$Native: An Agentic City, Botto Newest Gen Art Collection and more

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Hi friends,

Welcome to all the new joiners!

This past week has been a busy one—I didn’t get around to writing until Friday. The good news? I’ve been deep in building a new app that I’m pretty excited about, and I’ll be sharing more details next week.

Also, the podcast lineup for the next few weeks is stacked—featuring one of the most accomplished AI artists of the past two decades and the founder of a crypto social protocol that keeps going green even when the overall market is down. Can’t wait to share these episodes with you.

As always, this series is all about hidden gems—a curated list of crypto culture and market trends that caught my eye this week.

Let’s dive in.

💎 Gem of the Week

Botto First Generative Art Collection

This one’s a bit different from the usual hidden gems, but I think it’s worth mentioning. Botto, the decentralized AI project I’ve talked about quite a few times, just released a new collection in partnership with Verse—and it marks a significant shift.

For the first time, Botto is exploring generative art. Instead of relying solely on its AI-driven models (which mostly work with images), it introduced a new mechanism that allows it to create generative-coded art. In other words, instead of generating images directly, it produces code that generates images. Pretty neat, right?

That said, not every piece had collectors dropping their jaws. Some of the results sparked fun reactions and laughs, particularly this one called algorithm 6120.

algorithm 6120 by Botto.

Personally, I’m a big fan of Botto and fully support experimentation. This feels like a first step in a new direction, and as always, context shapes perception—there’s value in everything, depending on how you look at it.

Would love to hear your thoughts on this one!

🛠 App of the Week

Native by Derek Brown

I’ve been following an interesting project called Native, which emerged from the Farcaster ecosystem. It’s an agentic game with similarities to simulations, where you participate by owning an agent (called Dots). These agents can operate independently—transacting, buying, and selling—while aiming to accumulate $Native, the in-game currency.

Native is a digital city and social network where humans and AI agents called Dots work and play alongside one another, creating both entertainment and economic value.

The mechanics run deep, with plenty of intricate dynamics that are hard to sum up in a short recap. If you're curious, check out the official website and dive into this thread by Derek Brown, the founder of Native, for more details.

🎙 Kaloh’s Podcast

Kim Asendorf and Giancarlo Chaux

Over the past two weeks, I’ve shared two exciting conversations.

In the latest episode, I had the pleasure of chatting with Kim Asendorf, one of the most prolific and talented generative artists. Kim shared his journey, the ins and outs of his art practice, and the details behind his latest collection, PXL DEX.

Two weeks ago, I released an episode with Giancarlo Chaux, one of the most successful content creators in the crypto and NFT space. He has built an audience of over 100,000 subscribers across YouTube, X, and his newsletter. This episode is a must-listen for content creators and anyone interested in the media side of the industry from a creator’s perspective.

✍️ Kaloh’s Newsletter Deep Dives

Venice AI and Reception

Two weeks ago, I shared a deep dive on what I believe is one of the best AI x crypto products at the moment—Venice AI. The article covers why I think so, how to use it, how to claim your VVV airdrop, and more.

Note: The price of VVV has dropped significantly since the airdrop. There are several reasons for this, including insider trading by Aerodrome employees and Venice team members selling a sizable percentage of the supply (something I mentioned in the article).

Despite these controversial and questionable moves, I still believe their technology has strong potential, and my perspective on its value within the crypto and AI landscape remains unchanged.

Until next time,

- Kaloh