Category: Press Release

Los Angeles, CA — January 5, 2023 — Mint, the popular podcast series hosted by creator and entrepreneur Adam Levy, is excited to announce the release of Season 7. This season’s core theme is “Creating Content Worth Collecting,” and features 20 conversations with innovators at the forefront of web3. Over the next three months, listeners will hear from a variety of creators, collectors, and founders as they discuss their strategies for producing collectible content.

Levy said, “As a creator, I’ve always been fascinated by the question of what makes certain content truly valuable and shareable. I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about what motivates people to collect and how to create content that speaks to them on a deeper level. That’s why I decided to dedicate 20 episodes of my podcast to the theme of creating content worth collecting.”

He continued, “This topic is timely and relevant to Mint’s audience, and I’m excited to bring in a diverse group of guests to share their insights and experiences. I hope that by exploring this topic in-depth, we can help our listeners understand more about what makes content valuable and how to create content that resonates with their audience to the extent where they want to collect it.”

The Season will explore various forms of tokenized media like music NFTs, podcast NFTs, writing NFTs, film NFTs, video NFTs, and crypto art, and answer questions like: 

1. What does it take to create content worth collecting?
2. What are the links between viral distribution and onchain monetization via collection?
3. How can content creators use tokenized media and NFTs to increase value and strengthen relationships with their audience?
4. How will DeFi and tokenized media intersect and develop in the future?
5. What are the main challenges for crypto-native content creators and tokenized media projects and how will they be addressed?
6. How will decentralization change content creation and consumption in the web3 world?
7. Will traditional media adapt to or be replaced by decentralized organizations in the web3 landscape?
8. What challenges and opportunities will the web3 media industry face as it grows and how can they be addressed?
9. How will the user experience of web3 media differ from traditional web media and how will this affect content consumption?

Season 7 Lineup

• Farokh | Founder of Rug Radio.
• Robin Schmidt | Founder of BasedAF.
• Zack Guzman | Host of Coinage Media.
• Alice Ma | Co-Founder of Mad Realties.
• Jacob Horne | Co-Founder of Zora Protocol.
• Chase Chapman | Host of the OthersidePod.
• Diana Chen | Host of Rehash Podcast.
• Aidan Musnitzky | Founder of Spinamp.
• Christina Beltramini | Head of Growth at The AaveCompanies (Lens Protocol).
• 0xLucas | Head of Web3 at Bankless.
• Gami | Founder of Gnars DAO.
• Peter Saputo | Music NFT Artist.
• Roberto Nickson | Founder of Metav3rse.
• Pplpleasr | Legendary, crypto-native digital artist.
• TK the Legend | Music NFT Artist.
• BlockchainBrett | Partner at Palm Tree Crew.
• John Crain | Founder of SuperRare.
• Sam Sends | Co-Founder of Glass Protocol.
• RŌHKI | Web3-native music collective.
• Colin Armstrong | Founder of Paragraph.

Season 7 wouldn’t be here without its two sponsors Lens Protocol and Bello, which collected the podcast’s soulbound NFTs, unlocking promotional perks throughout the season.

Mint Podcast, which has a monthly audience of over 50,000 web3 creators and collectors, is available on all video and audio streaming platforms, as well as new social apps built on Lens Protocol, such as Lenstube and Lenster.

To receive all 20 episodes of Season 7 for free, RSVP by visiting https://adamlevy.io/mint-season-7. 

About Mint

Reaching over 50,000 web3 creators and collectors per month, Mint Podcast, hosted by Adam Levy, is a leading audio and video series exploring the web3 creator economy.

Learn more by visiting https://adamlevy.io/mint-season-7.

About Lens Protocol

Lens Protocol is an open-source tech stack for building decentralized social networking services. The protocol was developed by the Aave Companies and launched on Polygon in May of 2022. Through Lens, web3 developers can build decentralized social media applications and marketplaces that leverage NFT technology to form a fully composable, user-owned social graph where the connections and interactions between people are owned by individual users and creators rather than established networks. 

Stay up to date with Lens Protocol by following @LensProtocol on Lens 🌿

About Bello

Bello is the no-code blockchain analytics tool that empowers creators with actionable insights about their collectors in one simple search. Unlike other analytics platforms that benefit SQL-experienced users or professional NFT traders, Bello is a haven for non-technical users in a world where blockchain data is hard to fetch and understand. With no-code insights at the foundation of Bello’s pursuit, we help creators learn more about their collectors in a friendly and intuitive manner.
Learn more about your collectors today by visiting https://www.bello.lol/join.

