During the 2020-2022 crypto boom he partnered with a technology specialist to create Xob, a virtual gallery and event space on the metaverse platform Voxels, staging eight shows that featured close to 100 artists over the course of a year and sold about $40,000 in art.³ In 2023 he organized the tenth edition of his recurring metaverse exhibition “LFG!!! 2023”, bringing together a group of NFT artists to show new work in a virtual gallery.⁴ That same year he also organized “Stoner Stick People 4/20 Celebration Sesh”, a community event bringing together artists to celebrate art on the 4/20 holiday.^5,6

Also in 2022, amid a downturn in the crypto market, Wessel expanded his practice into animation and glitch-based digital motion work.² His ongoing project Relax Fish pairs hand-painted panels and looping animations of goldfish, framed around the idea that watching fish is calming, with physical paintings distributed to collectors and animated pieces minted on Base and Tezos.⁷