Mint Podcast by Adam Levy

Mint Season 4 episode 3 welcomes M.Shadows, founder and lead singer of the iconic rock band Avenged Sevenfold. I grew up playing their music on the drums and have admired them ever since I can remember.  I wanted to have him on because he started the Deathbats Club, a 10,000 PFP project whose perks and utilities are inner-twined within each NFT. We recorded the episode pre-launch so keep that in m...

Mint Season 4 episode 2 welcomes Dayo Adeosun, co-founder of Glass Protocol. In this episode, we talk about all things video NFTs, the fundamental macro problems facing short form mid form and long-form videos in web 2, why people want to own videos, how we can better educate creators around the world on the concept of ownership, and so much more.  I hope you enjoy our conversation.  Learn more by...

Mint Season 4 episode 1 welcomes Kyle and Evan Dhillon, two brothers on a journey to empower the creative value of music by creating on-chain music production tools for creators. I hope you enjoy our conversation.  Learn more by visiting: https://adamlevy.io/mint --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Claim your FREE Listener Badge NFT proving you listened to t...

Mint Season 3 episode 20 welcomes Dada Boipelo, a multidisciplinary artist, creative director, and NFT artist based in Nairobi who’s fully immersed in growing her artistic expression and community-building skills within the Web3 space. She also leads the community at AfrofutureDAO ($AFTR), a Socialstack community that aims to grow a vault containing hundreds of hours of raw video footage and thous...

Mint Season 3 episode 19 welcomes Andile Masuku, founder of the African Tech Roundup. The independent Africa-focused technology, digital, and innovation media platform recently tapped into the world of crypto by launching their social token, $ATRU on Socialstack. With the help of their community, they’re exploring new financing paths to bypass traditional corrupt media in Africa.   In this episode...

Mint Season 3 episode 18 welcomes Marek Olszewski, a partner of cLabs, one of the companies working on Celo, which is a mobile-first permissionless platform that makes financial tools accessible to anyone with a mobile phone.    In this episode we discuss: 0:00 - Intro 3:22 - Why Crypto? 5:31 - Thinking About Mobile Experience 19:00 - What’s Stifling Mobile Adoption? 23:52- Scalability 26:42 - Cel...

Mint Season 3 episode 17 welcomes the founder of fractional.art, Andy Chorlian. From working at MakerDAO to becoming a top collector at NBA Top Shot, and now founding an innovative NFT protocol - Andy is a leading voice worth learning from.   In this episode we discuss: 0:00 - Intro 2:06 - Growing Up  5:44 - Video Games & Crypto 8:50 - The Beginnings of Fractional 20:41- Artists' Reaction...

Mint Season 3 episode 16 welcomes the founder and Brett Shear aka BlockchainBrett. He’s an avid NFT collector and web3 music proponent who’s leading blockchain investments at Palm Tree Crew.    In this episode we discuss: 0:00 - Intro 3:51- Working at Consensys 12:56 - Music NFTs at Scale 19:04 - Working with Artists 26:23 - The Future of Record Labels 39:41 - The Value of Being Early  45:30- Mark...

Mint Season 3 episode 15 welcomes the founder and CEO of POAP, Patricio Worthalter. I genuinely consider him one of the top 5 best founders in crypto - he’s such a visionary, hardworking individual, inspiring many to be the best version of themselves. POAP is a cornerstone crypto consumer protocol.   In this episode we discuss: His early days as an aspiring tech entrepreneur His journey into crypt...

Mint Season 3 episode 14 welcomes the futuristic tech-digital artist FVCKRENDER, who is a self-taught creative working out of Vancouver. With a defining affinity for sharp architectural geometry, beaming future landscapes, and brilliant crystalline arrangements, his renders pay a dark homage to what may eventually reflect our very existence. His clients include Supreme, Softest Hard, Columbia Reco...

Mint Season 3 episode 13 welcomes the founder and CEO of YellowHeart, Josh Katz, who’s building NFT live event ticketing and collectibles platform for artists, teams and their authentic fans. In this episode we discuss: 0:00 - Introductions 4:11- The “AHA” Moment 7:50 - The Birth of Yellow Heart 8:43 - The Maroon 5 DAO 15:11- Thinking About Governance 19:57 - Bringing Web 2.0 into Web 3.0 23:13 -...

Mint Season 3 episode 12 welcomes the founding members of Agora DAO, Reka and RAZ. Their vision is to supercharge Web3 adoption by creating gasless, multichain and platform-agnostic solutions, without sacrificing decentralization or privacy. In this episode we discuss: - 0:00 - Introductions - 2:13 - The Origins of Agora - 5:47 - Digging Into DAOs - 8:04 - DAO Tooling  - 11:25 - Biggest Pain Point...

Mint Season 3 episode 11 welcomes Our Zora’s Community Lead and Singer, Songwriter and Producer, LATASHÁ. She’s an NFT thought leader and a FORCE in crypto, having sold tens of thousands worth of music NFTs. In this episode we discuss: 0:00 - Introduction 2:52 - Opening up for Kanye West 7:56 - Valuing Independence 9:59 - Defining NFTs as an Artist 13:16 - Diving into the Depths of Web 3.0 17:29 -...