Los Angeles, CA — April 29, 2022 —  Adam Levy returns to the frontier of the web3 creator economy with Mint Season 5, a leading audio and video series exploring how the creators of today are building the communities of tomorrow using web3 primitives like social tokens, NFTs, and DAOs, to name a few. RSVP to receive episode one by visiting https://adamlevy.io/mint-season-5.

This season of the Mint Podcast is psyched to bring you over 20 exclusive conversations with the creators, collectors, and founders defining the web3 creator economy. The next two months will explore the future of music, social networks, and the creative commons license (cc0), capturing key insights from its sector’s respective movers and shakers. 

The season is available to enjoy across all video and audio streaming platforms, answering the most frequent questions creators and communities have when building alongside web3 primitives. 

“Season 5 will feature interviews with some of the most creative and forward-thinking names in the web3 creator economy,” said Mint Founder and Host Adam Levy. “Each episode features tips, tricks, and invaluable insights straight from the catalysts defining this decentralized revolution.”

From modern fan clubs where hundreds crowdfund an artist into financial liberation to multi-million dollar communities surfacing overnight, this season welcomes the best stories emerging from web3.

Season 5’s headliners include:

• Ice Cube | American rapper, actor, filmmaker, and entrepreneur who’s more recently known for founding a 3-on-3 basketball league that’s using NFTs to give fans voting rights and ownership perks in their favorite teams.
• G Money | A highly respected pseudonymous influential investor and collector known for his early conviction in Cryptopunks amongst many other bluechip collections.
• Krista Kim | A Canadian-Korean contemporary artist whose works frequently use light, digital technology and sound.
• Jimmy McNelis | CEO of nameless who empowers brands and enterprises to launch and fully manage their own custom NFT projects.
• Michael Le (justmaiko) | Founder of Shluv Pals and social media personality with over 51 million fans worldwide.
• David Greenstein | Co-founder and CEO of Sound.xyz, who’s redefining how music should be valued and experienced.
• Oshi | Music producer and legendary independent artist having paved the way for much of the web3 music movement today.
• illaDaProducer | Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum producer and founder of WhoWhos TreeHouse, a music NFT community aimed at supporting up n coming artists.
• Mike Dudas | Co-founder of The Block, LinksDAO and venture investor at 6th Man Ventures. 
• Emma Jane | Founder of DIGITALAX, the web3 cc0 fashion protocol.
• Joey DeBruin | CEO and Co-Founder of Backdrop, who connects tokenized communities in web3.
• Brett Goldstein and Michael Houck | Co-founders of Launch House, a private community focused on connecting and supporting top entrepreneurs.
• JVCKJ | aka Jack Johnson, who’s artist name is JVCKJ, is widely known as one half of the multi-platinum pop duo Jack & Jack. He’s a creative force who earned a billion-plus streams, multi-platinum records, and countless sold-out tours.
• x0r (Michael Blau) | NFT artist, shadowy super-coder and is part of crypto team at Andreessen Horowitz.
• Patrick Rivera | Co-Founder of Mirror.xyz, a publishing platform for writers that leverages cryptocurrency and blockchain technology.
• Will Collier | Co-founder of decent.xyz, who enables musicians to monetize their work directly through their fans, aligning artist & fan incentives to reinvent funding, IP protection, and discovery
• SidneySwift | An American entrepreneur, producer of founder of Chill Rx, a music NFT collective. He also co-founded intellectual property and creative development studio, Defi Entertainment.
• Andre Benz | Co-founder of Trap Nation, an American music promoter that is primarily known for releasing electronic music on its YouTube channel. His latest venture titled Soundmint.xyz allows anyone to own a unique piece of audiovisual via an NFT. 
• IBN IGLOR | independent music artist and web3 creator.
• Ryan Li and Wilson Wei | Co-founders of CyberConnect, a universal social graph that connects everyone on Web3 in contextually meaningful ways.
• Dot | Producer, artist, epic DJ and web3 creator.

Season 5 sponsors include CyberConnect, Coinvise and Mint Songs, who are supporting Mint by collecting the show’s non-transferable NFTs granting them promotional benefits throughout the season.

