Happy New Year! Matthew & Rizzle are back with a new episode of MARS. They kick this week's show off by talking about the biggest community win in awhile: the Hyperfy $hyper claim that saw Hyperfy parcel owners - many of whom are members of the WIP Fam - receive the equivalent of $30k per parcel in $hyper tokens. Matthew then waxes poetic on how the WIP continues to be the best pound-for-pound way to receive maximum exposure to the best crypto projects and opps earlier than anywhere else before Matthew & Rizzle share their 2025 predictions. 

Shout-outs & Shots-fired: 

@hyperfy_io @AshConnell @dankvr @squiggledao @flyfrogsnft@ shayne_coplan @polymarket @axieinfinity @0xpolygon @thesandboxgame @mathcastles @cypherdudes @ai16zdao @cheddarqueso3d @forceshidden @opensea @paradoxx_arts @metageistvr @artbasel @rizzlefest @henrydfrog @trislit

On this week's episode of MARS, Matthew & Rizzle chat election, crypto, and the - dare we say - positive direction of the crypto markets heading into the end of the year.

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@polymarket @prtyDAO @miguelgarest @fabianospeziari @rogerdickerman @artbasel @buildtre_io @patriziabarnato @cliff_esq @trislit @t3chtrials @ronindacc @wgmeets @dankvr @ashconnell @j1mmyeth @unc_matteth @dragonateyt @dragonatesmom

On this week's episode of MARS, Matthew & Rizzle kick things off with the latest crypto twitter squirmish of the week - the Foundation pivot to Rodeo. If you want a deeper, spicier breakdown make sure to watch/listen to Max Cohen and Colborn on the latest episode of the MOCA Podcast. From there AI Agents that may or may not control well-funded crypto wallets are discussed alongside AI-friendly onchain job board experiments like based.jobs before breaking down the Nifty Island-bound WIP Meetup.

Shout-outs & Shots-fired:

@co1born @CohentheWriter @MuseumofCrypto @foundation @rodeodotclub @beeple @niftygateway @saturnial @superrare @SuperRareRoses @makersplace @tezos @prtydao @opensea @github @supahmarbler @memeexplorers @pumpdotfun @andyayrey @IBackroomsSOL @truth_terminal @delphi_digital @upstreetai @aitheologian @chejazi @base @decentraland @metageistvr @bihoznfts @nifty_island @flyfrogsnft @hyperfy_io @charl3svii @dragonateyt @dragonatesmom

On this week's episode of MARS, Matthew & Rizzle reflect on EVERYTHING that went down the following week in Nashville, TN at Rizzlefest 2024. If you were at the event or even if you missed it, this episode is a great way to go back in time and experience (again) all the good vibes and events that transpired IRL.

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@bullymeow @kanemayfield @BetterDotGiving @nifty_island @dragonateyt @metabrookhawk @zero________one @hyperfy_io @paradoxx_arts @mountthisfish @flyfrogsnft @cyberbrokers_ @coldie @ez_cbd @skybravoshow @hexidized @Unc_MattEth @trislit @michlit_eth @co1born @Chauncey_StJohn @kelseykdriscoll @kurokeh @binx3ps @vjdeliria @decentraland @KimboNFT @baybackner @fractilians7 @ballisticb @sandyme0ws @itscarolinaduh_ @mr_rogers_x @charl3svii @untitledxyz_ @cliff_esq @wgmeets @t3chtrials @BitsOfBilli @web3_14159 @ronindacc @jax_hideaway @jasondesimone @aavegotchi @pixelcraftstuds @dragonatesmom

On this week's episode of MARS, Matthew & Rizzle do NOT talk about Rizzlefest. Promise. 

Instead, the conversation focuses on the shifting of the guard that's taking place from builders to collectors and artists and beyond and what that means for those of us focused on a particular mission and align with a specific type of building ethos.

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@bullymeow @kanemayfield @randomcdog @thedoomedxyz @xcopyart @rogerdickerman @Zaphodok @Moderats @mlodotart @dontbuy_ @Yuri_jjjj @tezos @toadswiback @0xsteady @n0shot1 @asyncart @cent @magiceden @conlan @dankvr @bnolan @cryptovoxels @cheddarqueso3d @dragonateyt @voxeliving @warpcast_ @metabrookhawk @viamirror @paragraph_xyz @ludovica__rosi @zero________one @hyperfy_io @paradoxx_arts @AshConnell @jivdontexist @money_alotta @fabianospeziari @maxcapacity @mountthisfish @flyfrogsnft @foxyoga_om @BetterDotGiving @nifty_island

On this week's episode of MARS, Matthew & Rizzle kick things off by talking about the latest Blue Moon celebration that will be on display until the next New Moon across 373 unique Gazers, a living art collection by artist Matt Kane.

Art and experimentation are the throughlines of the rest of the conversation that touches on previews of the WIP Meetup this week and next and an impromptu state of NFT Land by Matthew.

