Today on the MomentRanks Podcast, Max Minsker (@MaxMinsker) re-drafts the 2020 NBA Draft according to their future Top Shot value. 

If you could have every Moment from a 2020 NBA rookie, and every Moment they will have in their career going forward, how would you rank the value of their Moments? Today, we’re going to rank the top 30 rookies based on that criteria.

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Follow Max Minsker on Twitter: @MaxMinsker

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Edited by Christian Hardy.

Music by Soulker.

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On this episode of the MomentRanks Podcast, we hit on the latest NBA Top Shot news then connect with GreekFreak, the #8 collector on NBA Top Shot and an avid collector across several NFTs. 

We start with updates on the latest in NBA Top Shot, including pack drops this week, queue requirements, Cool Cats and MGLE challenges, and important notes from Office Hours with Jacob Eisenberg. 

Then we get into the interview with greekfreak at the 11:50 mark of this episode. We discussed how he started in crypto and NFTs with a wild story involving all of his belongings being robbed, what he looks when buying on the Top Shot marketplace, and how he found a love for NFTs and the NFT community.

Follow GreekFreak on Twitter — @art4crypto.

Here's a full list of topics:

Why he chose “GreekFreak”?

How he started getting into crypto and NFTs?

What crypto and NFTs have given him?

How to trust and invest in digital assets, and especially Top Shot

Why buying what you like is important in NFTs?

Differentiating between investing and collecting?

What he looks for in the Top Shot Marketplace

Spending $100,000 the #1 LeBron James Kobe Tribute Dunk, Throwdowns Edition

The MomentRanks Podcast is your source for insights on NBA Top Shot. On every episode, we bring collectors the latest news, trends, and marketplace analysis from Top Shot and deep-dives with some of the biggest collectors in the world of Top Shot and NFTs.

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Hosted by Christian Hardy — @ByHardy.

Music by Soulker.

Dapper Labs, the company that built NBA Top Shot and Flow blockchain, have announced they are raising another round of funding at a $7.5 billion valuation. This is nearly triple what Dapper’s recent valuation was — $2.6 billion — on its latest round of funding (a total of $305 million), announced on March 30, 2021.

On the new episode of The Drop, Max Minsker (@MaxMinsker) discusses what the new round of funding could mean for Dapper, and speculates what could be coming for the company following this huge news.

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On this episode of The Drop:

💵 Why Dapper raising another round right now?

🤯 Could Dapper have secured new, unannounced intellectual property rights? Is something big coming soon?

🗣 Darren Rovell and Roham get in a Twitter tiff about the ZED Run bug found by @economist

⚾️ An update on the Topps x MLB project — or the lack of any update at all

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Read the full article about Dapper's latest round of funding here: https://www.theinformation.com/articles/nft-startup-dapper-labs-raising-money-at-over-7-5-billion-valuation

Find the "landing page" that Max discusses here: https://on.wax.io/toppsmlb/

Find the tweets between Roham and Darren Rovell here: https://twitter.com/rohamg/status/1383434472608067594?s=20

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Edited by Christian Hardy.

Music by Soulker.

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On April 14, 2021, Dapper Labs CEO and NBA Top Shot founder Roham Gharegozlou tweeted: "I'm deeply disappointed in @Topps. Their product announcement with the @MLB is low quality and bad for NFTs. I feel the same about every other WAX project I've seen."

This came on the back of William Quigley, co-founder of WAX, saying WAX is the NFT standard during an interview in March, and dismantling Flow blockchain for their structural differences.

The result? A public battle has bubbled up between the two companies coming on the heels of WAX announcing that Topps — the legacy sports memorabilia company — and MLB will launch their own NFTs on the WAX blockchain on April 20. The MLB x Topps project will essentially digitize the static images on Topps baseball cards and make them into NFTs.

In this episode of The Drop, hosted by Max Minsker (@MaxMinsker), we discuss the implications of the companies' differences, the problems with the Topps MLB project, and why the quality of the project matters for the budding NFT ecosystem (especially for Roham Gharegozlou).

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Topics in this episode:

— Why does Dapper Labs CEO Roham Gharegozlou care about Topps x MLB NFTs?

— The important distinctions between Dapper Labs and Topps

— Why the Topps MLB project looks bad on the surface level

— Community discussion playing out about Topps vs Dapper

— Everything that’s wrong with the Topps x MLB Release

— Topps’ “responsibility” to release a good product for the good of the NFT ecosystem

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Find the "landing page" that Max discusses here: https://on.wax.io/toppsmlb/

See Roham's Tweet here: https://twitter.com/rohamg/status/1382350062685093897?s=20

Follow Max Minsker on Twitter: @MaxMinsker

Follow MomentRanks on Twitter: @MomentRanks

Edited by Christian Hardy.

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On this Monday, April 5 episode of the MomentRanks Podcast, we hit on a Legendary pack drop coming in April, the first Moment with player commentary, and more news from NBA Top Shot.

Today's interview is with Alxo, the #3 collector on Top Shot. According to MomentRanks, his account is currently worth ~$19 million, including the #1 Zion Williamson and Luka Doncic Comics, Legendary and Rare James Harden jersey numbers, and over 15,000 other Moments. The interview starts at 11:10 in the podcast.

Follow Alxo on Twitter — @alxocity.

Here's what we touched on:

Who is Alxo?

Mining bitcoin and 24/7 CryptoKitty breeding

Reaction to Dapper investment news

Maxing out the credit cards to buy packs and withdrawing only to make the minimum payments on those cards

Completing every challenge

Take on the current Top Shot market

Favorite Moments to buy and misprints

What to say to people concerned about the market dip

His work in Top Shot feature for players to autograph Moments

The MomentRanks Podcast is your source for insights on NBA Top Shot. On every episode, we bring collectors the latest news, trends, and marketplace analysis from Top Shot and deep-dives with some of the biggest collectors in the world of Top Shot and NFTs.

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Sign up for The Moment's Notice, a daily NBA Top Shot email newsletter from our team at MomentRanks.

Hosted by Christian Hardy (@ByHardy).

Music by Soulker.

On this Monday, March 29 episode of the MomentRanks Podcast, we hit on badges, the Dapper stimulus distributed to accounts on Thursday, and more news from around NBA Top Shot.

The interview with kyloren, the 10th-ranked collector on NBA Top Shot, the owner of a LeBron Cosmic and Holo MMXX as well as a 5,276 Moment collection. The interview starts at 11:15 in the podcast.

Here's what we touched on in the interview:

His introduction to NFTs, Dapper, and Top Shot

Advice for collectors who are new to Top Shot

His favorite player to collect

The long-term outlook on the NBA and Top Shot partnership

How he approaches the market

Choosing challenges

Serial number evaluation — 1 or jersey match? What about 3-digit?

Why Top Shot has so much room to grow

The MomentRanks Podcast is your source for insights on NBA Top Shot. On every episode, we bring collectors the latest news, trends, and marketplace analysis from Top Shot and deep-dives with some of the biggest collectors in the world of Top Shot and NFTs.

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MomentRanks.com is the premier Top Shot resource for account and Moment valuation down to the serial number, the latest sales, and more.

Sign up for The Moment's Notice, a daily NBA Top Shot email newsletter from our team at MomentRanks.

Hosted by Christian Hardy (@ByHardy).

Music by Soulker.