Griffin Cock Foster
@gcockfoster
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Previously Co-Founder of @niftygateway - acquired by @gemini. Now working on something new
New York, NY
Joined November 2011
I don’t collect NFTs for a financial return - I collect NFTs for a life return.
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99% of people don’t understand what NFTs are yet. Let that sink in.
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I feel bad for the people who don’t understand NFTs or seem determined to find new ways to hate them or spread misinfo. Pessimists sound smart but optimists get rich 🤷♂️.
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NFTs are the cultural revolution my generation has been waiting for.
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I bought my @doodles for 3.9 ETH, around $15,600, on December 3rd 2021. In time I think it will prove to be the best investment I ever made.
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.@niftygateway is focused on becoming the world's best secondary NFT marketplace - and it is working. We had our first day with over $600,000 in external volume - up from *0* just 3 months ago 😲. Soon we launch buying from your wallet with 70% lower gas fees. Ready???. 🚀🚀🚀.
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I just met with a "traditional" art dealer. In the first 5 min of the meeting he told me NFTs were “worthless” and that people only bought them to speculate. I couldn’t leave fast enough. The old world has no idea what is coming for it.
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Artists have made over $300mm selling NFTs on Nifty Gateway. If the vast majority had applied to a gallery they would have been laughed out of the room. What does that tell you about how broken the old world is?.
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Just bought my first @loserclubreborn 🔥🔥🔥. Love this project and love the art by @itsjvon!!
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The largest ever public artwork sale by a living creator has just occurred - and it didn’t happen at a traditional auction house. It happened on a Web3 platform. Probably nothing.
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I’m at a outdoor party right now and my friend has a shirt of @Mad_Dog_Jones’s Deja Vú (which he owns!!). the future is here.
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Anyone who says NFTs aren’t here to stay hasn’t had the experience of thinking “maybe I’ll just buy one or two” and then suddenly it’s $5,000 later and you’re not quite sure what happened 😬.
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I miss @niftygateway’s old social media strategy… we will have to get back to more content like this
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.@niftygateway's balance sheet is mostly ETH (we are a bunch of ETH mega bulls). It's been a good past few hours haha 📈👀.
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I know the last few weeks the have been crazy at Nifty Gateway, but if we launch even half of what we have planned over the next couple of months, it’s gonna be absolutely bananas 👀 . Let’s make 2021 “The Year of NFTs”.
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(•_•).<) )╯Let’s. / \. (•_•). \( (> Get. / \. (•_•).<) )╯Nifty.
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Huge milestone for @niftygateway. Only 2.5 years ago, @DCCockFoster were just tinkering in a basement coworking space, no product or anything. Here’s to many more milestones - next stop, 1 billion total sales!!.
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.@beeple’s drop is going to do over $1 million in volume - in a single drop. What an extraordinary achievement for the NFT space. The future is here.
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When we started @niftygateway, one of our big ideas was to get famous people making NFTs. Nowadays I’m asking, how long until major crypto artists are every bit as famous as the worlds biggest actors and rappers?.
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.@muratpak's merge was such a cool event, and it shows why NFTs matter. With it, we saw how art and technology can merge - the code IS the art. Art as code, *at the scale of the internet*, creates culture in a way we've never seen before - it’s amazing.
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My high school science teacher just married Mackenzie Scott. I have to admit this was a life twist I did not see coming.
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This @refikanadol beach exhibit in Miami is crazy cool… great stuff Refik!! Everyone should go check it out!!
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2 years ago, when @DCCockFoster and I started @niftygateway, my friends from college were making fun of the idea. 2 years later and I just saw them - they’re spending thousands of dollars on NFTs and taking constantly about what to buy. Crazy how fast the world can change.
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A year ago everyone had written off the NFT space. Cryptokitties was "a fad," the tech didn't matter - “no one cares about digital collectibles.”. Now, @beeple and @muratpak are making $200k+a month selling NFTs, and @APompliano is hosting auctions. A year can change a lot.
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Who is a new NFT artist that doesn’t get as much attention as they should?. ⬇️ Post their work and link to them below - I want to see some awesome art!!.
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NFTs have been consistently underestimated (@DCCockFoster and I got a lot of ridicule, including from many family members, when we started Nifty). Pessimists sound smart, but optimists get rich. We're seeing a pay off for early NFT folks now, and it's incredible to witness. 💪.
