Some of y’all still don’t know the story behind Wonky Stonks and why I will continue to relentlessly bull post them. With ETH szn heating up, I think it’s important to revisit it: Summer of 2021, the NFT marketplace started to wake up. Punks, Apes, Squiggles, and Penguins were all sending. A good buddy of mine came up with the idea of launching a collection that resonated with my audience. I wanted to do something that introduced members of the trading community to the NFT space. So rather than doing a pfp collection, we came up with fully generative digital art of charts. It felt way more authentic to my brand, and it was something that hadn’t been done before. If you’ve stared at charts for long enough, eventually they become art. And seeing how an algo could randomly generate price action that resembled real structures so well was beautiful to watch. The ultimate meme was people collecting charts rather than just studying them all day. I wanted to do it in a fair way, so we decided to do a free mint with a stealth launch. No honoraries. No hype and crazy price gauging. Any wallet could claim one stonk for free. The goal was to give back in the process, but I honestly had no idea what it would really turn into from there. It minted out in just over an hour with an initial 81% unique wallet distribution. Pretty soon I fell in love with the community that grew out of it. Utility was the ultimate meta back then and everyone asked for it, but I truly believed (and still do) that the art was enough. As we’ve seen with countless collections, utility fades with time. Art survives. It was born at the end of the last bull market, and cultivated through the entirety of the bear. The community is as cultish and strong as any that I’ve seen out there. I own over 250 stonks, and have given away just as many over the years. I’ve purchased ALL of them that I’ve ever owned on secondary markets outside of the one free mint I got day one. For me it’s a project of passion. I’ve definitely put way more into it from a financial perspective than I’ve gotten out of it, but I love the community and I truly love the art. I’m not going anywhere and neither are the Stonks. Wonky Stonks are inevitable.(K A L E O)