The Matthew and Rizzle Show

On this episode of the Matthew & Rizzle Show, Rizzle and I speak with Chris Dawe, CEO of Effect. AI building out an AI ecosystem. This project is deep. They combine AI, blockchain & crypto, ML, and more, but in a way that feels more approachable than you'd originally assume. Chris is an amazing guest and gave us mile-a-minute responses with some real meat on them. If you're interested in any of th...

On this episode of the Matthew & Rizzle Show, Rizzle and I speak with Jess Sloss, founder and chief instigator at the social money incudbator Seed Club. We talk about all things social money and why Jess chose this particular rabbit hole to dive down into, the future of crypto creators and social money, and much more. Hope you enjoy!

On this episode of the Matthew & Rizzle Show, Rizzle and I speak with the video remix & musical animations master Eclectic Method about his 23-year video remixing career, how he found crypto, metaverse events like TokenSmart's GTFO NYE bash, music NFTs, and more.

On this episode of the Matthew & Rizzle Show, Rizzle and I speak with the legend Twobadour who heads up Metapurse, recently dropping $2.2 million on Beeple 20. Let's find out why!

On this episode of the Matthew & Rizzle Show, Rizzle and I speak with Snowfro, creator of the on-chain generative art platform artblocks.io. We start off with a background of the genesis behind artblocks including the surprising fact that Snowfro only recently started coding. The conversation quickly shifts to the on-chain "guts" of the project specifically focusing on what actually is on-chain an...

On this episode of the Matthew & Rizzle Show, Rizzle and I speak with Leandro, co-founder of the pixel art minting platform Pixelchain.art. We discuss the latest update to Pixelchain and DEEP DIVE into the importance of the on-chain art their platform enables artists to create. Leandro is a serial entrepreneur, so of course, we talk about the latest at Crypto Motors and VoxelArchitects, the ventur...

On this episode of the Matthew & Rizzle Show, Rizzle and I speak with Roneil, co-founder and CEO of the blockchain-powered music platform Audius. We started off our conversation by digging into Roneil's interesting background starting a bitcoin-focused startup during underground before going to work in VC prior to co-founding Audius. The rest of our chat is focused on the incredible growth of Audi...

Nate and Carolin are the co-founder couple behind the NFT minting marketplace known as Mintbase. They're awesome, and they are heads down grinding on putting together the next iteration of their core marketplace product, which will be shifting to the NEAR protocol blockchain. We talk about that, their recent $1 million raise, and the December Advent Calendar event in Cryptovoxels, which just wrapp...

On this episode of the Matthew & Rizzle Show, Rizzle and I speak with the legend Connie Digital who just launched his new project danky.club.  The conversation we have is far-ranging. After going into the background behind why Connie setup danky.club instead of a discord server like most in the NFT space have, we recount his contributions to the cryptoart, social money, audio NFT, and blo...

Welcome to another episode of the Cent Spotlight. The Spotlight is an interview series where I speak with one of the amazing creators on Cent. This week though, we have a special-edition of the Spotlight featuring the team behind Valuables, the app that lets users buy and sell tweets. Full disclosure, I'm part of that team. We soft-launched Valuables at the WIP Meetup in Cryptovoxels two weeks ago...

On this episode of the Matthew & Rizzle Show, Rizzle and I speak with Mark Rendar, co-founder of rendar.org which is a gallery for digital collectibles specifically from some of the most renowned urban artists. We catch up on what Mark and co. have been up to since he hosted the WIP back over the summer, listen to Mark talk about the golden age of street art in the UK, dive into the major pain poi...

Welcome to another episode of the Spotlight. The Spotlight is an interview series where I speak with one of the amazing creators in the creator crypto space. On this episode, I speak with the deep and thoughtful crypto artist known as skygolpe aka /msart on Cent about the golden age of street art, his creative journey to cryptoart, and deep dive into the central concept of his whole recent bo...

On this episode of the Matthew & Rizzle Show, Rizzle and I speak with powerSurge⚡, the man behind the wildly entertaining and successful short Twitter video updates where he covers the latest cryptoart sales. We start the conversation off by digging into Surge's background. From there we take a trip back in time to when Surge first came across crypto, then NFTs, and ultimately the cryptoart space...