Submit your email to receive all 20+ episodes for free by visiting https://adamlevy.io/mint-season-5.

About Mint

Reaching over 20,000 web3 users per month, Mint hosted by Adam Levy is a leading audio and video series exploring how the creators of today are building the communities of tomorrow using web3 primitives like social tokens, NFTs, and DAOs, to name a few. Each month, a new season rolls out with numerous untold journeys from notable creators, web3 founders, and thought leaders, who are tinkering with social money to make their creator economy a reality.

Learn more by visiting https://adamlevy.io/mint-season-5.

Denver, CO — February 3, 2022 —  The largest gathering of web3 musicians, artists, videographers, bloggers, builders, collectors, and creators unite for a half-day packed with a free brunch, creative networking, and a live performance by independent music artist Queen George. The event will take place during the jam-packed week of ETH Denver on February 15, 2022, from 9 AM to 1 PM MT at Your Moms House, located at 608 E 13th Ave, Denver, CO 80203. You can register to attend in person for free by visiting https://impish.fun/#/event/6.

Hosted by Dystopia Labs, Mint Podcast, Bonfire, and Polygon Studios, the four unite in an effort to celebrate the creative and ownership renaissance occurring on-chain and to create more awareness for the booming web3 creator economy.

Those who attend the in-person event will receive a POAP and other goodies in addition to meeting a collective force of other like-minded individuals leading the front for where crypto meets creators.

Following a decked-out brunch, attendees will enjoy a live performance by wbe3 independent music artist Queen George, whose eclectic artistic style reflects a goddess voice unlike any other. The modern jazz-pop artist will perform a 45-minute set followed by a live music NFT mint to commemorate her new on-chain musical work.

The event is proudly sponsored by SmartDeFi and hummingbot.

Register for free to attend the in-person event by visiting https://impish.fun/#/event/6.

More on Queen George

• https://www.queengeorge.com/
• https://twitter.com/iamqueengeorge
• https://www.instagram.com/iamqueen_george/
• https://www.tiktok.com/@iamqueengeorge?lang=en

About Dystopia Labs

Dystopia Labs is a grassroots events & edu org that’s focused on growing the Web3 ecosystem. Each month, we run technical summits around the US to help kickstart new IRL crypto communities. 

Follow us here to join the movement: https://dystopialabs.com/

About Mint

Mint with Adam Levy is a new audio and video series exploring how the creators of today are building the communities of tomorrow using web3 primitives like social tokens, NFTs, and DAOs, to name a few. Each month, a new season rolls out with 10 to 20 untold journeys from notable creators, web3 founders, and thought leaders, who are tinkering with social money to make their creator economy a reality.

Learn more by visiting https://adamlevy.io/mint.

About Bonfire

Bonfire empowers web3 creators to turn audiences into communities powered by their social token & NFTs. We’re building white-label infrastructure to enable creators to build custom web3-native homes for their community, and tools to provide greater utility to their assets through things like airdrops, bounties, and token-gated experiences.

Learn more by visiting us at https://twitter.com/bonfire_tweets

About Polygon Studios

Polygon Studios is the Gaming and NFT arm of Polygon focused on growing the Blockchain Gaming and NFT Industry while bridging the gap between Web 2 and Web 3 gaming. The Polygon Studios ecosystem comprises highly loved blockchain games like OpenSea, Upshot, Aavegotchi, Zed Run, Skyweaver, Decentraland, and Decentral Games. If you’re a game developer, builder or NFT creator looking to join the Polygon Studios ecosystem, get started here.

Learn more by visiting us at https://polygonstudios.com.

Los Angeles, CA — December 21, 2021 —  Adam Levy today announces the release of Mint Season 4, a leading audio and video series exploring how the creators of today are building the communities of tomorrow using web3 primitives like social tokens, NFTs, and DAOs, to name a few. Check out episode one by visiting https://adamlevy.io/mint-season-4.

Those who register for season 4 will have the opportunity to claim an exclusive Mint POAP proving one’s participation in this month’s series. As Mint’s community develops, claimed POAPs will unlock future perks and provide access to unique content, proposal votes, and more. Get yours now by submitting your email at https://adamlevy.io/poap-season-4.

