This week we sat down with former General Manager of CryptoPunks and founder of StoneWork Natalie Stone, and artist, gallerist and broker Shane Lavalette. We unpack Stone's journey into NFTs, Node’s Punks acquisition, and the enduring passion of the community as well as the evolution of curation and collector identity, Shane's thought process when looking at an artist's body of work and the value of transparency and provenance.

00:30 - Welcoming Natalie Stone and Shane Lavalette

02:44 - Stone's path into NFTs and her work with CryptoPunks

06:40 - The significance of Node's Punks acquisition

09:50 - The future of CryptoPunks under Node

12:40 - The resilience and passion of the Punks community

16:30 - Will there be another project as significant for the space

18:13 - First order of business for Node

20:05 - How time has shaped community dynamics

21:38 - The maturation of the space and collector curation

24:00 - Curating as an expression of identity

29:00 - Developing taste, the role of education and exposure

32:40 - Notable collections and collectors

34:55 - Shane's background in the arts and introduction to NFTs

37:32 - The importance of brokering and advisory services

43:24 - Creating space for emerging voices

44:44 - Diving deep and collecting against the trend

51:10 - Dream collecting, "if money were no object"

52:28 - Shane's list in GrailersDAO

55:05 - Balancing transparency with a simplified marketplace experience

59:28 - The importance of provenance

01:01:48 - Artist highlights

01:07:37 - Verse Rundown

Shane Lavalette: https://x.com/shanelavalette

Stone: https://x.com/naughtaliestone

bhare: https://x.com/bhareboy

0009: https://x.com/0009ine

Klea McKenna: https://x.com/klea_mckenna

Noah Kalina: https://noahkalina.com/chickencamera

Molly Soda: https://mollysoda.exposed

Ralph Lemon: https://www.momaps1.org/en/programs/377-ceremonies-out-of-the-air-ralph-lemon

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