In this week’s episode, we sit down with our good friend and one of the biggest supporters of the pod, Chikai Ohazama. Chikai is the co-founder of Keyhole which was acquired by Google and became Google Earth. He is one of the most caring art collectors in our space, as well as an extremely talented AI artist.

We dive into Chikai’s progression as an artist and collector, founding Keyhole and being acquired by Google, his biggest artistic inspirations, tips for people who want to explore AI tools, Culture on L2s, and so much more.

Season Four is officially powered by Arbitrum and our content is now redistributed across Rug Radio and Decrypt’s platforms. If you’ve never felt the frictionless transactions at lightning speeds on the world’s most decentralized L2, what are you waiting for?

Head on over to http://portal.arbitrum.io to check out their growing ecosystem where you can explore 600+ apps and even participate in missions to earn points.

0:00 Intro
4:50 Chikai’s progression as an artist
17:00 How do you keep up with new AI tools?
21:50 Where does your appreciation of photography come from?
31:30 Creating Google Earth
43:15 What drew you to the NFT space?
52:00 How did Panopticon come together?
58:30 Do you feel like an artist yet?
1:16:10 How do you track your ideas?
1:29:50 Do you find yourself using Discord outside of Midjourney?
1:32:35 Tips for people who want to explore AI tools?
1:36:50 Do you find your taste in art changing as you create more?
1:40:20 Biggest AI inspirations?
1:46:10 Culture on L2s
1:49:30 What would the title of your autobiography be?


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DISCLAIMER: Nothing contained within this podcast is financial or investment advice, a solicitation to buy or sell any token, or to be relied upon to make any financial decisions. The podcast hosts or guests may own tokens or art that is discussed. All opinions shared on this podcast are those of the respective individuals only and provided for information and entertainment purposes only.

We does not condone or support the creation, buying, or selling of NFTs as a means of investment. Please consult and work directly with qualified professionals before making any decisions related to NFTs.

In this week’s episode, we sit down with our good friend and founder of the 24 Hours of Art, Roger Dickerman. We dive into Roger’s background in trading and fitness, his love of art, founding Artifex and 24 Hours of Art, the power of routines, and so much more.

Season Four is officially powered by Arbitrum and our content is now redistributed across Rug Radio and Decrypt’s platforms. If you’ve never felt the frictionless transactions at lightning speeds on the world’s most decentralized L2, what are you waiting for?

Head on over to http://portal.arbitrum.io to check out their growing ecosystem where you can explore 600+ apps and even participate in missions to earn points.

0:00 intro
3:43 Why 24 Hours of Art?
7:35 What does a day in your life look like right now?
12:10 What drew you to appreciating art?
14:10 Roger’s background in trading and training
24:10 What pulled you out of brick and mortar and into the digital realm?
33:20 First big win in NFTs?
37:30 What is Artifex?
45:35 Holding Bitcoin and Ethereum vs. trading actively
58:42 What is your process for finding all of the art sales?
1:09:10 Collecting on Bitcoin?
1:13:00 Inspirations for the 24 hours of Art
1:36:55 Fitness routines and maintaining strong relationships with our spouses
2:03:50 Family vibes
2:13:10 Advising Aku
2:17:55 What would the title of your autobiography be?


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DISCLAIMER: Nothing contained within this podcast is financial or investment advice, a solicitation to buy or sell any token, or to be relied upon to make any financial decisions. The podcast hosts or guests may own tokens or art that is discussed. All opinions shared on this podcast are those of the respective individuals only and provided for information and entertainment purposes only.

We does not condone or support the creation, buying, or selling of NFTs as a means of investment. Please consult and work directly with qualified professionals before making any decisions related to NFTs.

In this week’s episode, we sit down with our good friend and co-founder of Shillr, Funghibull. Funghi is one of our favorite collectors, builders and overall people in the space.

We dive into Funghi’s background playing rugby, going to medical school in Scotland, 10 gram mushroom trips, finding punks, forming Shillr, and so much more.

Season Four is officially powered by Arbitrum and our content is now redistributed across Rug Radio and Decrypt’s platforms. If you’ve never felt the frictionless transactions at lightning speeds on the world’s most decentralized L2, what are you waiting for?

Head on over to http://portal.arbitrum.io to check out their growing ecosystem where you can explore 600+ apps and even participate in missions to earn points.

0:00 intro
2:50 Funghi’s early life
4:30 Funghi’s college experience
11:30 Living in Scotland
15:00 Playing Rugby
21:30 Funghi’s 10g mushroom trip
37:35 Starting from the bottom
47:35 First job after getting a degree
50:39 How Funghi found punks
1:00:19 First piece of art collected
1:05:40 How did Shillr form?
1:16:40 Making lemonade out of lemons when sponsors pull out of events
1:37:20 What would the title of your autobiography be?

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DISCLAIMER: Nothing contained within this podcast is financial or investment advice, a solicitation to buy or sell any token, or to be relied upon to make any financial decisions. The podcast hosts or guests may own tokens or art that is discussed. All opinions shared on this podcast are those of the respective individuals only and provided for information and entertainment purposes only.

