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- Sep 10, 202656 min
Hitting 500x Trades With MINHxDYNASTY
What keeps you from taking profits when $1,000 becomes nearly $500,000? For MINHxDYNASTY, the answer involved conviction, a viral GTA narrative, and wanting to stay at the top of the leaderboard. He joins Matt Medved to unpack his $CYBERLEEK trade, the decisions behind its massive run-up, and what he would change after watching much of those paper gains disappear.The conversation also traces Minh’s journey from RuneScape and credit card debt to crypto trading and content creation, with an honest look at the habits that keep him grounded and what happens when he abandons them.What's inside:How RuneScape and Yu-Gi-Oh taught Minh about trading long before he bought cryptoHis $CYBERLEEK thesis: viral GTA footage, a roughly $1M market cap, and the 26% supply burn that changed his confidence in the tradeWhy staying the top holder on FOMO became an obstacle to taking profitsRealizing his original thesis had played out in two days when he expected it to take monthsHow he approaches selling a large position in $5K–$10K increments while keeping exposure to further upsideThe $1K WIF purchase he forgot about during his wedding and honeymoon, and what his PUPS trade taught him about exitsRecovering from a major drawdown without falling into revenge tradingHow lost sleep and an abandoned morning routine affected his ability to executeWhy making videos has remained his constant through bull markets, bear markets, and changing ambitionsHis case for public trading becoming the next major social media trend, and why he’s leaning into risk again Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Aug 23, 202653 min
Live From the Trading Trenches With Easy
How do you trade without getting rekt? Easy has been through basically every version of the trenches: early crypto, Top Shot, NFTs, meme coins, perps, equities, and the kind of trading run that takes you from $15K to $600K and back to zero.He joins Matt Medved to talk about what those cycles taught him, where he's actually putting money now, and why he's resisting the urge to chase a market that's suddenly ripping again. The conversation also gets into the machinery behind Not So Easy Money, from building a content business to automating his daily workflow with AI.What's inside:How Easy turned roughly $15K into $600K, then went from euphoria to zero in about 40 hoursWhy he's keeping meaningful cash on the sidelines even as the market ralliesHis positions in Solana, HYPE, NEAR, Robinhood, and the levels he's watching nextThe difference between learning from other traders and blindly copy tradingWhy overtrading, not finding opportunities, has been his biggest problem latelyThe macro dashboard he checks every morning before touching a tradeHow meme coins became an unlikely real-time news feedBuilding Not So Easy Money and his "three E's" framework for content: education, entertainment, and equityTurning livestream dead air into a new sponsorship productThe AI systems behind his operation, including automated meme coin recaps, morning briefs, Codex, Claude, and OpenClaw Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Jun 17, 20261h 4m
How to Get Ahead With AI: Zeneca Says Do Less, Better
How to use AI to get ahead, from someone who actually does it every day.Matt Medved sits down with Zeneca to break down how he uses these tools and how anyone else can too. Zeneca introduces Yoshi, the AI agent he treats as a co-founder, and the gamified Stardew Valley-style dashboard he built to beat his own ADHD and stay consistent.They get into his Dota 2 prediction model built in Claude Code, why domain knowledge is the only durable edge in prediction markets, and the two-Mac stack he runs across GPT-5.5, Hermes and Opus. Zeneca explains the Anthropic crackdown that forced everyone to rethink their setups, his thesis on AI and privacy coins, and why less is more beats ten open terminal windows.His advice for getting started is simple. Pick one boring task. Hand it to AI. Learn by doing.In this conversation:– Going all in on AI and what actually changed– Building Yoshi and the case for an AI co-founder– The gamified dashboard that fixed his consistency problem– A Dota 2 prediction model and the hunt for a real edge– His current agent stack and the Anthropic OAuth crackdown– The AI and privacy coin thesis– How to monetize what you already know in prediction markets– Dashboards and external memory as workflow hacksSubscribe to Now Media: https://nowmedia.co/Michael Blau: https://x.com/ZenecaMatt Medved: https://x.com/mattmedvedSubscribe and rate the show wherever you listen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- May 22, 20261h 0m
Are AI Agents the New Media Business Model?
