#31 – NFT War Stories, Roasts, & Staking $SOL: The Rise of Nicky Scannella – Rise Up After Dark🍻🌗
Tonight on Rise Up After Dark, the crew is joined by Nicky Scannella (@nickyscanz), Business Development at Marinade Finance (@marinadefinance)
We kick it off with Nicky’s origin story—the early days of Solana NFTs, how Phantom barely worked back then (the whole chain barely worked)—then the guys share their stories about spending way too much money on JPEGS. Alex reminisced about Sneaky Vampire Syndicate, Evan confessed his $CAR obsession (shoutout Shl0ms), and we all had a laugh about Goblintown.
Nicky shares his journey in biz dev (from Degen Ape Academy to Marinade), explained how…
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