The First Mint Live is back for another wild Thursday night, Aug 19TH, 2021. Tonight we're talking to Austin Kent from NBA Top Shot for Rapid Fire and Market Update. COE and Founder of RCRDSHP.COM, Obie, joins us to talk about the music revolution Finishing up with the team from Tools of Rock and they'll be bringing the Jams talking about the combination of Classic rock and NFTs.

Episode 88 of The First Mint

Graduating from Top Shot [Featuring. jfresshhh_]

NBA Top Shot has been the gateway into NFTs for thousands of new collectors this year. Influencer-in-the-making @jfresshhh_ joins us on the pod to discuss his ascent into NFTs, what he looks for in a project, and how he considers his money lost in NBA Top Shot to be his tuition into the game. Hosted by @lgdoucet

0:00 Intro

0:10 Today's Topics

1:39 Jfresshhh Intro and background

5:37 His exit from Top Shot

7:26 How to get into other NFTs

11:47 The current NFT Lottery

13:25 Your NFT Tuition

17:01 Following savvy collectors

23:23 What's next 

25:23 What it would take to come back to NBA Top Shot

30:37 Would you rather

34:13 Wrap Up

Episode 87 of The First Mint

The Next Surprise on Top Shot

With Top Shot in a small lull, we use this episode to speculate on what might be coming next on the platform. Will it be a Summer 2021 Roadmap, the rakeback, or maybe even NBA Team Collector Score Integrations? Have a listen and send us your thoughts on Twitter to let us know what you think! Hosted by @lgdoucet

0:00 Intro

0:38 Today's Topic

 1:26 Current state of Top Shot

2:10 Vegas Kiosk

3:31 Seeing Stars Set 

6:17 What's next from NBA Top Shot?

7:52 Summer 2021 Series Roadmap

9:15 Rakeback

11:04 Team integrations

12:13 Non Basketball promotions

13:07 Pack Reselling

14:12 Series 3 Roadmap

16:13 Wrap Up

The First Mint Live is back for another wild Thursday night, Aug 12th, 2021. Tonight we're talking to Luke Dick for Rapid Fire and Seeing Stars, The Nifty Team in charge of Space Jam, and CannaBiss about the Top Shot Vegas Experience.

Featuring: 

** LG Doucet: https://twitter.com/lgdoucet 

** The Reel Phil D: https://twitter.com/TheReelPhilD​​​  

Special Guests: 

**Luke Dick: https://twitter.com/Lukkabeast11 

**Jordan Lyall: https://twitter.com/jordanlyall 

**Jeff Marsilio: https://twitter.com/jeffmarsilio 

**CannaBiss: https://twitter.com/EsqMSB

Episode 85 of The First Mint

The Value of Series 2 [Feat. Steve Veerman]

Our old friend and Top Shot super collector Steve joins us on the pod to talk about the recent market surge and the conditions needed for it to sustain. But what ended up happening was a depth discovery conversation about Series 2 Base Moments and their future value based on the recent changes to the Collector Score. Some spicy takes in this one!! Hosted by LG Doucet

0:00 Intro

0:10 Today's Episode

1:14 Today's guest

2:43 Recent Market activity in Top Shot

5:48 Whales waiting to jump back in

9:20 Market Confidence

18:52 Series 2 SummerCollector Score Implications

25:25 Selling a Squiggle

27:25 Best Bargain for Collector Score

28:36 Summer 2021 Series

32:43 Reward moment bonus for summer series

34:36 The Draft Experience

43:54 Collecting moments for experiences

44:51 Multiple packs soon?

46:34 Wrap Up

Episode 84 of The First Mint

The Market Returns📈

The market is UP on NBA Top Shot. Through a series of very positive events and healthy conditions, buyers are returning to the platform and many premium moments have started to rise in value over the last week. But can these conditions sustain? We dive into what's causing the market surge and also look at the positive effects of the Cool Cats benefits announcement. Then we dive into the Vegas Summer League "kiosk", and what that could mean for the future of fan interactions with Top Shot. Hosted by LG Doucet.

0:00 Intro

0:22 Today's Topics

1:09 First Mint Fest Thank you

2:21 The Current Market

3:30 Raising the Moment Sales Cap

4:58 What's causing the Market Increase

6:26 What happens next?

8:16 The Nine Lives Lounge

9:28 Community Influence?

13:15 Vegas Summer League Innovation and the future of Top Shot

16:46 The NBA's Involvement in Top Shot

17:56 Wrap Up

Episode 83 of The First Mint.

Roham.

To kick off First Mint Fest, LG Doucet sat down with Roham Gharegozlou, the Founder & CEO of Dapper Labs, the company behind NBA Top Shot and the Flow Blockchain. 

Episode 82 of The First Mint

#FirstMintFest Preview!

The Fest has arrived, and the Festival HQ Discord is OPEN! On today's episode, we recap the HOT weekend in NFTs, give a little preview of the FEST and how to make the most of it, then dive into the somewhat stagnant world of NBA Top Shot. 

Join the fest! firstmintfest.com

There is no live show this week; rather, there are 3+ hours of Club Cold Brew, recorded over FOUR different sessions on July 29-30. These feature George Wrighster, Corporate Trash, Arsonic, The Worm, Lorax1984, and various members from around the community. Hosted by LgDoucet and TheReelPhilD. 

Episode 80 of The First Mint (wow)

A Brief History of NFT Drops [Feat. RONIN The Collector]

Two quiet days on Top Shot? Well lucky for you, we got a special guest: RONIN The Collector. A staple of the pre-2021 NFT community, Ronin is an avid content creator, partnership director, and of course, NFT collector. He talks through his early obsessions and the wild drops that kept him up for multiple days at a time. 

Love discovering the world of NFTs? Come hang August 3-5, 2021: firstmintfest.com