# National Web3 Women's Day 2026 — Part 1 (Hours 0–3)

**Host:** Morgan (@Web3WomensDay)\* with co-hosts VERONIKA (@VeronikaLKLK) and Sal (@salvuccikaimana) · **Date:** Sun, 11 Oct 2026 · **Duration:** 2:58:01 · ~15 speakers

## TL;DR
- Second annual National Web3 Women's Day kicked off with an original song performed by HønDЯø and NxtUnity, then ran a pre-registered speaker list — women first, men politely asked to wait until late afternoon.
- The day's NFT is **Her Eras** by artist Ellen: 2,626 pieces on ETH, tiered at $5 / $6 / $7, with MetaMuse holders getting one free mint plus two at 50% off. Giveaways ran in Discord, managed by Corey and HønDЯø.
- Two open calls were announced live: **"Unbecoming"**, hosted on Webby Social for Women's Day (11 Oct → 11 Nov, winner announced on the 11th), and **"NFT art is dead again"**, a Halloween metaverse show from Link by Art / Vavortex / Paladin Punks (submissions to 25 Oct, party 1 Nov on Cyber).
- Partner spotlight: **See Her DAO**'s free 10-week DeFi cohort (Thursdays, one hour, recorded), which Nisey had already attended — 80 women in the first session.
- Standout arcs: Louise on autism, art and being talked into her first-ever Space; Charoa on using art to reconnect with her daughter through a mental health crisis; 17-year-old Anastasia on her Medellín residency artwork; Sana Mirza on building an agency solo and learning to delegate.
- Morgan's audio dropped at the very end [2:56:33]; WildAmerica had just begun a talk on creators being paid in peanuts when the hour mark closed Part 1.

## Highlights

**[2:07] The anthem.** Before a word of housekeeping, HønDЯø and NxtUnity played a purpose-built Women's Day track ("to the women making room, turning bold ideas into something that can bloom"), running a full six minutes while the room filled.

**[9:24] VERONIKA, powered by four coffees.** The co-host opened with a warning that she might talk fast, then slow, "and everything in between," and later confessed to being an overthinker who feels *more* pressure on year two than year one — because the first time, nobody has expectations yet.

**[26:07] Louise, parking a car and raising a champion.** The first speaker from last year's inaugural Space returned as first speaker again — calling in mid-parking, slightly lost in an unnamed town. Her son was at a speed cubing competition where he'd just solved a cube in 6.7 seconds to 200 screaming spectators, placing fourth in Canada for one-handed solves. Sal and Morgan both admitted they didn't know speed cubing existed; VERONIKA admitted that as a kid she just peeled the stickers off [28:53]. Louise's son, for the record, considers fourth place a loss.

**[30:13] Why she came up in the first place.** Louise spoke candidly about raising three boys with autism, the unsolicited "you should discipline him more" advice, and why that first Space was a test: the response was the opposite of what she feared, and people she'd never met started checking in on her when she went quiet. VERONIKA added that the more these conversations happen, the more normal they become [37:21], then informed Louise she is now contractually obligated in blood to open every future Space.

**[42:04] SketchLight and the zombie thesis.** SketchLight introduced the Link by Art / Vavortex / Paladin Punks Halloween open call, titled around the idea that NFT art has been "killed" so many times — every crash, every rug, every marketplace closure — that artists are evidently zombies. Her pitch for a better world: imagine if the money that went into meme coins had gone to artists instead.

**[52:17] Dixie on the universal placement theory.** A connector by trade — advertising and creative strategy before Stellar and Web3 — Dixie described the space as a relationship you occasionally question but never leave, and the friendships as "universally guided." She and Sawa fund scholarships for women in Pakistan, now on their fifth, and she made an open invitation for anyone who wants to collaborate on social impact [56:29].

**[1:15:20] Charoa, art as the way back in.** The most moving stretch of the hour: Charoa explained that her daughter went through serious mental health struggles, and the thing that finally opened the conversation was sitting her down in front of her own art. That became Mindful Meditations, now in its third season, and then an open-call practice — because limiting every episode to her own art limited it to her own lived experience. VERONIKA followed with the **Unbecoming** brief [1:25:41]: unbecoming the daughter, the girlfriend, the wife, the co-worker who always volunteers. Charoa's addition — autumn is itself unbecoming, go take a photo [1:28:25].

