When you go back and look at the early chapters of their lives, before the companies and the albums and the discoveries, you almost always find the same thing: a brain the world had tried to fix, and a person who had been told, in one way or another, that the way they moved through the world was a problem that needed solving.

And then you look at what they built, and you realize that the thing the world wanted to correct was often inseparable from the thing that made them extraordinary.

That observation is what became Neurodivergent, a new series on NBN.fm. Episode 1 is already in your feed, with the remaining nine episodes live now on Spotify and Apple, and a new episode every day, starting tomorrow.

If it resonates with you, a five star review means more than you know.

Each episode is a deep character study, one person, one mind, and the frame we bring to each one is not the biography you already know.

We are not retelling the Apple story or recounting the albums you grew up with.

What we are doing is mapping the specific neurodivergent traits of each subject directly onto the decisions that defined them, and showing how those traits, the ones that made them difficult to educate, difficult to manage, and difficult to fit into conventional structures, were precisely the traits that made them impossible to ignore.

Alex Karp, the CEO of Palantir, is the person who first made me want to build this series.

Here is a man who spent his graduate years studying social theory under Juergen Habermas in Frankfurt, who practices martial arts with a kind of meditative seriousness, and who built one of the most consequential and controversial defense technology companies in the world.

The contradiction between his intellectual roots and the nature of what Palantir actually does is something most profiles gloss over entirely, but we think it is the whole story, because when you understand how his mind actually works, the contradiction stops looking like a contradiction at all.

From there the series moves through Steve Jobs, whose sensory sensitivity and emotional dysregulation were not incidental to his career but were the engine of it, showing up in every product decision and every interpersonal rupture that people have spent decades trying to explain, and then through Elon Musk, Rihanna, Tupac, Oppenheimer, and Zendaya.

People you have heard about your entire life, whose stories you think you already know, told through a lens that most of the coverage of them has never seriously applied.

The stories we tell about neurodivergence tend to go in one of two directions.

Either it is framed as a deficit, something to manage, accommodate, or medicate, or it gets romanticized into some kind of superpower narrative that does not match the actual lived experience of struggling through systems that were not built for you.

What this series is looking for is something in between, something that looks honestly at real people, at the full complexity of how their minds worked and how that played out across their lives, and lets you draw your own conclusions about what it means.

Go listen, and if you have ever had any version of this experience yourself, I think you will find something in it that most coverage of these people never quite gets to.

Adam

I believe the way people get their information is about to change in a way it hasn’t changed since cable news, and that the company that drives that change will look nothing like the companies that came before it.

It won’t be a newsroom full of producers and correspondents. It will be a technology company, a small team building systems that can read every public record, every declassified report, every page of congressional testimony that the public is technically allowed to see but never actually sees because no human operation can process the volume.

I believe that company will earn the kind of trust that legacy media has spent the last twenty years losing, and that it will do it by letting the facts speak instead of telling people what to think.

I started building that company and called it Neural Broadcast Network.

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The network is live at NBN.fm, with two shows out now and more launching this week.

But I want to tell you how it started, because I think the origin story explains why it works better than anything I could say about the vision.

About two months ago, I spent a weekend building a podcast about the Epstein case. The idea was simple in the way that ideas often sound simple before you actually try them: what if you could point an AI system at millions of pages of court documents, financial records, and deposition transcripts, and have it extract the findings, cross-reference the claims against each other, and produce full podcast episodes from what it found?

I tried it with Epstein mostly because the source material was so vast that no single newsroom had ever gotten through all of it. Thousands of pages of depositions, flight logs, financial disclosures, sealed filings that had been released but never really covered because the sheer volume made it impractical for any team of reporters working on deadline.

I built the system over a weekend, pointed it at the documents, and published what came out.

By Monday it was on the charts.

Within a few weeks, the series went viral on X and had been downloaded 2.8 million times across 83 countries. It hit the No1 and No3 on the UK and US Apple Charts, respectively. The Times interviewed me about it. Fast Company and Bloomberg covered it. Sam Parr and Shaan Puri talked about it on My First Million.

And the whole time, I kept waiting for the moment where someone would point out that I had gotten something wrong, that the system had hallucinated a claim or misattributed a finding. That moment never came, because every single claim in every episode was traced back to a specific page in a specific document, and anyone who wanted to check could go look it up themselves.

The thing I’ve been turning over in my head ever since is that what made this work had almost nothing to do with AI in the way most people think about AI. The technology mattered, obviously, but what actually made people listen and come back and share the show with their friends was the source material itself.

Courts release thousands of pages of filings every year. Intelligence agencies publish threat assessments. Banks file disclosures. Congressional committees produce volumes of testimony. All of it is public record, sitting on government servers and court databases, available to anyone who wants to read it.

Almost nobody does, because the volume is genuinely inhuman. A team of ten reporters working full time would take months to get through what accumulates in a single week across the federal court system alone.

And that gap, the distance between what is technically available to the public and what actually gets reported on, is where I believe the most important stories in the world are sitting right now. Not hidden. Not classified. Not behind some locked door. Just buried under so much paper that they are functionally invisible.

So after Epstein Files proved the model, I needed to know whether it was a one-off, whether I had gotten lucky with a topic that people were already curious about, or whether the approach itself could work on other subjects entirely.

I launched a second show called War Desk, a daily geopolitical series sourced from declassified intelligence reports, UN filings, defense white papers, and open-source military data. Different subject matter, completely different audience, same underlying approach. Episodes averaged 43 verified sources each, and I was publishing two a day.

Within a few weeks it had 80,000 downloads and was climbing, which answered my question: the system works on more than one topic.

That is what gave me the confidence to build NBN into a real network. I built software that is on track to producing over 120 episodes per month, with new series launching this week and daily written coverage on the way.

I started building this because I spent a long time watching the economics of traditional media make it harder and harder to fund the kind of reporting that actually requires someone to sit down and read 10,000 pages of depositions before they can write a single informed sentence.

That kind of work takes months and costs real money and generates no traffic until the day it finally publishes, which means it almost never gets greenlit anymore.

The stories that require the most diligence are the ones that get killed first, and I think that has consequences that go way beyond journalism.

I figured out how to do that same work in hours instead of months, and I am publishing everything I find, sourced and cited and verifiable, as fast as I can produce it.

I have a lot more to share about where this is going. For now, I just wanted to tell you it exists.

Adam

Engage with the launch tweet. :)

So over the first week of February I started a weekend project that kind of spiraled. I wanted to see if I could take the Epstein files, all the court documents and DOJ filings that have been dumped online over the years, and turn them into a podcast series coming every angle, every case, and every connection.

By February 12th I had 73 episodes live on Spotify and Apple Podcasts, a companion website at epsteinfiles.fm with full transcripts and source links for every episode.

It crossed 100,000 downloads in its first week. To put that in perspective, the top 1% of all podcasts globally get around 5,000 downloads in their first 7 days. This did 100k. That’s 20x the top 1% threshold. The average podcast gets 141 downloads in its first 30 days and most spend 18+ months trying to crack 1,000 per episode. There are 4.5 million podcasts out there right now.

No fancy studio. No production team. Just Claude, a mac mini, and a weekend of focused work curating the right approach to this series. Still processing this one honestly.

