Vaulted by PROOF

Colby Mugrabi, Founder of MMerch, and Seedphrase, Collector and Entrepreneur, join Eli Scheinman to discuss the future of generative fashion in Web3. Topics include Seedphrase’s collecting thesis around AI art, integrating digital art and NFTs into real-world fashion, and a look inside our guests’ Vaults. Hosts and Guests Host: Eli Scheinman, Director of Art Guest 1: Colby Mugrabi, Founder of MMer...

Abigail Miller, Tech + Art Lead at Avant Arte joins Eli Scheinman and guest host akaStevey to discuss how physical art is playing a role in onboarding the next generation of art collectors. Topics include: ➔ Social strategy and collector engagement ➔ Bridging physical and digital collecting communities ➔ A look inside our guests’ Vaults 🎨 Thumbnail Art: Iskra Velitchkova - “Eyelessness” 🖌️ Artist...

Ben Roy, co-founder of Accelerate Art, and R4v3n, artist/engineer, are joined by Eli Scheinman to discuss how narratives can often shape sentiment and culture. Topics include: consumer crypto trends in digital art, revisiting Ben’s “Fat Cryptopunks Thesis” in 2024, and, as always, a look inside our guests’ Vaults. Thumbnail Art: ➤ "a distance overlooked" by 0xdiid Artists Mentioned: ➤ Ki...

Erick Calderon (Snowfro), Founder of Art Blocks, and Alejandro Cartagena, Founder of Fellowship, join Eli Scheinman to discuss their experiences over the last 4 years as founders and pioneers of digital art platforms. ⏰ YouTube Timestamps: 00:00 ▶️ Intro 03:35 ▶️ Recently Collected 11:00 ▶️ Highs and Lows 18:47 ▶️ Balancing Supply and Demand 27:25 ▶️ What's in Your Vault Topics include: Build...

Eli Scheinmann, Director of Art at PROOF/Yuga Labs, is joined by Sofia Garcia, founder of ArtxCode, and Blondie, founder of White Walls, to discuss the business of supporting artists. Topics include: How their teams are addressing artist pain points Digital art in physical spaces How to onboard a new generation of artists and collectors 🎨 Thumbnail Art: “Adam’s Rib” by Yatreda 👩‍🎨 Artists Menti...

Jack Butcher and Jalil Wahdatehagh on Building a Digital Art Museum with Consensus and Curation Jack Butcher and Jalil Wahdatehagh from Visualize Value, Opepen, and Checks join Eli this week to discuss using consensus and curation to build a new kind of digital art museum. Topics include: Opepen dynamics and its growing network of collaborators Building using first principles The story behind Jack...

Raoul Paul (CEO of Real Vision) and OSF (artist/collector) join Eli to discuss how macroeconomics play a role in investing in crypto and digital art. Topics include: An overview of the “Banana Zone” theory The difference between ETH and BTC ETFs Collecting art history vs culture Artist Mentioned XCOPY Beeple OSF Diewiththemostlikes Timestamps 00:00 Intro 01:58 Recently Collected 04:39 Banana Zone...

First-ever PROOF Podcast guest DCInvestor returns with Matt Zhang (Founder, Hivemind Capital) to discuss future-proofing your digital art portfolio. Topics include collecting styles, time horizons, and strategies for collecting digital art that will remain relevant for years, even decades, to come. Thumbnail Art: Winds of Yawanawa by Refik Anadol Artists Mentioned: Tyler Hobbs Refik Anadol Larva L...

Sam (Market Analyst/CCO, Memeland) and CJ (Generative Artist and Engineer) join Eli Scheinman (Director of Art, PROOF/Yuga Labs) to discuss their experiences as creators on L2s, network effects, and favorite pieces of digital art in their vault. Thumbnail Art: Midnight Breeze by Dutchtide https://www.midnightbreeze.io/ Follow Sam: https://x.com/punk9059 Follow CJ: https://x.com/r4v3n_art Follow El...

Amanda akaStevey (Community/Art, PROOF/Yuga Labs) makes her triumphant return to the show, joining KOL 787 (Collector/Artist) to chat with Eli Scheinman (PROOF/Yuga Labs’ Director of Art) about all things digital art. Thumbnail Art: Hexagons by Nix https://hexagons.art/ Follow Amanda: https://x.com/akasteveyyy Follow 787: https://x.com/FKA787 Follow Eli: https://x.com/eli_schein Follow PROOF: http...

Collector/Investor Derek Edwards and Artist/ALLSHIPS founder Dave Krugman join PROOF/Yuga Labs’ Director of Art, Eli Scheinman. They discuss why IRL is important to the space right now and how their own cryptoart theses have evolved. “What’s in your vault?” explores the vaults of our guests, diving into meaningful pieces and the stories behind them. Thumbnail Art: Dave Krugman’s ”Warmth in a Cold...

It’s “genesis podcast vibes” for Vaulted by PROOF, a podcast about collecting and creating digital art. This week, artist Bryan Brinkman and art market analyzooor Roger Dickerman join PROOF/Yuga Labs’ Director of Art, Eli Scheinman. They discuss art they recently collected, and if the movement from digital art from L1s to L2s will persist. Bryan touches on what artists need right now to thrive in...

