Wall Street Trader Turned Creator

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[00:02:16] - [First question] - The different types of Web3 IP, how Goblintown and Rekt Guy have evolved, and how a creator can give the IP to the community

[00:05:12] - Whether or not a lack of scarcity is unwinding the value accrual behind the original approach to NFTs 

[00:06:14] - Not having a roadmap and the advantage to being more freeform 

[00:09:35] - His take on the difference between a failed project versus a rugpull 

[00:12:50] - Finding out that Snoop Dogg bought a Rekt Guy and made it his profile picture 

[00:14:11] - What he was doing before stepping into the NFT space

[00:15:09] - Similarities and differences between trading assets on TradFi and DeFi markets 

[00:17:24] - How he approaches measuring illiquidity in the NFT market

[00:19:37] - YOLO trading and minting and selling a ton of Bored Apes

[00:24:21] - The thesis of the Canary fund and thoughts on investing the money now

[00:25:23] - How he thinks about where value accrues in NFTs as an investor

[00:29:07] - When he started drawing and the road leading up to his NFTs

[00:33:22] - Lessons for newer artists coming up and building an audience

[00:35:36] - Working with Flips Finance and how he spends his days

[00:37:20] - What he’s most excited to see built over the next six months and six years