Episode 74 of The First Mint

Will Sports Go Full Crypto? [Feat. Olivier Aubin Mercier}

We recap The First Mint NFT drop and dive briefly into the week ahead in Top Shot (hint: we might in for a pack drought after today's drop!). Then, we have a featured interview with Olivier Aubin Mercier, a French Canadian MMA fighter who wears a Bitcoin QR code when he fights. Hosted by @lgdoucet.

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0:00 Intro

0:12 Today's topics

1:17 The First Mint NFT Drop

3:10 What's next from The First Mint

5:00 Coming up in Top Shot

6:37 New Challenges

6:59 Rare Set Dropping

8:13 Breakdown of the coming weeks

10:18 Intro to Olivier Aubin Mercier

11:39 Olivier's background and history in MMA

14:30 Olivier's Notable Fights

15:19 His Crypto Background

17:40 Bitcoin 

21:25 The MMA world's reaction to Bitcoin payments

22:26 How other athletes are catching on

23:46 Suggestions for UFC moments

27:11 Would you rather with Olivier

30:07 Wrap up