Matt Medved

1 month 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.

1 month 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.

1 month 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.

1 month 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.

1 month 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.