Mint Podcast by Adam Levy

Mint Season 5 episode 11 welcomes Michael Blau, the magician, mentalist, web3 software creator and engineering partner at a16z. He breaks down his alter ego x0r, unveils smart contract illusions that normies fall trapped to in web3, and the art of magic.In this episode, we discuss: 00:13 - Intro12:36 - Working with David Blaine17:11 - How To Build a Software Simulation25:00 - Time Management: Creator, Investor and Software Developer26:46 - The Origin Story of x0r36:09 - How Creators Can Use Blockchain Data To Their Benefit56:34 - The Future of x0r01:01:56 - OutroI hope you enjoy our conversation. Michael Blau: https://twitter.com/blauyourmindX0r: https://twitter.com/x0rartLearn more by visiting: https://adamlevy.io/mint---------------------------------------------------------------------------Claim your Free Participation Pin NFT proving your involvement in Season 5https://adamlevy.io/nft/---------------------------------------------------------------------------Support Season 5's NFT Sponsors1. CyberConnect - https://cyberconnect.me/2. Coinvise - https://coinvise.co/3. Mint Songs - https://www.mintsongs.com/---------------------------------------------------------------------------Sign up for Adam Levy's newsletterhttps://levychain.substack.com---------------------------------------------------------------------------Follow Adam Levy on social media:Twitter:https://twitter.com/levychainInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/levychainLinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/levy-adamWebsite:https://adamlevy.io

Mint Season 5 episode 10 welcomes Joey DeBruin, founder of Backdrop.so, who explains the overlap between being a neuroscientist to building consumer applications in web3 for DAOs.In this episode, we discuss: 00:14 - Intro00:05 - Understanding Joey's Interest in Token-based Communities.07:25 - Biggest Challenges in Starting a DAO09:55 - Improving Education Around Crypto12:15 - How to Find Your DAO's 'Why' and Purpose15:17 - How to Build a Minimum Viable Community25:50 - Understanding the DAO Scale35:42 - Traits of a Good Community Manager38:44 - Current State of Social Tokens45:50 - Best Practices in Reaching Anonymous Collectors56:26 - OutroI hope you enjoy our conversation. Joey DeBruin: https://twitter.com/joey_debruinBackdrop: https://twitter.com/withBackdropLearn more by visiting: https://adamlevy.io/mint---------------------------------------------------------------------------Claim your Free Participation Pin NFT proving your involvement in Season 5https://adamlevy.io/nft/---------------------------------------------------------------------------Support Season 5's NFT Sponsors1. CyberConnect - https://cyberconnect.me/2. Coinvise - https://coinvise.co/---------------------------------------------------------------------------Sign up for Adam Levy's newsletterhttps://levychain.substack.com---------------------------------------------------------------------------Follow Adam Levy on social media:Twitter:https://twitter.com/levychainInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/levychainLinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/levy-adamWebsite:https://adamlevy.io

Mint Season 5 episode 9 welcomes Wilson Wei and Ryan Li who share their vision for putting creators and users at the forefront of ownership with their decentralized social graph, CyberConnect.In this episode, we discuss: 00:15 - Intro09:13 - What Inspired Ryan and Wilson to Build in Web3 Social?15:07 - Elon Musk's Potential Acquisition of Twitter18:34 - How To Defeat Bots and Spammers in Web3 Social?20:53 - What Does Ownership Actually Mean in Web3?29:59 - Web3 Social Tools to Empower Creators33:08 - How Does Virality Work in the World of Web3 Social?42:38 - What is a Social Graph?54:12 - Big Picture Vision for Web3 Social59:13 - OutroI hope you enjoy our conversation. Wilson Wei: https://twitter.com/WilsonWei777Ryan Li: https://twitter.com/ryanli_meCyberConnect: https://twitter.com/cyberconnecthqLearn more by visiting: https://adamlevy.io/mint---------------------------------------------------------------------------Claim your Free Participation Pin NFT proving your involvement in Season 5https://adamlevy.io/nft/---------------------------------------------------------------------------Support Season 5's NFT Sponsors1. CyberConnect - https://cyberconnect.me/2. Coinvise - https://coinvise.co/---------------------------------------------------------------------------Sign up for Adam Levy's newsletterhttps://levychain.substack.com---------------------------------------------------------------------------Follow Adam Levy on social media:Twitter:https://twitter.com/levychainInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/levychainLinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/levy-adamWebsite:https://adamlevy.io

