⚓ allow me to re-introduce myself

my name is Biv...and it's been a minute.

hey again.

do you remember me?

probably not.

My name is Biv, and I used to write about NFTs a lot. I used to have a daily newsletter where I tried to keep up with the innovation (but mostly the drama) of the NFT space.

I’d breakdown the news into 4 sections: ALPHA, BETA, GAMMA, and DELTA…so here we go again!

ALPHA ⚓

🎶this is not my beautiful wife🎶

I was going to lose it all…the wife, the kid, the house…if I didn’t stop.

last year, I lost my job and that radically reevaluated my relationships with NFTs.

I had to stop obsessing over NFTs or I risked losing everything. so I quit the only way I knew how: cold turkey.

I stopped going on Twitter (which I hear is called X now and seems super chill these days) and stopped keeping up with the NFT world.

in doing so, I cut off my friends…many of who I had talked to on a daily basis for the past year.

I capitulated.

I recognize the deep irony that my last (2) posts before this decisions were both about how I would absolutely not capitulate.

but one day during my unemployment, I looked up from my red, illiquid wallet and asked myself, “how did I get here?”

BETA ⚓

🎶 letting the days go by 🎶

there wasn’t really a rock bottom for me.

one day I just woke up out of time, out of energy, and out of money.

much like NFT price floors over the past year, I found myself just a little bit worse each day.

I loved NFTs. I wanted them to work so bad. but after attending NFT LA in 2023, I knew what was coming…

the writing was on the wall and this was last dance for me and NFTs.

(at least my current relationship with them)

I had tried to make a career out of writing about NFTs, but there was nothing on the horizon. I had to surrender. I had to grow up and give up.

to be clear, none of this was the NFT’s fault.

no…it turns out that as a life long collector of things, I just sucked at being able to know when it was time to move on from them.

there were too many emotions and feelings there.

but the facts were simple…

I looked up after 2 years in the NFT space to find that I had no hard skills and I had no more money to keep dumping into my friend’s projects.

it was over and time for me to move on.

GAMMA ⚓

🎶into the blue again🎶

so that’s what I did. slowly, I found a life again.

I got a new job and have pivoted into a new career.

I am back on social media (slightly).

I really like what TikTok has to offer. I’ve been posting about NFTs again there.

I literally have 0 followers…but it feels fantastic.

I don’t plan on going on X/Twitter much anymore (not even to check DMs). I no longer feel the desire to keep up with the every day workings of the NFT world on that toxic app.

• I know that Yuga bought Proof.

• I know that Clon is the CEO of Cool Cats.

• I know that the Pengus are absolutely rippin’.

I don’t really care.

I’m unbothered. moisturized. happy in my lane.

DELTA ⚓

🎶my god what have I done?🎶

is this my return?

maybe. for the first time in a year I’m feeling drawn to NFTs again.

but now my approach to them now is very long-tailed. I think in terms of years now instead of minutes like I used to as a NFT “trader”.

I am in it more for the collecting again. I want to focus on the aspects of NFTs that make me happy still.

just last week, I renewed my biv.eth ENS domain.

I have an NFT book in the tank that is in the final stages of being self-published (my subscribers will get it for FREE, don’t worry).

I’m ready to get back to work if y’all will still have me.

but I also want to do it on my terms this time. I’m not trading NFTs. I’m not “analyzing” them anymore. hell, I’m not even going to follow the NFT news that closely.

instead, I’m going to write about them like I always wanted to…but didn’t know how.

yes, BivNFT will hit your inbox occasionally.

I expect this email will be met with massive unsubscribe numbers, but if you want to reply to this email, please do! I would love to hear from y’all.

hope you’ve all been holding up better than me 😅