We does not condone or support the creation, buying, or selling of NFTs as a means of investment. Please consult and work directly with qualified professionals before making any decisions related to NFTs.

In this week’s episode, we sit down with our friend and co-founder of Rainbow Wallet, Mike Demarais. We dive into Mike’s background as a software engineer, how he fell into the crypto rabbithole, co-founding Rainbow, important lessons learned from raising capital, and so much more.

Season Four is officially powered by Arbitrum and our content is now redistributed across Rug Radio and Decrypt’s platforms. If you’ve never felt the frictionless transactions at lightning speeds on the world’s most decentralized L2, what are you waiting for?

Head on over to http://portal.arbitrum.io to check out their growing ecosystem where you can explore 600+ apps and even participate in missions to earn points.

0:00 Intro (Lindyness of the Fractional Hat)
3:30 Mike’s crypto rabbit hole story and inspiration for Rainbow
16:50 How did you get into software development?
30:00 Mike’s political aspirations
32:20 The Rainbow Brand and how Mike thinks about building
46:35 Andy buys punks because of Mike’s tweets
50:30 Early crypto meetups in NYC
53:40 Rainbow’s first raise and what they learned from YC
1:02:50 Most important lesson learned from raising capital?
1:11:10 What does a day in the life of Mike Rainbow look like?
1:17:10 How had Discord use changed from the mania in 2021 until now?
1:21:00 Ordinals
1:32:00 Gaming backgrounds
1:41:35 Mike’s love of Unisocks
1:47:20 What’s next for Rainbow?
1:58:40 Telegram bots
2:01:00 NFTs on L2s
2:10:32 What would your autobiography title be?

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DISCLAIMER: Nothing contained within this podcast is financial or investment advice, a solicitation to buy or sell any token, or to be relied upon to make any financial decisions. The podcast hosts or guests may own tokens or art that is discussed. All opinions shared on this podcast are those of the respective individuals only and provided for information and entertainment purposes only.

We does not condone or support the creation, buying, or selling of NFTs as a means of investment. Please consult and work directly with qualified professionals before making any decisions related to NFTs.

In this week’s episode, we sit down with Vinnie Hager. Vinnie is an artist from Baltimore who focuses on a wide variety of mediums spanning from digital art to streetwear and even tables and stools. His style is immediately recognizable with a mixture of glyphs and objects including his signature flowers, eyes, water drops, smileys, hearts and envelopes.

We dive into Vinnie’s morning routine, the evolution of his artistic style, skateboarding, falling into the NFT rabbit hole and so much more.

Season Four is officially powered by Arbitrum and our content is now redistributed across Rug Radio and Decrypt’s platforms. If you’ve never felt the frictionless transactions at lightning speeds on the world’s most decentralized L2, what are you waiting for?

Head on over to http://portal.arbitrum.io to check out their growing ecosystem where you can explore 600+ apps and even participate in missions to earn points.

0:00 Intro
2:45 What’s your morning routine?
4:30 Adjusting from market shifts and favorite events
9:00 Using the bear market to experiment
17:00 How do you find your style evolving?
25:10 How have Twitter spaces changed over the last few years?
27:55 Vinnie’s intro the NFT space
31:20 Finding a base of collectors within a pfp community
34:20 First NFT Vinnie minted?
41:25 Vinnie’s “Traditional Art Resume”
44:40 Skateboarding
53:42 Why leave Baltimore for LA?
57:40 How do you approach minting on Solana or Bitcoin?
1:02:30 Exploring style from hyper realistic to more abstract
1:10:10 What inspired you to paint on physical goods?
1:17:25 Bitcoin Puppets
1:27:40 Family following your journey
1:37:10 Have you considered using anything like IYK to chip your clothes?
1:43:20 Favorite streetwear pieces?
1:49:40 Hobby Lobby’s frames vs. Local shops
1:58:10 DieWithTheMostLikes Marfa Flea Market
2:03:00 Not Drug Advice
2:11:30 What would the title of your autobiography be?

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DISCLAIMER: Nothing contained within this podcast is financial or investment advice, a solicitation to buy or sell any token, or to be relied upon to make any financial decisions. The podcast hosts or guests may own tokens or art that is discussed. All opinions shared on this podcast are those of the respective individuals only and provided for information and entertainment purposes only.

We does not condone or support the creation, buying, or selling of NFTs as a means of investment. Please consult and work directly with qualified professionals before making any decisions related to NFTs.

In this week’s episode, we did a little something different, again. We brought on our first ever couple, Goku and Maria.

Goku is a badass artist and collector who has been a champion of the Solana art space since its inception. He is currently the marketing and community lead at Exchange Art.

Maria Sutherland is an incredible producer, known for planning some of the best executed events in the space such as NFT Now’s Gateway in Miami and Korea.

We dive deep into all things long-term relationships, how Goku and Maria met, their first big breaks in the crypto space, and so much more.

