Matt Medved

Editor in Chief, Co-Founder and CEO at nft now

Co-Founder, CEO & EIC, @nftnow @nowmedia 🌐 Curator of The Gateway 🖼️ DJ/Producer 🎧 Past: @billboard @spin @modern_luxury

Articles

Bitcoin Hits 65% Dominance: New Era or Dead Market?

1 week ago | nftnow.com | Matt Medved

Welcome back to the Now Newsletter. I’m Matt Medved. It’s Frieze week here in New York — which means a nonstop blur of gallery openings, cocktail circuits, and after-hours art world energy. Last night, I dropped by Ledger’s meetup at Pubkey — a quirky Greenwich Village dive bar that feels like it was coded into existence by Bitcoiners.
Next Up: Jesperish Turns Synesthesia into Digital Dreamscapes

1 week ago | nftnow.com | Matt Medved

Jesperish didn’t set out to become an artist — he was born into it. Raised in the Netherlands by a painter mother and a music-obsessed father, his childhood unfolded like a synesthetic score: progressive rock became color, emotion became form, and gaming became his first canvas. By age 10, he was already manipulating layers in Photoshop CS2 on his dad’s work laptop.
Now Newsletter: Can Nike Just Abandon an NFT Project? A Court May Decide

2 weeks ago | nftnow.com | Matt Medved

Welcome back to the Now Newsletter. I’m Matt Medved. The crypto masses have officially descended on Dubai for TOKEN2049. Never been a big fan of the city, to be honest. Always felt like a construct to me: a glittering hallucination in the sand, engineered by oil barons and architects on amphetamines. I remember my first visit in 2015. I went snowboarding indoors at the Mall of the Emirates, only to realize I was being watched by diners at a nearby Applebee’s. Late-stage capitalism at its finest.
What's Fueling Alpha Centauri Kid's Market Rise?

2 weeks ago | nftnow.com | Matt Medved

Alpha Centauri Kid’s sales bot has been working overtime this week. Since Sunday, the enigmatic artist has notched major sales, including “The Void” for 33.5 ETH ($60,676), “god of shadows” for 27.15 ETH ($48,968), and the simply titled “🫶” for 20 ETH ($35,332). Two weeks prior, a pseudonymous collector named Conviction purchased “Happiest Place on Earth” for 40 ETH ($72,924), setting an all-time high for ACK’s popular “The Broken Keys” collection.
Skilux's Unlikely Journey From Esports to Sotheby's

2 weeks ago | nftnow.com | Matt Medved

The jump from esports design to digital fine art isn’t an obvious one. But for Belgian artist Skilux, it was less a pivot than an inevitability — a slow-burning realization that design alone couldn’t capture the depth of what he needed to say. In the early days of web3, Skilux saw a different kind of future: one where raw emotion and digital expression could meet without compromise. Rendered almost exclusively in black and white, his works resist the frenetic pace of contemporary digital culture.
Now Newsletter: Inside Crypto's Latest Obsession — Content Coins

3 weeks ago | nftnow.com | Matt Medved

Welcome back to the Now Newsletter. I’m Matt Medved. I’m writing to you live from the TIME100 Summit in New York. The speaker lineup is as eclectic as it is star-studded — from Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, and Ryan Reynolds to Demi Moore and Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos. However, the most interesting talk of the day concerned the future of finance. Legendary hedge fund manager Ray Dalio issued a stark warning: we’re watching the global monetary order break down in real time.
Op-Ed: Content Belongs Onchain - But Not Everything Needs a Coin

4 weeks ago | nftnow.com | Matt Medved

Yesterday, the official account for Base, a Layer-2 blockchain built by Coinbase, posted an image with a simple phrase on a publishing platform called Zora: “Base is for everyone.”It wasn’t just a message. It was a transaction. Because of how Zora works, the post instantly became a cryptocurrency. Ten million fungible tokens were minted, available for anyone to buy, sell, or trade. Within minutes, the token surged to a $13 million market cap.
Now Newsletter: Pump.fun Debate - Game-Changer or Grift?

4 weeks ago | nftnow.com | Matt Medved

Welcome back to the Now Newsletter. I’m Matt Medved. It’s tax week in America — that special season when every questionable decision made during the bull run comes back to haunt you. Just ask one Pennsylvania man who failed to report $13 million in CryptoPunks profits. He just pled guilty this week, joining an exclusive club no one wants to be part of: NFT whales turned federal defendants. The lesson?
Next Up: X New Worlds Brings Haunting Sleep States to Life Using AI

1 month ago | nftnow.com | Matt Medved

In the liminal space between waking and sleep — where reality blurs and logic folds in on itself — X New Worlds finds their artistic spark. A visual artist and digital designer by trade, they’ve long been drawn to surrealism and the subconscious, but it wasn’t until the summer of 2023 that those fascinations fully fused with AI.
Now Newsletter: Digital Art Isn't Dead — But It Is at a Crossroads

1 month ago | nftnow.com | Matt Medved

Welcome back to the Now Newsletter. I’m Matt Medved. As spring settles in here in NYC, I know it’s been quiet on our end for a minute. We’ve been embracing a season of renewal ourselves with an intentional reset, refining and realigning with the bigger vision for Now Media going forward. This pause wasn’t about stepping back, but about stepping into what’s next with greater clarity and purpose.