S2E2 - Gmoney How Minting Squiggles led to buying a CryptoPunk
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S2E2 features Gmoney who is the founder of Admit One, crypto-native luxury brand 9dcc, and an influential collector/thought leader in the space.
Gmoney is self described as a futurist, disrupter, and founder. You can see the knack he has for eyeing trends early and building incredible brands in the web3 crypto-native space.
In this episode, Nifty and Jared talk with Gmoney about his OG roots in the space with regards to DeFi, fashion, and minting projects. Gmoney is a top Chromie Squiggle holder who minted 100s of Squiggles and he tells some great stories about those early days minting and meeting Snowfro.
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Guest
Gmoney: https://twitter.com/gmoneyNFT
Hosts
Nifty Fifty: https://twitter.com/NiftyFiftyETH
Jared Poz: https://twitter.com/jared_poz
Editor
Fnkl: https://twitter.com/0xFnkl
SquiggleDAO
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Chapters
1. Intro (00:00:00)
2. How Gmoney came to own 2 Ape CryptoPunks (00:02:17)
3. How taking a loan on a Cryptokitties NFT got Gmoney into DeFi (00:04:14)
4. What is Gmoney’s approach to taking NFT loans (00:13:29)
5. Has Gmoney’s thesis on CryptoPunks changed since he bought his ape? (00:17:30)
6. What the future has in store for 9dcc (00:20:30)
7. Minting Squiggles led Gmoney to discovering CryptoPunks through Snowfro (00:25:32)
8. Gmoney on the future of Squiggles (00:31:20)
9. The quality of Snowfro (00:34:19)
10. The grails that got away (00:41:36)
11. What physical art does Gmoney have on his walls (00:43:45)
12. Gmoney is bullish on Farcaster (00:44:29)
13. Defining success (00:46:24)
14. Filtering for opportunities (00:50:17)
15. A great book recommendation (00:52:12)
16. Closing thoughts (00:54:44)
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