The reason I thought this could work is pretty simple. There is an insane amount of Epstein-related documentation sitting on the internet right now, from court filings, bank records, depositions, flight logs, witness testimony, and financial disclosures.

But there’s so much of it that no single person could realistically read through everything and connect the dots. You’d need to cross-reference shell companies with flight manifests, match financial records to testimony, and do that across dozens of overlapping cases. A journalist could spend years on this and still miss stuff.

AI doesn’t have that problem. It can hold all of it in context at the same time.

That’s the part that got me excited. Not AI replacing journalists. AI doing the thing that was physically impossible for a human to do, which is process thousands of pages of documents simultaneously and find the connections between them. The information was always there, but no one could use all of it at once until now.

So I built a pipeline that handles the full production. I set the editorial direction, what topics to cover, what sources to trust, what tone to strike. Every episode runs on one rule: “remove the emotion, keep the tension.” The pipeline takes an episode from research to published podcast automatically, with quality checks that catch hallucinations and anything that can’t be sourced back to an actual document.

The site has 79 searchable transcripts and every claim links back to an original DOJ filing or other supporting documents.

How I Got Here

Since the holiday break when this whole AI boom really exploded, I’ve been getting my hands on every tool, every product, and every workflow I can find.

Before Claude I didn’t even know what an .env file was until mid-December. I just kept copying and pasting and hitting 404s until it clicked.

And the thing I keep coming back to is that software is now anyone’s game. What I raised money for three years ago now lives inside a chat interface and a lot of founders feel this tension as the barrier to building is basically gone.

But you can’t prompt your way into distribution (or at least not yet). That’s the part that still requires a human who understands what people actually want to consume and how to get it in front of them.

There’s no shortage of public information that deserves to be heard and there’s no shortage of people who want to hear it.

One person can now do what a newsroom did and I don’t think people fully understand what that means yet.

Epstein was the proof of concept. The next series is already in the works. Similar workflow, completely different topic. Stay tuned.

epsteinfiles.fm

Ps. Just dubbed the series in Spanish. Rate Los Archivos de Epstein 5 stars on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

I’ve sold more podcast episodes onchain than anyone in the world.

461,300 episodes collected. 84,075 loyal collectors. Nearly $1.3M in total sales.

I’ve waited a long time to launch the Mint Podcast coin, the world’s first loyalty coin: $MINT (0x9f21cd392ebdb7c1c65e32ba9d1c7d541ec910c6)

It’s a loyalty coin because it rewards consistent support over speculation.

The more loyal you are to collecting my content, the more $MINT you earn, and the more $MINT gets bought back.

When I started podcasting in 2021, I was obsessed with one question.

How do you build a loyal audience and monetize their attention on the internet without:

1. Feeding today’s algorithms

2. Growing at the cost of your audience

I used to post 40 to 60 pieces of content a week across every major platform. Spotify. YouTube. TikTok. You name it, but I burned out trying to keep up with the algorithm.

Every platform was built around chasing likes, comments, and shares.

So I stopped. The reward wasn’t clear.

I turned to publishing onchain instead.

A year and a half later, I’ve become the most collected content creator.

I replaced attention measured by likes with value measured by transactions, so that my growth helped loyal collectors earn alongside me instead of benefiting the platform.

I needed a new token model because existing ones felt PVP, where creators win only when most of their audience loses.

I wanted to change that and prove that both sides could benefit from the same growth cycle, where value flows in both directions instead of one.

That journey taught me a lot about what creators need, and it inspired us at Blueprint to build a flywheel that makes it possible for creators to earn from their work while incentivizing loyalty.

The Blueprint Was Proven

BP.fun grew out of that realization.

It became the place where we could test ideas, learn in public, and build something creators could rely on.

Zora’s support in funding Blueprint’s cohorts made the onchain journey inevitable. Posting through Zora allowed us to experiment, learn, and ultimately create something new.

We launched the $CREATE coin on Zora, and that was the moment everything came together.

We discovered a playbook that proved sharing value with your community builds a sustainable way to earn onchain without solely relying on hype or short-term speculation.

That insight shaped how I think about what comes next.

Introducing $ MINT

Now I’m launching $MINT on Blueprint’s protocol.

This is the coin that powers my loyalty program and my BP.fun feed.

It is the bridge between my content and my community.

$MINT is an interoperable loyalty coin designed to help you earn it.

It complements everything happening in the onchain creator space. Monetization is not an either/or scenario. Traditional creators have multiple revenue streams, and the same can be true for publishing onchain.

When you trade $MINT, you trade through $CREATE, the incentive engine behind BP.fun. I’m fronting ~$15,000 of $CREATE to kickstart this initiative, which goes towards liquidity to support the treasury.

$MINT Economics

Blueprint Protocol runs on a simple flywheel that rewards loyalty:

• Every time you collect my content, you earn $MINT.

• The more you collect, the more you earn.

• The more you earn, the more you show support.

• The more you show support, the clearer it becomes who’s been loyal.

Token Overview

• Ticker: $MINT

• Contract: 0x9f21cd392ebdb7c1c65e32ba9d1c7d541ec910c6

• Total Supply: 1,000,000,000

• Network: Base

• Token Standard: ERC20

Token Distribution

• Treasury: 85%

• Tradable: 15%

• Me: 0%

I don’t receive any of the supply up front like one would traditionally expect despite 100% of the supply unlocked at TGE.

Every coin in the Treasury is intended to grow my collector base and reward loyal participation, programmatically.

That structure keeps the system fair and ensures I never benefit at the expense of my loyal collectors.

My incentives are fully aligned with yours.

Buyback Funding Source

Every $1 earned through content sales is distributed across four channels that sustain the Blueprint flywheel:

• 60% funds token buybacks

• 20% goes to the creator

• 10% goes to Blueprint

• 10% goes to a prize pool that rewards loyal collectors

This structure keeps value flowing in both directions.

It powers the incentives that make the system sustainable for creators and loyal collectors alike.

Building the Future of Creator Loyalty

Loyalty coins redefine what it means to earn online. $MINT is the first to shape this new era through the Blueprint Protocol, turning engagement into loyalty and giving creators the tools to build economies that grow with their audiences.

$MINT powers the entire Mint Podcast economy, from content sales to trading activity, aligning my growth with my supporters.

We’re proving that creators can share value with their loyal collectors while building something sustainable for themselves, without their community becoming exit liquidity.

Read that again.

Stay loyal to earn $MINT: https://bp.fun/collect/base:0x98cac73969a5938c279366ec0533e63bd81e88b7/54?v=incentive

When I first launched the Mint Podcast onchain, I had no idea it would sell over $1.3 million worth of content in about a year.

That playbook changed everything for me, and it proved two things:

1. I don't need to burn myself out by feeding the algorithms endless content.

2. Creators can build real businesses onchain when they have the right system behind them.

I ditched traditional social networks and focused on building an audience on the new internet.

Now I want to take what I learned from that journey and put it in the hands of 10 new creators.

Cohort 3 is where we push the playbook forward.

We are introducing a new method that mixes the best parts of NFTs and the best parts of meme coins.

