Larva Labs
Larva Labs is John Watkinson and Matt Hall, long-time creative technologists and early innovators in blockchain art. In 2017 they created the CryptoPunks , one of the earliest examples of NFTs on the Ethereum blockchain. Along with a mechanism for digital ownership, the CryptoPunks contract also includes a fully decentralized zero-fee marketplace that has processed over $3.2 billion dollars worth of CryptoPunk transactions. Further work includes Autoglyphs (2019), the first fully on-chain generative artwork, and The Meebits (2021), generative 3D characters with an integrated zero-fee trading system. Yuga Labs acquired the intellectual property to CryptoPunks and The Meebits in 2022. Meebco acquired the IP to The Meebits from Yuga Labs in 2025, with Hall and Watkinson joining as strategic advisers in September 2025. NODE foundation acquired the IP to CryptoPunks in May 2025. Hall and Watkinson—with Erick Calderon, founder of Art Blocks, and Wylie Aronow, co-founder of Yuga Labs—are on the NODE advisory board.
From Larva Labs to Release Final Art Blocks Curated Project, October 2025