Mint Season 3 episode 10 welcomes the founders of the media outlet nftnow. I sat with Matt Medved, Alejandro Navia, and Sam Hysell to discuss: 0:00 - Introductions 8:17 - The Vision behind nftnow 11:09 - Forming the Trio 14:52 - Finding Inspiration in Starting nftnow 17:16 - Thinking about Community 25:01 - Web 2.0 vs. Web 3.0 in Media 31:34 - The Future of nftnow 36:15 - What Comes After Art? 43:...

Mint Season 3 episode 9 welcomes crypto’s power couple, James Young and Anjali Young. They founded Abridged, a no-code technology stack to build and manage decentralized projects. You may know them for the infamous discord bot called Collab Land.  In this episode we talk about: 0:00 - Intro 3:23 - The Dynamic Duo - 26 Years 9:06 - Leading a Crypto Community 19:22 - Being Grounded in Community Firs...

Mint Season 3 episode 8 welcomes Santiago R. Santos, Owner of Punk #9159 🤖. In this episode we talk about: 0:00 - Intro 2:38 - Growing up in Mexico 6:05 - Life After ParaFi 10:30 - Getting Hooked on Crypto  17:22 - Defining an Investment Thesis 25:01 - The Future of Social Tokens 30:37 - The Creator Economy  36:33 - The Intersection of DeFi and NFTs 42:08 - Lifelong Learning 49:44 - What Eats Web...

Mint Season 3 episode 7 welcomes Alex Zhang, a Co-Founder of Friends with Benefits and the aspiring Jane Jacobs of DAOs. This was probably the most important conversation I’ve had on Mint so far. He brings so much insight and is really well versed with all things DAOs, aka decentralized autonomous organizations.  In this episode we talk about: 0:00 - Intro 4:10 - Growing up a Son to Immigrants 7:3...

Mint Season 3 welcomes Joyce Yang, the founder of Global Coin Research, a subscription-based media platform that provides insights and analysis into the Cryptocurrency and Blockchain space, with a focus on Asia. She is also a contributor at TechCrunch covering Cryptocurrency and Blockchain. In this episode we talk about: 0:00 - Intro 3:56 - Growing up in China & Going Global 9:57 - Launching G...

Mint Season 3 episode 5 welcomes music producer and artist Daniel Allan. In this episode we talk about: 0:00 - Intro 2:55 - Getting Started in Web 3.0  7:16 - The Future of Artist Management 12:37 - Overstimulated EP 19:55 - Selling out in 12 Hours 24:30 - Getting the Fans Involved 25:51 - Launching on Party Bid  34:09 - Outro ...and so much more. I hope you enjoy our conversation.  Learn more by...

Mint Season 3 episode 4 welcomes Tally’s Founder and CEO Dennison Bertram. Tally is a platform that builds governance infrastructure for decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs). In this episode we talk about: 0:00 - Intro 2:24 - Magic Internet Money, Organization, & Society  9:15 - Creator DAOs and The Value in Decentralized Governance 20:08 - Making DAOs Mainstream 28:20 - National Elec...

Mint Season 3 episode 3 welcomes OpenSea’s CEO and Co-Founder, Devin Finzer.  In this episode we talk about: - 0:00 - Intro - 1:07 - Starting Up - 2:35 - NFTs in 2021 - 3:31 - The Explosion at OpenSea - 9:57 - The Future of Web 3.0 - 13:44 - Governance Tokens and the Gatekeepers - 16:48 - Valuing Community - 18:42- Eating Web 2.0 - The World On Chain - 20:37 - Advice to Newcomers  - 21:21 - Outro...

Mint Season 3 episode 2 welcomes the iconic generative algorithmic artist Tyler Hobbs, who’s most recently known for his work Fidenza.  In this episode we talk about: 0:00 - Intro 0:19 - Getting started in crypto 3:15 - Thinking like a creative in tech 8:42 - His first mint 10:28 - Art Blocks 14:49 - The Crypto Renaissance 16:03 - The birth of Fidenza 23:24 - Getting technical 31:39 - NFTs in the...

Mint Season 3 episode 1 welcomes the President of Vayner NFT Avery Akkineni. She leads the company's mission to build long-term strategic NFT projects for the world's leading intellectual property owners serving brands, celebrities, athletes and associations looking to incentivize and reward brand advocacy and customer loyalty . In this episode we talk about: 0:00 - Intro 1:39 - From Goo...

Mint Season 2 episode 14 welcomes Jeff Marsilio and Jordan Lyall of Nifty's, who are building the ultimate destination for creators, collectors, and curators. In this episode, we talk about: Web2 social media vs. Web3 Onchain curation Building social products in web3 Art collabs via Common Canvas Introducing Damien Hirst and SpaceJam to NFTs What will eat web3? ...and so much more. I hope you...

Mint Season 2 episode 13 welcomes Rafa, a community builder, Web3 operations contributor, and an active supporter of local artisans in Puerto Rico. Currently, he’s most active in web3 communities like ForeFront and creator cabins. In this episode, we talk about: The biggest recaps from MetaCartel’s MCON How can DAOs nurture a space for experimentation How to narrow the gap between passive and acti...