The Delphi Podcast Host and GP of Delphi Ventures Tom Shaughnessy sits down with Jake Brukhman, Founder & CEO at CoinFund, a blockchain-focused investment firm based in Brooklyn, New York. The two spend over two hours discussing all things NFTs, including NFT liquidity, judging NFT communities, CryptoPunks, fractionalization, scarcity, DAOs, pricing NFT assets, the future of NFTs, and much more!

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Show Notes:

(00:00:53) Jake’s background and interest in NFTs.

(00:03:24) What is an NFT?

(00:12:35) Judging NFT communities.

(00:15:44) CryptoPunks and long-term resilience.

(00:21:05) Complexity of NFTs / cultural difference between the DeFi and the NFT communities.

(00:24:00) Nouns DAO is auctioning off a new noun every day.

(00:36:36) How PartyDAO works / crowdfunding capital.

(00:41:47) Jake’s thoughts on scarcity of NFTs and fractionalization.

(01:02:59) Upshot is a more efficient way to price NFTs.

(01:16:35) The NFT exchange market and importance of GTM strategies.

(01:21:00) Rarible Protocol serves as a back end for NFT applications.

(01:36:36) How the success of each marketplace benefits Rarible token holders.

(01:45:46) Jake’s thoughts on NFT metadata storage and on-chain vs. off-chain assets.

(01:54:22) Jake’s thoughts on regulation in the NFT space.

(01:56:34) Where we’re at now in the NFT cycle.

(02:12:17) Founders in the NFT space.

(02:14:40) The royalty aspect of NFT drops.

(02:21:48) The category of NFT projects Jake is most excited about.

Resources:

• Jake's Twitter

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