I Am In a Bitcoin ($60k) Fantasy League! Yes You Read That Right...

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I would be lying if I said I ever played in a $60,000 buy in fantasy league before. Hell I have never played one over $500. But when I got an invite to the Bitcoin league, I did the first thing anyone with rich friends would do and called them to talk them into backing me.

Luckily they both jumped at the offer and said yes giving me a 5% freeroll of total profit. With the winner of the league being 6 Bitcoin, that's a pretty damn good deal! I have been needing to start a crypto portfolio anyway so what better time than now?!?!!?

I planned my entire Labor Day weekend around the Bitcoin auction draft being Monday night at 7pm. Low and behold, I was sitting in the hot tub at my apartment pool Sunday night at 6:30 when I got a notification the draft was starting in 30 minutes?!?!?

Classic Mintzstake once again. I scrambled upstairs to dry off and lock in.

Here's the squad I left with in a 12 team 1 QB PPR league!

I decided before the draft I was willing to fire up to $67 on Christian McCaffrey as his value is just too strong in a PPR league. He was the first name nominated and I was thrilled to get him for $63. I had to show these rich folks I was not foolin' around!

I sat back for a good while after that and watched everyone else spend money. The top WRs were all super expensive in a PPR draft. I decided to go after Saints WR Chris Olave as he gets a ton of targets in that offense consistently (got him for $36). 

QBs were going cheaper because only 1 starts and I was ecstatic to get my voice brother Patrick Mahomes for $17. I ended up taking a risk on Chiefs rookie speed demon WR Xavier Worthy going for the moon in a stack too.

Because I spent big on CMC & Olave, I went value hunting at RB with Rashaad White ($20) & Zamir White ($12). Thrilled with both. I also was able to nab Amari Cooper for $20 which is great value with WRs being so expensive. At Tight End, I spent $12 on Evan Engram but am sure it is a steal in PPR league after he caught 114 passes last season!

I did make a couple of mistakes. I tried to snag 49ers backup RB Jordan Mason as a handcuff to CMC a tad too early and someone stole him from me. And my WR depth is shaky because I ran out of $$$ early with Mooney (ATL), Noah Brown (WAS), DJ Chark (LAC) & Tyler Boyd (Ten).

Overall I am very happy with the draft. This squad is extremely dependent on McCaffrey staying healthy but if he does I am going to be a much wealthier man in 4 months!

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