An Artist and a Monke Go to Washington
summary
Visited Capitol Hill and met staffers, Department of Commerce, and Representative John Curtis to explain how NFT projects and a 2,700-member Monkey DAO (314 present in Lisbon) actually operate, arguing DAOs are consensus tools for decisions not securities and warning that SEC-style registration of every drop would choke culture. Described an artist who minted first NFT Nov 2 2021 and became Solana's highest-grossing artist, showed outreach reports (Proof) and one-on-one demos shift regulators from judgment to curiosity, and recommends consumer protection via plain education and storytelling rather than technical whitepapers.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Washington experience
- 1:38DAOs in democracy
- 2:41NFTs and artist empowerment
- 4:49Regulators' focus
- 6:55Regulators' curiosity
- 8:21Proactive engagement
- 10:05Bridging knowledge gaps
- 11:30Consumer protection
- 12:33Culture over finance
- 13:57Storytelling for clarity
- 14:39Closing remarks & Q&A
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