab + Currency), Amanda (PROOF Culture & Community), and Eli (PROOF Head of Art) live from the Foundry DTLA. The crew talks about OpenSea royalty changes, Friend Tech, and the fun of PROOF Grails IV. They also work together to go through the Mythic Egg hatching process for a community giveaway (PREMINT link for Mythics Raffle: https://www.premint.xyz/win-a-mythic-on-100-proof/ ). Eli (PROOF Head of Art) finishes up the show with an Artist Spotlight w...
Aug 18, 2023•1 hr 20 min
Note: This episode was originally recorded on August 4, 2023. Kevin (CEO, PROOF) is back with Derek (Collab + Currency), Amanda (PROOF Culture & Community), and Eli (PROOF Head of Art) live from the Foundry DTLA. They discuss Grails IV updates, Sam Spratt’s The Monument Game, the new Squiggle mints, Beeple’s new punk, Cryptodickbutts S4 and Yuga’s Wreck League. Eli (PROOF Head of Art) finishes up the show with an Artist Spotlight on Mitchell F. Chan, a digital artist who has minted works all...
Aug 11, 2023•1 hr 10 min
Kevin (CEO, PROOF) is back with Derek (Collab + Currency) and Amanda (PROOF Culture & Community) to talk about everything generative art NFTs, including Prohibition, a Snowfro thread and the million-dollar Zombie punk sale. The final episode of the Mythics Chronicles reveals the lore behind the Mythics, and the crew talks about the highlights of the recent Moonbirds Mythics launch. Eli (PROOF Head of Art) finishes up the show by welcoming special guest Michael Bouhanna from Sotheby’s, who ha...
Jul 21, 2023•1 hr 6 min
Amanda (PROOF Culture & Community) takes the host seat with this week’s exciting 100 PROOF Live. She is joined by special guest Carly Reilly (Overpriced JPEGs), Sam (PROOF Director of Research), and Dalton (PROOF Research). They talk about the latest NFT topics including Ordinals, Pudgy Penguins & Nouns, and ApeFest moving to Hong Kong. Plus, is NFT Twitter leaving for Threads? And a new episode of the Mythics Chronicles. To close out the show, Sam chats with the incredible artist, trade...
Jul 16, 2023•1 hr 8 min
Kevin (CEO @ PROOF), Amanda (Culture & Community @ PROOF), & Sam (aka NFTstats, Director of Research @ PROOF) chat about the NFT market, a little bit about Blur, the latest from the Jack Butcher ecosystem, and their 1 ETH picks. Plus, the latest episode of Mythics Chronicles. _________ Stay connected with PROOF: Follow Amanda on Twitter | http://twitter.com/akaStevey_ Follow Sam on Twitter | https://twitter.com/punk9059 Check out PROOF Daily Countdown on YouTube | https://youtube.com/pla...
Jul 08, 2023•1 hr 6 min
Kevin, Derek, Sam, and Amanda talk about the week’s exciting news, including the challenge of building in web3 and the Azuki Elementals drop. They also share insights from the Proof team offsite, and we get a sneak peek of July’s “Every 30 Days” from Glitch Marfa. A new heartfelt Mythics Chronicles takes you into the mindset of Colin, an illustrator at Proof, as he helps to make Mythics a reality. The crew are also joined by special guest Danny Yang, CEO of OnChainMonkey, to chat about NFTs, Eth...
Jun 30, 2023•1 hr 6 min
