'Minted': Documentary Filmmaker Explores the Rise to Reckoning of Digital Art
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CoinDesk
4.8 • 689 Ratings
🗓️ 12 July 2025
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
CoinDesk speaks with Nicholas Bruckman, the filmmaker behind the documentary 'Minted,' which chronicles the rapid rise and subsequent downturn of the NFT industry. The discussion delves into the origins of Bruckman's interest in NFTs, focusing on prominent digital artists like Mike Winkleman (Beeple) and the early days of NFT hype. Bruckman explains how he captured the meteoric success and challenges faced by artists within the NFT space, navigating both acclaim and skepticism from the artistic community.
'Minted: The Rise (And Fall?) of the NFT' is available on Netflix and other streaming platforms.
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| 1:18.9 | All right. I am Sam Ewan from CoinDesk. I'm sitting here with Nicholas Bruckman. Nicholas is the director of Minted, which is a documentary, really talking about the rise and fall |
| 1:30.6 | of the NFT industry. |
| 1:32.4 | I recently watched this, brought back both pain and joy in doing so. |
| 1:36.8 | It's on Netflix right now. |
| 1:37.8 | Anyone can go check it out there, and I'm sure Nicholas can tell us everywhere else they can see it. |
| 1:41.6 | But Nicholas, first of all, just welcome to CoinDesk. |
| 1:47.9 | And secondly, I just wanted to ask, you know, what got you interested in this topic? |
| 1:50.2 | Because it is a bit of an obscure one for the masses. |
| 1:53.0 | Yeah, great, great questions. Thanks for having me. |
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