It is a dynamic model that we built to help creators sustainably monetize content onchain.

Blueprint has only been around for a year, but in that time we sold more than $3 million worth of content and helped every single one of our 20 creators hit the 10 ETH Club.

Cohort 2 alone generated $630k in sales, with more than 656k pieces of content purchased.

Every creator in that group crossed the 10 ETH milestone.

This next group will raise the bar even higher.

Over 2.5 months we will split $300k across 10 creators.

Together we will run campaigns and publish 150 pieces of content onchain.

The focus is less on theory and more on running activations.

You will test things in real time, backed by a playbook that has already proven itself.

We will bring in alumni who have been through the program, founders who shaped crypto, and creators who have already reached the 10, 100, and even 1,000 ETH Club to cut through noise and focus your attention on what works.

The goal is simple: help you create content worth collecting and give you the tools to build a loyal onchain audience that grows with you.

Key Dates

• Sept 4: Applications Open

• Sept 30: Applications Close

• Oct 1 to Oct 12: Committee reviews

• Oct 13: Cohort 3 Starts

• Dec 30: Cohort 3 Ends

Who Should Apply

• Full time video creators across visual art, podcasts, short or long form video, and music

• A consistent track record of publishing content

• No prior onchain experience required

Why Apply

• Learn the Mint Podcast playbook, now updated with a new model for sustainable content sales

• Access $300k in funding, mentorship, and real distribution that helps you monetize

• Be part of a global community of creators building onchain

Applications are open until Sept 30.

Only 10 creators will be accepted.

Cohort 2 had an acceptance rate below 5%.

If you want to learn the blueprint for being a full time creator onchain, this is it.

Apply now in the link below.

Apply to Cohort 3

I hope you had an eventful holiday season and are stepping into a wonderful new year.

As I continue building Blueprint alongside the Mint Podcast, I wanted to take a moment to share this update with everyone.

The last 12 months have been a period of experimentation.

Bello was our first attempt at solving a problem we deeply believed in: giving creators and brands the tools to understand their onchain audience.

For over two years, we built a marketing analytics solution to help unlock the power of blockchain data.

Despite working with customers like Yuga Labs, Doodles, Base, Lens, XMTP, Thirdweb, ConsenSys, 9dcc, Bankless, and many others, we found ourselves less excited about building SaaS products in crypto.

What truly energized us was the opportunity to bring our business model onchain.

The idea of marketing analytics was solid, but the execution didn’t land where it needed to.

Letting go of Bello was tough.

It was an extension of our team’s story, like helping us win the ETH Global hackathon and getting us into a16z's Crypto Startup Accelerator.

But holding onto Bello meant holding back progress, and we had to face the reality that it wasn’t working and move forward.

That’s what brought us to Blueprint.

The Transition to Blueprint

Blueprint wasn’t an instant pivot.

It took months of testing and learning through the Mint Podcast to figure out how to create something that truly resonated.

We experimented with engaging audiences, structuring token incentives, and aligning goals between creators and collectors.

Gradually, it all clicked.

What emerged was Blueprint: a structured program and framework that connects token projects and creators.

We match token projects with the best crypto-native creators, using grants to incentivize content creation and our proven framework to teach creators how to go viral onchain.

It’s the culmination of everything we’ve learned and everything we want to build, designed to help creators grow their audiences, monetize their content, and bring their traditional followers onchain.

Bello was the first chapter, but Blueprint is the way forward.

It’s where all our focus is now, and it’s the path we’re committed to for building.

Insights vs. Measurable Results

Analytics provided value, but it stopped at insights.

It didn’t drive the actual engagement creators or brands needed to grow their audience or get them paid doing what they love.

While we had compelling case studies, transitioning to a self-service platform made it harder to track success stories and quantify the value Bello provided in driving results.

This gap highlighted a key issue: insights alone weren’t enough to create meaningful outcomes for customers.

Blueprint addresses this challenge by going beyond insights and actively driving top-line participation.

By combining incentives, onboarding tools, and community-building strategies, we enable creators to directly connect with collectors and build sustainable careers.

Instead of offering a static product, we’re creating a dynamic ecosystem that grows with the creators and collectors we support.

Through this process, we identified a new north star metric (NSM) to focus on: monthly active collectors.

Why Monthly Active Collectors Matter

Focusing on monthly active collectors keeps us aligned with our goal: helping creators grow their audience and sustain their work.

It’s a simple, clear metric that shows the brand we’re building is expanding and thriving.

Monthly active collectors reflect the number of people consistently engaging with our content.

This engagement isn’t passive; it represents creators onboarding their audiences and new collectors discovering the value of participating onchain through our campaigns.

By rewarding collectors through structured incentives, we make sure that creators’ work reaches a broader audience while sustaining their efforts.

Creators need collectors to thrive, and collectors need compelling, incentivized content to stay engaged.

Monthly active collectors tie these two parties together, showing us the health and growth of our network in real terms.

In addition to monthly active collectors, we track newly funded wallets as a secondary key metric.

These are wallets making their first-ever transaction by minting our content, a clear sign of how effectively we’re onboarding entirely new users onchain.

By the Numbers

456 creators applied to work with Blueprint, but only 20 got accepted.

In the last eight months, we saw the following growth between Blueprint and Mint Podcast:

• Generated more than $1.45 million in gross revenue, or 418.42 ETH.

• Minted over 1,031,429 pieces of content.

• Onboarded 132,573 unique collectors.

• Supported an average of 1,754 daily and 18,955 monthly active collectors minting content.

• Facilitated 885,042 total transactions, primarily on Base and, more recently, ZERO Network.

December 2024 was Blueprint’s biggest month, with 36,155 unique collectors minting and 249,484 pieces of content, marking a strong finish to the year.

We onboarded 63,644 newly funded wallets collecting content, using a mix of crypto-native and traditional creator audiences to bring new users onchain.

It's impossible to tell if these are new humans or the same crypto native users opening and managing multiple wallets, though it's fair to assume it's a mix of both.

Month-over-Month Growth

Our NSM for month-over-month growth in 2024 started with non-linear trends during our experimentation phase from April to July.

These months were focused on testing ideas and learning through the Mint Podcast.

Once we applied those lessons to Blueprint with the launch of Cohort 1 in August, growth became more consistent.

Over the past five months, we’ve seen an increase, averaging a 24% monthly growth rate in unique collectors.

Of the 132,573 unique collectors we welcomed this year, 83,635 returned to collect more than one piece of content—reflecting a 63% retention rate and strong engagement from our community.

Supporting Collectors and Creators

Every grant we received this year went straight back to rewarding our collectors.

We distributed $985,334.13 in incentives through Blueprint and Mint Podcast campaigns.

These campaigns allowed creators to reward collectors for minting their work, helping them generate revenue and grow their onchain audience.

Blueprint Cohort 1 creators earned an average of $64,425.83.

Culture and Community

A big part of our focus in 2024 was dedicating time to building culture and community—both for creators and collectors.

To support our creators, we launched the ETH Club to recognize those who are finding success publishing their content onchain.

The ETH Club includes three milestones: 10 ETH, 100 ETH, and 1,000 ETH.