Today’s premiere of Season 4 includes 20 exclusive episodes consisting of 1-on-1 interviews from top web3 creators, investors, and founders, all collectively tinkering with cryptography to help make their creator economy a reality. Available to enjoy across all video and audio streaming platforms, the podcast answers the most frequent questions creators and communities have when tinkering with web3 primitives.

“Season 4 welcomes some of the brightest people building in web3 and I’m so excited to be sharing their stories across 20+ hours of content,” said Mint Founder and host Adam Levy. “I’m hoping that future creators and web3 communities leverage their stories when kickstarting their own path into the crazy world of crypto.”

From modern fan clubs where the people own the artist to multi-million dollar communities surfacing overnight, this season welcomes the best stories emerging out of web3. Hear the untold journeys from 20 notable creators, founders, and thought leaders who are tinkering with web3 primitives to make their creator economy a reality.

Season 4’s guests include:

Gary Vaynerchuk | The chairman of VaynerX, a modern-day media and communications holding company, and the active CEO of VaynerMedia and the widely-popular NFT community VeeFriends.

Just Blau | NFT visionary, global DJ and founder of Royal.

BLOND:ISH | A top DJ, producer, promoter, record label head, environmental activist, serial collaborator, and founder of the $ISH community.

Matt Shadows | AKA M. Shadows, an American singer and songwriter. He is best known as the lead vocalist, songwriter, and a founding member of heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold, and now the founder of the NFT community Deathbats Club.

Vérité | A hit American singer and songwriter based in Brooklyn, New York City, and NFT visionary.

Justin Aversano | An artist and curator working within the New York City and Los Angeles art scene. He’s more recently known for his photography art work titled, “Twin Flames.”

Richerd | Co-Founder of Manifold.xyz, who enables web3 creators to have true creative ownership, preserve on-chain provenance, and interoperate with all major NFT marketplaces.

Grady | Iconic artist, music producer, and founder of Good Karma DAO, a community run music label.

Spencer Graham | Web3 Product Manager at DAOhaus.

Melissa Zhang |  Chief Technology Officer at Bonfire, who’s focused on building web3 tools to empower creators. 

Jeremy Vaughn | Founder and CEO of Rimark, a social token issuance platform on Solana.

Matthew Chaim | Music artist and founder of Songcamp.

Jeremy Stern and Mike McKain | Co-founders of Catalog.works.

Daniel Allan | Producer, artist, and crypto extraordinaire who started a crowdfund revolution via his tokenized EP $OVERSTIM. 

Kevin Owocki | Internet citizen, DAO cartographer, EVM whisperer & aspiring chaos magician at Gitcoin.

William Bailey | Founder of Bolero Music who’s aim is to bring artists and fans closer together via tokenized assets. 

Dayo Adeosun | A serial entrepreneur and Co-Founder of Glass Protocol, the first video NFT platform. 

Kyle and Evan Dhillon | Two brothers on a mission to revolutionize on-chain music creation through Arpeggi Labs.

Xcelencia | Puerto Rican songwriter, musician and founder of the social token $EQUIS.

Spartan Daggenhurst | Founder of, “The Film Society of San Gaspare,” a community-run movie studio DAO who’s creating the first web3-funded film via an NFT crowdfund.

Season 4 sponsors include Coinvise and Polygon Studios who are supporting Mint by collecting the show’s non-transferable NFTs. The NFT grants each sponsor a shared vote into proposals, ideas, and future updates being implemented into Mint’s ecosystem as well as certain promotions across the entire season.

Submit your email to receive all 20 episodes for free by visiting https://adamlevy.io/mint-season-4.

About Mint

Mint with Adam Levy is a new audio and video series exploring how the creators of today are building the communities of tomorrow using web3 primitives like social tokens, NFTs, and DAOs, to name a few. Each month, a new season rolls out with ten to fifteen untold journeys from notable creators, web3 founders, and thought leaders, who are tinkering with social money to make their creator economy a reality.

Learn more by visiting https://adamlevy.io/mint.

Los Angeles, CA — October 5, 2021 —  Adam Levy today announces the release of Mint Season 3, a leading audio and video series exploring how the creators of today are building the communities of tomorrow using web3 primitives like social tokens, NFTs, and DAOs, to name a few. Check out episode one by visiting https://adamlevy.io/mint-season-3/.

Those who register for season 3 will have the opportunity to claim an exclusive Mint POAP proving one’s participation in this month’s series. As Mint’s community develops, claimed POAPs will unlock future perks and provide access to unique content, proposal votes, and more. Get yours now by submitting your email at https://adamlevy.io/mint-season-3/.

