S2E2 - Gmoney How Minting Squiggles led to buying a CryptoPunk

SquiggleDAO Podcast

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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Gmoney: https://twitter.com/gmoneyNFT
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Nifty Fifty: https://twitter.com/NiftyFiftyETH
Jared Poz: https://twitter.com/jared_poz
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Fnkl: https://twitter.com/0xFnkl
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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)