Mint Season 5 episode 8 welcomes Ice Cube, the legendary rapper, actor, and now web3 entrepreneur who shares how NFTs can be used to buy ownership into one’s favorite basketball teams on the BIG3.In this episode, we discuss: 00:00 - Intro03:48 - What is BIG3? What Does it Aim to Do?08:53 - Curating Unique Experiences for Sports Team Owners13:53 - Perks of Collecting a BIG3 NFT20:09 - Why Ice Cube Took a Major Stake in Dogecoin23:57 - The Intersection of Movies and NFTs26:58 - The Intersection of Music and NFTs31:27 - OutroI hope you enjoy our conversation. Ice Cube: https://twitter.com/icecubeBIG3: https://twitter.com/thebig3Learn more by visiting: https://adamlevy.io/mint---------------------------------------------------------------------------Claim your Free Participation Pin NFT proving your involvement in Season 5https://adamlevy.io/nft/---------------------------------------------------------------------------Support Season 5's NFT Sponsors1. CyberConnect - https://cyberconnect.me/2. Coinvise - https://coinvise.co/---------------------------------------------------------------------------Sign up for Adam Levy's newsletterhttps://levychain.substack.com---------------------------------------------------------------------------Follow Adam Levy on social media:Twitter:https://twitter.com/levychainInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/levychainLinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/levy-adamWebsite:https://adamlevy.io

Mint Season 5 episode 7 welcomes Queen George, the modern jazz-pop artist who’s been publicly, yet thoughtfully experimenting with web3 primitives since April 2021 in an effort to find and build a collector base.She joins the podcast for another episode and shares how she plans to release her up n coming EP in a web3 native way.Queen George: https://twitter.com/iamqueengeorgeSound drop: https://www.sound.xyz/queengeorgeLearn more by visiting: https://adamlevy.io/mint---------------------------------------------------------------------------Claim your Free Participation Pin NFT proving your involvement in Season 5https://adamlevy.io/nft/---------------------------------------------------------------------------Support Season 5's NFT Sponsors1. CyberConnect - https://cyberconnect.me/2. Coinvise - https://coinvise.co/---------------------------------------------------------------------------Sign up for Adam Levy's newsletterhttps://levychain.substack.com---------------------------------------------------------------------------Follow Adam Levy on social media:Twitter:https://twitter.com/levychainInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/levychainLinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/levy-adamWebsite:https://adamlevy.io

Mint Season 5 episode 6 welcomes Will Collier, co-founder of Decent.xyz, one of the more innovative and experimental music NFT marketplaces that have been making quite the noise lately. From fractionalizing royalties to optimizing artist liquidity through bonding curves, they’re focused on helping artists capture more value from their careers.Will is an experienced entrepreneur whose origin starting a food non-profit very much overlaps with his new mission to change the old systems in the music industry.In this episode, we discuss: 00:08 - Intro 08:57 - Decent.xyz Origin Story?13:38 - Current State of Music NFTs?20:06 - Why Should Fans Collect Music NFTs?23:24 - How Current Market Conditions Affect Music NFTs26:15 - Web2 Fan vs. Web3 Fan31:41 - How is Decent Strengthening the Relationship Between a Fan and Artist?44:29 - Music NFT Price Psychology51:17 - Decent.xyz Roadmap54:39 - OutroI hope you enjoy our conversation. Will Collier: https://twitter.com/wdcollier_Decent.xyz: https://twitter.com/decentxyzLearn more by visiting: https://adamlevy.io/mint---------------------------------------------------------------------------Claim your Free Participation Pin NFT proving your involvement in Season 5https://adamlevy.io/nft/---------------------------------------------------------------------------Support Season 5's NFT Sponsors1. CyberConnect - https://cyberconnect.me/2. Coinvise - https://coinvise.co/---------------------------------------------------------------------------Sign up for Adam Levy's newsletterhttps://levychain.substack.com---------------------------------------------------------------------------Follow Adam Levy on social media:Twitter:https://twitter.com/levychainInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/levychainLinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/levy-adamWebsite:https://adamlevy.io

Mint Season 5 episode 5 welcomes Aleyna Dogan, an entrepreneur, writer, and photographer who is currently working at VaynerNFT and spearheading Mint’s Sunday TL;DR newsletter. Her background is in technology ethics, and she has been in NFT space for a year and a half. She started NFTimes, the weekly comprehensive NFT newsletter last July, and also writes for the Mint podcasts’ newsletter. She assists onboarding of artists, especially women, LGBTQ+ and people from other underrepresented groups into the web3 space.In light of everything that happened this week, we discuss ethics in web3. Enjoy.Aleyna Dogan: https://twitter.com/aleyna_ethLearn more by visiting: https://adamlevy.io/mint---------------------------------------------------------------------------Claim your Free Participation Pin NFT proving your involvement in Season 5https://adamlevy.io/nft/---------------------------------------------------------------------------Support Season 5's NFT Sponsors1. CyberConnect - https://cyberconnect.me/2. Coinvise - https://coinvise.co/---------------------------------------------------------------------------Sign up for Adam Levy's newsletterhttps://levychain.substack.com---------------------------------------------------------------------------Follow Adam Levy on social media:Twitter:https://twitter.com/levychainInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/levychainLinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/levy-adamWebsite:https://adamlevy.io