Today’s premiere of season three includes 18 exclusive episodes consisting of 1-on-1 interviews from top web3 creators, investors, and founders, all collectively tinkering with cryptography to help make their creator economy a reality. Available to enjoy across all video and audio streaming platforms, the podcast answers the most frequent questions creators and communities have when tinkering with web3 technology.

“Season 3 welcomes some of the brightest people building in web3 and I’m so excited to be sharing their stories across 18+ hours of content,” said Mint Founder and host Adam Levy. “I’m hoping that future creators and web3 communities leverage their stories when kickstarting their own path into the crazy world of crypto.”

Having recently managed Operations for the blockchain fund Draper Goren Holm, Adam has helped incubate and accelerate over 15 leading crypto and blockchain startups like LunarCRUSH, Totle, PrimeDAO, and CasperLabs, to name a few, while producing mass community events like LA Blockchain Summit and Blockchain & Booze. Now, he’s helping onboard creators and their communities into web3 with Mint.

From modern fan clubs where the people own the artist to multi-million dollar communities surfacing overnight, this season welcomes the best stories emerging out of web3. Hear the untold journeys from 18 notable creators, founders, and thought leaders who are tinkering with web3 primitives to make their creator economy a reality.

Season three’s guests include:

Tyler Hobbs | Visual artist from Austin, Texas who works primarily with algorithms, plotters, and paint. His artwork is recently known for the iconic Fidenza series, which focuses on computational aesthetics.

Devin Finzer | Co-founder and CEO of OpenSea — a peer-to-peer marketplace for blockchain-based digital collectibles.

Santiago R. Santos | Owner of Punk #9159 🤖. 

Joyce Yang | Creator of Global Coin Research, a content platform that primarily focuses on Asia Cryptocurrency. 

Dennison Bertram |  Founder of Tally, providing tools for decentralized decision making and governance for distributed ledger ecosystems.

RAZ | Founder of Social oracle & token utility toolkit Agora Space DAO.

FVCKRENDER | The futuristic, self-taught, tech-digital artist working out of Montreal.

Brett Shear | Co-Founder and partner of Palm Tree Crew Crypto, investing in the decentralized creator economy.

LATASHÁ |  LATASHÁ is an artist and holistic entrepreneur who connects fans with their highest, most powerful selves through music, film, and performance art.

Oliver Bell | CEO and Founder of XCAD Network, a content creator tokenization platform

where you can earn and trade your favorite creators tokens.

Marek Olszewski |  A partner at cLabs, one of the companies working on Celo, a mobile-first permissionless platform that makes financial tools accessible to anyone with a mobile phone.

Andy Chorlian | Founder of Fractional.Art, a platform where you can own fragments of the world’s most sought-after NFTs.

Avery Akkineni | An Ex-Googler with a passion for digital marketing; currently leading VaynerNFT, a venture created to help the world’s leading intellectual property owners navigate the wild and wonderful world of NFTs.

Lorens Huculak | Co-Founder of Genie where you can buy, sell, and trade across all NFT and token markets instantly.

Alex Zhang | Mayor of FWB (Friends With Benefits), a collective of unique individuals pushing for a bright future.

Seth Goldstein | Founding member of Bright Moments, the Venice-based NFT Gallery DAO that opened its physical doors in May 2021.

Patricio Worthalter | Founder of Proof of Attendance Protocol, an ecosystem of applications for the preservation of memories using NFTs as digital records.

James Young | Founder of Abridged, who provides tools that empower developers to build an intuitive Web3 experience into familiar interfaces.

Season three sponsors include Coinvise, POAP (aka Proof of Attendance Protocol), and Socialstack who are supporting Mint by collecting the show’s three non-transferable NFTs. The NFT grants each sponsor a shared vote into proposals, ideas, and future updates being implemented into Mint’s ecosystem as well as certain promotions across the entire season.

Submit your email to receive all 18 episodes for free by visiting https://adamlevy.io/mint-season-3/.

About Mint

Mint with Adam Levy is a new audio and video series exploring how the creators of today are building the communities of tomorrow using web3 primitives like social tokens, NFTs, and DAOs, to name a few. Each month, a new season rolls out with ten to fifteen untold journeys from notable creators, web3 founders, and thought leaders, who are tinkering with social money to make their creator economy a reality.
Learn more by visiting https://adamlevy.io/mint.