Hey everyone. No new episodes of The Spotlight or Matthew & Rizzle Show this week. Just want to say thank you to everyone who has tuned in this year and gave us a listen. So immensely thankful to each and every one of you🙏 In the weeks and months ahead you all can look forward to interviews and discussions with the following artists, creators, and projects: Pablo & Colborn of the MOCA pro...

Welcome to another episode of the Spotlight. The Spotlight is an interview series where I speak with one of the amazing creators in the creator crypto space. On this episode, I speak with the amazing Angie Taylor about punk, cryptoart, and the whole metaverse in between.  We stroll back in time stopping at the key points of her creative journey, including the initial inspiration her elde...

On this episode of the Matthew & Rizzle Show, Rizzle and I speak with Viktor Radchenko, founder of Trust Wallet. We start the conversation off by asking why  Trust is so damn good. Next, we dive into Viktor's supremely surprising path to founding Trust including tomato farming, ping pong, and being forced to abscond from Ukraine. Other topics touched on include a deep dive into what it was like to...

Rizzle and I had a blast recording this special interview with (nearly) the whole Terra Virtua squad. We had co-founder & CTO Jawad, CSO Jeff, and growth associate Franky on the show and we really chopped it up.  Terra Virtua has been around for a few years now and it's incredible they've managed to keep what they've been building under wraps for as long as they have. Not only does Terra...

Welcome to another episode of the Spotlight. The Spotlight is an interview series where I speak with one of the amazing creators in the creator crypto space. I was fortunate to have the opportunity to speak with crypto artist Kitty Bast for this week's Spotlight. My conversation with Kitty was illuminating. We dove into her creative journey, which according to her earliest memory, began by dr...

On this episode of the MARS podcast, Matthew & Rizzle speak with ARK Gallery founder and CEO Robi C. ARK Gallery made a big splash a couple of months back when they introduced their smart contract that allowed folks to wrap CryptoPunks and turn them into ERC-721 tokens to facilitate easier trading on various NFT marketplaces. But ARK Gallery has designs on becoming a lab that will run many mor...

Rizzle and I spoke with Kyle Lu, CEO of dapp.com, the cross-chain platform for decentralized app discovery. We dug into the origin story of dapp.com and its current mission, some of the unique insights that Kyle has into NFTs and other parts of crypto across the entire blockchain ecosystem, his vision of a multi-chain future, and the NFT projects that he's most interested in.

I hope you're ready for an epic podcast. I sat down with WhaleShark, the legendary NFT collector and founder of the $WHALE Community, and let it rip. Topics discussed include: entrepreneurship as a form of creative expression, the value of hard work, the origin story of The Vault & $WHALE Community, a suggested formula to properly evaluate NFT value, a reflection on the decision to stop purchasing...

Matthew and Rizzle speak with Second Legion & GigLabs co-founders Brian and Jon on this special interview of the MARS podcast. If you're interested in the intersection of NFTs, blockchain, and gaming, this episode is for you. We cover their partnership with Turner Sports/Blocklete Games, why other mainstream media corps are showing an increased interest in the NFT gaming space, wade into some spec...

On this Spotlight interview, I speak with crypto artist MattiaC about his historic milestone of creating 100 works on SuperRare; his current project focused on increasing the adoption of cryptoart by artists call 'Adoption,' the unique creative partnership with fellow crypto artist Skygolpe; his experience on Cent and much more.

Matthew and Rizzle speak with popular crypto artist Katy Arrington for this particular interview of the MARS podcast. Topics discussed include Katy's creative journey, the role life coaching has played in her becoming the artist and person she is today, her experiences coaching other artists through their creative struggles and doubts, a hilarious discussion on the other cryptoart marketplaces in...

Matthew and Rizzle speak with famed crypto artist Josie Bellini for this special interview of the MARS podcast. Topics discussed include Josie's path to cryptoart, $BTC vs. $ETH, Collector Experience (CX), the distinct benefits of listing cryptoart on AsyncArt, NiftyGateway, and OpenSea, the top secret project Josie is working on, and the Behind the Art live Twitch stream.