Rising Tide

Co-hosts DKleine and Eric P. Rhodes discuss Yuga Labs recent lay-offs, the potential influence of XCOPY's success on the broader cryptoart market, the upcoming release of Sarah Zucker's Strabismus collection and regulatory pressures on the crypto industry in America.

The episode begins with a focus on the recent Bitcoin halving, the launch of the Runes protocol and its effect on the network and the broader economy. From there, the co-hosts talk about trends --both good and bad -- in memecoin and art ecosystems of other chains, like Ethereum and Tezos.

On the latest episode of Rising Tide, artists Eric P. Rhodes and DKleine discuss the SEC's attack on Uniswap, Degen tokenomic issues, and shout-outs to artists Stellabelle and Matt Kane before wrapping up with their weekly Blocked! segment.

Co-hosts DKleine and Eric P. Rhodes discuss how the labor movement might influence the future of web3 creators before recounting their recent experiences with Farcaster, Warpcast and minting with the L2 Base on Zora. DKleine shines a light on artist Tiffatronn before the two dive into their weekly Blocked! segment.

DKleine and Eric P. Rhodes begin the episode with their weekly Blocked! segment -- scrutinizing recent MakersPlace curation decisions.

They then go on to celebrate the success of artist Cyber Shakti before delving into the ongoing Warpcast phenomenon.

DKleine and Eric P. Rhodes discuss Damien Hirst's pre-dating controversy, the past week's explosion of activity on Ethereum L2s, the successful Sotheby's sale of more Trash Art, and the ongoing rivalry between Solana and Ethereum ecosystems and communities.

DKleine and Eric Rhodes talk about the memecoin craze, Ethereum's Dencun upgrade for L2s, the Museum of Digital Art, the phenomenon of aphantasia and Faketoshi's court failures.

Co-hosts DKleine and Eric P. Rhodes discuss a variety of topics, starting with shining the spotlight on digital collage artist, Jolene Casko. The two then continue the discussion, examining the FirstMate NFT marketplace platform, Kevin Rose's sudden apparent exit from the NFT market, the continued success of spot Bitcoin ETFs and a spicy take on the Binance Crypto perfume campaign.

DKleine and Eric P. Rhodes discuss the challenges of curation in cryptoart, the foibles of self-promotion, Magic Eden's decision to protect artist royalties and a shout-out to Stellabelle for her upcoming solo show at L'Avant Galerie Vossen in Paris.

DKleine and Eric P Rhodes discuss the new TASCHEN art history book, On NFTs, shine the spotlight on Skygolpe's NFTs ARE DEAD work as well as works displayed by L'Avant Galerie Vossen. They then enjoy a few laughs about the COPA versus Wright trial before digging into some shocking news stories during their "Blocked!" segment.