Los Angeles, CA — August 12, 2021 —  Adam Levy today announces the release of Mint Season 2, a leading audio and video series exploring how the creators of today are building the communities of tomorrow using web3 primitives like social tokens, NFTs, and DAOs, to name a few. Enjoy all 15 episodes in season two now for free by visiting https://adamlevy.io/mint-season-2/.

Those who register for season 2 will have the opportunity to claim an exclusive Mint POAP proving one’s participation in this month’s series. As Mint’s community develops, claimed POAPs will unlock future perks and provide access to unique content, proposal votes, and more. Get yours now by submitting your email at https://adamlevy.io/mint-season-2/.

Today’s premiere of season two includes 15 exclusive episodes consisting of 1-on-1 interviews from top web3 creators, investors, and founders, all collectively tinkering with cryptography to help make their creator economy a reality. Available to enjoy across all video and audio streaming platforms, the podcast answers the most frequent questions creators and communities have when tinkering with web3 technology.

“Season 2 welcomes some of the brightest people building in web3 and I’m so excited to be sharing their stories across 15+ hours of content,” said Mint Founder and host Adam Levy. “I’m hoping that future creators and web3 communities leverage their stories when kickstarting their own path into the crazy world of crypto.”

Having recently managed Operations for the blockchain fund Draper Goren Holm, Adam has helped incubate and accelerate over 15 leading crypto and blockchain startups like LunarCRUSH, Totle, PrimeDAO, and CasperLabs, to name a few, while producing mass community events like LA Blockchain Summit and Blockchain & Booze. Now, he’s helping onboard creators and their communities into web3 by sharing their stories through Mint.

From modern fan clubs where the people own the artist to multi-million dollar communities surfacing overnight, this season welcomes the best stories emerging out of web3. Hear the untold journeys from 16 notable creators, web3 founders, and thought leaders who are tinkering with social money to make their creator economy a reality.

Season two’s guests include:

Don Diablo: An industry-defining NFT artist, Dutch DJ, record producer, musician, and songwriter of electronic dance music who is known for his electronic style of production and vocalizing in most of his songs. He led a multi-industry career ranking sixth in the 2020’s top 100 DJs by DJ Mag, as well as amassed millions of dollars in sales for his crypto-inspired fine art.  

Andrew Berkowitz, Founder and CEO of Socialtack: He’s building a protocol to power mission-driven social token economies on the blockchain. Socialstack is on a mission to build community, culture, and infrastructure for leaders who are driven by true impact to build new economic systems based on gratitude and abundance.

Jess Sloss, Instigator at Seed Club: He’s building an incubator for the crypto space helping creators and communities launch and grow successful social tokens. Previously he was the co-founder at Blimp, a collaboration space for real estate professionals and led Community for Protos Asset Management, a leading provider of systematic crypto and Defi exposure.

Stani Kulechov, Founder and CEO at AAVE: He’s building the widely successful, open source and non-custodial liquidity market protocol that earns anyone interest on deposits and borrowed assets. Stani was studying law at the University of Helsinki when he first got into Ethereum and he started exploring how it could impact the traditional financial system.

Jeff Kauffman Jr., Founder of Parachute: He’s building a social token-driven consultancy firm focused on web3 solutions for brands and agencies. Jeff has made it his responsibility to provide entry level social token exposure to many mainstream executives via the community’s currency, $JUMP. 

Wuki, Dj and Founder of $WUKI: Wuki is the genre-blending solo project of Denver-based producer Kris Barman. Influenced by the sounds of Detroit ghettotech and Chicago footwork scenes, Barman’s ability to seamlessly mix booty, breaks, electro, and house into hard-hitting club-shakers has become a trademark of the Wuki sound. Furthermore, he’s reimagining what it means to build a community around his music through his social token, $WUKI. 

Josh Katz, Founder and CEO of YellowHeart: The blockchain expert went from fetching tuna sandwiches for Clive Davis to designing NFTs for bands like Kings of Leon. More recently, he’s pushing out one of the first mainstream creator DAOs for the American pop rock band Maroon 5

Maria Shen, Partner at Electric Capital: Maria is NFT obsessed. Currently, she’s a partner on the investment team at Electric Capital. Prior to Electric, Maria was CTO and co-founder of a startup that helped SMBs easily create their supply chains with manufacturers around the world. Prior to that, she worked on search technology at Microsoft, with her features shipped to more than 1 billion devices.

