Crypto Girls

If you've ever wondered what it means to be an artist in the crypto world, this episode is for you.

Our guest this week is Manny404, an artist, engineer, and NFT expert. By day, he works at Dapper Labs, one of the top companies in the NFT and digital collectibles space. On the side, he works on projects with the art collective he co-founded, art404, and spends time perfecting his own NFT/gaming project, manny's game. We asked Manny what he thinks about the label "NFT artist," what engineers bring to the art world table, and the overlap between the crypto and gaming worlds.

Also in this episode: What does it mean to mint an NFT? And Dylan gets trolled on Twitter.

Follow Manny on Twitter, and be sure to check out art404 and manny's game!

Vocab words include: Minting, Dapper Labs, art404, manny's game, crypto/web3 gaming, Solidity, flow blockchain 

We sat down with art collector and gallerist Adam Lindemann on the heels of his conversation with Beeple and Peter Saul at Art Basel to talk about what he thinks is really going on with NFTs. Spoiler alert: He's not totally sure!

Adam is the founder of Venus Over Manhattan gallery. He's also a major collector himself, and his personal collection includes works by Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat, both of whom he knew personally. As a veteran of the gallery scene, we wanted to get his take on the NFTs, and what all this means for "the traditional art world."

Check out his talk with Beeple and artist Peter Saul here. 

Also in this episode: Has NFT artist Pak dethroned Jeff Koons as the most expensive living artist? 

Vocab words include: Beeple, Pak, OpenSea, Chromie Squiggles, Art Blocks 

Meet the team building the Netflix of the crypto world.

We sat down with Alice Ma and Devin Lewtan, the founders of Mad Realities, a community-governed reality TV DAO. As we tried to understand what it actually means to build a "decentralized media network," we asked them about things like the difference between crypto and web3, the governance structure of DAOs, and how to trust people you meet in Discord.

Be sure to follow @madrealities, @devinlewtan, and @alicemama15 on Twitter to keep up with the project. And join their Discord here.

Also in this episode: Dylan's new NFT project with artist Jenny Reinhardt! Join the Discord here. 

Vocab words include: Web3, DAO, Discord, smart contracts

If you don't really give a shit about how the blockchain works but want to invest in crypto, this episode is for you. 

We sat down with Zach Michaels, who works in "TradFi" (traditional finance) by day but dabbles in "DeFi" (decentralized finance, aka, the crypto world) on the side. He walks us through how he got started investing in NFTs on OpenSea, the Bored Ape Yacht Club craze, and what it means to be part of a DAO. 

Also in this episode: 

• How to get started on Coinbase
• The difference between a wallet and an exchange
• Shitcoins and how Katie accidentally made a good investment

Vocab words include: Bored Ape, OpenSea, Rarible, SuperRare, DAO, MetaMask, shitcoin, paper hands

Start here if you're new to crypto. 

Join us as we sit down with Max Gross, who went from Boeing engineer to full-time crypto explorer (aka, he knows his shit). We ask him to explain where crypto came from, how it's made, how it's moved around, and what makes it valuable. 

Vocab words include: the blockchain, Bitcoin vs. Ethereum, mining, Satoshi Nakamoto, and decentralization. 

It's us, the Crypto Girls. Join us as we try to figure out what's actually going on in the wild world of web3.  In this intro episode, we discuss why we're here and what we'll be covering in future episodes.