This POAP commemorates Grant Yun’s first physical solo exhibition Growing Up in Seoul, South Korea. Hosted by Avant Arte, the exhibition is open to the public from 22-30 March 2024 at Soft Corner Gallery in Gangnam-gu, Seoul. “Growing up is a journey you take on your own.” Since 2019, Grant Yun has lived between his permanent home in Wisconsin and New England. When the Covid pandemic hit he found himself isolating in Connecticut. Like the rest of the world, he was “forced to take in that loneliness.” A feeling of distance saturates this series of works on paper. Sometimes that is the cultural distance between an immigrant parent and their child – while the child craves American snacks like a PB&J, the parent relishes in the delayed gratification of kimchee (Mom Made Dinner!). Although he grew up in California, the weight of history Yun felt in New England caused him to reflect on his childhood as a first-generation Korean-American. This is encapsulated in the tender depiction of a father, Dad. The figure disappearing into the shadow of a house is a sombre reminder of generational distance, captured in an everyday scene remembered from childhood. Growing Up is Yun’s first exhibition in Korea, and feels like a full circle moment for him. It presents his quintessentially American Neo-Precisionism in South Korea, connecting two of the cultures that raised him.

The Ethereum Mainnet merged with the Beacon Chain proof-of-stake network on September 15, 2022. This marks the end of proof-of-work for Ethereum and a full transition to proof-of-stake. This historic upgrade is projected to reduce the Ethereum network's energy consumption by over 99% and sets the stage for future upgrades to further scale the Ethereum network. Holders of this POAP were there to witness the Ethereum Mainnet Merge with the rest of the community and signaled their support to the core developers of this enormous undertaking by sending roughly $10 of ETH to the Protocol DAO, directly funding protocol contributors. Special thanks to all of the client teams, researchers and core developers of the Ethereum Protocol, and to community leaders The Daily Gwei, Bankless, Ethereum Cat Herders, The Ethereum Foundation and EthStaker for their support in preparing the world for this moment. -https://thedailygwei.substack.com/ -https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/ -https://www.ethereumcatherders.com/ -https://ethereum.org/en/ -https://ethstaker.cc/

Animoca Brands and OliveX (NSX: OLX) have partnered on an allowlist campaign for Dustland Runner, OliveX’s signature move-to-earn game. The allowlist enables users to participate in the mint of Dustland Runner’s Operation Ape: Exclusive Access Pass NFT (“Access Pass”) this May. Players who complete missions in Dustland Runner are rewarded with DOSE, the OliveX Fitness Metaverse utility token. MADworld and Dose are offering collaboration allowlist spots to the MADworld HODLers. The first 30 to collect the POAP will win the spot to allowlist!

We got Nounish at the Big Game! 🍻 Super Bowl 2022 Art by Gremplin ⌐◨-◨