Hey, guys! I'm joined with cornerback Steve Nelson of the Philadelphia Eagles,
you guys know a team that I hate fiercely as they beat my Falcons this year,
but I had to still show up in my Falcons colors.
We're going to talk crypto. We're going to talk NFTs.
Steve, how are you doing today?
Man, I'm doing awesome.
I'm glad to have you--
I'm glad to be on here with you, man, and talk some crypto, NFTs and maybe a little football.
Yeah. Absolutely.
I found out you actually grew up in Atlanta.
- We're at here, so it's always good to have a fellow ATLean here on the channel. - Yeah. Yes.
Absolutely. So, let's get in--
First, I want to talk about kind of how you got into crypto
because we're going to lead into talking about your NFT project
and what you got going on with that, which is really cool.
You got some utility in it, which is something that we love.
Right.
But, you know, a lot of people who've gotten into NFTs,
they're coming in,
they're trying to sell them,
and they really-- like, I ask about crypto, they don't really know anything about crypto.
- You've actually been in crypto for, you know. - Right.
You didn't just get in.
So, kind of tell us how you got into crypto.
- Tell us a little bit about, you know, - Yeah.
what you think about it and what coins you hold.
Yeah, man. So, what really got me into crypto,
well, one of my buddies actually, we kind of been in the stock market game
for the past like five or six years or whatnot,
and, you know, that it's just very slow.
It's a long process.
And I've definitely made, you know, some gains,
and I also, you know, have taken my L's in the stock market.
You know, and, you know.
Once you take a loss, it takes a little while to kind of get back to where you started.
And, you know, so like, you know.
Fast forward to now or just last year when I got into crypto,
you know, when I really started,
I guess it's already, you know,
it's always been around, but like, you know, more people started getting involved in it
and more buzz going around it
to, you know, to everybody or whatnot.
So my buddy talked about it and, you know, he just kind of told me like,
"Look, man. This is where the future's going."
You know.
You know, "The value of the US dollar is going down."
- You know, all that kind of talk. - Yeah.
So I started, you know, doing research on it
and, you know, started, you know, doing some little light investing
and just saw how quickly, you know, the gains,
but, you know, it's just about-- it's very volatile.
You know, that's the only downside from it,
but, I mean, you do make quicker gains from it..
And that's pretty much why I got into it.
You know, to kind of like, you know, get away from the stock market
and just see where that goes, man.
But, I mean, I've been in. I'm staying. I believe in it.
You know, I do feel like it's the future.
And so, yeah.
Yeah. That's cool. I mean,
- I think it's very interesting that you said that - Yeah.
it was kind of thinking about the dollar which really got you interested
because that's something we've seen very consistently
and I've seen personally with my family.
Like, my family, they thought I was crazy for years and years and years.
- Right. - You know.
Especially a few years ago when I left my job to go full time doing this.
They were like, "What are you doing?"
- They all wished they would have invested then. - Yeah.
But what happened is during the pandemic,
when it first started and we started looking at the Dollar Index dropping,
my family was like, "Oh, you know what? This does kind of make sense actually
- 'cause our value of what we have right now is dropping." - Yeah.
So I think that's a really interesting way to get in.
So let's talk about like a little bit about your portfolio.
- What coins are you interested in? - Yeah.
What coins do you hold? And, you know, things like that.
Yeah. So I have--
I've invested in Bitcoin, Ethereum, Cardano,
- VeChain, you know, just-- - Oh. Okay.
You know, I'll tell you exactly right now.
I have a few more.
- Oh, I didn't leave out Dogecoin. - Yeah.
I have Litecoin, some Stellar.
And, yeah, I sold off the rest of them,
- but those are like my majors right now. - Yeah.
- Then I've just been playing around with it. - Yeah. I think that's a good portfolio.
When you look across the landscape of crypto, you know, a lot of people, they want to--
they want to go in these coins that nobody's ever heard of
and try to make a million dollars overnight,
- but the most sound strategy is picking those top coins. - Right.
Very interested. You have VeChain.
That's a coin that we like on the channel.
That's a little bit lower. I think it's maybe around number 20 overall right now,
but it's a project we think is going to have some big explosive gains.
