Four years after dropping $38,000 on twelve JPEGs of various pixelated animals and vaguely dystopian humanoids, 34-year-old Marcus Delaney insists he’s “in it for the culture” and “still bullish long-term,” despite no one asking.
Delaney, whose collection includes a depressed koala with laser eyes and a skeleton in a Supreme hoodie, originally bought into the NFT craze after watching a Gary Vee video titled *You’re Gonna Miss the Next Facebook, Bro.* Since then, he’s weathered multiple rug pulls, three existential crises, and a brief stint trying to launch his own “utility-based” NFT project, which failed after selling four tokens, three of which were bought by his cousin.
“I could’ve sold during the 2021 bull run for half a million,” he mutters to no one in particular, scrolling through his MetaMask wallet like it’s a photo album of deceased pets. “But I didn’t. Because I believe.”
When asked what he believes in, exactly, Delaney paused for a full minute before responding, “Digital ownership,” then nodded as if that meant something.