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.

The First Mint is joined by Top Shot team captains from the Celtics + Warriors to kick off our Finals Challenge! We then revisit Goblintown with Connor, and Wolf Game with Zach.

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 First Mint is joined by Ars0nic and Carol Trang this week as we catch up on the NFT industry, and decide the winner of our $FLOW PFP contest.  

Featuring: 

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

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

** Ars0nic - https://twitter.com/Ars0nic 

** Carol - https://twitter.com/CarolTrang1  

The First Mint: 

** https://twitter.com/TheFirstMint 

** https://www.thefirstmint.com/

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.

The First Mint live show returns in epic fashion. Join us as we discuss the Top Shot Score announcement, the NFT industry, and have some fun with the 'Who Said It' game. On today's show, we'll be joined by Corey from Martian Premier League, Quad, and Corporate Trash!

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.