**[1:36:22] Johanna's three legs.** Artist, community nerd, metaverse nerd — "those are like my legs, I have three legs, I walk really weird," though she walks better as an avatar. She founded Vavortex for AI artists specifically because they're "the black sheep," described minting-platform builders as "code poets," and detailed the Verseum bridge between the Toronto IRL conference and its permanent metaverse twin [1:41:29]. Her reassurance for the metaverse-anxious: she can simply teleport you to her side [1:44:12].

**[2:07:01] Anastasia, 17, with receipts.** After an unapologetic interruption from Morgan calling her the best interviewer she's ever heard, Anastasia introduced her "digital glaze painting" technique, 2022 entry into NFTs, and exhibitions across 19 countries. Then the story of *Elsewhere*: at an artist residency in Medellín she asked people to share objects that had survived their moves and hard times, and built the memories into one composition — personal, since her own family has moved nine times, mostly not by choice. VERONIKA and Morgan's reaction: pack it in, go home.

**[2:40:14] Sana Mirza on being a lone wolf, then not.** Seven years from Binance customer support to founding her own trading-affiliate agency, built with "just me, my laptop, my ideas, and yes, two best friends of mine, Claude and ChatGPT." Her through-line: having the ability to do everything doesn't mean you should, people will judge you whether you're quiet or confident, and real support for women is introductions and opportunities, not a photo post. She closed on work-life balance she openly admits she hasn't mastered — her Pilates instructor confiscates everyone's phone and locks it in a cupboard [2:52:28].

## Topic timeline

| Time | Topic |
|---|---|
| [1:00]–[8:40] | Opening + original Women's Day song (HønDЯø, NxtUnity) |
| [8:40]–[23:47] | Hosts' welcome, why the day exists, Her Eras NFT mint details |
| [25:54]–[39:56] | Louise: speed cubing, autism, art partnership, first-Space nerves |
| [41:01]–[49:16] | SketchLight: Link by Art, Halloween open call, metaverse exhibitions |
| [51:23]–[1:01:48] | Dixie: connectors, communities, social impact, curators call |
| [1:04:28]–[1:14:04] | COMFYYY: starting in 2021 from Africa, mindset shift, Web3 education |
| [1:14:21]–[1:33:36] | Charoa: Webby Social, art for mental health, the "Unbecoming" open call |
| [1:34:06]–[1:49:49] | Johanna Nyqvist: Vavortex, AI art, Verseum, metaverse bridges |
| [1:50:04]–[1:54:33] | Mulberry Tree rescheduled; VERONIKA's impromptu shill for her farm-to-consumer app |
| [1:54:47]–[2:02:22] | Afrikn Goddess: onboarding African women, WhatsApp classes, 2027 IRL meetup |
| [2:05:35]–[2:17:08] | Anastasia NFTart: technique, exhibitions, *Elsewhere* |
| [2:19:34]–[2:22:26] | Nisey on the See Her DAO DeFi cohort |
| [2:23:02]–[2:38:55] | Jessica: Swedish police officer, art as communication, charity splits |
| [2:40:14]–[2:55:31] | Sana Mirza: Binance to founder, delegation, judgment, work-life balance |
| [2:56:33]–[2:58:01] | Morgan's audio drops; WildAmerica opens on creators and peanuts |

## Notable quotes

> "Yes, we have signed a contract in blood and our souls are linked. So you're done now, you're stuck with me forever." — Louise [38:56]

> "I am literally the most embarrassing person in the metaverse at any given time." — VERONIKA [48:18]

> "It's good to not agree because if everyone just agreed, nothing would change." — VERONIKA [58:10], answered by Morgan: "I don't know if I should agree." [58:31]

> "My mom knows what I'm feeling. My mom actually understands me. And that changed our dynamic like forever." — Charoa, on her daughter seeing her art [1:16:50]