All 10 creators from Cohort 1 reached the 10 ETH milestone, and we celebrated their achievement with physical, custom plaques.

Creators from Cohort 2 are already well on their way to surpassing the same milestone.

On the collector front, our Discord grew to 19,341 members.

We see members actively participate by reacting to posts, sharing feature requests, and providing critical feedback on refining our product, incentives, and campaigns.

BP.fun: A Curated Content Marketplace

In November 2024, we launched BP.fun, a curated content marketplace that:

1. Helps Blueprint alumni sell their content.

2. Enables collectors to discover and collect media in one streamlined platform.

3. Drives engagement on new networks through incentives and rewards.

We debuted the site with Zerion on their new layer 2, ZERO Network, and within the first two weeks, over $100k worth of content from Cohort 1 alumni was sold.

Looking ahead to Q1 2025, we have a suite of new features ready to roll out on BP.fun, further enhancing the collector and creator experience.

Our Supporters

Special thanks to Base, Zora, Pods, Drakula, Layer3, Guild, Manifold, LunarCrush, Cyber, Higher, Degen, Bonsai, Zerion, and Not a Cartel for providing the infrastructure, funding, and tools that power our work, as well as the 50+ mentors between Cohort 1 and 2 who taught our creators the foundation for onchain virality.

We couldn’t do it without you.

Follow Along

Here’s how you can get involved:

• Join our Discord to find the latest drops.

• Apply for the next Blueprint cohort if you’re serious about publishing onchain and growing your audience.

• Follow us on X and Warpcast for updates, new features, and campaign news.

Shout out to Will and Brock for helping lead Blueprint and bringing life to our new chapter.

Onchain Data Sources: Curated by Adam Levy, Blueprint x ZERO Network, Blueprint Cohort 1, Blueprint Cohort 2

I’m excited to share that Blueprint Cohort 2 applications are officially open.

This cohort will select 10 creators, providing them with up to $300k in funding and show them to go viral onchain.

With the support of our incredible collaborators—Zora, Pods, Guild, Bonsai, Layer3, and our newest collaborator Base—we're positioned to hit new milestones over the next two and half months.

While Cohort 1 saw less than 5% acceptance rate, we encourage all interested creators to apply now.

Apply for Cohort 2 Now

Cohort 2 Goals

Cohort 1 made a significant impact in a short amount of time.

Over the course of 7 weeks, we saw:

• $468k (173ETH) gross mint revenue

• 367k total editions minted

• 10/10 creators reached the 10 ETH Club

While Cohort 1 brought about 50 pieces of content onchain, we’re increasing the volume in Cohort 2 with plans to bring up to 150 pieces of content onchain over two and a half months, and of course work with every creator to enter the 10 ETH Club.

Mentors

Each creator will have access to world class mentors, spanning Cohort 1 alumni, top crypto founders, and other creators who’ve already seen success in this space.

These experts will work directly with participants through 1:1 sessions and group discussions to provide valuable insights on how to go viral onchain.

What is the ETH Club?

The ETH Club is a group of creators who have earned 10, 100, or 1,000 ETH in primary sales.

Reaching these levels is recognized as a major milestone, and participants who achieve them will receive a physical plaque to mark their accomplishment.

Cohort 1 creators each hit the 10 ETH Club by the end of the 7-week program and we intend to get every Cohort 2 creator to achieve the same.

Important Dates

Please keep the following dates in mind as you consider applying to Cohort 2:

• October 21: Applications open

• November 17: Applications close

• November 18 - December 1: Blueprint Committee reviews applications

• December 2: Cohort 2 Starts

• February 16: Cohort 2 Ends

Time Commitment for Cohort 2

Participation in Cohort 2 requires a strong time commitment, particularly during the first three weeks.

Regardless of your time zone, you’ll be expected to join every education session, which is a requirement for acceptance into the cohort.

• First three weeks: Daily education sessions for a few hours each day, with a focus on learning how to create and distribute content onchain. These sessions will be followed by content drops and running campaigns onchain every day.

• After three weeks: The remaining time will be dedicated to running campaigns asynchronously, with less focus on live sessions and more time spent executing what was learned during the initial weeks while continuing to publish your content onchain.

Who Should Apply?

We’re looking for full-time creators—those who have already made money from their craft, have an archive of content that they've already published or ready to publish, and understand the hustle and grit that come with the creator life.

Whether you’re regularly publishing digital art, videos, music, or podcasts, you’ve shown the dedication it takes to keep producing and evolving.

Experience onchain isn’t required, but what’s crucial is your willingness to push through and use the tools we provide to continue your creative journey using crypto rails.

A can-do attitude, consistency and resilient work ethic are key to thriving in this program.

What You’ll Learn

Over the 2.5 months, creators will learn about:

1. Building an Onchain Audience

2. How to Distribute Content Effectively

3. Going Viral Onchain

4. Aligning Incentives with Collectors

5. Managing Organic vs. Incentivized Mints

6. BONUS: Raising Money

Each topic is thoughtfully designed to help you win onchain.

Remote Format

Blueprint is primarily remote, allowing creators from around the world to participate without geographical constraints.

As long as you have great Wi-Fi and access to Zoom, you're good to go.

What’s in it for Blueprint?

Blueprint operates on a revenue-sharing model in exchange for funding, mentorship, and tools to help you go viral onchain.

Our incentives are aligned.

We only win when you win.

RSVP to Our AMA

We’re hosting an AMA on Monday, October 28th, at 12 PM EST to answer any questions about Cohort 2 and how you can be a part of it.

This will be a good chance to ask your questions, meet some of the mentors, learn more about the program and what to expect.

Join the Twitter Space: https://x.com/i/spaces/1OyKAZANBDrGb

Applications Are Open Now

Applications for Cohort 2 are open until November 17.

Apply now directly on the site below.

Apply for Cohort 2 Now

While meme coins are having their moment this cycle, NFTs are quietly evolving into their next era.

Trends like the defacto “Zora mint” pricing NFTs at 0.0007 ETH, Coinbase’s Onchain Daily and Onchain Summer campaigns, and leaderboards like Mint.fun displaying today’s hottest collectibles have expanded the scope of NFTs beyond the public’s initial perception of profile pictures and digital art.

We’re now witnessing our new internet embrace collectible content spanning podcasts, videos, music, articles, product designs, beauty kits, clothing, and more, with mints rooted in patronage and speculation.

In the last two months, I’ve personally experienced this evolution, selling over 130 ETH worth of podcast NFTs and figuring out what it means to go viral onchain, attracting 150k mints across 60k unique collectors to my content.

This has led to Mint Podcast placing the #1 slot countless times on Mint.fun.

As well as topping both the 7-day and 30-day charts, with Mintpod.eth becoming the #1 creator on Zora, surpassing even brand accounts like Base and Uniswap in Protocol Reward earnings.

I’ve documented some early insights in my episode with Coop, where we discussed the concept of going viral onchain, diving into quite the rabbit hole.

This journey inspired Ellie and me at Bello to launch Blueprint: a 4-week onchain accelerator to replicate my success with other creators.

To help bring this vision to life, we raised $1M from partners like Zora, Pods, Guild, Bonsai, Drakula, and Layer3.

