The First Mint Podcast

In the last month alone, UFC Strike has shipped Burning, Free Moments, Themed-Drops, Champions Club, and setup an incredible booth at International Fight Week. Although this is a bit more of a niche topic than usual for the show, I wanted to dive in because I’ve personally found the speed and execution of UFC Strike to be beyond that of its counterparts in the Dapper ecosystem.

Web3 is changing rapidly, and pretty soon all our favorite shows, books, and songs will be native NFT projects. This renaissance is being led by two industry pioneers - SAFA and Valet Jones from Jenkins The Valet - and they're on to discuss the future they envision for everyone’s favorite story.

Jayne Peressini. Fresh off the end of the NBA season, we welcome her to show to get an inside look at how the NBA Top Shot platform plans to grow and what her first order of business has been at Dapper.

We really thought 2022 would be “the” year for NFTs. Turns out, we were dead wrong. And rather than focus on the doom and gloom of the market, we're looking way further ahead to mass adoption, and what its gonna take to onboard 100,000,000 into non fungibles.

NFL All Day. Candy MLB. NFTU College Hoops. And this week - NBA Top Shot. Burning has finally arrived to the sports NFT world and just in time to combat the woes of oversupply. In this pod, we'll explore the different methods for burning, and their short + long term impacts.

Are NFTs only about making money? With the market in a weird place, LG goes back to the original value points of NFTs, and dives into Vitalik Buterin's latest proposal on the future of Ethereum: Soulbound Tokens.

The markets are down. The coming times will be slow. Yes, its a good time to build. But as collectors, how can we contribute without founding a project project or getting a job? We dive into how and why collectors can matter during the first ever NFT winter.

Following the worst week in NFTs (maybe ever?), it's a good time to think about stability in the space. What projects will survive? How do you cope with unrealized losses? And most importantly... how do we define trust going forward?

NFTs are slowing. The economy is crumbling. The outlook is bleak, and we may be on the verge of another crypto winter. But that doesn't mean NFTs can't keep growing in the coming years ahead. Today we dive into the history of Crypto Winter, and what may drive the next major wave of adoption to crypto and NFTs.

Many NFT projects claim to be the "best" at something, but its often just marketing puff talk. So how do we breakthrough that Marketing 101 speak and dig deeper into both marketable aspects of the NFTs, but also how those aspects are sold. Yes, this is a pod about how NFT market themselves to us, and what we as consumers expect and demand from them.

Meet Marcus, the founder of Rumble Kong League AND the Director of Marketing for The Sandbox. Born a red-bull crushing gamer, Marcus turned his passion into a career in gaming (including a stint at Blizzard), and now lives/breathes the Play2Earn revolution. So what's his POV on today's NFT trends, and what will it take for gamers to love NFTs the same way we do? We dive in. 

We love sports. But man, there are A LOT of sports card-style NFTs right now. To the point where some of the companies behind them have paused the release of supply for a few weeks in order to appease community sentiment. These companies NEED to sell product, but how do they do so while marketplace prices tank? We dive deep into this one.

Big brain alert! Wil from The Littles hops joins us to day to chat about the shifting landscape of NFTs, launching his own project, staying sane with time management, and how he became a thought leader. Warning, this episode may cause you to run and buy The Littles ***disclaimer: LG owns one of the NFTs in question

We kick off a fresh new month with a late night chat with Phil D, LG Doucet, and our faves from around the community. We discuss the latest NFT All Day blog post, legendary profits, Top Shot and Dapper malaise, Ballerz, and chat with Buddsy from Flunks.

Batman has entered the chat, and he is not messing around. Warner Brothers is launching Digital-Physical Hybrid NFTs, marking the DC Multiverse's entrance to web3. The First Mint (and very much LG) is proud to partner with Hro, the platform launching these NFTs with WB, to bring you all the info, drop details, and excitement of this massive step forward in NFTs. On the show, we have Josh Hackbarth...

We're having a moment in web3, and no company is preparing for it like Recur. Their membership - the Recur Pass - grants early access to NFTU NFTs (College Basketball), as well as a plethora of other brands (Star Trek, Hello Kitty, etc.). Recur's founders, Zach and Trevor, join LG on the pod to break down how the company came to be and what the future hold.  ***This podcast is part of a paid...

Prior to heading out for vacation, LG recorded a two-part podcast special: "NFTs In 36 Months". Part 2 dives into PEOPLE, and how collector habits will evolve in the next three years. There's a spicy take here about the birth (and possible death) of PFPs, so tune in! 

Prior to heading out for vacation, LG recorded a two-part podcast special: "NFTs In 36 Months". Part 1 dives into INDUSTRY, and how all the biggest players will move and react to the space as it goes mainstream. Part 2 comes out next Monday. 

NFTs are successful because they give us a new way to explore. Creativity, Brand, Metaverses, these are all experiences that will shape the future of how we consume and advertise our digital selves. Jasmine, Founder of round21, brings her extensive marketing experience to the table and talks about the potential for Explorers. 

There are TOO MANY projects in NFTs, especially in the Dapper Wallet. In fact, its made it challenging for LG to move forward with collecting in general as he hesitates to make decisions. On today's show, he shares his rules, his fears, and his approach going forward. Also a little view ahead to what's coming next at The First Mint. 

We wrap up Basketball & Blockchain week with a chat with Oliver from Cameo, and a dive into this week's potential Top Shot, NFL All Day, and UFC Strike drops. The boys have been on Spaces for 8x days in a row, and they're taking a break after this one.

B&B Week is here, and the Doucet bros are back on STREAM to kick it off in style. Featuring an NFT anthem debut, Jasmine from round21, and a preview of LG's HOLO ICON pack auction.

This podcast is part of a very light partnership with CAMEO, where every single The First Mint NFT holder was given WhiteList access to the Cameo Pass NFT prior to public sale. However, we were not paid or compensated for this content, and it was an absolute pleasure to have Oliver on the show. 

The final drop of Series 0 on UFC Strike, and we are joined by none other than UFC Commentator/Play by Play analyst JON ANIK, along side Aaron Bronsteter, The Reel Phil D, and hosted by LG Doucet.

Phil D and LG Doucet hop on Spaces right after the Superbowl to chat the game, NFT commercials we thought would happen, and then got into this week's drops on NBA Top Shot, UFC Strike, NFL All Day, and Candy Digital.