Andy Artz, Partner at Social Capital: He’s on a mission to advance humanity by solving the world’s hardest problems by investing capital across early stage startups to transformational public companies. He’s also a major proponent of the decentralized social media platform BitClout following his own creator coin $ARTZ.

Pet3rpan, Investor at 1kx: He’s a DAO and NFT thought-leader whose work is widely known across the early stage token investment firm 1kx. He’s also a Community organiser and summoner at MetaCartel, as well as the Co-founder & blood mage at MetaCartel Ventures. 

Carlos Gomes, Founder of ForeFront: He’s the Founder of Forefront, contributor at MintFund and Seed Club. He works as a software developer at the crypto exchange Huobi, is the founder of social token website ForeFront and even launched his own social token called $SWAGG.

Neil Harbisson and Pol Lombarte, Cyborg Artists: Cyborg-artist Neil Harbisson was born color blind but he can ‘feel’ and ‘hear’ colors, thanks to a WiFi-enabled bone-conduction antenna that is permanently implanted into his skull. Together, Neil and Pol experimented with a new state of where the buyer can directly send colors into Harbisson’s head, and on the flip side, Lombarte sold ‘access’ to his heartbeat as an NFT where the buyer can alter his heart beat from afar.

Jonathan Dunlap, Founder and CEO at MintGate: He’s building tools through MintGate for creators to experiment with token-gated content via NFT access passes and generate secret links for events, videos, music, websites, and blogs, to name a few. 

Reuben Bramanathan, General Partner at IDEO CoLab: He’s an expert on all things crypto law, product management, fund management, and more. Having worked at Coinbase from 2015 to 2017, Reuben has seen the industry evolve at a rate in which many don’t have purview. Now, he’s helping build a platform for collaborative impact where him and his team connect organizations to shape technology’s impact on the world.

Erikan Obotetukudo, Founder and Managing Partner at Audacity Fund: She’s investing in Black/African led crypto startups targeting trillion $ markets worldwide, while focusing on the importance of how NFTs will change Africa forever. 

Season two sponsors include Coinvise, POAP (aka Proof of Attendance Protocol), Socialstack, Celo, and PrimeDAO who are supporting Mint by collecting the show’s five non-transferable NFTs. The NFT grants each sponsor a shared vote into proposals, ideas, and future updates being implemented into Mint’s ecosystem as well as certain promotions across 15 episodes. 

Submit your email to receive all 15 episodes for free by visiting https://adamlevy.io/mint-season-2/.

About Mint

Mint with Adam Levy is a new audio and video series exploring how the creators of today are building the communities of tomorrow using web3 primitives like social tokens, NFTs, and DAOs, to name a few. Each month, a new season rolls out with ten to fifteen untold journeys from notable creators, web3 founders, and thought leaders, who are tinkering with social money to make their creator economy a reality.

Learn more by visiting https://adamlevy.io/mint.

Los Angeles, CA — July 8, 2021 —  Adam Levy today announces the release of Mint, a new audio and video series exploring how the creators of today are building the communities of tomorrow using web3 primitives like social tokens, NFTs, and DAOs, to name a few.

Enjoy all 11 episodes in season one now on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts.

Today’s premiere of season one includes 11 exclusive episodes consisting of 1-on-1 interviews from top web3 creators, investors, and founders, all collectively tinkering with cryptography to help make their creator economy a reality. Available to enjoy across all video and audio streaming platforms, the podcast answers the most frequent questions creators and communities have when tinkering with web3 technology.

“I’m so excited to be releasing 15+ hours of web3-inspired content from some of the top minds in the space,” said Mint Founder and host Adam Levy.” Mint serves as the ultimate guide for future creators and communities who are looking for ways to infuse the power of crypto into their ecosystems.”

Having recently managed Operations for the blockchain fund Draper Goren Holm, Adam has helped incubate and accelerate over 15 leading crypto and blockchain startups like LunarCRUSH, Totle, PrimeDAO, and CasperLabs, to name a few, while producing mass community events like LA Blockchain Summit and Blockchain & Booze. Now, he’s helping onboard creators and their communities into web3 by sharing their stories through Mint.