Mint Season 5 episode 4 welcomes Emma-Jane Mackinnon-Lee, Founder of DIGITALAX, a web3 fashion company, and founder of The Copyright Cartel, a dedicated Web3 Creative Commons DAO.We deep dive into the CC0 license: what it is, how it works, and the bull case for dedicating rights to the public domain.In this episode, we discuss: 00:10 - Intro 01:36 - What is CC0 DAO?03:03 - Getting Started in Web305:58 - Emma-Jane's Upbringing13:48 - Biggest Takeaways Working on Wall Street19:34 - Motivation Behind Starting CC024:11 - Examples of CC0 Licensing28:16 - How to Capture Value With CC0 Licensing34:54 - What Are Some Areas That You Think People Have Yet to Experiment with Using the CC0 License?41:50: - The Future From CC0 DAO?46:32 - Outro I hope you enjoy our conversation. Emma-Jane Mackinnon-Lee: https://twitter.com/emmajane1313DIGITALAX: https://twitter.com/DIGITALAX_The Copyright Cartel: https://twitter.com/cc0daoLearn more by visiting: https://adamlevy.io/mint---------------------------------------------------------------------------Claim your Free Participation Pin NFT proving your involvement in Season 5https://adamlevy.io/nft/---------------------------------------------------------------------------Support Season 5's NFT Sponsors1. CyberConnect - https://cyberconnect.me/2. Coinvise - https://coinvise.co/---------------------------------------------------------------------------Sign up for Adam Levy's newsletterhttps://levychain.substack.com---------------------------------------------------------------------------Follow Adam Levy on social media:Twitter:https://twitter.com/levychainInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/levychainLinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/levy-adamWebsite:https://adamlevy.io

Mint Season 5 episode 3 welcomes David Greenstein, Co-founder of Sound.xyz, one of the most popular music NFT marketplaces in the space.I’ve been watching the growth of Sound all the way from day zero when we first met and he shared his excitement on how he’s about to change the game for independent music artists. It’s incredible to see how far he’s come.In this episode, we discuss: 00:24 - Intro 18:56 - Sound.xyz and the Drop Experience: Editions, Golden Egg and More.29:39 - Creating an Assembly Line: Pumping Out Drop After Drop 33:22 - Paying Out Over $2.6 Million Dollars: Recognizing David’s Power, Responsibility, and How He Plans to Scale Without Diluting the Value of Curation.42:09 - Should Artists Optimize to Grow Like Their Collector Base or Reach Virality on Streaming and Social Platforms?44:58 - David’s Advice for Strategizing Around Editions, One-of-one Drops, and Selling Ownership in a Song.50:29 - What Makes One Artist More Valuable than the Other in Web Three?52:43 - The Difference Between Collecting to Collect and Collecting to Own?58:48 - What Other Unique Experiences Does Sound.xyz Plan to Create for Collectors?01:03:21 - Plan for Onboarding the Next Hundred Thousand, One Million, Hundred Million Music NFT Collectors.01:05:12: - What is Your Vision for the Music NFT Space?01:12:16 - Understanding Sound.xyz’s Smart Contracts01:21:17 - OutroI hope you enjoy our conversation. Twitter: https://twitter.com/benzspeaksLearn more by visiting: https://adamlevy.io/mint---------------------------------------------------------------------------Claim your Free Participation Pin NFT proving your involvement in Season 5https://adamlevy.io/nft/---------------------------------------------------------------------------Support Season 5's NFT Sponsors1. CyberConnect - https://cyberconnect.me/2. Coinvise - https://coinvise.co/---------------------------------------------------------------------------Sign up for Adam Levy's newsletterhttps://levychain.substack.com---------------------------------------------------------------------------Follow Adam Levy on social media:Twitter:https://twitter.com/levychainInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/levychainLinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/levy-adamWebsite:https://adamlevy.io

Mint Season 5 episode 2 welcomes illaDaProducer, the Grammy-nominated multi-platinum Producer who created numerous hits alongside Eminem, MegTheStallion, Future, Gunna, DJ Khaled, lil Pump, Rick Ross, lil Wayne, and many more.He came on to chat about his latest venture, Who Who’s Tree House, which acts as a launchpad for hungry producers looking for intimate mentoring and potential placement via his deep music network. What an incredible upbringing and his immigrant-inspired hustle is one worth learning from. I hope you enjoy our conversation.In this episode, we discuss: 00:08 - Intro 04:48 - Working with Eminem16:04 - Where Does Your Persistence and Hustle Come From?17:52 - What Do You Look For in Producers That You Take Under Your Wings?22:37 - What is WhoWho's Treehouse?32:54 - Finding Purpose in Crypto and Web336:55 - Collecting Music NFTs52:05 - OutroI hope you enjoy our conversation. Twitter: https://twitter.com/benzspeaksLearn more by visiting: https://adamlevy.io/mint---------------------------------------------------------------------------Claim your Free Participation Pin NFT proving your involvement in Season 5https://adamlevy.io/nft/---------------------------------------------------------------------------Support Season 5's NFT Sponsors1. CyberConnect - https://cyberconnect.me/2. Coinvise - https://coinvise.co/---------------------------------------------------------------------------Sign up for Adam Levy's newsletterhttps://levychain.substack.com---------------------------------------------------------------------------Follow Adam Levy on social media:Twitter:https://twitter.com/levychainInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/levychainLinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/levy-adamWebsite:https://adamlevy.io