Cool Hand Crypto

Cool Hand Crypto

CINEMA + CULTURE + CRYPTO. Welcome to Cool Hand Crypto. A video-podcast with your host, the Count of Monte Crypto, filmmaker Matt Silverman. The world is changing, and along with it the way we watch, create, enjoy, and distribute art, entertainment and culture. In this podcast, Silverman will be interviewing filmmakers, artists, thought leaders and tech insiders to discover, deconstruct and demystify the new kid in town, web3, crypto, NFTs, DAOs, and the Metaverse.

Episodes

December 16, 2022 48 mins

Welcome to Cool Hand Crypto, where Cinema, Culture and Crypto collide!

In this episode of Cool Hand Crypto, founder and artist Leah Ibrahim Sams shares insight from her NFT project, Power of Women. Sams discusses her journey into web3, building Power of Women, the amplification of unheard voices, diversity in web3, using NFTs as a form of activism, the stories that fuel art, what it takes to nurture an o...

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Welcome to Cool Hand Crypto, where Cinema, Culture and Crypto collide!

In this episode of Cool Hand Crypto, Matt Silverman is joined by his Sherwood Project Co-Founder, Luke Dale, to discuss this moment in The Sherwood Project's evolution. The Sherwood Project is a Web3 film project focused on film, art, and positively impacting culture and the environment. Silverman and Dale discuss how building an ambi...

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September 22, 2022 42 mins

Welcome to Cool Hand Crypto, where Cinema, Culture and Crypto collide!

In this episode of Cool Hand Crypto, veteran actor/director Anthony Hayes returns to discuss The Dark Army, the premiere NFT release for his Retrogression cinematic universe! Hayes discusses the Retrogression story, The Dark Army NFT release strategy, and how the NFT fits into a P2E (Play-to-Earn) game, metaverse, and film trilogy. Ad...

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Welcome to Cool Hand Crypto, where Cinema, Culture and Crypto collide!

In this episode of Cool Hand Crypto, Silverman is joined by his Sherwood Project Co-Founder, Luke Dale, to discuss the future of filmmaking with Web3 Pictures, LLC. Silverman and Dale also discuss the latest updates with their NFT project, The Sherwood Project.

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June 14, 2022 45 mins

Welcome to Cool Hand Crypto, where Cinema, Culture and Crypto collide!

In this episode of Cool Hand Crypto, Silverman speaks with Lead VFX Artist of Everything Everywhere All at Once, Ethan Feldbau. Silverman and Feldbau discuss their past experience working together on music videos, production design, transitioning practical design skills into VFX, and various anecdotes from working on Everything Everyw...

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Welcome to Cool Hand Crypto, where Cinema, Culture and Crypto collide!

In this episode of Cool Hand Crypto, Silverman speaks with filmmaker Jason Charnick on the emerging community of filmmakers harnessing the promise of Web3 to produce content. In this episode, Silverman and Charnick discuss "legacy" filmmaking, film distribution, the gatekeepers of Hollywood, the altruistic ethos of Web3, his film Gett...

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Welcome to Cool Hand Crypto, where Cinema, Culture and Crypto collide!

In this episode of Cool Hand Crypto, Silverman speaks with President and CEO of Enderby Entertainment, Co-Founder of VUELE™ and director of Zero Contact, Rick Dugdale. Silverman and Dugdale discuss traditional film financing, production and distribution with Enderby Entertainment, onboarding Hollywood into Web3, feature films as NFTs ...

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May 18, 2022 36 mins

Welcome to Cool Hand Crypto, where Cinema, Culture and Crypto collide!

In this episode of Cool Hand Crypto, Silverman speaks with Web3 copywriter Amy Suto on the toxicity of hustle culture, knowing your value as a freelancer, transitioning from TV writing to Web3 copywriting, using the Hero's Journey to anchor a story, the problem with tech jargon, among other topics.

Amy Su...

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Welcome to Cool Hand Crypto, where Cinema, Culture and Crypto collide!

In this episode of Cool Hand Crypto, Silverman speaks with filmmaker, photographer, and NFT artist, Alex Qian on his background in finance and how that shaped his journey into being a full-time creator. 

Alex Qian is an LA based creator that took a deep dive from his last career in Financial Services. He ...

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Welcome to Cool Hand Crypto, where Cinema, Culture and Crypto collide!

