Kaloh’s Podcast Episode #5: María Paula, JPG and ETH Berlin Co-Founder.
Maria Paula has been in the crypto and NFT space for half a decade. She founded the decentralized NFT gallery JPG and the ETH Berlin hackathon. She also worked at Polkadot and Golem.
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In today’s episode, we discuss:
[2:10] How Maria Paula got started in crypto and got introduced to Ethereum by Gavin Wood —Ethereum co-founder.
[5:30] Working at Ethereum Golem and founding ETH Berlin.
[9:00] What has changed in terms of information and education from 2018 to 2023?
[16:00] Founding JPG, core infrastructure for web3's cultural objects.
[23:00] Current state of the NFT market.
[27:30] Physical exhibition with Berliner Volksbank next October in Berlin; artist lineup isn’t finalized yet, but includes Mitchell F. Chan, keiken, Sarah Meyohas, and stevie p.
[36:00] Friends with Benefits DAO and upcoming conference where María Paula will be talking about “Rethinking cultural organizations”.
[39:15] How can we make Web 3 cultural institutions more sustainable?
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Until next time,
- Kaloh