From modern fan clubs where the people own the artist to multi-million dollar communities surfacing overnight, this season welcomes the best stories emerging out of web3. Hear from 11 untold journeys by notable creators, web3 founders, and thought leaders who are tinkering with social money to make their creator economy a reality.

The inaugural season’s guests include:

S1E1 // $ALLIE – Allie Macpherson and Mason Geyser: A popular gaming duo making headwinds across YouTube and Twitch where Allie primarily streams card games like Hearthstone & MTGA. Mason Geysir is the backend behind $ALLIE coin and helps manage the day-to-day or Allie’s brand and all that community entails.

S1E2 // $PSTL – JVCKJ: Jack Johnson, whose artist name is JVCKJ, is widely known as one half of the multi-platinum pop duo Jack & Jack. He’s a creative force who earned a billion-plus streams, multi-platinum records, and countless sold-out tours.

S1E3 // Jenil Thakker of Coinvise: An entrepreneur and hacker, he’s building a decentralized social network on Ethereum through Coinvise and empowering creators with tools to build their creator economy. 

S1E4 // $BOO – Bomani X: A Black guitarist, singer-songwriter, and celebrity digital strategist who has worked with Jill Scott, Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne, Wyclef, and more. He’s also the founder of Lit.Spins and was selected as Clubhouses’ icon for the longest time.

S1E5 // $1337 – WhaleShark: A social entrepreneur and investor with a focus on disrupting the status quo, whose work is known for the wildly successful $WHALE community, and now E1337.

S1E6 // $JOW – Jeremiah Owyang: An advisor to Rally.io, an active angel investor, and is well recognized by both the tech industry and the media for his grounded approach to deriving insights through rigorous research.

S1E7 // $FIRST – Harrison First: An American songwriter and producer. He works producing for other artists, as well as his own solo works, with his own independent label JNRY FIRST. He is one of Ängie’s best friends and a frequent collaborator.

S1E8 // Cooper Turley of Audius: He’s actively shaping the Creator Economy through projects like Audius, Friends with Benefits and PleasrDAO. He advises Variant as an operator and investor and works with teams on token launches and governance through Fire Eyes DAO.

S1E9 // $CRIME – Matt MacDonald: He’s the lead vocalist and guitarist for The Classic Crime – a rock band formed in Seattle, Washington in 2004. After leaving a record label in 2011, TCC pioneered the use of crowdfunding and other middle-men bypassing tools, continuing to make music, content and community experiences for supporters a decade later.

S1E10 // $SHANK – Peter Shankman: An American entrepreneur who’s best known for founding HARO, an online service for journalists to gather feedback from the public. His fight for creating more positive awareness around ADHD has led him down the rabbit hole of monetizing his community via $SHANK coin.

S1E11 // $PLAY – Dave Young: A serial entrepreneur and an indie game developer with over 15 years of experience. Using game tech combined with complex full-stack backends, Dave has founded and created teams to build complex products, like ScreenBlazer, Magnus Rush, and Announcr.

Season 1 sponsors include Coinvise and POAP (aka Proof of Attendance Protocol) who are supporting Mint by collecting the show’s first, 1-of-1 non-transferable NFT fractionalized into thirds and distributed accordingly. The NFT grants each sponsor a shared vote into proposals, ideas, and future updates being implemented into Mint’s ecosystem. 

Jenil Thakker, CEO and Founder of Coinvise added, “We’re a social network where you can discover tokenized creators and communities, earn social tokens for contributing to them and build your own open economy on Ethereum & Polygon – so when we heard about Mint, it was a no brainer collaboration as our values aligned.”

“At POAP, we’re thrilled to be sponsoring the first season of what’s going to become the referential show for the creator economy,” Patricio Worthalter, Founder of POAP, added. “After 3 years of running an NFT dapp, it feels great to finally see the ecosystem moving forward to global-scale adoption.”

Watch all 11 episodes in season one now for free by visiting https://adamlevy.io/mint-season-1.

About Mint

Mint with Adam Levy is a new audio and video series exploring how the creators of today are building the communities of tomorrow using web3 primitives like social tokens, NFTs, and DAOs, to name a few. Each month, a new season rolls out with ten to fifteen untold journeys from notable creators, web3 founders, and thought leaders, who are tinkering with social money to make their creator economy a reality.

Learn more by visiting https://adamlevy.io/mint