Who is META COLLECT?

META COLLECT was founded by Kenny Lienhard and Sean Ballent. In 2018 we launched Cryptowriter, a blockchain agnostic, community-driven crypto publication. Living and breathing the crypto space it wasn’t long before we came across non-fungible tokens (NFTs). We decided our publication needed a brand mascot and our first NFT product was born.

Finney is an android on a mission to earth to learn about blockchain and crypto technology. He launched as the first generative project on both the EOS and WAX blockchains in April of 2021 (2 days before BAYC). 5,000 Finney Coins were minted on each chain and distributed for free to partnering projects and influencers to share with their communities. Finney caught fire and within a month the price of Finney coins had reached $200.

Following the generative drop, we began work on a trading card pack sale featuring Finney on the WAX blockchain. 22 unique artworks accompanied by 22 chapters of text showcased the story of Finney and his journey to earth. You can read the digital version below.

Staying true to our blockchain agnostic roots we decided it was time to explore some other Web3 ecosystems. The Crunks were let loose on the Terra blockchain as the 6th project to launch on the RandomEarth marketplace. 10K generative pixel Crunks sold out within 24hrs. It was an honor to see XCOPY purchase some.

While releasing generative NFT drops on multiple chains we were also ideating an NFT art brand that would become UNDRGRND. The idea was to create a brand that would help to discover and support underappreciated NFT artists. We launched the UNDRGRND publication in Novemeber 2021. Read the launch article here.

Up until this point we had not yet released a PFP (profile photo) project, Brad Sherman a US congressman would soon change this. After making some hilarious comments concerning cryptocurrency we saw an opportunity to seize the moment and released 6969 generative Mongs on the Ethereum blockchain. To our surprise, they sold out in 17 minutes! Gifting us our most engaged and committed Web3 community to date.

And so this brings us to the current moment as we work facilitate the adoption of Web3 and blockchain technology through various products, services and IRL activations.

Our CEO, Kenny Lienhard recently appeared on The Crypto Frontier Podcast where he discussed his background and future plans for META COLLECT.