Today on MCG: @InEphTee | Marketing @Collector_Crypt Collector Crypt is the #1# consumer app on @solana right now, on pace for $85M in May revenue with $30M in inventory on-chain BassBuddah breaks down the @ComicBook partnership (40M users), the @Loopscale lending integration that lets you borrow against your Charizard, the @metaplex compressed NFT work, and where the token is headed once regulation catches up 👇 00:02 - Intro 01:40 - The King welcomed back 02:41 - Soft rebrand reveal, new logo 03:23 - @ComicBook partnership 04:30 - The gotcha machine guarantees authenticity and quality 05:08 - The pitch 05:50 - Proving any collectible can be tokenized, not just TCG's 06:51 - "We are 5% loading"...Pokemon is 85% of revenue, One Piece 10%, sports 5% 07:18 - Splitting basketball, baseball, and football into their own gotcha machines 07:50 - Sports cards on a tear 09:35 - @Loopscale partnership announced 11:05 - Borrow 40-75% of your Charizard's value in USDC, pay back, get the card back 13:15 - White-label thesis 15:36 - @Slabzapp fanboy 17:07 - IRL vending machines as the next frontier 18:42 - Brick and mortar storefronts, grading partnerships, event activations on the roadmap 19:10 - Ebay and Gamestop tension 22:48 - $CARDS token primer 27:51 - $42K airdropped to $CARDS holders this month 30:33 - Compliance disclaimer 31:36 - "30 million in inventory" backed by the company, hopeful one day backed by the token 32:33 - DAT strategy 36:53 - Yield idea 37:39 - Marketplace update 39:58 - USDC offers, counteroffers, username profiles, in-app messaging 41:33 - One-of-a-kind escrow 42:06 - Lifetime buyback dashboard 43:02 - Trustless card-for-card trades, zero fee, any category for any category 45:53 - Why TCG projects support each other 48:43 - Why TCG's blew back up 51:39 - Buybacks confirmed as a priority 52:44 - "We are the number one consumer app on Solana right now" 53:50 - Why this is @solana RWA product-market fit 55:00 - LA Collecticon June 12 57:50 - Miami strategy 59:13 - @blknoiz06 connection clarified 1:01:24 - Future livestreams 1:06:29 - Closing analysis 1:08:42 - Takeaways 1:12:54 - Why isn't $CARDS on a CEX yet?