What do you think about Ethereum vs. Bitcoin?
I think Ethereum, man, is--
I mean, it has the potential, you know, to kind of surpass Bitcoin.
You know, Bitcoin just got off to a, you know, crazy start,
but I think everybody's pretty much kind of leaning towards Ethereum.
You know, I think it's still way more affordable than Bitcoin even at that point
where I feel like, you know, you can just do a lot more with Ethereum, you know?
Especially, you know, we're going to transition talking about NFT stuff
- and all that minting fee, you know. - Right.
So I have a little background with that with Ethereum.
- But I think Ethereum's going to surpass it pretty soon. - Yeah.
- Yeah. - Well, we're very much in line with that.
We think that that's definitely true.
- The potential of Ethereum is just so high compared to Bitcoin. - Yeah.
I mean, there's only so many people-- we all think Bitcoin's digital gold, right?
- So, there's only so many people who want to hold gold out there. - Right.
- You know? I'd be very interested what-- - Right. Yeah.
Do you ever hear NFL players talking about gold?
No. I am talking about jewelry.
- But, I mean, if that's the same thing. - Yeah.
- You know. But not talking-- - Well, hold on here, Steve.
Steve, hold on. I need to put in my grill.
Yeah, I got my--
- There you go. - I got my grill in.
You all like that? There's some white gold right there.
- That's it. - Yeah.
Yeah, man. We got a--
It may be hard to see, but we got crypto logos on there.
Well, you can't see.
- It's got some packing over there. - Yeah.
But we got XRP, Ethereum, Cardano and Bitcoin on here
- and then just an orange-- - Okay.
We got an orange tooth, you know?
I was listening to Show Me Your Grill the other day.
They were talking about the different colored teeth,
so I had to make sure I got a different colored tooth.
Hey, man. That's awesome, man. You have to send me one of those.
Yeah, man. We got Grillz By Scotty here in Atlanta made that for me.
- So, yeah. - Yeah.
But you're right. I mean, when we're talking about gold,
I mean, people, they want jewelry, they want grills that, you know.
- There's also a lot of use for gold in technology. - Yeah.
In iPhones and stuff like that. I think that's really the future of gold.
But, you know, it's not something that's super sexy.
Like, people don't really care about holding on to gold.
I think Bitcoin's going to run into that problem, you know, at some point.
The sexiness of Bitcoin right now is there,
- but eventually, - Right.
the sexiness of Ethereum is going to really go to the next level we believe.
So, let's talk about NFTs because you said you got some experience with, you know,
minting fees and things like that.
We know the Ethereum fees are very high.
So, tell us a little bit about how you learned about NFTs,
how you got into it.
Man, so, again, like, you know, just one of my buddies, you know.
Kind of, you know.
He was just kind of like a little bird chirping in my ear
- and just telling me about it. That's-- - Yeah. That's how those crypto guys are.
Yeah, you know.
He's always, you know, telling me stuff, and I'm like, "Man, what is this?"
You know, and it's, you know.
People still now, to this day, don't really know, you know, what the NFTs are, you know,
because it's, you know, fairly new still.
But, you know, I actually start--
I saw Gronkowski from Tampa Bay.
You know, he had an NFT.
He started doing some NFTs, and that's what caught my attention.
You know, just to see like an NFL player, you know, have his own NFTs.
I think LeBron and, you know, some other major athletes have it,
so, you know, that's when I got involved.
I was like, "Hey, man. This is pretty cool."
You know, you can actually take a moment in a game,
like a major catch or a touchdown or something
and you turn it into something that somebody could have.
- You know, for life. - Yeah.
So, you know, I thought that was really cool about it, man, but--
You know, just going into, like, my personal, I guess, thing with NFTs,
like, I wanted to, you know, create my own experience
and kind of get people add some utility to it
so that people could, you know, have an experience with myself.
Yeah. I think that's great.
And just so everybody knows, we'll have the--
We'll show some clips from your collection on OpenSea and on granted.co.
But we'll have the links down below for anybody that wants to check these out.
We highly suggest it.
You know, Steve came on the show, supports crypto, you've got to support him.
But the utility with these, the one-of-ones, is something I find absolutely fascinating.
