The Delphi Podcast Host and GP of Delphi Ventures Tom Shaughnessy sits down with Cooper Turley, crypto strategist lead at Audius, and manager of social DAO Friends With Benefits. The two discuss the culture and community around projects, DAOs and NFTs, value flows in NFTs and much more!

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Show Notes:

(00:00:00) – Introduction.

(00:02:23) – Cooper’s background.

(00:03:25) – What NFT culture means to Cooper / The fun aspect of NFTs.

(00:06:53) – The relationship between public exposure and building in the NFT space.

(00:09:25) – Culture and community around NFT projects.

(00:15:45) – Managing creative control in NFT projects.

(00:17:29) – The crossover between NFTs and DAOs.

(00:21:27) – Cooper’s thoughts on being “too late” to a project.

(00:24:04) – What a bear market for NFTs could look like.

(00:26:59) – Tribalism in NFTs.

(00:28:00) – Judging NFT communities independent of price.

(00:30:40) – Cooper’s thoughts on NFT art.

(00:33:42) – Fractionalized assets versus full assets.

(00:39:15) – The creator economy and NFTs.

(00:48:38) – Overview on Rally.

(00:50:09) – What creators need to be successful.

(00:55:12) – Value flows in NFTs.

(00:58:58) – Cooper’s thoughts on NFT curation.

(01:02:49) – Governance rights for token holders VS NFTs for social access.

(01:05:17) – Rapid fire questions: Multi-chain NFTs, Audius, Loot.

Resources:

Cooper’s Twitter

FWB Website

Audius Website

Rally Website

More

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