Kevin (CEO, PROOF) is joined by Derek (Collab+Currency), Amanda (PROOF Culture and Community), Sam (NFTStats; PROOF Director of Research), and Eli (PROOF Head of Art) for the show this week.  The crew talks about the upcoming Cozomo event at The Foundry before diving into Blur’s BLAST– what is it and why are so many people putting their ETH into it? Then they discuss the comeback of Solana NFTs an...

Kevin (CEO, PROOF) is reunited with Derek (Collab+Currency) this week. They’re joined by Amanda (PROOF Culture and Community), Sam (NFTStats; PROOF Director of Research), and Eli (PROOF Head of Art) for the show. Eli gives details of the ZENTRUM Exhibition at the Foundry and the exciting Helena Sarin drop. NFTstats/Sam gives an overview of the market this week, and the crew starts chatting about D...

Kevin (CEO, PROOF) is joined by Amanda (PROOF Culture and Community), Justin (Co-Founder, PROOF), and special guest collector Tony Herrera for this week’s 100 PROOF Live. Kevin and Justin quickly recap their recent time in Japan before the crew dives into "the pump." Are we back -- or not quite yet? Tony also gives a little background of how he got into digital art and crypto. The latest...

Kevin (CEO, PROOF) is joined by Amanda (PROOF Culture and Community) and Sam (NFTStats; PROOF Director of Research) for this week’s 100 PROOF Live.  After Sam’s market overview, the trio discuss how a crypto rally is affecting NFTs before discussing Snowfro’s colorful Velocity Series project, ///.  Sam then talks with artist ThankYouX about his exciting new solo exhibition, inertia, kicking off at...

PROOF CEO Kevin Rose is back with Derek, Amanda, Eli and Sam, to discuss some of the latest art drops and the rising popularity of physicals. They look into XCOPY and his latest piece “Algo Bro” , as well as art from Matt Kane and Wiliam Mapan. The crew wraps it up with a discussion on the impact of royalties and prints in the digital space before turning it over to this weeks special guests.  Luk...

Kevin (CEO, PROOF) is joined by Derek (Collab+Currency), Sam (PROOF Director of Research), and Amanda (PROOF Culture and Community) for an amazing show. Sam dives into an NFT market overview for the week before the crew discusses Pace's collaboration with Peter Saville on the CP1919 project, Blur Season 2 Ending, Refik Anadol enters MoMA’s permanent collection, and Blackdot.tattoo: generative...

Kevin (CEO, PROOF) is joined by Derek (Collab+Currency), Sam (PROOF Director of Research), and Amanda (PROOF Culture and Community) for an amazing show.  Sam dives into an NFT market overview for the week before the crew discusses Matt Kane & SuperRare, MoMA NFT postcards, and how digital art is thriving in the Las Vegas Sphere.  A special interview between Eli (PROOF Head of Art) and Chris Os...

Kevin (CEO, PROOF) is joined by Derek (Collab+Currency) for a special live audience show, featuring tokenized fashion and PROOF’s Diamond Exhibition.  The crew first welcomes Justin Mezzell (Cofounder, PROOF) and Terrell Jones (Diamond Exhibition Artist) to talk about Diamond Exhibition, Outliers, and what’s next for Terrell. Then they chat with Gala (Tribute Brand) about the popular ODDS “Squiggl...

Kevin (CEO, PROOF) is joined by Derek (Collab+Currency), Amanda (PROOF Culture & Community), and Eli (PROOF Head of Art), live from Glitch Gallery in Marfa, TX during Art Blocks Weekend 2023.  The crew welcomes several special guests, including Nifty Fifty (SquiggleDAO), Snowfro (Art Blocks), Madison & Malte (Glitch Gallery), and diewiththemostlikes (Grails IV artist).  Nifty Fifty | https...

Kevin (CEO, PROOF) is joined by Derek (Collab+Currency), Amanda (PROOF Culture & Community), Sam (PROOF Director of Research). The crew debates about Friend Tech before discussing the latest art drops from diewiththemostlikes and William Mapan. Then they get into the Nouns DAO fork and SEC vs. Stoner Cats, with a little detour of Amanda getting lost in Monaverse.  They’re later joined by speci...

Kevin (CEO, PROOF) is joined by Derek (Collab+Currency), Amanda (PROOF Culture & Community), Sam (PROOF Director of Research), and special guest Jordan Lyall (CEO, Prohibition.art) for a special live audience show. They discuss the state of NFT royalties and what it will take to move the space forward.  The crew is joined by Erick “Snowfro” Calderon (CEO, Art Blocks Inc.) to discuss Jordan &am...

Kevin (CEO, PROOF) is back with Derek (Collab + Currency), Amanda (PROOF Culture & Community), and Eli (PROOF Head of Art) live from the Foundry DTLA. The crew talks about OpenSea royalty changes, Friend Tech, and the fun of PROOF Grails IV. They also work together to go through the Mythic Egg hatching process for a community giveaway (PREMINT link for Mythics Raffle: https://www.premint.xyz/w...

Note: This episode was originally recorded on August 4, 2023. Kevin (CEO, PROOF) is back with Derek (Collab + Currency), Amanda (PROOF Culture & Community), and Eli (PROOF Head of Art) live from the Foundry DTLA. They discuss Grails IV updates, Sam Spratt’s The Monument Game, the new Squiggle mints, Beeple’s new punk, Cryptodickbutts S4 and Yuga’s Wreck League.  Eli (PROOF Head of Art) finishe...