Down the NFT Rabbithole π°
The First Mint
Featuring The Matrix NFT Drop, Fresh Threads Recap, Trade Ticket Time, Mainstream Mania & More

GM, NBA Top Shot Squad! Happy Tuesday - hope you had an excellent weekend (and holiday)! Iβve had about 10 straight meals of leftovers, and am slowly turning into a turkey at this point. But the items in the fridge must be consumed!
Letβs get into all the action from the last few days:

Nifty's: The Matrix NFT DROPS TODAY π
Are you ready to enter The Matrix? Niftyβs NFTs drop at 10:01 AM PST / 1:01 PM EST today, with 100,000 randomly-generated Avatars up for grabs. Our full thread on everything you need to know:

Tomorrow β We ENTER THE MATRIX π
A rundown of the @Niftys The Matrix Avatars drop π
THE BASICS:
π Tuesday, Nov. 30 @ 1 PM EST
#οΈβ£ 100,000 unique, randomly generated Avatars
π΅ $50 Each (purchase w/ Credit Card or DAI)
π¦25 daily Avatar limit per user
Cont'd β¬οΈ https://t.co/hSIOD71BtW
If you havenβt already, sign up at niftys.com and head down the rabbithole.

Fresh Threads π§Ά
Speaking of threads⦠We had our first non-base drop of Series 3 Monday, with 130,000 packs hitting the Top Shot ecosystem.
It seems as though demand was rather limited, with many users able to get back in line and score multiple packs.
After a few hours on the Marketplace, none of the new moments commanded much of a premium. The top four as of this writing:

We also saw the first Fresh Threads Showcase Challenge, with Carmelo Anthony as the reward:

π FRESH THREADS CHALLENGE #1 π
π Reward: @carmeloanthony
7 Moments Needed:
π§Ά 5x Fresh Threads Moments:
πͺ‘ Bledsoe
πͺ‘ Fournier
πͺ‘ Rubio
πͺ‘ Lowry
πͺ‘ Westbrook
π 1x Cool Cats 3-Pointer
π£ 1x Carmelo Anthony
β° Deadline: Thursday, Dec. 2 @ 10 AM PST https://t.co/V8nPCnlEF4
A Cool Cats 3-Pointer? In this economy?

I also got a good chuckle out of this moment thumbnail edit, from TFM Day One member @crisphnl:

Liking the @kylekuzma @nbatopshot Fresh Threads moment that I pulled today. π₯ π₯π₯ https://t.co/IBgfXUzEvJ

Trade Ticket Time π
For those of you who had the patience to accrue 350 trade tickets, your time has come. The Series 1 Reserve packs drop tomorrow at 11 AM PST, with 500 available in this first batch.
Our friend Bonfire at LiveToken is always cooking up cool things β and apparently tracked how efficient users were at acquiring their tickets. Via Brandon Sowle:

Awesome data via the @LiveTokenCo discord revealing the 30 most efficient accounts at acquiring 350 trade tickets.
Extremely proud to check in at #27! What?!?!
Am I a bot? https://t.co/uyhJ6yjw41
Given the cumbersome, time-consuming nature of buying moments, this was not my journey (shout out to @corporatetrash1, who loves that phrase). But good luck to those who will be participating!


Mainstream Mania π€©
Ready to rock some Bored Ape Adidas merch? It might be happening sooner than you think:

Is @adidas making a splash in the #NFT space?
π @BoredApeYC | @punkscomic | @gmoneyNFT π https://t.co/Ekcg6qCnbF
Yes, it would appear Adidas is making a move into the NFT waters, with what looks like partnerships with the Bored Ape Yacht Club, Punks Comic/Pixel Vault, and prominent NFT OG G Money.
On the right photo (GMoney), notice the Ethereum wallet address printed on the hoodie?

the wallet on gmoneys hoodie was sent a gm tx from a wallet with this ape. DID ADIDAS BUY AN APE? https://t.co/PiC9KXeMdQ
Hmmm, that looks just like the 3d ape in the middle photo⦠Coincidence? I think not!
Around The First Mint π£
π§ Enter The Matrix (Feat. Jeff Marsilio)
Β 100,000 βThe Matrix Avatarβ NFTs are coming Tuesday (11/30), and we sit down with Niftyβs Co-Founder & CEO Jeff Marsilio to get all the drop details. We also talk about the entrance of major brands/IP into the space, onboarding new people into NFTs, and what the future holds as we continue to creep into the mainstream.Β
πΉΒ TFM Live: Enter The Matrix
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