The Matthew and Rizzle Show

This week Matthew carries out a performance review of Rizzle's last four years in NFT land to figure out how he got from Cent to where he is today. We cover a lot of ground including his pre-Cent days (both as a normie in the "real world" and in crypto) as well as his time at NFT42, Monaverse, and all the stops in between. If you are one of the many folks who can't get enough Riz...

IT's kind of wild to think about, but today marks the four year anniversary of Rizzle reverse-spotlight interviewing Matthew on his podcast which immediately became the shared podcast yall know today as the Matthew & Rizzle Show. To mark this heroic (for crypto) milestone, Rizzle interviews Matthew (again) and asks him what he's been up to over the last four years which results in Matt...

This week Matthew & Rizzle talk about two diametrically opposed new crypto apps: Friend. Tech & zeroone . After talking about the bad (i.e. FT) we focus on the good-good that zeroone is bringing to the crypto space with their three-way free approach to digital art (i.e. free-to-join, free-to-create, and free-to-collect). Shout-outs & Shots-fired: @friendtech @clubhouse @BitClout @tryro...

In a couple weeks on Wednesday, August 30th, Matthew & Rizzle will release a brand new reverse spotlight where Rizzle will interview Matt on what he's been up to in the four years since first recording the very first reverse spotlight with Rizzle (on August 30, 2019). We're making it easy for anyone that wants to listen to that original recording by re-sharing it today complete with a...

Rizzle takes the mic for a special episode with David and Kelsey of ChangeDAO and the newly formed Found3r coalition to discuss how to get voices of the true builders of web3 heard by those making decisions that directly impact the livelihood of the web3 industry in the United States. Found3r is a nonprofit, nonpartisan coalition of entrepreneurs, builders, and innovators dedicated to the responsi...

The boys kick the show off leaking some of the fun in store for folks who hit up the WIP Meetup this Thursday (8/3) at 12 pm PT. Coldie is taking the WIP over to talk about his latest project DEyes Legends , but we have a few fun tricks up out sleeves to keep things fun & weird. Pulling on the thread of experimentation that is (thankfully) becoming more conspicuous in the space again, Matt tal...

This episode is full of self-debunking, talking about a new crypto-media x web3 social app and getting ready for a new first at this week's WIP Meetup. But to kick the episode off, Matt & Rizzle talk about Paradoxx's Code Trip launch that will happen over on Prohibition Art. Absolutely epic project. After sending all the good vibes and love Paradoxx's way, Matt talks about a mirror...

The boys are back from break and...are rather underwhelmed with what they missed (or rather didn't miss) over the last three weeks. Granted we are still firmly in peak vacation season, so no need to sound any alarms or anything. That said a few things of note that happened during the break were discussed: The Cent team airdropped the Valuable NFTweets minted way back in 2020 to everyone who co...

Rizzle takes the mic while Matt is on break to interview the famous metaverse videographer and longtime WIP crew member Paradoxx about his upcoming fully onchain generative art project with developer NineoverZero. In an effort years in the making, we learn how CodeTrip has blended videography and software engineering to push the limits of onchain generative art with an immersive, interactive, and...

In the last recording before summer break (for 3 weeks!), Matthew & Rizzle focus first on the epic WIP planned for tomorrow, June 22nd at 12 pm PT, featuring an Aavegotchi x Monaverse takeover. There will be mini-games, a VRM fashion show of sorts, and a DJ afterparty. Don't miss out. After the preview of tomorrow's WIP, the conversation takes a more self-reflective and nostalgic look...

The title of this week's episode says it all. Matt is back fresh of the plane from Lisbon, Portugal where he attended the glorious NFC Summit with 5500+ other amazing human beings from around the world. There are a ton of shout-outs in this episode. Tons. Outside of conference highlights, Matthew & Rizzle dig into the elements that make certain conferences and events stand out and what mak...

The crypto space feels like it regressed 5 years; but it only *feels* like that. We're actually in a much better place. It's just unfortunate the actions of a few despicable degens overshadows all the growth and development the space has made, especially in contrast with where we were during the last bear circa 2018~2020. I've said it and will continue to do so: folks need to make sure...

