# Close-up: ccarella.eth

Source: https://paragraph.xyz/@kiwi-weekly/close-up-chris-carella
Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Close-up-ccarellaeth?index=0x67e6c58537a4c93a4d4090d171149aca0462ad2df92fdbf8e57c1709ad924cccc109151f
Submitted by macbudkowski.eth on 2025-03-28 UTC, 6 upvotes, 1 comment

## Summary

Chris Carella, known as ccarella.eth, is the second guest in the Kiwi Close-Up series, which features active Kiwi curators. The article introduces him as a longtime Kiwi member who runs Scout Game, works on Charmverse, and is active in the Nouns and Optimism communities. It notes his crypto background, including minting the first NFT on Tezos Mainnet, his interest in CryptoKitties and NBA Top Shot, and losing millions in Bitcoin after upgrading his laptop. The accompanying video covers what drew him to crypto, what Scout Game is, and what excites him about Ethereum.

## Article

Welcome to the 2nd episode of the Kiwi Close-Up.

If you don't know this format yet, we speak with the most active Kiwi curators, so you can learn more about people who pick the links for you!

Today, we chat with Chris Carella who has been on Kiwi almost since the beginning.

Chris is known for running Scout Game, working on Charmverse and his activity in Nouns and Optimism community. And he has a rich history in crypto - from minting the first NFT ever on Tezos Mainnet, through his fascination with CryptoKitties and NBA Top Shot up to a classic story of losing millions in Bitcoin because he upgraded his laptop.

Listen to the conversation and learn what brought Chris to crypto, what is his Scout Game about and what in Ethereum makes him excited.

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## Comments

**misha**: Only found time to properly listen to this now. Great listen and of course the story about the lost BTC is epic. Funny that first two “Close-up” episodes are artists. Maybe the next one @pierrepauze.eth ;) Does Kiwi have a strange attraction on artists?