What’s up everybody, it’s LG Doucet here.

The big day is over and the end of the year has arrived

To celebrate the year that was on The First Mint, I’ve put together a recap episode full of memorable clips and big brain guests.

We had a lot of incredible people come on the show this year so believe me when I say it was not easy to curate this down to just 45 minutes.

I’ve broken the episode into three different sections:

The Cycle of Adoption

Jess Sloss | Founder of Seed Club
Marcus Bianshe | Founder of Rumble Kong League
Jayne Peressini | Former GM of Top Shot (I think?)
Dave Fedlman | General Manager of NFL ALL DAY

The Possibilities of Web3

Andrew Steinwold | Host of ZimaRed + Angel Investor
Mack Flavelle | CEO of Big Head Club + Cofounder of Dapper Labs
Jasmine Maietta | Founder of Round21

Prepping For Success

Scott Melker | Founder of TheWolfofAllStreets
Tascha | PhD in Macro Economics
Space Cowboy | Twitter Personality

🎙️Pod #191: Best of The First Mint 2022

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And a huge thank you to all guests that joined us this year on TFM!

Now it wouldn’t be a proper year-end pod if we didn’t look at the data.

Keep scrolling to find out:

Top 10 Podcasts of 2022
Top 10 Twitter Spaces of 2022
Top 10 Tweets of 2022

And as usual, thank for being with us, and enjoy the final week of the year!

TOP 10 PODCASTS

It should come as no surprise that all our top episode happened in the first four months of the year.

After all, the bear hit our wallets about mid-May 2020, and who wants to listen to a podcast about NFTs when they’re down about 50%?

But still. we had some bangers all year long, and here are the ones that stood above the rest when it comes to downloads on iTunes and Spotify.

Pod #141 - 10 Rules for NFTs in 2022 | January 3
Pod #156 - Will Sports NFTs Survive? | April 18
Pod #144 - The Future of Crypto Influencers | Space Cowboy | January 24
Pod #142 - Let The Hungry Man Eat | January 10
Pod #143 - The Blog That Blew Up NFTs | Jonathan Bales | January 17
Pod #148 - The Cameo Pass | Oliver Maroney | February 16
Pod #147 - The Most Dramatic Week Ever in NFTs | February 7
Pod #153 - The Future of web3 Access | NFTU | March 21
Pod #149 - There Are Too Many NFTs To Collect | February 23
Pod #150 - We Are All Explorers | Jasmine Maietta | February 28

And for the curious, the chart below shows where people listened.

TOP 10 TWITTER SPACES

Crazy stats here - UFC Strike absolutely dominated our Twitter Spaces.

I think its because the actual UFC handle joined for most of them, and we also welcomed incredible guests like Jon Anik to the show.

Here were our most attended Spaces of 2022:

DROP: UFC ROUND ONE | March 22
DROP: UFC Strike w/ Jon Anik | February 15
DROP: UFC STRIKE | January 23
DROP: "The 209" UFC Strike | April 21
DROP: UFC STRIKE Dojo Packs | June 1
DROP: UFC 274 Elite + Base Packs | May 3
The *Unofficial* Top Shot 2022 Preview | January 5
DROP: NFL All Day Divisional Round | January 28
Top Shot Drama | February 5
Best NFTs Under $1k (0.3 ETH) | January 19

Want to see the full set of data?

Hit up Spaces Dashboard for to see how your fave Twitter channel’s events are doing, and listen back to them on demand.

TOP TWEETS

This year The First Mint twitter account generated over 29M impressions!

That’s massive, especially considering that we saw a major crash in the crypto market and that many collectors have left the space.

And for the curious, we generated over 140M impressions in 2021. But not really a fair to compare 2021 to 2022.

Let’s take a look at the best tweets of the year (not including contest tweets):

TheFirstMint @TheFirstMint

🪂UFC STRIKE AIRDROP🪂 For every pack purchased, collectors will be receiving the following: 🥊x1 Randomized UFC Strike Moment 🥊$50 Dapper Credit This is due to the drop accidentally containing FEWER "Champion Tier" Moments than intended💥 Both airdrops coming this week🗓️

TheFirstMint @TheFirstMint

🚨BREAKING Every KYC’d person on Dapper will receive an Airdrop of $Flow 🪂 Timeline is sometime this summer after Flow is integrated with Dapper Exact phrasing from @hellodapper is "a load” of Flow for each person #GoWithTheFlow #NFTs #Load

TheFirstMint @TheFirstMint

🎟️TICKETMASTER | DAPPER🎟️ @Ticketmaster has teamed up with @dapperlabs to create NFT tickets on the $FLOW blockchain. Event organizers will be able to issue NFTs tied to event tickets, which are tradeable on their marketplace. source - @decryptmedia

TheFirstMint @TheFirstMint

🚨TOMORROW: @UFCStrikeNFT DROP🚨 This is MASSIVE one! Details: 🥊11 AM PST 🥊x30,000 Packs 🥊Last Release of Series 0 Join us on Spaces live with: 🗣️@Jon_Anik 🗣️@aaronbronsteter 🗣️@TheReelPhilD 🗣️@LgDoucet And yes, the MARKETPLACE opens tomorrow!🔥🛍️ https://t.co/o0Cz0BKrMb

TheFirstMint @TheFirstMint

🚨 THE ASSOCIATION | DROP STATS🚨 @NBAxNFT has announced that the player reveal will be early next week🗓️ Numbers thus far👇

TheFirstMint @TheFirstMint

UFC STRIKE THAT

TheFirstMint @TheFirstMint

🦸‍♀️TOMORROW | PUNKS COMIC 101🦸‍♀️ We're hosting a BEGINNER SESSION on all things @pixelvault_🗝️🏦☄️ This comes the week of their MASSIVE Elite Ape Cover Drop🚨 so you don't want to miss it🔥 Feat 🗣️@topshotswickie 🗣️@tropoFarmer 🗣️@steven_schill + more! https://t.co/G7rybcha6Z

TheFirstMint @TheFirstMint

Which Flow NFT are you posting to IG first?

TheFirstMint @TheFirstMint

The @NBATopShot market is continuing its climb. Last week we reported the Market Cap at $476.56 million, less than one week later it has now risen to $509.51 million 📈6.9% Increase 📈$32.9 million rise How’s your collection looking?

TheFirstMint @TheFirstMint

It appears as though Series 1 RIB 13-14 packs were briefly available about 30 min ago on @NBATopShot Some collectors were able to buy a pack for $59. Site now in maintenance.

That’s about it for our data! Thanks for reading, and enjoy the week.

**This is not financial advice. Nothing in this newsletter, podcast, or publication should be considered financial or trading advice of any kind. Please do your own thorough research and make your own trading decisions. This is not advice.”

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