> "I actually speak three languages, but I always introduce myself in seven, so that's quite an inside joke in our spaces." — Anastasia NFTart [2:15:11]

> "Just imagine Elon Musk personally building every satellite… At some point, even his own rockets would be asking him: sir, please delegate." — Sana Mirza [2:42:41]

## Who said what

- **Morgan** (@Web3WomensDay)\* — host; threw out her prepared script to "lead with my heart," ran the schedule, apologized for chewing on mic, and lost her audio in the final minutes.
- **VERONIKA** (@VeronikaLKLK) — co-host, list-keeper, coffee-counter; explained the Her Eras mint and the Unbecoming brief, and kept gently redirecting unregistered request-ups to the later open mic.
- **Sal** (@salvuccikaimana) — co-host for the first two hours; the one person in the room not running on coffee, and the room's designated non-artist ("no one wants to see my little smiley faces").
- **Louise** (@louisedbegin) — returning first speaker; on autism, art partnership with Morgan, and the ripple effect of speaking up once.
- **SketchLight** (@SketchLight_ray) — light-painting photographer and Link by Art co-founder; pitched the Halloween open call.
- **Dixie** — connector and community builder, Stellar-era arrival; scholarships for women in Pakistan, plus a curators call launching Wednesdays on Centaurus.
- **COMFYYY** (@ComfyOnchain) — joined from Africa in Q1 2021 as a BNB meme-coin trader, now looking to connect with women artists and move into Web3 education.
- **Charoa** (@Charoa1974) — Webby Social team, Mindful Meditations host; art-for-mental-health advocate and co-architect of Unbecoming.
- **Johanna Nyqvist** (@JohannaNyqvist) — Vavortex founder, AI-art defender, metaverse and Verseum builder; joined from Sweden.
- **Afrikn Goddess** (@AfriknGoddess01) — runs a WhatsApp community teaching African women wallet setup and safety; framed onboarding as retention and is planning a 2027 IRL meetup.
- **Anastasia NFTart** (@AnastasiaNFTart) — 17-year-old artist; digital glaze painting, exhibitions in 19 countries, *Elsewhere* from her Medellín residency.
- **Nisey** (@Nisey1811) — reported back on See Her DAO's first free DeFi class and recommended it to anyone, women or not.
- **Jessica** (@Jessicacrazycat) — Swedish police inspector of 20 years, painter and NFT artist; co-hosts with Trollking, routes collection proceeds to Swedish children's charities.
- **Sana Mirza** (@sana_xbtc) — ex-Binance, founder/CEO of a global trader affiliate agency; on solo-founding, delegating, and the heartbeat-monitor theory of success.
- **Mulberry Tree** (@mulberrytreeapp) — graciously gave up her slot for a later live demo of her farmer-to-consumer app; VERONIKA shilled it for her on the spot, "with a pinch of salt because my memory is famously awful."
- **HønDЯø** (@LeHonDrO_) and **NxtUnity** (@NxtUnity) — opened the Space with the Women's Day song and ran giveaways in Discord with Corey.
- **WildAmerica** (@WildAmerica69) — opened the final segment of Part 1 on why creators accept peanuts.

## Worth a full listen

- **[26:07]–[39:56] — Louise.** The speed-cubing detour, the sticker-peeling confession, and then a genuinely open stretch about autism, unwanted advice, and what happened after she spoke publicly for the first time. The pivot from comedy to candor is the thing a summary flattens.
- **[1:15:20]–[1:28:25] — Charoa and VERONIKA.** Charoa's account of using her own art to reach her daughter, straight into VERONIKA's framing of "Unbecoming" — daughter, girlfriend, student, wife, mother, the co-worker who always volunteers. The brief lands much harder in her own words.
- **[2:40:14]–[2:55:20] — Sana Mirza.** A tight, funny, structured talk: the lone-wolf build, the delegation lesson, "what exactly is the approved setting?" on being judged either way, and a work-life-balance answer honest enough to include the part where she sprints to the cupboard for her phone the second Pilates ends.

\* Some voices are identified from context; those names are marked as likely.