Today at Hackatao we celebrate the birthday of N.
Tireless artist who makes visions come true. We love you so much because you are true and always with your constant and inexhaustible energy you feed our lives [and make a fantastic chirashi]. 😁🖤🤍
We are having fun with GROK.
And with the Q+Ks we are getting very interesting and unexpected results. Now we invite our community to choose one of their Q+Ks and write a sentence or prompt to bring them to life! The 5 best will be animated by us with Grok and minted as a reward for the collector!
Let’s see what sparks.
Today’s Inner Igloo with Luca and the team was packed with updates: #PudgyParty progress, Asia expansion, NASCAR partnerships, Abstract, and some clear alpha on what’s next. Here’s everything you need to know as a Pudgy Penguin, $PENGU holder, or @PlayPudgyParty player.
The Embedding Revolution
The future of media isn't paywalls or ads. It's turning every article into a trading floor.
You're reading about crypto regulation. Halfway through, there's a live market embedded. "Will Congress pass crypto clarity bill by December?" Currently 34% yes.
You think the article's too pessimistic. You buy yes shares without leaving the page. You're not just reading anymore you're invested in the outcome.
This is what @MyriadMarkets figured out. The convergence of content and conviction.
When Decrypt embeds prediction markets in articles, the reader's relationship to information fundamentally changes. Every opinion becomes an opportunity. Every prediction carries a price. You read "Bitcoin will hit 150k" and there's a market at 22% odds right there. Your conviction has an immediate outlet. Prove it or fade it.
This changes editorial incentives too. Publications don't need clickbait when they profit from engagement depth, not views. They want markets people will actually trade. That means better analysis, clearer predictions, more accountable journalism. The market literally prices the quality of your content.
The data feedback loop is insane. Publishers see which paragraphs drive position entries. Which authors generate volume. Which topics create conviction trades. It's a real-time scanner for what readers actually believe versus what they claim.
Here's the killer feature: embedded markets solve the comment section problem. Instead of toxic debates, you have price discovery. Instead of trolls, you have traders putting money where their mouth is. Stupidity gets expensive fast.
Every media company watching this is having the same realization. Why let Polymarket capture the value of our narratives? If we're creating the stories that drive prediction markets, why aren't we running the markets?
Substack, Mirror, even Twitter - they're one embed code away from revolutionizing monetization. Once one major platform flips this switch, they all have to. Because why would readers go back to passive consumption when they could be trading the narrative?
The house always wins. But for the first time, the house is the media company. And the game is the content itself.
Content becoming casino isn't dystopian. It's inevitable. Myriad just lit the fuse.
Introducing the OpenSea AI Creator Contest!
$10K in cash prizes, XP, and a chance to work with us.
Like, repost, and reply with your original AI work featuring OpenSea, NFT/memes, and/or crypto culture.
Submissions open now through August 22nd.
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Today marks the beginning of another trip around the sun for me. And I am fundamentally happy.
N loves me and I love her (almost 20 years together, 24/7). We have two wonderful daughters who are full of energy.
We are all in excellent health and keep ourselves active. We continue to make art with passion and work on new projects. Of course, sometimes I think that everything we have done for crypto art and the NFT world has not been well understood and appreciated. But we are patient and look to the future. Narratives change quickly. And as someone once said, a flower is beautiful even when no one is looking at it. Thank you to everyone who appreciates us and makes us feel good. We reciprocate.
A hug to everyone, and be happy.
Oh, and happy bday to Andy Warhol too!♥️
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