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At @niftygateway, we are laser focused on our mission of getting 1 billion people collecting NFTs. We play the long game. Artists, collectors and platforms are all key stakeholders in this movement. We value collector feedback immensely and want to hear from you!.
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I just picked up a @TheTreeverse plot. Seems like an awesome project - I’m enchanted with the vision of a play-to-earn RuneScape, as someone who spent a large chunk of his childhood playing Runescape. Impressive stuff from @Loopifyyy and team!.
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I just accidentally broke a priceless Ming Dynasty vase at a museum. NFTs can't be broken 🚀.
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Newton’s 1st Law of NFTs:. If you sell you *will* regret it.
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It used to be that my timeline was full of NFT tweets because I followed a lot NFT people. now it’s just that literally everyone is just tweeting about NFTs.
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What to expect from @niftygateway:. 1) Crazy fast shipping. 2) Integrity first - always. 3) World's best product. 4) World's best drops AND best secondary marketplace. We are just getting started 💪. 🚀🚀🚀.
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.@beeple did a drop that sold $4mil. @muratpak x @trevorjonesart did a drop that sold over $1mil. Can you imagine if you’d told someone 4 months ago that this would happen?. Everyone in NFTs deserves credit for how fast they’re evolving - imagine where we’ll be in a year! 🔥.
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I wonder why the traditional art world might be trying to get NFTs classified as “not art” 🤔
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Unpopular opinion - @niftygateway custody is a much safer option for most than a software wallet on your computer. Would you keep a Picasso under your mattress?. Of course not - you would pay a team of professionals to keep it safe on your behalf.
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This new @niftygateway search is unreal. incredible work by the team!! Only the beginning!!
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Nifty Gateway’s mission has always been to get 1 billion people collecting NFTs. Everyone brought in to this movement is a win - whether they shop on Nifty or elsewhere. This weekend has been the biggest weekend for NFTs in history. We're not slowing down any time soon. 💪.
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Gm. This is a reminder than soon you’ll be able to buy NFTs straight from your wallet in ETH on @niftygateway for 70% lower gas fees than any other marketplace, as well as sell - and have the proceeds go straight to your wallet. Carry on.
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.@robotosNFT have passed 127 ETH ($407,000 USD) traded on Nifty since launching there only a little while ago. this project is amazing!! Beep Boop!!.
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If you all only you knew about the drops we have planned at @niftygateway over the next few months. 😲😲😲.
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It's unbelievably cool to witness history in the making with the @muratpak Merge drop. This will be written about hundreds of years from now, astonishing to think we get to watch it happen live and tell our grandchildren one day we all took part. wagmi.
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Describe how crypto makes you feel with an image. I’ll start 👀
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When you buy an NFT, you’re buying a spot on a magical immutable ledger, which exists globally, an image and identity that will outlive every person alive today and will be used for things we can't even dream of right now. Thousands of dollars seems cheap for that!.
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Some NFT startup ideas that are no brainers IMO:. 1) Custody service for NFTs (charge monthly subscription, operate cross blockchain).2) Full service display solution - native app, connect to multiple different wallets and accounts, white glove set up. What else? 🤔.
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This is enormous. *Millions* of people will have an NFT app on their TV *by default*, and have an easy on ramp with fiat to buy every major NFT project. First slowly, then all at once….
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Why would you want money when you could own beautiful things. .
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New @niftygateway profile page just dropped. manage your NFTs, view them in a gallery, search through them, and more!! Epic work by the team on this one!
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This is absolutely historic for the NFT space. @DanielArsham is one of the biggest and most important artists alive. Can’t stress how exciting this is. @niftygateway will keep launching incredible stuff with fantastic artists, just like we always have!!.
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On this New Year I’m thankful to the Nifty Gateway artists, customers and partners who made 2020 incredible. Thank you so much for believing in our quixotic mission of getting 1 billion people collecting NFTs. 🚀 . 2021 will be biggest year for NFTs and crypto ever. Onwards! 🥳.
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Why do Open Editions on @niftygateway do such insane volume?. Simple - accessibility. *Any* normie can show up, sign up with email and password, and buy their first ever NFT with a credit card in 5 minutes. Not remotely possible anywhere else.
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% of secondary sales for artists is something that should have happened a long long time ago.
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Literally how can you not love @robotosNFT… they are just so freakin cute!! Proud owner of Roboto #72! .
