Art, Blockchain, and Basketball: Jason Bailey’s Vision for a Decentralized Art Industry [Part 1]

Jason Bailey hardly needs much of an introduction to the crypto-curious art crowd. Founder of the hit blog Artnome, which explores the intersection of emerging technologies and the contemporary art world, Bailey has established himself as an intellectual juggernaut when it comes to thinking critically on blockchain’s utility in creative practice. From market analysis to understanding new forms of artistic work, nothing has escaped his inquisitive thinking when it comes to AI, generative art, decentralized technologies, and much more...

Exactly a year ago, only one or two non-fungible projects were dominating the discussions of blockchain creativity. In the twelve months since, we’ve gone from flush-with-kitties to an expansive ecosystem of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) that have spawned scores of crypto collectibles, blockchain games, sought to solve digital art, created a new category of celebrity engagement, and still with dozens of new concepts for future use cases in the works...

The Cutest Category in Crypto [Interview with Mendie Leelin Kovacs of Kawaii Crypto]

We’ve got a fun one to start off the week! Kawaii Crypto just might be the cuddliest thing to come out of the crypto space, and what’s a better distraction from grisly bear markets than fluffy crypto mascots. From digital worlds to phone app games, Mendie Leelin Kovacs has created much to engage with. Let’s hop right into the discussion to learn more!

A Collectible Internet [Interview with Johan Unger of Marble Cards]

One of the most promising qualities of cryptocurrency and non-fungible tokens is the capacity to capture social value in a way that general fiat never could. Social-media reputations and special viral moments of the internet are literally incalculable since they don’t exist on their own free markets. As such, we see attempts to slide in crypto as a more effective and rewarding point system to replace pseudo-digital “currencies” like Fortnite V-Bucks and Facebook ‘Likes’. The simple truth is that we all know internet things and moments have real value, we’ve just never had a way to properly package that worth...