Michael Blau left a16z Crypto to build Drip, a marketplace where AI agents pay writers per article. No subscriptions. Just micropayments, settled on-chain, every time an agent reads.The thesis: everyone's about to give their ChatGPT or Claude a wallet, and when they do, those agents will need somewhere to buy premium analysis. Drip lets Substack and newsletter writers sell their work to agents on a pay-per-read basis, starting with finance and tech. Writers set their own price. A trading agent might buy 100 articles for pennies each before it ever places a trade.Matt Medved sits down with Blau to get under the hood of agentic commerce and what it means for the media model.In this conversation:– How Drip works and why it's additive to subscriptions, not a replacement– Why micropayments need stablecoins (credit cards can't process a one-cent transaction)– The x402 standard and why it feels like the early NFT/ERC-721 days– Investor brain vs. founder brain, and lessons from Marc Andreessen and Chris Dixon– The three ways to play the agent economy: be the wallet, sell to agents, or own discovery– Blau's personal AI stack: Codex, "brain folders," and switching off Claude overnightSubscribe to Now Media: https://nowmedia.co/Drip: https://dripstack.xyzMichael Blau: https://x.com/blauyourmindMatt Medved: https://x.com/mattmedvedSubscribe and rate the show wherever you listen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- May 20, 202629 min
An AI-Generated Epstein Files Podcast Just Hit 3.5 Million Downloads
Adam Levy built the first fully synthetic podcast to top the UK charts. His Neural Broadcast Network has crossed 3.5 million downloads with no human hosts.It started with a 48-hour thought experiment. The DOJ dropped a fresh tranche of Epstein files and Levy pointed Claude at the stack. Seven days after publishing, The Epstein Files had 100,000 downloads. WarDesk, Rex, and Neurodivergent followed. The catalog now pulls 70,000 downloads a week.In this conversation with Matt Medved:– How a tool for personal use became a media company– What "trustless media" means and why Levy borrowed the phrase from crypto– The legacy-press backlash and his response to it– Building toward an autonomous newsroom that produces series on demand– Where the synthetic-media audience is heading nextSubscribe to Now Media: https://nowmedia.co/Neural Broadcast Network: https://nbn.fmAdam Levy: https://x.com/levychainMatt Medved: https://x.com/mattmedvedSubscribe and rate the show wherever you listen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Dec 9, 202446 min
How Mendezmendez Beat the Bear Market
What does it take to create 300 consecutive days of art while redefining your place in a volatile NFT market? Meet Mendezmendez, a digital artist who turned a creative slump into a groundbreaking daily art practice that transformed his career. From viral Reddit posts to collaborating with top record labels, his journey merges timeless artistic inspiration with cutting-edge Web3 technology. In this episode, we dive into his bold pivot from editions to one-of-one pieces, how he’s navigating the evolving digital art space, and his sold out-release on LG Art Lab.Join us as we explore the stories behind his most compelling works, his approach to blending AI tools with traditional art aesthetics, and his insights on balancing digital platforms with the allure of traditional galleries. Plus, we uncover how consistency, community-building, and seizing opportunities have propelled his career, even in a challenging market.Presented in partnership with LG Art Lab. https://www.lgartlab.comFollow Mendezmendez on X here: https://x.com/mendezmendezartFollow nft now on X here: https://www.x.com/nftnowFollow LG Art Lab on X here: https://www.x.com/lgartlabTo listen to the audio version, go to https://www.pod.link/1561616636Sign up for our free weekly nft now newsletter: https://www.nftnow.com/newsletter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Oct 3, 202451 min
Inside AI Art's Evolution With Emi Kusano
In this episode, we chat with Emi Kusano, a multi-disciplinary Japanese artist blending AI and web3 in her work. Emi discusses her journey from music to creating AI-driven art, including her LG art lab debut, "Advertising Humanity," inspired by 1980s Japanese commercials. She reflects on the challenges of working with AI and the ongoing debate around its impact on art.Emi also shares key moments in her career, from collaborating on an NFT project with her son to being mentored by Claire Silver. She offers valuable advice for digital artists on building a collector base and finding the right platforms.Emi's 1/1 artwork, “Advertising Humanity,” is now available on LG Art Lab in the United States. https://www.lgartlab.com/drops/detail...Presented in partnership with LG Art Lab. https://www.lgartlab.comFollow Emi Kusano on X here: https://x.com/emikusanoFollow nft now on X here: https://www.x.com/nftnowFollow LG Art Lab on X here: https://www.x.com/lgartlabSign up for our free weekly nft now newsletter: https://www.nftnow.com/newsletter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Aug 28, 202445 min
The Future of AR Gaming With Onmi
In this episode, we dive deep into the groundbreaking world of AR gaming with the creators behind Onmi. Joining forces with the innovative minds from Borderless, the Onmi team shares their journey of merging the physical and digital worlds through cutting-edge XR technologies. From the inception of their project during the COVID-19 lockdown to the intricate partnerships with fashion icons and Web3 pioneers, this conversation unpacks the unique blend of technology, art, and culture that drives Onmi.Discover how Onmi plans to revolutionize mobile gaming with a blend of AR, fashion, and music, and hear about the exciting future ahead, including the launch of their native token, PVP games, and a global AR scavenger hunt. Whether you're a tech enthusiast, gamer, or someone intrigued by the convergence of fashion and digital assets, this episode offers an in-depth look at a project that's pushing the boundaries of what's possible in the gaming world. #partnerPresented in partnership with LG Art Lab.https://www.lgartlab.comFollow Onmi on X here: https://www.x.com/amadonFollow nft now on X here: https://www.x.com/nftnow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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