New show. New alpha. Same energy.
It’s been a minute.
And I’ve been watching charts, riding memes, and yes, even hitting some NBA bets.
Now I’m back with a new channel over at Milk Road Degen.
Every day at 11am EST, I go live on X to spot the next big thing in crypto - the next Virtuals, Fartcoin, or Top Shot. Then I break it down in a 2x/week newsletter.
👉 Sign up for the newsletter here. And scope this sweet branding!
LG, what the hell is this?
What about The First Mint?
Good question. Let’s zoom out.
I stepped away from TFM 18 months ago, unsure if I’d ever return.
It gave me time to reflect.
When I launched the pod at the end of 2020, I had no idea we’d end where we did.
I had no idea we would:
Hit the top 5 on iTunes
Interview people like Daryl Morey
Throw huge online festivals
Get courted by The Ringer (yes, they wanted a piece of this)
I didn’t know what I was doing tbh. I just made content and followed the vibes. And it worked!
Four years on, I’m forever grateful to everyone who rode that wave with us.
But running a media business is hard. I didn’t sleep for years. So this time, I wanted to just make content, and let someone run the backend.
That’s why The Milk Road is the perfect home. Jay and Kyle get it. They are total sports bros, and they love and respect what we built at TFM.
And don’t get me wrong. First Mint still has a future.
But that future is not right now.
Not yet.
OK I get it. So WTF is Milk Road Degen?
The Milk Road team are legends. But let’s be real - they are long-term crypto investors. Great at macro. Great at big picture. Great at being serious.
So I joined up to add some spice.
Every day, I dive into the weirdest, wildest corners of crypto - airdrops, memecoins, experiments, prediction markets - and I look for the next big thing.
My job is to comb through all that stuff and make it dead simple to understand.
Think those early Top Shot YouTube vids…but daily.
And it’s already working. We’ve found some solid winners in just a few weeks.
Is this still about sports?
Sometimes.
Last week I made 3 NBA Finals bets on Polymarket, and hit every single one.
I even wrote about it before hand
👉 Article: 3 smart Polymarket bets for the NBA Finals 🏀
But the new show goes far beyond sports.
For example, I recently wrote about how The next $1B memecoin is on HyperLiquid, and broke down how to get in.
You won’t have to chase every single thing I cover. Just think of the show as a menu. Browse it. Be curious. And maybe’ll you’ll find your next obsession.
Ok I’m sold, where do I sign up?
First of all, sign up for the newsletter.
Then, tune in on X every morning at 11am EST (or just watch the replay).
And last, keep an open mind! Reading is free.
Again, The First Mint is still here. It will always be here.
I’m still here too, and I’ll hope you’ll join me on this new adventure.
We're so early
Hes baaaaackkkkk