Ahead of his upcoming Nifty Gateway drop, I had the pleasure of sitting down to record a very chill chat with the digital artist Alimo. Alimo has a lovely post-pop nature-themed drawing style that makes his work instantly recognizable. If you ever shopped at Patagonia, Apple, Nike, Volcom, among other places, chances are high that you've seen Alimo's work before. Over the course of our cha...

It sure seems like a lot of folks are on vacation. Like, not just from crypto and NFT lands, but in real life. Historically, in the period from May to the end of August, sales tend to slow down when it comes to the art-side of things. Couple that with an overall sluggish market and it makes sense that a lot of folks are starting longer vacations earlier. There is no need to be on 24/7 every single...

Matthew & Rizzle do a little shitting on parades and stirring of pots on this week's episode of MARS. A non-trivial number of projects continue to innovate and push the envelope on what's possible in NFT Land amidst the current storm of $hitcoins and $memecoins, like Async. Art and their latest innovation: dynamic blueprints. That's great. That is exciting. For folks who've bee...

Ahead of her upcoming genesis Nifty Gateway drop, I had the great fortune to grab some time and chat with the powerhouse young artist who goes by the artist name JisuArtist . Jisu has been blazing an exciting path for her art that marries the anime aesthetic with fine art flourishes. While still incredibly young, Jisu has already lived an amazingly unique and exciting career at the intersection of...

It's officially $hitcoin szn (again) in crypto land. Matthew and Rizzle kick the show off talking about all the buzz around $PEPE before veering into far more interesting pastures talking about the ai-assisted twitter performance art that the Australia-based artist Rhett aka Mankind is engaging in with his $TURBO experiment. Also, folks looking for something fun and free, make sure you go clai...

The crew (and BIG shout-out to "the crew") is back from camp in Nashville, TN for the first ever Rizzlefest. And what an experience it was. Rizzle and Matthew recount some of their most memorable moments from the trip and run their mouths on some other interesting bits (as they always do). Whether you were at Rizzlefest and want to travel back to last week and relive some of the highligh...

This week Matthew & Rizzle recap NFT.NYC which was overall quite enjoyable. As many others have noted, the vibes were more akin to NFT.NYC circa 2020 than 2021 or 2022 in the sense that events dialed down the glitz and gaudiness (to near zero in many cases) which allowed for the people - artists, creators, builders and collectors - to really be the stars of the show. The best part of NFT.NYC w...

Since it's the week before NFT NYC Rizzle and I kick off this week's episode talking about the virtues of NOT going to the main conference, but instead hitting up smaller satellite meetups and gathering [side note: while Rizzle won't be in NYC next week I (niftytime) will be, so shoot me a DM on twitter if you'd like to trya and link up]. After that we dive into the latest kerfuffl...

For my latest Spotlight Interview, I had the opportunity to connect with the Portland-based artist WoodenCyclops aka Wesley James. Early on in life Wooden caught the artistic bug inspired in part by the comic art featured in Mad Magazine, Cracked Magazine, and Garbage Pail Kids, as well as by artists like Ralph Steadman and other low-brow 1970's vintage aesthetic art. He's been creating ar...

The title this week says it all. Rizzle and I kick off our weekly chat talking about the recent tweet from Cryptovoxels founder Ben Nolan where he announced he will be stepping down from his position as CEO into a "normal" dev role while he opens up the CEO position to be filled by a rotating list of potential CEOs whom, after a period of time, Ben will ultimately pick the next permanent...

On this installment of the Spotlight Interview series, I had the great pleasure to speak with the German digital artist Stefan Große Halbuer. Stefan has a drop coming up this Thursday, March 30th (2023) on Nifty Gateway [ link to the collection page ] so we of course discuss the three new isometric artworks featured in that collection, but we also focus on Stefan's creative genesis including t...

Gather around the fireplace and let Rizzle and I take you on a trip down memory lane to the now infamous launch of the $B20 token back in January 2021 at the then largest metaverse event ever, Metapalooza. We talk about the token launch, original intent and technical underpinnings of the project that vaulted 20 unique Beeple 1/1s together with premium metaverse parcels and a 3lau soundscape follow...

This spotlight interview is a blast from the past. Literally. Way back on July 11th, 2021 I recorded a chat with Han Saglam (known as hanrgb ), creator of CryptoCubes. The conversation starts with the genesis of the CryptoCubes project which goes back to Han's architectural studies back in his university days and branches out to discuss the curation, the metaverse and much more. Learn more at...