Tonight on Rise Up After Dark, the crew is joined by Nicky Scannella (@nickyscanz), Business Development at Marinade Finance (@marinadefinance)

We kick it off with Nicky’s origin story—the early days of Solana NFTs, how Phantom barely worked back then (the whole chain barely worked)—then the guys share their stories about spending way too much money on JPEGS. Alex reminisced about Sneaky Vampire Syndicate, Evan confessed his $CAR obsession (shoutout Shl0ms), and we all had a laugh about Goblintown.

Nicky shares his journey in biz dev (from Degen Ape Academy to Marinade), explained how Marinade’s incentive model works, then gave a quick walkthrough of how easy it is to start earning yield on SOL through the platform.

We also got into:

• Smart contract risks & how to approach DeFi audits
• Worldcoin wants to scan your iris to prove you're a human (did you say thank you?)
• And in a very special Artificial Insanity segment… we asked ChatGPT to roast our selfies, and it did not hold back. At all.

And thanks to Nicky and our friends at Marinade Finance, if you want to earn top-tier yield on your SOL, you can use our affiliate link below get the best rate Marinade offers. A full tutorial video is coming later this week—but in the meantime, leave your questions in the comments (and the Discord!)

🔗 LINKS & TAGS:

• Guest: Nicky Scannella — @nickyscanz
• Marinade Finance: marinade.finance — @marinadefinance
• Stake with Marinade (support the show!): https://app.marinade.finance/?r=rise_up

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