This is really what NFTs are moving towards.
It's no longer just create a JPEG and put it out there.
- And, you know. - Right.
Especially a still motion JPEG.
Put it out there and people go buy it, and they're really happy with it.
We have to add a little sauce to it.
So, tell us a little bit about what you've done with your one-of-one collection
that people can find on granted.co.
Yeah. So, my one-of-one collection, very, very interesting.
So I have started out with six total packages.
I have three left, and I'll explain what those are right now.
So auction one is that--
it's called the Nelson Island Package.
It includes a personal fishing trip with myself.
So, people that actually know me know I love to fish.
I have my YouTube channel. Just Steven Nelson.
You'll see some fishing stuff on there. But back to this package,
you get an Nelson Island NFT
and a matching canvas hand signed by myself,
which is cool.
So, and then auction two, it's the Eagle Package.
It includes a one-of-one field workout with myself.
I'll be teaching the game.
We'll go grab a bite to eat at Angelo's Pizza.
- You get a one-of-one-- - I told you before we went live
- I may buy that just to show you that I can burn you. - Yes.
- Yeah. - You know?
I'll be waiting.
- At least I know who I'm going against, right? - Yeah.
And then--
so there'll be also a one-of-one No Fly Zone NFT.
Same thing, a matching canvas hand signed by myself.
And then the last one will be--
It's called the Final Game Package.
And that's a ticket to a division rival against the Giants on December 26.
It includes two tickets to the game, game worn cleats, game worn jersey,
signed football,
a one-of-one holographic NFT,
and a hand signed holographic print of the NFT.
And all items are minted on the blockchain,
- so, you know? - Nice!
- That's the three packages. - Yeah. I like-- I mean, that's cool.
I mean, you know, as a fan of the NFL,
you know, being able to go hang out with an NFL player and get all that signed stuff,
- you know, I mean, that's really-- - Right.
what's cool about this, the signed package,
where you signed all the items, the game-worn stuff,
is that's really like a weaving of digital and physical collectibles,
and I think that's a really cool idea.
So and then, also, just tell us a little bit about your OpenSea collection
that is, I think that's--
- Is that launching now? - Yes.
- When is that launching? Later today? - Yeah.
- Oh, it's out right now. - Oh, it is? Okay.
Yeah. It's out right now.
So there's a--
so it's opensea.io/collection/nelsonisland.
You can go on OpenSea. There's--
I have 20 NFT editions available of each artwork.
There's a total of 60 available.
And it's a reasonable floor price.
Excuse me.
0.1 ETH
You know, so the--
basically, essentially, the auctions are going to be more, you know, pricier,
but you can always go to OpenSea
and, you know, get a reasonable price with 0.1 ETH for each one.
And can you tell us a little bit about the artist you teamed up with on this?
The artwork? Oh, man. So he came up, my guy, Jordan,
he's done a great job, man.
Him and his team. And they've done a great job with, you know, with the ideas,
but, you know, I just kind of sent them, you know, some photos earlier,
and, you know,
the rest was history. I mean, he just came up with, you know,
the whole theme and, you know,
all the holographics and all the cool stuff, man.
You know, he just kind of see what is likely, man,
but, you know, he definitely, you know, the magic behind it, I would say.
Cool, man. Love to hear that.
Now, last two questions.
I just want to ask you two. We're going to talk football for a second.
- Like, just real quick. - Yeah. What's up?
- I want to know, - What's up?
who is the hardest receiver you have to cover?
And who's the quarterback that you don't want to play?
Man, that is a--
That is a great question, man.
So I got a great answer for you.
About three or four years ago,
- I would say Julio Jones. - Yeah.
You know, when you guys were, you know, you guys had the explosive offense,
you know, he was--
at that time, he was unguardable.
I played him my second year in the league.
I think it was at the old stadium before you guys demolished it.
Yeah.
- And-- - But I think you guys won that.
- Did you guys win that game? - Yeah. We won that game.
That was the last game we lost before we went to the Super Bowl.
- Yeah, yeah. Exactly. - Yeah.
Yeah. We won that game.
- Remember Eric Berry had a pick-six? - Yep. No, it was a pick-two.
