Mdiac

Buy the JPEG, take the ride | Collecting for @HivemindCap Digital Culture Fund | Building @LightyearBuild | Views my own

[Mdiac @Mdiac_]

The State of Us (Blue)
https://t.co/opkQQj2eYl

[Mdiac @Mdiac_]

The State of Us (Blue) by @XCOPYART

You are what you eat.

(blue variation)

Some thoughts on this incredible piece 👇🧵

[Mdiac @Mdiac_]

gm

Happy 5 year anniversary to Fidenza

#718 from the @HivemindCap Digital Culture Fund collection

[Mdiac @Mdiac_]

@balon_art @dave_krugman @TheSerialHolder banón

[Mdiac @Mdiac_]

@adamilenich Yoo congrats!!

[Hivemind @HivemindCap]

Some of the most important breakthroughs in AI and frontier technology never make it beyond the lab.

Federal research funding is declining. Corporate funding often comes with IP concessions. And traditional venture capital typically enters the picture long after the most critical research has been done. Too often, groundbreaking ideas are left without the resources needed to reach the next stage.

That's why we're excited to launch darkmatter lab in partnership with @UCBerkeley , with support from @googlecloud , @GundersonLaw , and @goodwinlaw.

Built for researchers before a company exists, darkmatter lab provides at least $1 million in resources per project, including research funding, compute credits, legal support, and operational expertise.

We're starting with AI and blockchain, supporting work in areas like AI infrastructure, agentic systems, cybersecurity, cryptography, compute optimization, and decentralized technologies.

This is the cornerstone of Hivemind's upcoming venture fund and a new approach to helping transformative research make the leap from academia into the real world.

Learn more: https://t.co/2Y2SYfPE5D

[Mdiac @Mdiac_]

@HarveyMcFly @XCOPYART Love this - looks like #441 👀 🔥

[Mdiac @Mdiac_]

@kenny83 @KateVassGalerie Thanks Kenny!

[Mdiac @Mdiac_]

@pal2891 @keyvass @HivemindCap @LightyearBuild @KateVassGalerie Thank you for taking the time my friend

[Mdiac @Mdiac_]

Really enjoyed this conversation with @keyvass. We covered a lot, including collecting for myself and @HivemindCap, building @lightyearbuild, dissecting XCOPY, and the current state of the market

You can read below or on the @KateVassGalerie website

[Kate Vass Studio @KateVassGalerie]

INTERVIEW with collector @Mdiac_

1/ Every generation of collectors leaves behind a portrait of what it valued.

The collectors of onchain art are no different.

Some chased trends. Some chased markets. A few spent years trying to understand the deeper forces shaping digital culture itself.

@Mdiac_ is one of them.

Raised around art, drawn into crypto through community, and eventually becoming both collector and builder, he offers a perspective that sits at the intersection of culture, markets, and technology.

From joining @HivemindCap's Digital Culture Fund in 2025 to co-founding @LightyearBuild, his journey reflects the evolution of onchain collecting itself: from participation to conviction, from ownership to stewardship.

What happens when a collector decides to go deep enough to understand an entire culture through the work of just a few artists?

From Francis Bacon to @XCOPYART, from collecting to building, this conversation explores what it truly means to go deep.

🎙👇

Interview by Kate Vass. Full conversation coming in the Public Edition of Collecting Art Onchain.

[Mdiac @Mdiac_]

@AP0LL_0 @KateVassGalerie My bro 🫂

[Mdiac @Mdiac_]

@KateVassGalerie @keyvass @HivemindCap @LightyearBuild Nobody will believe this is the short version 😂

[Mdiac @Mdiac_]

@0xTjo @KateVassGalerie @artblocks_io @noble_gallery @XCOPYART @HivemindCap @LightyearBuild Still one of my favourite artworks and definitely the best way to receive it

[Mdiac @Mdiac_]

@batsoupyum @KateVassGalerie @artblocks_io @noble_gallery @XCOPYART @HivemindCap @LightyearBuild Thank you for reading 🙏🏼

[Mdiac @Mdiac_]

I’m thankful to Kate for featuring me alongside legendary collectors like @Jediwolf @batsoupyum @lerandomart @RaoulGMI

https://t.co/Npf1tlLjUf

[Mdiac @Mdiac_]

@lokithebird @XCOPYART ggg

[Mdiac @Mdiac_]

@PunkPredictor Note on 5163: the seller listed for 30.78 when there was a 32 ETH stash bid. A MEV bot took the 1.22 ETH difference. So it’s fair to call it a 32 ETH sale

[Mdiac @Mdiac_]

@Tma_420 @tylerxhobbs Very nice Fidenza - congrats

[Mdiac @Mdiac_]

https://t.co/x3jQwBNv2L

Discover Punks, deploy your Stash, manage your bids

The inclusive/exclusive logic for bidding has greatly evolved how we approach collecting targeted traits

DM if you need help onboarding

[Mdiac @Mdiac_]

10 Punks have now been bought through Punks Terminal for a combined 317.64 ETH on 5,800 ETH bid volume

0% fees with additional Stash bidding functionality on top of the existing CryptoPunks contracts

I'll put out an explainer video talking through the features and benefits

[Lightyear @LightyearBuild]

Punks Terminal purchase

CryptoPunk #5163 bought for 32 ETH, 1.53 ETH below @PunkPredictor's 33.53 ETH estimate

Using Punks Terminal, the buyer had placed a custom 32 ETH bid on 725 Punks with the following trait composition:

- Male
- 0/1/2 trait count
- Albino/Light/Medium skin tone

[Mdiac @Mdiac_]

@an0n516950565 @musicalnetta You definitely pulled a few pieces together! Lanett told me the role you played when we were chatting yesterday

[Mdiac @Mdiac_]

Really great vibes at @NFCsummit this year - congrats and thank you @johnkarp

Some highlights:
- @operator_______'s Performance Operating System presentation (@dejhati & @aniacatherine are brilliant)
- Talking to @unityofmulti @NFTart & other OGs about their early XCOPY collecting experiences
- UNPERMISSIONED SELF at @EternoGallery - took home a THE SINGULARITY print signed by @Coldie
- @dmitricherniak's Ringers installation and talk with @monkantony_tez
- Seeing pieces from @HivemindCap's collection on rotation at the @inkseart lounge
- The @opensea Fado session organized by @adamilenich & team
- Talking digital culture on a panel with @KateVassGalerie @ChrizRoc @_mp9x
- Judging the VIBE-A-THON with @seloresiste & @gwendall
- @NinaRoehrs's curation of SYSTEMS / Monogrid on a large screen
- @LoroMasnah's The Doomed mural
- Meeting dozens of familiar faces IRL for the first time incl. @musicalnetta @AdamWeitsman @flakoubay @dangiuz

[Mdiac @Mdiac_]

@ripe0x

https://t.co/h9yppYcp9v

[ripe @ripe0x]

https://t.co/t6uXcHwzdn

[Mdiac @Mdiac_]

Cool to see others building on top of Punks recently too:

@jalilwahdat

https://t.co/zbORBUIuIU

[jalil.eth @jalilwahdat]

Fixed pricing only works when the market is liquid and items are fungible. Punks are neither.

https://t.co/9iN9N1ZYnd @punksauctions