Highlights
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
| Time | Topic |
|---|---|
| 1:17–8:36 | Intro, music, Siwoo's cinema trip & doppelganger tangent |
| 8:39–16:35 | Dupes back from Denver; Bagel's first Bored Ape / Grails OTC |
| 16:35–27:59 | Bagel's ape journey & bagel order; National Card Show intro |
| 27:59–38:15 | Teacher-Katie IRL recap; card show deep dive |
| 38:15–47:38 | Alex Lee on cards & UK football stickers; Grails company reveal |
| 48:20–53:47 | Alex Lee: Daruzu + ERC-6551 alpha; Portugal web3 meetup idea |
| 53:47–1:01:30 | Other Side updates with Dupes; Stonk Brokers chatter |
| 1:01:30–1:13:12 | Crypto Cam & Otter check-ins; clutch puppies float; card show stories |
| 1:13:45–1:28:00 | Simple Farmer: Stonk Brokers, Robinhood Chain, Unvault, Pokemon |
| 1:29:32–1:39:03 | Boris / banana ball; football banter; GOAT debate |
| 1:39:03–1:53:00 | Fisters explainer, giveaway, Grateful/Makaveli Other Side events |
| 1:53:00–1:59:31 | Walt cameo, closing gratitude, handoff to Grateful Show |
Notable quotes
He should just call it Efense.
If somebody wants them, you're gonna overfucking pay for it. That's for sure.
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.
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.
My camping needs to be in the shape of a 1.2 million dollar RV with a supercar that gets released from underneath it.
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.
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.
