Gaming Apes Show 2,566,565

Host: SQUIDDY (@SquiddyNFT) with co-host siw.eth (@siw0bbyte) · Mon Aug 3, 2026 · 1:59:44 · ~15 speakers

TL;DR

• Bagel walked through his first Bored Ape acquisition — a multi-blue-chip OTC trade through Grails OTC that even got written up in an article — and explained why he leaned all the way into the Yuga ecosystem [11:33].
• Squiddy recapped five days at the National Card Show in Chicago: overwhelming crowds, live shopping (whatnot/eBay), Panini NFTs, and 11-year-olds out-hustling grown adults [30:20].
• Squiddy announced he's a founding-team member of a new collectibles startup called Grails (handle GRAILZ, Grails.com), currently in stealth/raise with a closed beta a few weeks out [42:47].
• Simple Farmer stopped in fresh off "coffee with Captain" to talk Stonk Brokers, Robinhood Chain / RWAs, and his role in the early build of Unvault [1:13:45].
• Alex Lee shared alpha on adding ERC-6551 wallets to the Daruzu collection, inspired by Stonk Brokers [48:20]; Boris covered new pack-opening features on SBS Fantasy (banana ball) as football season approaches [1:31:49].
• Makaveli/Grateful ran through the week's Other Side lineup, and the room closed out warm before handing the mic to the Grateful Show.

Highlights

[9:53] The "Efense" bit. Dupes reported she'd played nurse in Denver after a friend hurt himself faking defense; Squiddy's deadpan verdict — no D, so "he should just call it Efense" — set the tone for a loose Monday.

[11:33] Bagel's first Bored Ape. Bagel detailed the emotional and financial weight of the trade — giving up a PUGGI, a borderline-grail G-VC quirk, and liquidity — and praised Grails OTC for a fast, safe, few-hours turnaround via "PP Man." He stressed web3 hygiene, running the site link through Groq, Gemini, and GPT before signing from his ledger [19:21].

[26:00] The bagel order. Signing off to go get an actual bagel, Bagel delivered his purist Long Island spec: bacon, egg, cheddar on toasted whole-wheat everything, salt and pepper, absolutely no ketchup. Turns out he's driving out to a Long Island wedding this weekend, dreading the drive.

[29:05] Katie's first time on the mic. Teacher-Katie got the full gaming-ape-show fisting welcome after meeting Squiddy IRL at the National. She and Squiddy compared notes on the show's scale, price gouging, and the V Friends booth [30:20].

[42:47] Grails launch. Squiddy shared the personal news of the show — co-founding a collectibles company called Grails with a longtime friend (a Call of Duty co-creator who gave him his first games-industry job). He was candid that having real input and ownership, rather than getting "lost in the sauce," is what made this one matter [1:56:00].

[1:13:45] Simple Farmer's victory lap. The room's biggest draw of the day, Simple credited early exposure on the gaming ape show and laid out the Robinhood Chain / RWA thesis — sports trading cards as a "real, real big RWA" — and floated Grails becoming a special project on the stock line [1:18:51]. He also revealed he was a lead dev on Unvault in its early months.

[1:22:12] Simple's Pokemon thesis. On collecting: he stacks sealed OG Pokemon packs so that "one day I'm gonna sell it to some dude who's 60 years old when I'm also 58 years old and he's gonna give me a million bucks for it. That's my thesis." Squiddy's takeaway: the number one thing is hodl.

[1:34:00] Fantasy football banter. Boris talked SBS Fantasy's new daily pack openings; the crew then riffed on Deshaun Stribling, Deebo's health ("bro cannot stay healthy"), and a genuinely divisive take that the summer's football final was "one of the worst finals ever" — before Grateful and Notorio dragged everyone into a Jordan-vs-LeBron detour [1:37:33].

[1:49:39] Makaveli's camping requirements. Asked to join the AC-optional Ape Fest camping trip, Makaveli set his terms: he'll camp, provided it takes "the shape of a 1.2 million dollar RV with a supercar that gets released from underneath it."

Topic timeline

Notable quotes

• "He should just call it Efense." — Squiddy [9:53]
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• "If somebody wants them, you're gonna overfucking pay for it. That's for sure." — Bagel, on his grail quirks [21:42]
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• "Bacon egg cheddar on toasted whole wheat everything with salt pepper, no absolutely no ketchup. I'm very anti-ketchup when it comes to eggs." — Bagel [26:00]
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• "One day I'm gonna sell it to some dude who's 60 years old when I'm also 58 years old, and he's gonna give me a million bucks for it. That's my thesis." — Simple Farmer [1:22:12]
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• "My camping needs to be in the shape of a 1.2 million dollar RV with a supercar that gets released from underneath it." — Makaveli [1:49:39]
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• "Although it's super super super freaking hard to get to high levels of success in crypto, it is not impossible. The best things in life come from super hard work." — Simple Farmer [1:27:24]
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Who said what

• Squiddy (@SquiddyNFT) — host; steered the whole show, recapped the National Card Show, and announced his founding role at Grails.
• siw.eth (@siw0bbyte) — co-host; opened with a cinema/doppelganger tangent, plugged the 8102 game registration, and flagged the recovering clutch-puppies floor.
• Bagel (@Bagelism) — walked through his first Bored Ape via Grails OTC and his ecosystem alignment; the day's opening set-piece.
• Teacher-Katie (@Teacher96_Katie) — first-time speaker; IRL National Card Show recap and V Friends devotee.
• Alex Lee (@AlexLee_NFT) — shared Daruzu + ERC-6551 alpha from sunny Portugal and pitched a web3 meetup there.
• Simple Farmer (@OxSimpleFarmer) — the day's marquee guest; Stonk Brokers, Robinhood Chain/RWAs, Unvault history, and collecting philosophy.
• Boris (@BorisVagner) — SBS Fantasy / banana ball updates and football-season hype.
• Grateful Ape (@Gratefulape) — special co-host; teed up his own show and stirred the GOAT debate.
• Notorio (@darkcreamiy) — cheerfully argued the LeBron case; later corrected on the finals math.
• Makaveli (@MakaveliDlaCruz) — Other Side events rundown and the RV camping bit.
• Crypto Cam (@its_Crypto_Cam), Otter (@NFTOtter), Dupes (@acdupes), Walt (@WaltDisneyIF) — warm check-ins and Ape Fest/Other Side chatter.

Worth a full listen

• [11:33]–[26:30] — Bagel's Bored Ape story. The trade mechanics (renegotiating from a ~15-ape wallet, sitting his girlfriend down to pick), the OTC safety talk, and the deli sign-off all land better in his own voice than in summary.
• [30:20]–[37:33] — National Card Show. Squiddy and Katie paint a vivid picture of the live-shopping frenzy, national-only packs, and the kids out-negotiating everyone — including the running "I sold mine 45 minutes ago" bit with Steve.
• [1:13:45]–[1:27:24] — Simple Farmer. A dense, genuinely useful stretch on Robinhood Chain distribution, RWAs, Unvault's liquidity pools, and a closing note on how hard (but not impossible) crypto success is.