S2E4 - Seedphrase Leading Collector, Investor & Entrepreneur

S2E4 features Seedphrase who is a leading collector, investor and entrepreneur.

He is also a DJ and the owner of iconic pieces such as an Autoglyph Full Set (including the Bear Glyph) and the only 7 attribute CryptoPunk.

Seedphrase has an incredible story when it comes to his time involved in web3. He was into crypto early in 2013 and was able to turn $4,000 USD into more than $100M USD

In this episode, Nifty & Jared talk with Seedphrase about his start to crypto and investing in Bitcoin, discovering CryptoPunks and generative art, his thesis on Squiggles, and the future of the Seedphrase brand.

Prefer video? Watch this episode on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@squiggledao

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Guest
Seedphrase: https://twitter.com/seedphrase

Hosts
Nifty Fifty: https://twitter.com/NiftyFiftyETH
Jared Poz: https://twitter.com/jared_poz

Editor
Fnkl: https://twitter.com/0xFnkl

SquiggleDAO
Website: https://www.squiggledao.com/
Discord: https://discord.gg/squiggledao
Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/squiggleDAO
Membership NFT: https://opensea.io/collection/squiggledao
Newsletter: https://squiggledao1.substack.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/squiggledao/

Chapters

• 0:00 Intro
• 1:49 Investing $4K and turning it into $100M in crypto
• 8:16 How did a background in psych/law help navigate markets
• 9:47 How to cash out of crypto
• 12:14 Seedphrase’s approach to choosing projects
• 17:03 The difference between investing a little or a lot
• 21:37 When to sell high value assets?
• 27:51 Seedphrase’s opinion on NFT lending
• 33:13 Discovering CryptoPunks and generative art
• 41:25 Seedphrase’s Squiggle thesis
• 43:34 Looking at the future of Squiggles
• 45:43 Describing Snowfro in one word
• 46:33 The future of the “Seedphrase” brand, DJing, and music
• 54:58 Any grails that got away?
• 58:30 What is grabbing your current attention?
• 1:00:56 What motivates you to keep going?
• 1:04:17 What is your top travel destination?
• 1:05:35 Advice for people entering a bull market
• 1:07:21 How do you define success and has it changed over time?
• 1:10:34 Book recommendation
• 1:12:08 How to filter for the right opportunities?
• 1:14:13 The best advice you’ve ever received
• 1:18:00 Closing remarks