Over the next six months, we’ll work with 30 creators to learn the blueprint for selling 100 ETH worth of their content onchain and enter the 100ETH Club.

This is equity-free funding, where the virality of your content measures your success.

I’m thrilled to share this update with the Mint Podcast community and invite creators reading this to apply to Cohort 1 today.

Apply Now

Here’s everything you need to know.

Why Blueprint?

Our goal at Blueprint is to help your content go viral onchain and attract thousands of mints.

The $1M is split into 3 cohorts of $300k each across 6 months, with the first cohort going live August 12.

We’re reinvesting this funding into 10 creators per cohort and pairing you with mentors and the know-how to reach the milestone of selling 100 ETH in primary sales after you graduate.

Who’s involved?

We’ve rallied a curated list of granters and contributors to help support Blueprint’s vision.

A special shoutout goes out to Zora, Pods, Guild, Bonsai, Drakula, and Layer3 for contributing the $1,000,000 in funds that will be reinvested into creators over the next six months.

They’ve contributed these funds because they’re at the forefront of experimentation, understand the core of onchain virality, and want to support a new class of creators win in web3.

Who Should Apply?

We're looking for creators who range from crypto-curious to chronically onchain.

These could be podcasters, vloggers, writers, streamers, musicians, visual artists, graphic designers, and everything and anything in between.

You should be a full-time creator with a consistent record of publishing content across any format.

Key Details

Blueprint by Bello is highly competitive, with only the most ambitious creators selected per cohort.

If you’re interested to apply, here are the key details to keep in mind:

• Today, July 16: Applications Open

• July 28: Applications Close

• August 12: Week 1 Kickoff

• September 9: Wrap Up Week 4

• September 13: New York Party

What You’ll Learn

Over the four weeks, our initial hand-pick group of 30+ mentors will cover essential topics such as:

1. Building an Onchain Audience

2. Reverse Engineering Onchain Distribution

3. Achieving Onchain Virality

4. Aligning Incentives with Collectors

5. Organic vs. Paid Mints

These folks will lead intimate 1on1s, fireside chats, and panels so that by the time you graduate, you'll be equipped to join the 100ETH Club.

What is the 100ETH Club?

The 100ETH Club is a group of ambitious creators who've generated 100+ ETH in primary sales.

Hitting this milestone is the epitome of what it means to be an onchain creator.

We'll reward those crossing each milestone with a tailored Infinite Objects plaque.

Remote Format

Blueprint is primarily remote, allowing creators from around the world to participate without geographical constraints.

The program will commence with a party in New York for all participants, setting the stage for an incredible journey.

What’s in it for Bello?

Blueprint operates on a revenue-sharing model in exchange for funding, mentorship, and tools to help you go viral onchain.

Our incentives are aligned.

We only win when you win.

Apply Now

Cohort 1 applications are now live until July 28th.

Apply now directly on the website to learn the blueprint for going viral onchain.

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It's been a while since my last formal newsletter, and I appreciate your patience.

Between working on Bello and running more onchain experiments, I've been exploring the question of “what does it mean to go viral onchain?” and the role of onchain distribution.

In fact, I’m now the most collected podcaster in web3 thanks to my recent collaboration with Base.

This episode is approaching 50k mints spanning 44k+ unique collectors.

Pretty nuts.

In an effort further explore what it means to go viral onchain, I was fascinated to learn that Lens Protocol is pivoting off Polygon and announced it’s new network on the zkSync blockchain, or as they call it, the “Lens Network.”

I was very early to Lens and am a long time user, so to learn that they’re embracing more of Ethereum’s values was pretty exciting.

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of sitting down with the Lens Networks’ very own Stani Kulechov, founder and CEO of Avara, and Alex Gluchowski, Co-Founder & CEO of Matter Labs, the team behind the zkSync network.

Throughout our session, we cover:

• The unique benefits of the Lens Network for oncahin creators.

• How zkSync ensures user data control and ownership.

• Exciting new monetization opportunities compared to traditional social media platforms.

• Practical real-world use cases and the importance of cross-chain interoperability.

• Future web3 social developments and their impact on the creator economy.

This episode is packed with insights that will help you understand the latest in web3 social and why they’re moving off of Polygon and onto zkSync.

I hope you guys enjoy our conversation.

Hey Mint fam,

I’m excited to bring you a fascinating episode.

I know I don’t post as frequently as I used to; it’s cause my attention has been centered around bringing Bello to public launch. Soon…

In the meantime, I wanted to share an episode for you to enjoy during the holidays.

I recently hosted an insightful chat with Chintan Turakhia, who leads Engineering at Coinbase Wallet and has a compelling vision for where wallets are headed.

Right now we purely transact.

In the future, they’ll look like super apps.

I minted this episode on ZORA for a limited few to own, but for everyone to listen.

If you hold the NFTs listed below you can collect for free on Base:

• Previous Mint podcast NFT collectors

• Season Pin collectors

• Based, Evolved holders

Those who aren’t on the allowlist can collect for 0.000777e.

You have 7 days to collect, thank you for your support.

Listen & Collect on Zora

After minting, join my guild.

Here are 3 core themes covered in the last hour:

1. Moving beyond transactions

We delved into the rapid evolution of digital wallets.

We're living in an exciting time where wallets morph beyond mere transaction tools to become integral parts of our digital identity and lifestyle.

2. Wallets becoming super apps

The concept of wallets as 'super apps' really stood out.

Imagine a future where your wallet is your gateway to a myriad of services, combining finance, identity, gaming, and much more in a unified platform.

3. How creators can leverage the universal inbox

As a creator, his insight on how these super apps could revolutionize creator-audience interactions struck a nerve.

The concept of engaging borderless audiences, users, customers, {{insert name}} is slowly starting to materialize, and the opportunity for experimenting with this new distribution model is vast.

In a previous episode with Shane Mac from XMTP, we covered the steady adoption of wallet-to-wallet messaging and the new doors that open as a result.

For someone who's actively built an onchain audience across various networks, this feature stands out as one of the most thrilling developments from 2023’s bear market.

It's why we've been proactive with integrating our messaging feature at Bello as well.

Curious to see Chintan’s bets play out and how these core themes evolve in this new cycle.

Enjoy and happy minting!

Gm Mint Nation

We’re back with another bonus episode but with an exciting twist.

Today at 11 AM EST, I'm introducing the first-ever Podcast NFT minted on Base Protocol ft. an in-depth conversation with Jesse Pollak, aka contributor #001.

Consider this:

As Coinbase is poised to familiarize a vast audience with the onchain world, this episode serves as a significant timestamp in the evolution of tokenized media.

I'm excited to present our near-hour-long episode, where we explore multiple facets like Jesse’s initial forays into entrepreneurship, his position as Coinbase's employee #70, and his contribution to crypto lobbying in D.C.

Importantly, he sheds light on bringing Base to market and its ambition for becoming core infrastructure for the web3 creator economy.

Jesse’s vision for Base is crystal clear. He sees it as more than an L2 solution; to him, it's the cornerstone for the onchain future, aiming to onboard a billion users.

Dive into our conversation above.

More on Today's Drop Details

I’m super excited to debut the animation that compliments this episode.

