We present to you the third episode of The Wise Ones Podcast. Hosted by the @Wisemenmentors
For this episode, we're sitting down with Grizz, the artist behind #TRENCHER who woke up with one SOL in her wallet and her art stolen then made a decision that changed creator economics forever.
Grizz started as a crisis counselor, navigating people through their darkest moments before finding her way back to art through crypto. Today, she's one of only three artists with an official @pumpdotfun partnership, she's produced over 600 pieces of art with zero team, and Trencher has one of the highest liquidity ratios in the Solana ecosystem.
But what most people don't know is the full story of how she got here.
This isn't your typical crypto art interview. Grizz doesn't do many long-form conversations, and when she does, she doesn't usually tell the complete story. This time she did. In this hour-long sitdown, she reveals the chaos of waking up to thousands of messages, the impossible choice between guaranteed money and momentum, and how she worked with @pumpfun and @wirelyss
to create the creator fee system every artist uses today.
If you hold Trencher, create on @pumpfun, or want to understand what separates artists building lasting brands from short-term exits, this conversation is essential.
In this conversation, we explore:
- The 6 AM moment when Grizz discovered her art was stolen, tokenized, and going viral and why she chose the runner that gave her nothing over the tokens offering 70% supply.
- How one conversation with the
http://Pump.fun team alongside Wireless created the creator fee model that now powers every artist on the platform.
- Her partnership with @pumpdotfun and @a1lon9 the relationship that helped pioneer a creator-centric approach for the entire platform.
- The liquidity strategy that keeps Trencher stable when everything else crashes - and why it has ratios that rival coins over a year old.
- What it's really like being the only woman with a token on a major exchange and the challenges nobody talks about.
- How she executes weekly streams, animated series, and partnerships with @opensea, @bitget, @moonshot, and @ourbit completely solo.
- Why she lifts up the entire Pumpfolio instead of protecting her own bags and why collaboration beats competition.
- The vision for taking Trencher beyond crypto and building something that outlasts the cycle.
- What she learned about trusting intuition when everyone's giving different advice/
This is the unfiltered story of an artist who chose conviction over capital with one SOL to her name and built the system that changed the game for everyone who came after.
No fluff. No PR spin. Just the real decisions, the real strategy, and the real vision.
We hope you enjoy.
@grizzle_art @Trencher_Sol @pumpfun @wirelyss
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The Wise Ones Podcast sits down with the builders and strategists shaping crypto's future before the mainstream catches on.
