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The Mutants Are Coming...
"THE MUTANT CARTEL IS A MOVEMENT INSPIRED BY COMMUNITY, DECENTRALIZATION, SOCIAL CAPITAL, AND ARTISTIC INNOVATION THAT OPENS ITS DOORS TO ALL OWNERS OF MUTANT NFTS."
A wild two weeks that’s turning a side project into a global movement…
It’s getting on for 2am in London so I airplane my phone as the West Coast starts lighting up our Discord.
I wake up a few hours later to hundreds of messages. Forty recruits taking the Pledge, some serious projects incubating, Twitter blowing up, and multiple messages from friends asking to help fund the project’s growth.
The baton will pass to Singapore and Australia before circling back to Europe because this Cartel never sleeps and neither does Blaksoot -I swear that guy travels time zones to cheat sleep.
Ten days after launching publicly and we’ve just passed 600 members (a notable dent in the TAM) with some seismic plays being made within the community.
It's breakneck speed we're moving at and with that in mind, this piece is intended as an anchor and a lighthouse for where the Cartel’s moving.
WHAT IS THE CARTEL?
The Mutant Cartel started as a movement inspired by community, decentralisation, social capital, and artistic innovation that opens its doors to all owners of Mutant NFTs.
We’re more than a dedicated meeting-ground for Mutants, we’re a mobilised and structured organisation seeking to enrich the MAYC universe and our value as Mutants within it.
This is a world created beside the great efforts of the MAYC, but entirely independent and autonomous of its involvement. We always give a nod to the brilliance of the BAYC, and our intention is to spin a narrative universe that complements its existence.
A rising tide lifts all ships.
The long and short of it is that we’re here to enrich the MAYC universe, our value as Mutants within it, and work collectively to generate additional value in several innovative ways.
Our long-term goal is to transition to a Decentralized Autonomous Organization with a well-funded treasury to create, evolve, and launch our numerous projects and that of the MAYC community.
Our even longer-term goal is to become an amalgam of an innovation studio, Mutant curator, and media production engine within the MAYC universe. In doing so, we hope to cultivate some serious creativity and collateralised profits for Mutants.
The borders really are limitless with this.
WHAT’S THE ROADMAP LOOK LIKE?
It’s been under a fortnight and we’ve a soundtrack, a podcast, the first Clan up and running, a dinner scheduled in New York, and several Made Mutants on their first missions for the Cartel.
We’ve a growing engine room of illustrators and designers churning out elite and original artwork and some exclusive NFTs in the works to release.
Major collaborations are forming, Cartel swag is being prepped for sale, and the infrastructure to transition to a web3 interface is well underway.
Most importantly, we’re all having the craic and raising the value for Mutants, the MAYC, and in the future, the APE DAO.
OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS WE INTEND TO:
- Roll out the initial Clan system, bed the first Officers in, and assign the Cartel’s first vital missions. Those that sweat for the Cartel will be rewarded by the Cartel.
- Host our first meetup in New York and schedule the second for London.
- Launch our comic series documenting The Cartel and immortalizing Mutants from within it.
- Release the Hounds (exclusive NFT beasts for the Cartel).
- Introduce the first of our Merch.
- Host our first art exhibition at one of London’s big houses.
MEDIUM-TERM:
With how quickly the landscape is moving around us we wanted to avoid committing to timelines. As things are going, I’ll likely wake up one day to see it’s all become an overnight reality anyway:
- Secure the building of the Cartel’s headquarters in a Metaverse with an active auction house attached.
- Mobilize into a DAO with a fund attached and introduce our token.
- Roll out some serious merch (if its production has already started, you know we’re talking serious swag)
We’re building one of the most ambitious community projects in the NFT world, and we’re delighted to be working with all those already involved.
For the Mutants out there that aren’t riding with the Cartel yet, we cordially extend the invitation to unite under our banner.