Substack does no justice as I had to decrease the quality to embed it in this post.

Set within the Onchain Summer Studio, it features Jesse Pollak's Crypto Punk and my own Lil Noun NFT in dialogue.

You might recognize elements like the carefully rendered drumset and the WWE belt, mirroring my YouTube background.

The artwork is a labor of love, blending intricate details and passion for objects I consider home.

I'm thrilled for you to see it.

Here’s what you need to know

• Mint page: https://adamlevy.xyz

• Date: Now through Friday, September 1, 2023

• Time: Starting right now at 11 AM EST

• Duration: 72-hour open edition

• Price: 0.000777 ETH

• Network: Base Protocol

In appreciation of the existing 323 loyal Podcast NFT collectors, you have the privilege to mint one episode for free.

After minting, join my guild.

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Gm Mint nation.

I had the pleasure of sitting down for a conversation with Shane Mac recently, the brains behind XMTP.

If you haven't heard of him, he's the CEO and Co-founder, and his journey is genuinely fascinating.

For over 40 minutes, we chatted about his youth entrepreneurial behaviors on eBay, his 50 million dollar acquisition, and the XMTP protocol.

What struck me the most was hearing about his vision for web3 communication; it’s evident he’s onto something significant.

The reason I was keen to have this discussion with Shane was to better understand the essence of web3 growth networks and the future of Internet marketing.

And it became clear: at the foundation of it all is communication. It’s what keeps projects moving, growing, and connecting.

And on the topic of connections, XMTP's recent partnership with Coinbase Wallet has been creating quite the buzz.

Especially for us over at Bello.

We've integrated XMTP, which means we’ve opened up a new way for our users to engage. Imagine being able to send mass messages to NFT collectors or to any group of wallet users.

It's a game-changer.

I genuinely believe XMTP is taking steps that will bring us closer to widespread web3 adoption.

And having the opportunity to share this conversation with you all on Mint feels special.

Planning your first music NFT drop and want to contact a particular group of wallets interested in onchain music? Find them on Bello and send them a message.

Say thanks to those who've collected every NFT? No prob.

Releasing a new feature and want to tell your users? Done.

With Bello’s Mass Messaging tool, onchain insights meet the inbox.

Bello ensures your voice doesn't just echo—it converses, connects, and cultivates a thriving community.

Now you can target and segment wallets using Bello's insights and broadcast messages to wallets if they have XMTP enabled.

Want to send mass messages to your community’s wallets with Bello? Get in touch today.

Get in Touch

Additional Resources

• Shane Mac’s Twitter

• XMTP’s Twitter

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gang gang Mint nation.

Join me in the latest edition of our off-season series as I live stream on Unloney today at 6:30 pm EST, featuring a special conversation with its Co-Founder, Brian Guan.

We'll be navigating the dynamic world of this content medium, spotlighting how influence from crypto and web3 has the potential to reshape its future.

Here's what's on our discussion agenda:

1. The Future of Livestreaming: As we live in an era where virtual interactions are becoming the norm, live streaming has found its stronghold. Brian and I will explore its trajectory and what the next chapter in live streaming might look like with a crypto twist.

2. Brian's Founder Journey: Discover the story behind Unloney's inception and Brian's personal journey that led him to where he is today.

3. Why ERC-20s? Despite various emerging token formats, Brian remains bullish on ERC-20s as the preferred social token format. We'll delve into the reasons behind this conviction and what it means for the web3 creator economy.

4. Arcade Tokens & Beyond: Dive into the world of arcade tokens, their significance, and how they align with today's creator monetization.

5. The Rise of Web3 Social Networks: As we venture into the realm of web3 social, we'll discuss its implications for a new type of social graph and how it's set to revolutionize our digital interactions.

+ so much more.

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You can watch the stream by visiting my channel here at 6:30 PM EST.

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GM, Mint Podcast listeners!

First off — thanks for being patient with me. If you've been following my newsletter, you may recall my mention of a short break due to Bello's acceptance into a16z's Crypto Startup School. During this time, my focus was dedicated to building Bello's team and enhancing our services as the premier onchain analytics solution for web3 brands and enterprises.

On top of that, the bear market took a turn and my plans for executing Mint Season 8 had to pause temporarily.

While these past two months have been a whirlwind, I must admit that I've truly missed podcasting. However, as we gear up for Season 8, I couldn't resist bringing you something special.

Currently, I find myself in Paris for ETH CC, and here's where the magic happened. I had the pleasure of engaging in a spontaneous and raw conversation with the talented DJ and producer, Daniel Allan.

While having dinner with friends yesterday, Daniel surprised me with news of his upcoming innovative release, scheduled to drop today.

Instantly captivated, we decided to seize the moment.

We walked towards the Eiffel Tower, found a cozy spot on the expansive lawn, and right there, at 12 in the morning, using my voice memo app on my iPhone, we recorded this extraordinary episode.

As you tune in to our conversation, remember that it's unfiltered and authentic, enriched by the ambient sounds of Parisian vendors tempting us with wine during our chat.

Throughout the 50 minutes, Daniel shares his exciting journey as an artist running his own company and updates since announcing his $1M dollar Seed round. He opens up about the challenges he faced and the importance of content creation and a strong social media presence for artists, especially during the bear market.

Daniel takes us through his approach to music releases and teases us with some insights into his upcoming project. Additionally, he shares his thrilling experiences performing at his first music festival. The episode culminates with Daniel discussing his upcoming drop on Sound called Duality and his experimental use of the 6551 token standard.

So, relax and savor this unique and candid episode. And rest assured, there's more thrilling content coming your way in Season 8!

Additional Resources

• Daniel’s Twitter

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gm Mint nation - happy Sunday. News around the web3 creator economy is getting less interesting to aggregate as I keep seeing the same stuff over and over again - new ATHs, new funding rounds, etc.

It feels like energy is at an all-time low in the market, degens are sending ETH to random addresses and creator innovation feels like it’s at a stand still.

Though with all of this, I’m still bullish that we’re just getting started.

🌐 Creator Stories of the Week

• Annika Rose mints 2,500 passes for her music NFT game. 👉 READ

• Fewocious unveils "Fewos" NFT collection. 👉 READ

• Degradable NFTs by mad scientist: 0xDEAFBEEF. 👉 READ

• $TURBO creator criticized for $CLOWN memecoin. 👉 READ

• Ben.eth's memecoin saga continues with $LOYAL & FF6000. 👉 READ

• Andre Oshea criticizes lack of authenticity in Web3. 👉 READ

• Rafa’s Ark: Community Mind for curation + exploration. 👉 READ

• Graphic designer Ashley Crossland NFT sale nets six figures. 👉 READ

• 'The Aarthi and Sriram Show' secures iHeartMedia podcast deal. 👉 READ

🗞 Headlines: NFTs, Social Tokens, DAOs

• Fundraising for crypto VC has fallen off a cliff in 2023, down 98% since 2022

• Solana’s NFT sales dive as Bitcoin Ordinals surge. 👉 READ

• Spinamp raises $1.2M for Music NFT aggregator. 👉 READ

• NFT trading below $1B; Blur surpasses OpenSea. 👉 READ

• KilroyPunk: Memes meet CryptoPunk NFT. 👉 READ

• Alchemy Pay and Mastercard collaborate on 'NFT Checkout'. 👉 READ

• BAYC NFT primate secures movie deal! 👉 READ

• Mercedes Web3 & Fingerprints DAO: NFT Collaboration. 👉 READ

• Missing $41.8M revenue tied to NFL NFT collaborations. 👉 READ

• CryptoPunk NFT sold For 85 ETH. 👉 READ

• Tabi NFT marketplace raises $10M for BNB gaming ecosystem. 👉 READ

• Reddit co-founder predicts "Play-to-Earn" gaming future. 👉 READ

• Oxalus raises $1.1M for NFT social commerce growth. 👉 READ

• Illuvium raises $10M in funding from Framework Ventures. 👉 READ

• EtherRock NFT sells for staggering $248K. 👉 READ

• CSS23 videos: Post-quantum, web3, zero-knowledge, & more. 👉 READ

• You can now mint HTML files on ZORA. 👉 READ

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Season 7 Offseason is in full force.

