Vote for our Artist in Residence at the Palm Springs Ace Hotel & Swim Club.

In partnership with Ace Hotel’s Global Artist in Residency (AiR) Program & Superchief NFT, FWB is hosting a month-long artist residency at the Palm Springs Ace Hotel & Swim Club. For the month of January, the selected artist will live at the property, producing a body of work to exhibit on site for the month of February. Kicking off the exhibition will be a Weekender celebration at the Hotel, final date to be determined. 

Selected open edition works produced during the residency will be minted on Zora and distributed to FWB marketing channels. Mint specifics will be determined with the artist, FWB and Superchief NFT. 

Vote for our Artist in Residence at the Palm Springs Ace Hotel & Swim Club.

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Artist in Residence Erika Weitz spent the month of August with us exploring all that the desert has to offer. Drawing inspiration from many days and nights spent exploring Joshua Tree and the surrounding areas, Erika’s use of wet plate collodion and dives deep into nature and the unique, heightened, and surreal energies within the desert.

Join us and Superchief Gallery NFT from December 14-15 at the Palm Springs Ace Hotel & Swim Club for a weekend to celebrate the opening of Erika’s work titled “HOLY WATER” with a line up of curated DJs and unique nighttime swim dive-ins.

Save the Date for FEST25

The FEST25 proposal is live for discussion. Join us for a Town Hall on Monday at 1 PT / 4 ET. 

Checking in on Squad Wealth

About the series: Checking in on Squad Wealth is a 4-part editorial series investigating the path toward a blockchain-dominant future, where financial tools are intertwined with cultural narratives. With essays by a storied cast of eminent culture and finance experts including Anna Gát, Gaby Goldberg, and Jose Fernandez da Ponte, and Kyla Scanlon.

Read the first two essays: “Trust and the Crypto Economy” by Kyla Scanlon & “No Onramp Needed” by Gaby Goldberg.

Join Us At SCOPE Miami

We’re partnering with SCOPE Miami during art Basel. Get tickets for you and a guest!

Dropping Soon: the 2024 FWB Bazaar

Friends With Benefits x PYUSD x Solana presents the FWB Winter Bazaar 2024: a 72-hour e-market with curated goods from the extended Friends With Benefits community. Our physi-digital subcultural economy is made possible by the accelerating advancements in emerging technologies like trusted stablecoins and increasingly efficient layer one infrastructure. Dropping December 10-12.

MEMBERS — SUBMIT YOUR CONTENT FOR FWB AMPLIFICATION

Based on results from the Member Survey, we’re stoked to amplify our member’s projects. If you are 1) an FWB member, and 2) you have a project or announcement you want amplified, submit your a) already posted content for amplification to FWB’s owned socials and/or b) content for a newsletter highlight. Submit here!

TOKEN MIGRATION UPDATE

Crypto is a rapidly evolving industry, with tools advancing in efficiency and scalability everyday. It’s incredibly exciting, and it’s exactly why we proposed updating the FWB token ecosystem from ETH Mainnet to Base L2. As many of you know Uniswap is close to launching a more proven V4. After careful consideration, we are postponing opening the migration to align with the launch of Uniswap V4 in order to set the pair once. We’re targeting January 2025, exact date to come.

ADD CULTURE TO YOUR TECH STACK WITH FWB

Friends With Benefits is a new type of cultural institution driving the adoption of emerging tech. Forged on the internet, FWB is a group of 5,500+ global members with a combined, cross-channel audience of 100K+ cultural producers, emerging tech builders, and early adopters. We partner with infrastructure companies, consumer brands, protocols, and communities to build user adoption strategies, craft cultural positioning, and deploy product launches.

What We Do: 

• Content & experiential marketing

• Solving cold start problem

• User acquisition & retention

• Community building

• Strategic advisory

How We Do It:

• URL → IRL Activations

• FWB FEST

• Incubators

• Strategic rollouts & marketing campaigns

• Thought leadership

Our Edge:

• Solving the Cold Start Problem: Our crypto-native community are the right first adopters paired with a custom rollout plan to drive early traction.

• Beyond crypto: We help you break out of the web3 bubble, ensuring your product resonates with a broader audience.

• A Community of Culturalists: Partner with us to access a global network eager to bring your vision to life and drive cultural relevance.

• Solutions for Newly Funded Companies: Our tailored approach maximizes your investment, delivering impactful results for your growing business.

More Than A Social Network

FWB was founded as a new kind of social network. Four years later, our network has evolved to produce cultural go-to-market solutions leveraging our 5,500+ global membership and wider emerging tech ecosystem.