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Shout-outs & Shots-fired:

@mattkaneartist @base_colors @forceshidden @chejazi @cent @jeniffer_sutto @nfticket @jlo @metabrookhawk @RebaseREFI @paradoxx_media @steveklbnf @itsreallysho @ballisticb @frankyneedles @giselflorez @skeenee_art @boyageorge @barbisa12 @fabianospeziari @patriziabarnato @nifty_islan @bryanbrinkman @youngandsick @ScottiePippen @rogerdickerman @joepease @Blondie23LMD @whitewallsapp @foundation @rodeodotclub @warpcast_ @tezos @luluixixix @ALCrego_ @maxcapacity @xicojam @____elbi @cybermistic @Vince_Van_Dough @toadswiback @base @pudgypenguins @cryptopunksnfts @stina_jones @0xsplits @rainbowdotme @mikedemarais @knownorigin_io @scrillaventura @robnessofficial

Matthew & Rizzle pour one out for the legendary Toxsam and his team at Polygonal Minds on this week's episode of MARS.

It's tough out there on the streets of the metaverse for early founders. Last week it was KO, this week Polygonal Minds called it a wrap. But don't despair! These things happen in the early days of any new space. Lessons will be learned. And you better believe Toxsam and fam will return with something fresh and new once they get some much-needed rest.

The landscape they'll return to is already so much more fertile than when they originally started their metaverse tinkering, as evidenced by projects like Base Colors and ColorPunks along with a whole slew of other new ventures spinning up basically in a fortnight over on the purple app. The first day of the metaverse may be ending, but a new era of the metaverse is dawning.

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Shout-outs & Shots-fired:

@knownorigin_io @toxsam @polygonalmind @j1mmyeth @cryptoavatarsio @ebay @reneil1337 @skeenee_art @mintbase @nategeier @base_colors @0fjake @mykcryptodev @urben @cent @linkdrophq @coinbase @cryptokitties @joyworld_inc @ballisticb @dragonateyt @frankyneedles @fabianospeziari @patriziabarnato @forceshidden @youngandsick @bryanbrinkman @nifty_island @chejazi @rebasegg @metageistvr @studiotbd_nyc @asyncart @paradoxx_media @metabrookhawk @memeexplorers

Matthew & Rizzle are back from summer vacation and immediately went into the TokenSmart studio to record a new episode of MARS.

The two discuss touching grass, kbbq, and the joys of taking a proper break before trying to catch up on the century's worth of events. Before talking about the explosion of prediction markets led by Polymarket and the shuttering of KnownOrigin, the two talk about the Rizzlefest alpha leaks that came out of last week's WIP Meetup and tease tomorrow's WIP featuring Jake of Base Colors and the legendary JOYWORLD.

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@itsreallysho @metabrookhawk @flyfrogsnft @michlit_eth @trislit @paradoxx_media @ezincr @cyberbrokers_ @coldie @dansickles @joyworld_inc @0fjake @popwondernft @woodencyclops @artonblockchain @lacma @axieinfinity @shayne_coplan @polymarket @trustwallet @dccockfoster @jamie247 @oviohq @ilan_katin @dragonateyt @frankyneedles @knownorigin_io @artblocks_io @ebay @ipfs @j1mmyeth @superrare @warpcast_ @amadon @manifold_xyz @ninfa_io @opensea @vanarman @artnome

On this weeks episode of MARS, Matthew & Rizzle kick things off shouting out Ash, creator of Hyperfy, and the latest works in progress he recently tweeted about. After that the duo zoom out and talk about the differences emerging in the independent crypto-powered VR space versus specifically gaming focused VR space citing a recent cast over on the purple app by JK over on the purple app sharing some surprisingly strong revenue numbers projects like Gorilla Tag have been doing.

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Shout-outs & Shots-fired:

@AshConnell @hyperfy_io @dankvr @openvoxels @cryptovoxels @othersidemeta @walletconnect @CYPHERDUDES @bnolan @I____felix____I @JordanKutzer @gorillatagvr @candycrushsaga @JOYWORLD_inc @vrchat @trislit @j1mmyeth @stellacat4 @boyageorge @cent @barbisa12 @superrare @cultcryptoart @forceshidden @metageistvr @skeenee_art @twobadour @jennifer_sutto @dragonatesmom @dragonateyt

On this week's episode of MARS, Matthew & Rizzle kick things off showering Sho in shoooo [sic] much praise.

Matthew specifically shouts out last week's Afties soliloquy about the "Infinite Pause" it felt like the majority of the crypto space was stuck in.

The conversation jumps into a preview of the WIP this Thursday featuring the Italy-based metaverse project DVERSO that the Vipe crew introduced to all of us last month. DVERSO has been cooking up a cool metaverse project under the radar of a lot of folks, which led Matthew & Rizzle to ponder how (and if) all the metaverse projects that are currently out there can differentiate themselves and strategies that others can adopt in a world of ever increasing same-same-but-different metaverse projects.

Right before signing off, Matthew downloads Rizzle on the latest crypto drama courtesy of Yuga Labs and their bungled attempt at launching the Larva Labs Artist Residency (that may have already been sunset?) that was set to feature a paid drop by the stellar artist Nina Chanel exclusively open to Punks holders, that, apparently, most Punks holders neither wanted nor appreciated.

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