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gm Mint nation - happy Sunday. If you’re new here, welcome. You’re receiving this newsletter because you likely subscribed on my site adamlevy.io or reserved a Season 7 NFT.

I publish ‘Mint TLDR,’ every Sunday, covering my favorite weekly headlines from the web3 creator economy.

PS. No more “Tweets Worth Reading” for now. Substack and Twitter are at war and embeds aren’t working as they use to.

Let’s dive in!

I sat with Jana Bobosikova from KiKi this week to moderate a discussion about their vision for the web3 beauty scene. Her newly released product line wants to co-create products with its consumers.

🌐 Creator Stories of the Week

• Daniel Allan and Reo Cragun release “Criteria.” 👉 READ

• Zora’s Jacob Horne’s compelling vision for onchain. 👉 READ

• Steve Aoki’s new project “RELICS.” 👉 READ

• Lucas Radouch x HOUNDTRACK, diverse sample pack. 👉 READ

• Reo Cragun and KOTA World release wild visuals. 👉 READ

• Bullish Music NFT insights by Chris Wieduwilt. 👉 READ

🗞 Headlines: NFTs, Social Tokens, DAOs

• Lens Protocol celebrates 1 year, paying artist $10k. 👉 READ

• Pudgy Penguin sells $500k of physical toys. 👉 READ

• Sound Releases Mobule app. 👉 READ

• Ledger's new feature recovers lost keys. 👉 READ

• Influencer faces $7M token presale NFT settlement demand. 👉 READ

• 3AC's bankrupt fund auctions NFT for $2.5M amid $3.5B debt. 👉 READ

• Americana challenges eBay with NFT platform. 👉 READ

• Blend NFT lending amasses 100K Ethereum surge. 👉 READ

• MetaBirkins: NFTs as intangible goods under trademark law. 👉 READ

• Spacebrat NFT mints 300K+ across blockchains. 👉 READ

• anotherblock secures $4.4M for NFT music investments. 👉 READ

• X2Y2 introduces NFT lending protocol named X2Y2 Fi. 👉 READ

• Tom Brady's autograph powers Boston Legends in gaming. 👉 READ

• ApeCoin DAO boosts Bored Ape NFTs and ecosystem. 👉 READ

• OpenAI CEO's Worldcoin targets $100M funding. 👉 READ

• VeeCon 2023: Exciting speakers, events, and activations. 👉 READ

• Future Tape teases Podcast NFT interface. 👉 READ

• RELEASE built on Optimism: Easier music NFT album releases. 👉 READ

• DANC3 collective partners for community collaboration. 👉 READ

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gm Mint nation - happy Sunday. If you’re new here, welcome. You’re receiving this newsletter because you likely subscribed on my site adamlevy.io or reserved a Season 7 NFT.

I publish ‘Mint TLDR,’ every Sunday, covering my favorite weekly headlines from the web3 creator economy.

PS. No more “Tweets Worth Reading” for now. Substack and Twitter are at war and embeds aren’t working as they use to.

Let’s dive in!

I sat with Nvak Collective this week to moderate a discussion about their vision for the web3 music scene. I was joined by Co-Founders Alex Salibian and SDR. Check out the full episode below!

🌐 Creator Stories of the Week

• “The Broken Keys" by Alpha Centauri Kid sells for 731.2 ETH. 👉 READ

• Daniel Allan introduces “Family Affair”. 👉 READ

• musicben.eth introduces free Ziggy Ziggy music NFT. 👉 READ

• David Furlong new Farcaster proposal: subcommunities. 👉 READ

• Jack Butcher teases Checks at Christie’s. 👉 READ

• Iman Europe steps down from Head of Artist Relations at Sound. 👉 READ

• RŌHKI introduces Season Finale on Glass.xyz. 👉 READ

• Musician RAC launches NFT Fan Pass. 👉 READ

• Avenged Sevenfold's ongoing NFT bet explained. 👉 READ

• Beeple teases goat-themed airdrop for NFT holders at VEECON. 👉 READ

• a16z’s Ish Verduzco on social media questions for founders. 👉 READ

• Ameet Kanon returns to Sound with her first 2023 drop. 👉 READ

🗞 Headlines: NFTs, Social Tokens, DAOs

• Lens Protocol releases the Lens SDK. 👉 READ

• Teasr wins the Lens Protocol runner-up prize at ETH Global. 👉 READ

• PROHIBITION launches a generative art platform on Arbitrum. 👉 READ

• Medallion introduces Season Passes for community members. 👉 READ

• Paradigm-backed NFT platform Tessera shutting down. 👉 READ

• WORLDCOIN x Optimism's superchain vision for mainnet. 👉 READ

• Elon Musk's NFT rocket launch and its impact on Milady. 👉 READ

• MechaFightClub NFT game 'paused indefinitely.' 👉 READ

• Pudgy Penguin's $9M seed round hints at NFT industry growth. 👉 READ

• Artizen Fund raises $2.2M for NFT cultural artifacts. 👉 READ

• Tensor ascends Solana NFT marketplace totem pole. 👉 READ

• Line reveals 5 'gamer first' NFT games on Game Dosi platform. 👉 READ

• Assassin's Creed pairs NFTs with 3D-printed physical items. 👉 READ

• Barbie and Boss Beauties unite to empower women in Web3. 👉 READ

• Floor NFT expands Solana integration for waitlisted users. 👉 READ

• Binance adds Bitcoin NFTs to marketplace, Ordinals support. 👉 READ

• NFT art sales hit $881M peak in 2021, drop 98% in April 2023. 👉 READ

• Tabi NFT marketplace secures $10M in funding round. 👉 READ

• BBC embraces Web3: Trademarks Doctor Who logo as NFT. 👉 READ

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gm Mint nation - happy Sunday. If you’re new here, welcome. You’re receiving this newsletter because you likely subscribed on my site adamlevy.io or reserved a Season 7 NFT.

I publish ‘Mint TLDR,’ every Sunday, covering my favorite weekly headlines from the web3 creator economy.

PS. No more “Tweets Worth Reading” for now. Substack and Twitter are at war and embeds aren’t working as they use to.

