Context: Views on Crypto and Culture

Blake talks with one of the NFT GOATs: gmoney. They speak about how he built his influence in the space, his time as an equities trader, how he applied that skillset to trading NFTs, and his thesis for continued growth and importance of NFT technology in the long term.

They also cover his super innovative web3 luxury fashion brand, 9dcc and how he's utilized POAPs to build community and forge high value connections in a web3 native way. Via his clothing label, he has finally answered the question of how to signal that you're a crypto-native without wearing the free merch you got at a Solana conference.

The convo spans from Bitcoin Ordinals to memetic desire to Margiela fashion shows to investing early in cryptopunks and squiggles.

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Links:

gmoney on Twitter

Admit One

9dcc

Blake speaks with Dev Moore, the co-creative director of Felt Zine, literally one of the coolest publications on the internet. They talk about net art, new media, hip hop as its own social network, and how to work with the internet as a medium of artist production.

They touch on a lot of fashion related topics including Felt Zine's recent collaboration with Givenchy, the possibilities of web 3 fashion going forward, Bape Stas (IYKYK!) and the Hermes Birkin NFT verdict.

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Links:

Felt Zine Instagram

Felt Zine Twitter

Dev's Twitter

Givenchy x B.Stroy x Felt Zine NFTs

Nike x Bape case

Blake speaks to Joe and Dom, co-founders of one of the most most successful NFT projects of all time: Creepz/Overlord. They have an rich convo about how to build a successful web3 brand, the unique characteristics of web3 IP and the development of web3 specific business models.

The conversation covers media, fashion and gaming and how an NFT-based brand has unique positioning within all of these verticals.

Joe and Dom speak thoughtfully about how a community is the real product within an NFT ecosystem, and what that means in terms of managing communication and product development.

And it is essential to mention that the Creepz/Overlord community is truly top tier…Justin Bieber, Jaden Smith are Brooklyn Beckham are all fans. Need we say more?!

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Creepz Genesis Opensea

Dom's Twitter

Joe's Twitter

Jon Lai from Andreessen Horowitz tweet

Brooklyn Beckham Vogue Interview

Blake and the brilliant Tasha Kim connect on a wide variety of topics, including crypto-market fit, how Gen Z's online behavior impacts crypto products, and what interoperability for crypto companies really means today. Tasha so eloquently walks us through the term "subcultural capital" and why this is so relevant within crypto networks. They continue by digging into the gamification of digital fashion and some of the astonishing user numbers around Minecraft and Roblox. Finishing off, they highlight Ripcache, an up and coming crypto artist you should know about, and the difference between on-chain and off-chain art production.

Not to be left out - an essential convo about Harry Styles fan fiction.

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Treeverse

Ripcache

Ripcache, Smile

Barbara Kruger

One of the world's most foremost art critics, Jerry Saltz joins Blake on the show to talk about crypto art as a medium, its' relationship to money, and why it's really no different to more traditional art forms like painting or sculpture. He also outlines how social media has been used to invert the art world's gatekeeping.

Prepare to be inspired as he lays out why it is so important to make and engage with art, and why these are both such personally profound and formative experiences demanding radically vulnerability.

Jerry's big takeaway? Don't be afraid to make bad art…be afraid if you're not making any at all.

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Links:

Jerry Saltz Twitter

Jerry Saltz Instagram

Jerry Saltz book Art is Life

In the inaugural episode, Blake dives into what's happening in crypto and culture with guest Carly Reilly, host of Overpriced JPEGs. They get into the current renewed NFT volume and market activity, chat about how brands can best implement "phygital" product offerings, and why it is important to consider the consumer spending power of kids and teenagers, particularly when it comes to web3 user acquisition.

They also look into the latest news around the Bored Apes Yacht Club and take an art history detour to Minimalism, and how the understanding of that movement shows just how good the Art Blocks' Friendship Bracelets really are.

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Links:

• Fanatics news
• Carly's Starbucks rewards podcast episode
• Blockworks article on digital goods
• Trial of Jimmy the Monkey
• Game of Thrones NFT
• Art Blocks Friendship Bracelet #36
• Overpriced Gin

Context: Views on Crypto & Culture is hosted by Blake Finucane, an art historian and venture capitalist, who published the world's first academic thesis on crypto art in 2018. This podcast unpacks how crypto impacts culture and vice versa. Expect a long-form, informative, interview-driven pod with industry leaders.

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