Season Four is officially powered by Arbitrum and our content will be redistributed across Rug Radio and Decrypt’s platforms.

Andy and I have been massive fans of Arbitrum since they launched, and both of us invested in Offchain Labs Series B back in 2021. This is a full circle moment for us and we couldn’t be happier to partner with Arbitrum for this season.

If you’ve never felt the frictionless transactions at lightning speeds on the world’s most decentralized L2, what are you waiting for?

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0:00 Intro
3:58 How did Goku and Maria meet?
5:20 Goku gets his butt tattoo’d
9:55 How long did it take from dating to engagement to marriage?
14:30 Benny’s worst dates
20:30 Why are you named Goku?
23:25 When did Maria know she was a badass producer?
26:20 Issues with brands in Web3
41:55 Is Maria a degen?
52:30 Partners’ needs, resilience of babies, shampoo, and Benny playing the Ocarina
58:20 Deeze breaks his arm twice
1:10:35 Do your parents follow you?
1:13:40 Buying Bitcoin Puppets
1:19:50 Creating Discords for Celebrities
1:28:40 Bitconned and other crazy crypto stories
1:37:20 Planning massive events at Korea and Art Basel Miami
1:43:10 Favorite digital display and art vibes
1:59:05 What’s next for you both?
2:10:45 Who has surprised you the most from knowing them online to meeting them irl?
2:16:35 Weirdest Twitter Space hosting locations?
2:23:50 If you were on a shipwrecked island, what album would you listen to on repeat?

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DISCLAIMER: Nothing contained within this podcast is financial or investment advice, a solicitation to buy or sell any token, or to be relied upon to make any financial decisions. The podcast hosts or guests may own tokens or art that is discussed. All opinions shared on this podcast are those of the respective individuals only and provided for information and entertainment purposes only.

We does not condone or support the creation, buying, or selling of NFTs as a means of investment. Please consult and work directly with qualified professionals before making any decisions related to NFTs.

In this week’s episode, we did a little something different. We took the man who is usually behind the camera and put him in front of it. We sat down with our producer Weesh to dive into how in fell in love with art and became a collector, how he met Andy and fun childhood memories together, his biggest wins in crypto, and so much more.

Season Four is officially powered by Arbitrum and our content is now redistributed across Rug Radio and Decrypt’s platforms. If you’ve never felt the frictionless transactions at lightning speeds on the world’s most decentralized L2, what are you waiting for?

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0:00 Intro
1:00 How did you fall in love with art?
13:10 Favorite movies
20:40 Rebellion phase of life
26:50 Thesis for movies and crypto?
31:20 Top Shot intro to crypto
40:40 Weesh genesis story
45:02 How did Weesh meet Andy?
50:40 Andy’s concussion story
58:52 Scoring music
1:13:30 Being a pyromaniac
1:27:02 Guilt from making too much easy money
1:34:08 The Watch
1:40:00 Ripping a Parallel masterpiece and hitting big wins off small buys
2:02:15 The risk of losing your Twitter platform
2:11:55 What would the title of your autobiography be?

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DISCLAIMER: Nothing contained within this podcast is financial or investment advice, a solicitation to buy or sell any token, or to be relied upon to make any financial decisions. The podcast hosts or guests may own tokens or art that is discussed. All opinions shared on this podcast are those of the respective individuals only and provided for information and entertainment purposes only.

We does not condone or support the creation, buying, or selling of NFTs as a means of investment. Please consult and work directly with qualified professionals before making any decisions related to NFTs.

In this week’s episode, we sit down with Spencer Gordon Sand, the mastermind behind Spencer Ventures. Before launching Spencer Ventures, Spencer was a competitive fencer, Magic the gathering player, and startup enjoyooor.

We dive into Spencer’s investment thesis behind NFTs and how his fund invests, finding and buying distressed assets in a bear market , point farming optimization, a peak behind the 3AC liquidation and dickbutt buys, and so much more.

Season Four is officially powered by Arbitrum and our content is now redistributed across Rug Radio and Decrypt’s platforms. If you’ve never felt the frictionless transactions at lightning speeds on the world’s most decentralized L2, what are you waiting for?

Head on over to http://portal.arbitrum.io to check out their growing ecosystem where you can explore 600+ apps and even participate in missions to earn points.

0:00 Intro
2:05 What is Spencer Ventures?
10:05 Working for startups
16:05 Transition from startups to crypto
19:08 NFTs are the private markets of crypto
24:30 How do you look at the NFT ecosystem as a capital allocator?
32:15 The dickbutt story
44:41 Finding the right investors
51:11 Bear market fund investments
1:08:35 3AC Liquidation story
1:21:15 Points that are worth farming
1:32:15 Exiting positions as a fund
1:43:58 How did competitive MTG, chess, and fencing help you become a better trader?
2:05:15 What would the title of your autobiography be?
2:07:35 Shoutouts
2:21:34 Buying relevance

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We does not condone or support the creation, buying, or selling of NFTs as a means of investment. Please consult and work directly with qualified professionals before making any decisions related to NFTs.