In this episode of Cool Hand Crypto, Matt speaks with veteran actor and director of Zac Efron's new film Gold, Anthony Hayes! In this episode Hayes discusses what it's like to direct Zac Efron, the tumultuous shooting conditions faced when filming Gold, his storied career as an actor, the ability to work both within the Hollywood stud...

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Welcome to Cool Hand Crypto, where Cinema, Culture and Crypto collide!

In this episode of Cool Hand Crypto, The Sherwood Project takes over.

Co-Founders Matt Silverman and Luke Dale welcome NFT marketing guru Arvin Khamseh to discuss marketing strategies that take NFT projects from "zero to hero"!

Arvin Khamseh has always been on the forefront of new tech trend...

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March 25, 2022 48 mins

Welcome to Cool Hand Crypto, where Cinema, Culture and Crypto collide!

In this episode of Cool Hand Crypto, Matt speaks with Attorney & Partner of Web3 Lawyers, Carlos Garcia on transitioning traditional law into Web3. In this episode, Matt and Carlos discuss setting up a corporation, DAOs, work-for-hire contracts, IP rights, legal partnerships, NFTs and securities, FarFetchedLabs, among other topics.

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March 2, 2022 46 mins

Welcome to Cool Hand Crypto, where Cinema, Culture and Crypto collide!

In this episode of Cool Hand Crypto, The Sherwood Project takes over.

Co-Founders Matt Silverman and Luke Dale welcome logo designer James Barnard to discuss The Sherwood Project's fantastic new logo and Barnard's design process.

James is a freelance brand designer and former graphic designe...

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Welcome to Cool Hand Crypto, where Cinema, Culture and Crypto collide!

In this episode of Cool Hand Crypto, The Sherwood Project takes over.

Co-Founders Matt Silverman and Luke Dale discuss their background as filmmakers and how their experience behind the lens, coupled with their journey building an NFT project, perfectly equips them to create the quintessential NFT documentary. Silverman ...

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February 17, 2022 39 mins

Welcome to Cool Hand Crypto, where Cinema, Culture and Crypto collide!

In this episode of Cool Hand Crypto, Matt speaks with Founder/CEO of BitFans, Anthony Kang.  Matt and Anthony discuss the meaning of tokenization, the difference between NFTs and tokens, the promise of DAOs, the structure and onboarding process of BitFans, the other related topics.

For more on Anthony Kan...

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Welcome to Cool Hand Crypto, where Cinema, Culture and Crypto collide!

In this episode of Cool Hand Crypto, The Sherwood Project takes over.

Co-Founders Matt Silverman and Luke Dale discuss the name change from Whitelist to Priority List, the budget split between the Artist/Founders/NFT Fund, the community program and the documentary, the search for artists, mentors and allies, and a warnin...

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February 3, 2022 46 mins

Welcome to Cool Hand Crypto, where Cinema, Culture and Crypto collide!

In this episode of Cool Hand Crypto, The Sherwood Project takes over.

Co-Founders Matt Silverman and Luke Dale discuss their new community program, documentary and NFT project, The Sherwood Project. In this introductory episode, Matt and Luke discuss the main tenets and mission of this highly ambitious NFT project.

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Welcome to Cool Hand Crypto, where Cinema, Culture and Crypto collide! 

In this episode of Cool Hand Crypto, Matt speaks with sculptor, NFT artist and curator Rebecca Rose. Matt and Rebecca discuss the merging of the physical world with the digital metaverse, NFT holograms, Pepper's ghost, the various platforms, marketplaces, and blockchains she and other artists are currently experimenting with, NFT IP ...

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Welcome to Cool Hand Crypto, where Cinema, Culture and Crypto collide! 

In this episode of Cool Hand Crypto, Matt speaks with Moviecoin.com Team Leads James Mackie and James Hickey. Silverman, Mackie and Hickey discuss the promise of funding films through crypto, the hurdles in launching such a platform, the solutions this type of platform will bring to film financing, and the future of web3 cinema. 

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Welcome to Cool Hand Crypto, where Cinema, Culture and Crypto collide!

In this episode of Cool Hand Crypto, Matt speaks with filmmaker, educator and humanitarian Josephine Landertinger Forero about using the tools of filmmaking and NFTs for social good. Matt and Josephine discuss the process of documentary filmmaking, navigating NFTs, cultural initiatives within the NFT ecosystem, and her own organizat...

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