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You don’t need to be a DeGods holder to notice their presence. Even if you’re just casually involved in Crypto Twitter or the NFT community, DeGods bullposting has become a constant fixture on the timeline. The level of passion surrounding the project mirrors the intensity often seen in fandoms like BTS or Taylor Swift, albeit within the microcosm of crypto. Some holders and team members call it a cult. Not long ago, the project was facing constant criticism for its decline in floor price and what some NFT holders saw as a lack of vision for the future. Now, DeGods have reentered the timeline and collective consciousness in a much more positive way. The main catalyst? The team’s decision to “bridge” to Telegram. While bridging typically refers to transferring assets between different blockchains—something that longtime DeGods holders know well—in this context, it means moving a significant part of the community’s activity to the Telegram platform. The idea was to engage with their audience in a space where attention and interaction naturally thrive.  Rohun “Frank DeGods” Vora, the founder of DeGods and a prominent figure in crypto, described it as a spontaneous decision driven by the desire to try something new and fun. In an effort to not dilute the community, they closed the Discord server when moving to Telegram.  This shift yielded surprising results—a marked increase in sales and floor price across collections (including y00ts, now called “Fuzzy DeGods” on marketplaces), and enthusiasm that even extended out to Twitter, demonstrating that the community’s energy could be reignited in a new environment. Frank told Decrypt that while they didn’t initially expect this move to spark such a revival, they just wanted to create more opportunities to do interesting things as a community. “Less and less people are using Discord and more…

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