The Current Weekly | Jan. 17th
The Current Weekly is a weekly newsletter for the Shrimp Society community covering last week and looking ahead to next week. If you have feedback or ideas on what you would like to see included in The Current, please email chris@theshrimpsociety.com.
Shrimp of the Week
Cesar Lazarus (Pxlite)
Cesar Lazarus was born in NYC and lived in Philly until moving to Miami around 10 years old. He’s always been a creative since his toddler days where he created comics. In high school, he began creating digital art using Photoshop and other tools.
In 2021 during Covid lockdown, Cesar got serious about his craft and refined his skills. He won an Adobe Showcase content for $5,000 in prize money, created an ad campaign featured in Times Square, and developed his own brand.
Around that time, he also became interested in NFTs. Cesar sold his first NFT 1/1 on Foundation, a leading NFT art platform. It’s hard not to be impressed at just once glance at Cesar’s Foundation page. His portfolio of portraits is equally impressive featuring Bad Bunny, Camilo, Logic, and more.
When Cesar is creating art, he thinks of it like a musician creating an album. He brings in different elements, emotions, and designs to tell a story.
Shrimp Story
Cesar joined the Shrimp Society after attending an event in November and learning more about the community.
Cesar said he loves how the Shrimp Society “Supports “new blood” and allows us all to grow together.”
He also mentioned that the Shrimp has helped him understand that patience and persistence will give you results.
You can find Cesar in the Shrimp Society Discord under the username Pxlite.
#ShrimpSupportShrimp
Be sure to follow Cesar on Twitter and support his art by purchasing, sharing with a friend, or supporting to the public!
Website | Instagram | Foundations | Opensea
Last Week
- Shrimp Tales Show ep. 1: After some technical difficulties, we had a blast recording ep. 1 of the Shrimp Tales Show, our weekly talk show. You can find the Shrimp Tales Show on Spotify and Apple Podcast.
- Alpha Night was a hit: Thank you to Blockhead and Frank for an amazing kick-off to the Alpha Night program. Blockhead covered algo trading with Cryptohopper and Frank covered staking your cryptocurrencies to earn great APYs. 📈 Here are the notes from Blockhead on getting started with Cryptohopper.
- Sunday Dinner with “Identity Element” went deep into DeFi: Our guest for Sunday Dinner had asked to remain anonymous so we’ll go by their pen name, Identity Element. We covered everything from DeFi mechanics to arbitrage opportunities, to OlympusDAO, to buying a house with DeFi. Highly recommend you check out Identity Element’s newest blog post: The One Where We All Get Rich at the End. We’ll have the Sunday Dinner recording up on podcast shortly. 💰
This Week
- Genesis Mint Pass: Genesis mint pass is dropping this week 👀 more details to come. 🎟
- Redeem NBA Bennies: Redeem your NBA Tickets if you’re one of the lucky 7 Shrimp NFT holders. Redeem form here. 🏀
- Twitter Space with Galactikka Club: We’re hosting a Twitter Spaces Tuesday at 7pm ET with Galactikka Club NFT to explain the project and open whitelist spots for Shrimp Society members. 👽
- Shrimp Tales ep. 2: Live on Twitter Spaces Tuesday at 8pm ET. 🎙
- Alpha Night: Live on Discord #Reef Lounge on Wednesday at 8pm ET. 📈
On the Radar- Miami Hack Week
The Shrimp Society is playing a big part in Miami Hack Week next week. We’ll have 25 Solana and web3 hackers working on all sorts of projects at our hack house. We’ll be live streaming events through our Discord and will have plenty of opportunities to be involved both locally and virtually.
- gm Free Hacker Coffee: Wed. January 25th 9am-12pm at Puroast Coffee in Brickell
- MHW Women’s Brunch: Thursday, Jan. 26th from 11:00am — 2:00pm (event page coming soon)
- Panel: TrippyDAO on the future of DAOs and NFTs: Thursday, Jan. 26th from 7:00pm — 9:00pm (event page coming soon)
