Episodes
100 PROOF: One ETH Digital Art Picks, PREMINT & Vulcan Spotlight, Cur…
Brenden Mulligan (Founder of PREMINT) joins Kevin and Derek for this edition of 100 PROOF. They chat about the state of the NFT market and their own collection strategies. Brenden shares the latest updates on the allowlist pl...
Event Spotlight: SXSW with Austin Hurwitz (Doodles), Fonz (Tokenproof…
Sam reports from the front lines of SXSW 2023 with three interviews in one: First, he chats with Austin Hurwitz (Head of Business Development at Doodles) about how he got started with Doodles, Doodles 2, and what’s next for t...
Artist Spotlight: Roope Rainisto and Life in West America
Roope Rainisto is a designer, creator, photographer, screenwriter, and the artist behind the BrainDrops collection Life In West America . Here, he joins Sam to discuss what went into this post-photographic project, how Roope ...
100 PROOF: Beeple Studios Grand Opening, Meta Sunsets NFTs, $432K Los…
Kevin, Derek, and Sam are here for 100 PROOF after a wild week. They talk about Meta sunsetting NFTs, the Beeple Studios grand opening, Doodles, and some big art sales. Sam discusses the current trends in the NFT landscape, a...
100 PROOF: Is AI Art Here to Stay? Yuga Dabbles in Gen Art, Adam Lind…
It’s a special Thursday 100 PROOF episode with Derek , Eli , and Sam . The trio chats about the latest in AI art news, if the genre is here to stay, and Yuga Labs’ $16.5 million TwelveFold auction. Then, …
Artist Spotlight: Per Kristian Stoveland Creates Art with a Sci-Fi Na…
Per Kristian Stoveland is the artist behind The Harvest and founder of Void Design Studio . Sam joins him to discuss the sci-fi narrative behind his work, his introduction to NFTs, his thoughts on being an introvert in the ar...
PROOF Highlights: MetaMask x Unity, Bitcoin NFTs
Kevin , Sam , and Derek are back to chat about the MetaMask/Unity announcement, incentives in NFT communities, Bitcoin NFTs, platforms for one-of-one artists, and how to bring more traditional art collectors into the NFT spac...
Artist Spotlight: Terrell Jones and the Art of Pop-Precisionism
Michigan-based artist Terrell Jones joins Sam to discuss his artistic journey, characters, and lore in his work, the importance of an artist community, and thoughts on burning and supply. Terrell also reveals how he got invol...
100 PROOF: Long-Term Royalty Solutions & Collector Pablo Fraile Inter…
Kevin, Derek, and Sam discuss airdrop farming and the sustainability of the Blur token. After breaking down the Art Blocks marketplace enhancements, they chat about what long-term royalty solutions could look like. Derek and ...
Artist Spotlight: Decentralized Storytelling with pplpleasr
pplpleasr , a multidisciplinary artist based in NYC, joins Kevin to discuss her journey of discovering Web3, her decentralized storytelling platform Shibuya , and the future of community-led content creation. LINKS Connect wi...
100 PROOF: OpenSea Shifts on Creator Royalties, Blur Airdrop Aftermat…
Sam joins ZenAcademy's Zeneca and PROOF's Eli Scheinman to dive into breaking OpenSea royalty news, the Blur airdrop aftermath, NFT donations to museums, and the $6.5 million DigiDaigaku Super Bowl ad. LINKS Connect with Zene...
Artist Spotlight: William Mapan and the Uncertainty of Art
French artist William Mapan joins Sam to discuss his legendary collection Anticyclone, generative art algorithms, composition styles, inspirations, and more. Plus, the Dragons artist answers questions about the France NFT sce...
100 PROOF: Carly Reilly on Storing Value in Digital Objects, Reddit N…
Overpriced JPEGs host Carly Reilly joins Kevin and Derek to talk about Derek’s latest Medium piece, Reddit Super Bowl NFTs, Ordinals, multichain NFTs, and AI art. Plus, a sneak peek at the next PROOF Artist Spotlight on Willi...
Artist Spotlight: mcbess — The Dudes and Cel Mates
French artist mcbess (Matthieu Bessudo) joins PROOF co-founder Justin Mezzell to chat about storytelling, creating art through various mediums, and his projects The Dudes and Cel Mates . LINKS Connect with mcbess: Website | T...
Artist Spotlight: DrifterShoots — Isaac Wright's Difficult Journey fr…
Isaac "Drift" Wright — aka DrifterShoots — is a former US Army special operations veteran who found solace in urban exploring and capturing cities from unique perspectives. Despite being one of the world's top-selling NFT pho...
100 PROOF: Security Practices, Bitcoin NFTs, Open Editions, AI Art, D…
Kevin , Sam , and Derek discuss security practices for NFT collectors, and Kevin gives an inside look at his new collecting thesis. Derek tries to make sense of Bitcoin NFTs, and Sam reviews the state of the open editions …
Artist Spotlight: Jack Butcher Subverts Twitter Verification with Che…
Jack Butcher is a designer and entrepreneur known for his product design, branding, and marketing work. He is the founder of Visualize Value , a company that creates visual explanations of complex ideas, such as economics, fi...
100 PROOF: Meme Cards, VV Checks, The Harvest, Dookey Dash
Sam and Derek discuss Grails Season III, dive deep into the open edition meta taking over NFTs, converse over how Meme cards are building supply and value at the same time, ponder what makes Yuga succeed time and time again, …
100 PROOF: Wolf Game, Friendship Bracelets are the Next Squiggle, and…
Kevin and Derek go down the rabbit hole of the Wolf Game . Derek has collected an impressive number of Art Blocks Friendship Bracelets . Cold storage delegation could be the solution to the majority of hacks. This and more …
Artist Spotlight: Trey Ratcliff's 1,000 Stories from 1,000 Places Aro…
Trey Ratcliff is an accomplished fine artist who has been featured by the Smithsonian and has sold millions of dollars worth of physical artwork to collectors, including celebrities such as Edward Norton and Leonardo DiCaprio...
100 PROOF: PROOF Joins UTA, 16 Questions for 2023, and NFTfi
Kevin, Derek , and Sam kick off the 2023 100 PROOF season with Sam , aka NFTstatistics . Kevin announces the UTA partnership to extend Moonbirds far beyond their existing Web3 audience, the crew makes their predictions for th...
Artist Spotlight: The Music NFT Success Playbook with Daniel Allan
Daniel Allan , a pioneer of music NFTs, outlines his struggles navigating the L.A. music scene and how NFTs allowed him to flip the industry on its head. He is joined by Kevin and famed Florida ska sensation Adam D'Augelli. …
Artist Spotlight: AI Art Is Not Art, with Best-Selling AI Artist Clai…
With a best-selling genesis piece that sold for 52 ETH on SuperRare and top sales from her " AI Art Is Not Art " collection reaching over 30 ETH, Claire Silver has established herself as a force in the growing …
100 PROOF: Live from Art Basel Miami Beach
Kevin Rose and Derek Edwards Schloss host a live episode of 100 PROOF from Miami during Art Basel Week at the Hodler Gallery with Larry Ossei-Mensah , gmoney , and IX Shells . LINKS Miami Art Week | Art Basel …