- Oh, yeah. He had a pick-two. Yeah, a pick-two. - That's why you guys won.
- He had the interception on the two-point conversion. - Yeah.
- Argh! I hated that! - You got a great memory.
You got a great memory.
Yeah, yeah. So I remember that game, man.
- Yeah, Julio definitely gave me some fits, man. - Yeah.
I'm trying to think who else.
Like, today, I would say probably Aaron Rodgers, man, and Adams.
- You know, going against those two guys, man, - Yeah.
they can set you up so many worries.
- You know, I mean, so-- - Yeah. Well, fun--
Here's a fun fact for you.
Fun fact for you,
Tom Brady has as many NFC championships as Aaron Rodgers.
- So I just wanna throw that out there. - Yeah.
Somebody's saying Aaron Rodgers is the greatest of all time.
Like, well, you know. I don't know, you know.
- I don't hate Aaron Rodgers, you know. - Yeah.
- I don't like the Packers, but, you know. - Yeah.
For my money, you've got to go with Tom Brady, you know?
- I mean, who doesn't? - Yeah.
Who wants to play Tom Brady? But, I mean, that's kind of a given, I guess.
- But right now, Davante Adams is good. - Yeah. Tom Br--
Yeah. Davante Adams is good. We played--
And speaking of Tom Brady, we played those guys last night.
- Oh, that's right. - Had a tough loss.
We were in the game and, you know, it was closer than people think.
- I think the game ended up 22 to 28 or something. - Yeah.
Yeah. Well, Tom Brady won the game with a one-yard run.
- Yeah, man. He got that first down, you know? - So good at those. Ghad, I hate him!
And he's smiling on the ground and stuff.
- You know? It's like, "Come on, Tom." - Oh! "We're dying here already! Come on!" You know?
- "Come on, bro. Leave us alone." - "Just stop."
I mean, we were watching him as--
I feel like when I was a kid, I was watching him.
I'm almost an old man now, and he's still playing.
Come on, Tom. It's time to go.
- Let somebody else get a chance. - Let somebody else win, man.
- Let somebody else win. - Yeah. Absolutely.
Absolutely.
It's like the older kid in the neighborhood who, like, you know when he's playing with you,
he's going to crush and everything because he's dang six years older than you.
- It's not fair. - Exactly.
Go find and play with people your own age.
- Go to the retirement home, Tom. - Exactly.
Excuse me.
Hey, I wanted to--
- I left something out on that auction. - Okay. Sure.
I didn't want to forget.
So, the grand finale of all this is there's a Golden Ticket, right?
Yeah.
And it's pretty cool. So,
the description reads all NFT purchasers and anyone who even bids on the auctions
will be entered to win The Golden Ticket.
The Golden Ticket is-- check this out.
It's a lifetime pass granting the holder two tickets to four divisional home games
- every season for the rest of my career. - Oh, wow!
- Right. - That's pretty good then.
Yeah. That's pretty good. That's pretty special, man.
And that's wherever you go?
I mean, if you're not with the Eagles your entire career, that moves on?
Yeah. Yeah. That moves on, you know.
But it starts--
- I believe it starts sometime after this season. - Yeah.
Because we're still working on that.
- But I want to throw that out, which is cool. - Cool!
And just so everybody out there can know,
like, a percentage of, you know, all proceeds goes to Eagles Autism Foundation.
You know, it's pretty big here in Philadelphia.
- So I wanted to do-- - Yeah. Sounds like a good cause.
- I wanted to do something special with that. - Yeah. Awesome! We love when people give back.
We try to do some philanthropy here ourselves.
It's important to, you know, support people in the community
or, you know, foundations in the community that need help.
That's something we love to do as well.
So, Steve, thank you so much for coming on the show today.
- It's been a blast. - Thank you.
I love talking football with you. I love to talk football.
I'm a football nerd.
I'm different than the crypto gaming nerds.
I'm a football nerd.
- So-- Yeah. Thanks for coming. - Yes, you are. Thank you.
Everybody, check the description down below.
If anybody's got any comments,
- you guys make sure to drop those down below as well. - Yes, sir.
That's all we got.
Be blessed.
BitBoy out.