The Sports Economy on @base The World Cup is pushing prediction, fantasy, collectibles, and fan engagement into the same onchain market. base is building the home for the next generation of onchain sports markets. Markets @trylimitless - community prediction exchange covering football, esports, crypto, and finance. @PredictEX - live sports trading with up to 10x leverage, slippage protection, and leaderboards. @predofficial - fast outcome trading across live football matches and major tournaments. @Trueo_ - permissionless market creation with oracle settlement and yield-bearing positions. @Overtime_io - decentralized sportsbook for live odds, props, parlays, and match outcomes. Social @turfsports_ - iMessage sports assistant for debates, challenges, predictions, and live odds. @thetailgateapp - social handicapping app where users follow experts, tail picks, and share winnings. Fantasy @sportfun - player-based fantasy economy with tradable athletes, squads, packs, and leagues. @upshot_cards - high-stakes prediction packs tied to football, F1, and cultural events. Assets @GrailCo - sports memorabilia and real-world collectibles represented through onchain community vaults. @Beezie - pull, trade, vault, or redeem authenticated sports cards through a digital claw machine. @FanTokens - official team tokens connecting match results with burns, rewards, and fan participation. @Chiliz - issuance and engagement infrastructure for clubs, national teams, and their fan tokens. Robotics @shadowcleague - live humanoid combat where human operators control the robots inside the arena. Let us know what we missed from the map 👇

There is truly something remarkable happening on @solana with exotic assets/longtail assets that I think is the truest example of how internet capital markets expands the TAM of finance Collector crypt, phygitals, gacha sports et al are directly contributing to the boom in Pokemon & sports cards Beezie is bringing luxury handbags & fashion as well as cardboard We have watches, fossils, hot wheels, domain names, whiskey, tickets, olive oil, maple syrup and more now or coming soon Within each of these categories, you have an incredible value prop for crypto: - Aggregated global supply & liquidity improves discoverability for niche communities - Tokenization & vaults contributes to trading being more marginally profitable, no need to ship and settle constantly - Lending lets owners borrow USD against their assets, contributing to less perpetual sell pressure - Liquid global markets improve price discovery, meaning people can own at fair value instead of getting gauged in shows and auctions (and pay significantly less fees) - Fractionalization expands buyer audience from 1 needle in haystack buyer to many retail constituents making directional bets There's still a ton of untapped opportunities here, probably representing hundreds of billions in TAM. Have yet to see robust plays in art, or exotic cars, or wine, stamps and coins. The list goes on. If you're building in exotic categories on any chain I would love to hear from you.

We’re literally searching the entire North American continent for cards. Toronto today, Florida next week for rocket con show. I told you, the product coming online is going to change sports cards on gacha forever!

1confirmation Founder: RWA Tokens Will Drive the Next Wave of Crypto Adoption 1confirmation founder Nick Tomaino said the era of zero-cost, purely speculative token creation is fading, while tokens backed by real-world assets are set to drive broader adoption. Beyond stablecoins, he expects tokenized stocks, commodities, bonds, and real estate to accelerate over the next year, with onchain collectibles such as sports cards and jerseys offering the greatest upside.

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?