Ana María Caballero, the acclaimed poet and blockchain artist known for blending verse with digital collectibles, is launching a free mint for her latest work, “In Record Time”, on OpenSea.
This drop builds on her ongoing “Paperwork” series, which explores themes of bureaucracy, identity, and the poetic absurd through generative text-based NFTs.
As a free mint, it lowers the barrier for collectors—no ETH upfront for the initial claim—making it accessible amid fluctuating gas fees on Ethereum. Part of Caballero’s broader “Ana Maria Caballero” series on OpenSea, emphasizing “poem = work of art.”
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Free; lazy minting via OpenSea, meaning no gas until resale; potential secondary fees apply. Limited passes, similar to her 2023 Buenos Aires unbundled mints where individual works from multi-artist packs became claimable.
Expect quick sell-outs based on past hype. Caballero’s work has gained traction for fusing poetry with Web3, as highlighted in her 2023 OpenSea interview where she discussed unbundling collections for broader access.
This drop continues that ethos, potentially including interactive elements like spoken-word audio or visual poetry variants. Head to OpenSea’s collection page (search “Ana Maria Caballero”). Connect your wallet, claim during the live window, and you’re in.
Use Polygon for even lower fees if cross-chain options appear. If you’re into literary NFTs, this is a gem—Caballero’s pieces often appreciate as cultural artifacts in the space. Past drops like her Paperwork passes (0.15 ETH) saw strong demand, so act fast.
Pump.fun Spotlights FIG Token in New Utility Program
Pump.fun, the Solana-based meme coin launchpad that’s generated over $850M in revenue since 2024, has expanded its freshly launched Spotlight program by adding the FIG token.
This move signals a pivot toward utility-driven projects, helping non-meme tokens cut through the noise with boosted visibility, liquidity pools, and community tools.
The Spotlight Program launched November 1, 2025, it’s designed to nurture “real” utility tokens think DeFi tools, Web3 business apps, or tokenized assets over pure hype plays.
Benefits include featured listings, automated liquidity mechanisms, tokenomics audits, and anti-rug safeguards—addressing pain points like discoverability and funding in early-stage crypto.
Advance the Internet Capital Market (ICM) by legitimizing tokenization for practical use cases, like payroll in Web3 banking or DeFi innovations. FIG likely standing for a utility-focused project, e.g., finance/figment-themed—details sparse but tied to Solana ecosystem tools joins as an early Spotlight selectee.
It gains instant exposure on Pump.fun’s platform, where launches cost just ~$2-3 0.02 SOL and include built-in scam prevention. Could see rapid liquidity growth, similar to how Pump.fun’s past ICOs raised $1.3B.
Expect integrations for trading, staking, or real-world utility like supply chain tokenization. Monitor for FIG-specific airdrops or AMM pools via the Spotlight dashboard.
Paperwork uses official government documents as raw poetic material. Caballero takes the cold, bureaucratic language of these forms — the boxes, stamps, signatures, and legalese — and transforms them into visceral, minimalist poetry that exposes the absurdity, violence, and intimacy hidden inside administrative systems.
She describes the series as: An exploration of how the state writes our most personal stories in the most impersonal way.” Each piece is a love/hate letter to bureaucracy: how paperwork simultaneously validates and erases human experience.
A smart contract layers generative text directly onto the forms. The text is drawn from Caballero’s original poetry fragments that deal with motherhood, migration, marriage, divorce, birth, death, and border crossings.
The output is different every mint: same form, different poem overlaid in Caballero’s handwriting-style font. Some versions include audio: Caballero reading the generated poem in English or Spanish. Editions vary 1/1s, small editions of 10–25, or open editions during specific drops.
WorldFirst major on-chain generative poetry project by a widely published “offline” poet Caballero has four print poetry books and has won major literary prizes. Bridges high literature and blockchain in a way that feels native rather than gimmicky.
In short, Paperwork is bureaucratic trauma and beauty run through a poetic algorithm — and it has become the gold standard for what serious literary art can look like on the blockchain. The current “In Record Time” free mint is essentially an accessible entry point into this landmark series.
Amid meme fatigue, this elevates sustainable projects; FIG could be a sleeper hit for long-term holders. Both updates highlight Web3’s maturation: artistic expression going gas-free on OpenSea and utility tokens getting a fair shot on Solana.