Let’s dive in!

🌐 Creator Stories of the Week

• Cowart's 10K photo NFTs: art reimagined. 👉 READ

• NFT pioneer Josie Bellini seeks digital immortality. 👉 READ

• Sammy Arriaga hits 1K+ followers on Showtime—join allowlist. 👉 READ

• Spencer Noon: next NFT wave - utility, diversity, affordability. 👉 READ

• Jason Rosenthal: pricing strategy crucial for startups' success. 👉 READ

• Pudgy Penguins, WME team up for strategic partnerships. 👉 READ

• Soulja Boy's NFT pulled amid copyright issues, sales slump. 👉 READ

• Kevin Rose: Navigating NFT bear market, Proof's art focus. 👉 READ

• Angelbaby mints 1.2k "im fine" track with GrimesAI, WesGhost. 👉 READ

• Philip Colbert mints 1,308 "Flowers" on OpenSea. 👉 READ

• Artist Rhett Dashwood's $TURBO: $50M meme coin using AI. 👉 READ

• X Li's track exceeds 3,000 mints in Sound genesis drop. 👉 READ

• RŌHKI's finale: AI duo ends Season One, 1 ETH floor on Glass. 👉 READ

• wavWRLD's wavROOM: Live Art Basel NFTs on Glass, May 9. 👉 READ

• Domino drops "IRS" Music NFT journal entry on Sound.xyz. 👉 READ

• Ibn Inglor's EP "Danger Zone" on 6.2.23—pre-save, NFT. 👉 READ

🗞 Headlines: NFTs, Social Tokens, DAOs

• Sound Mobile App arrives. Collect NFT for early access. 👉 READ

• Ex-OpenSea worker guilty in NFT insider trading case. 👉 READ

• Palm NFT Studio launches generative art tool for creators. 👉 READ

• Sports Illustrated debuts NFT ticketing on Polygon. 👉 READ

• Alchemy Ventures funds $4M for NFT platform Vibe. 👉 READ

• Music history preserved as NFTs: Legends of Rock. 👉 READ

• Cross-posting on Farcaster, Lens, Twitter: Yup Mobile feature. 👉 READ

• Seed Club unveils Consumer Crypto Accelerator. 👉 READ

• Mint with credit card now available on Sound.xyz. 👉 READ

• Relaunch: Crypto Startup School 2023, curriculum for all. 👉 READ

• Phantom's multichain wallet: Ethereum, Polygon, Solana. 👉 READ

• Paradigm's Blend: NFT-backed lending, market rates. 👉 READ

• "Talk to Lens": ChatGPT plugin for LensProtocol queries. 👉 READ

• Polygon debuts zkEVM NFT collection; MATIC price rises. 👉 READ

• Adidas' NFT raffle: Win a golden ticket. 👉 READ

• Glass Protocol launches on Ethereum. 👉 READ

• Frens NFTs: families thrive in a volatile industry. 👉 READ

• Castle's multi-chain NFT marketplace: ETH, Polygon, Arbitrum. 👉 READ

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During this time, I'll be taking a break to reflect on the past season, gather feedback from my listeners, and plan new content that promises to be even more exciting and informative than ever before.

I'm also excited to share that we'll be creating a special Season 7 Pin as an end-of-season memento for my readers and listeners. As for Season 8, we're planning to explore some fascinating new topics and bring on amazing guests to share their insights and expertise. While I can't reveal too much just yet, I have already started recording it, so stay tuned.

During the off-season, I encourage you to catch up on past episodes, revisit your favorite moments, and engage with me on all platforms. I love hearing from you and receiving your feedback on the pod.

In addition to preparing for Season 8, I have some exciting personal news to share. I'll be moving to Brooklyn in June! This is a big change for me, but I'm looking forward to exploring a new city and getting inspired by all that Brooklyn has to offer. In the meantime, I'll be taking a short break to prepare for the move and get settled in my new home.

As many of you know, I've also been participating in a16z's accelerator program with my startup, Bello. The program is coming to an end shortly with Demo Day around the corner, so things are really ramping up as we work to make the most of the remaining time. This means that I'll be a bit busier than usual over the next few weeks, but I'm still committed to bringing you the best content possible on The Mint Podcast.

Once again, thank you to everyone who has supported me and the Podcast. You reading this update and sticking through the last few months means the world, and I’m eager to share more with you in the upcoming season.

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We’ll reconvene soon!

- Adam

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I publish ‘Mint TLDR,’ every Sunday, covering my favorite weekly headlines from the web3 creator economy.

PS. No more “Tweets Worth Reading” for now. Substack and Twitter are at war and embeds aren’t working as they use to.

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🌐 Creator Stories of the Week

• Grimez: 50% royalty split on AI-generated songs with my voice. 👉 READ

• Ameet Kanon hits top 10 trending Sounds for “Keep it Together.” 👉 READ

• Gmoney buys Twitter blue checks for NFT supporters. 👉 READ

• Trevor Jones: from unknown to top NFT artist with new artwork. 👉 READ

• Pet3rpan: Web3 enables multiplayer co-creation for creators. 👉 READ

• Sammy Arriaga announces a limited 200 edition music drop. 👉 READ

• Ladi shares success with 700+ subscribers on LinkedIn. 👉 READ

• ZiggyZiggyMusic celebrates the end of Season 1. 👉 READ

• 3LAU & Steve Aoki's Punx debut, offer royalty to NFT holders. 👉 READ

• Reo Cragun announces a LNRZ-hosted “Sound Lounge Live.” 👉 READ

• David Furlong: lasting moats for permissionless protocols. 👉 READ

• Alec Dalel celebrates 20ETH sale of SnoopDog golden egg. 👉 READ

🗞 Headlines: NFTs, Social Tokens, DAOs

• Bello celebrates its 1-year anniversary since ETH Amsterdam. 👉 READ

• Pudgy Penguins adds Bitwave for automated NFT accounting. 👉 READ

• Binance NFT launches Sandbox NFT staking program. 👉 READ

• Michelin unveils 'Michelin 3xplorer Club' NFT collection. 👉 READ

• 10KTF x PUMA Slipstream Collab: Digital + Physical Dream . 👉 READ

• Book.io to launch "Brave New World" as Algorand NFT eBook. 👉 READ

• Backedby aims to disrupt creator economy with web3 payments. 👉 READ

• BitClout 2.0 announced as new people's stock market. 👉 READ

• OpenSea to assist Web 2.0 brands in joining web3. 👉 READ

• Adidas & Pharrell release NFT digital clothing for Doodles. 👉 READ

• Optimism Collective raises 20 ETH while sharing program news. 👉 READ

• IYK dominates NFT NYC with 23K+ product taps, 1.5K+ hats. 👉 READ

• Snoop Dogg collaborates with VeeFriends for NFT project. 👉 READ

• Lens announces Momoka, web3 social’s hyperscaling solution. 👉 READ

• Sound.xyz ships a new home page, doubling down on curation. 👉 READ

• Variant Fund on the interplay of AI abundance x crypto scarcity. 👉 READ

• Iconic music channel Colors Studio drops first NFT on Zora. 👉 READ

• 9 reasons why music NFTs matter. 👉 READ

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