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How long until every Fortune 500 company has @grimemonday’s Last Stand of the Nation State on their balance sheet?. Few
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.@JustinRoiland also sold a paper drawing of “The Smintons” on eBay, and it went for $14,999. The NFT version went for $290,000. We’re seeing blockchains do what they do best - store value. The blockchain version has perfect provenance and censorship resistance, so it wins.
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I listened to a great space today on NFT project founder mental health with @ArtOnBlockchain. Running a web3 project is stressful in a way that web2 projects never can be. Last year, NG grew 140x in a 5 month period and we experienced hell first hand. Here's what happened👇👇👇.
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I just can't get over how beautiful the @niftygateway site looks now 😍😍😍 . Shout out to @teaaalexis, @klarens_malluta, @rafagrassetti, @skygolpe and of course the incredibly talented @niftygateway dev team!
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Back when we had on first $1mm GMV month in November, I said I couldn't wait for our first $10mm GMV month. Now, it is here!!. Next stop, $100mm in a month, then $500mm in a month! Can't wait!!.
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What’s an NFT out there that you really love, but you don’t think gets as much attention as it should? Post it below!! ⬇️.
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When I'm on my deathbed I will still be thinking about this moment 😭😭😭
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The future of crypto is self-custodied. The custodial features we offer at @niftygateway have onboarded hundreds of thousands to NFTs, but our mission going forward is simple - we are committed to fully and equally supporting custodial and non-custodial users from here on out 💪.
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I bought this screen by @infiniteobjects for my Beeple $1 Everyday and put it up in my apt 👀. I love how they are a dedicated screen that only shows one object for the entirety of its lifetime, just like a physical object. So cool!!
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I just made an $1,000 global offer for a @robotosNFT on @niftygateway ( a few hundred dollars above floor price). Anyone can now deposit *any* Roboto and accept the offer. Super cool to be bringing gas free trading and global offers to projects like this, this project is awesome!
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Big news from @niftygateway!. Expect to see projects like Bored Apes, Crypto Punks, and many many more listed on our secondary marketplace soon. Lots more upcoming - read about it here!.
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.@niftygateway's new Director of Marketplace Operations Brian Larson who just joined from @Apple, posted this amazing post on LinkedIn about how NFTs are a similar opportunity to joining Apple in 2003. Web3 is special. Excited to work with you @NiftyBL!.
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HUGE new feature just dropped on @niftygateway - on the sitewide activity page, you can now filter by artist or collection, and see all of the activity from them. 👀 We hope this will be very handy. 🔥 . We are pushing A LOT of new features -expect many big announcements soon!!
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Art calls to a person. It evokes a powerful emotional response, and then says you can own that emotion. People who haven't experienced it before are surprised by how much people pay. But price doesn't matter - a collector will pay whatever it takes in order to own a feeling.
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Gm. Like this tweet is you want to spend 70% less on gas fees 🙋♂️.
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You all would be stunned if you knew the sheer amount of tech work and infrastructure that goes into pulling off a drop like that 🙌 . The @niftygateway dev team is second to none.
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There are now over 3 million NFTs listed on the @niftygateway secondary marketplace… millions more coming soon - along with 70% lower gas fees on wallet to wallet buying and selling!! Hope you’re ready!!.
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Why buy anywhere else when you can buy a @doodles on @niftygateway and get the credit card points??
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.@niftygateway’s NFT custody is powered by the same @Gemini infrastructure that secures tens of billions of dollars of crypto. Security isn’t a slogan at Gemini; it’s something we live and breathe. Keeping your NFTs in @niftygateway with 2FA on is a very, very safe option.
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What @niftygateway is launching this week is truly a next generation NFT marketplace. The further you dig into it, the more you will understand that.
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Example of @niftygateway’s new smart contract in action… $42.30 to mint 2,336 tokens!! #OE #OpenEditions
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Super excited that another @BoostVC company is being acquired by @Gemini, and I’m super excited to work with @0xPaella and @joselfgaray !! Great stuff!!.
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My friends keep buying houses. I tell them to buy Crypto instead. They say "Griffin, you can't live in a Bitcoin.". This is wrong. Soon, Crypto will be the only safe place to live. Buy Crypto. #NotFinancialAdvice.
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NFTs are a movement that few people understand yet, but will seem obvious in retrospect. I've seen it happens to dozens of people I know. At first, they're skeptical, but once they get it, they're all in - and they value the digital items they own more than the physical ones.
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