Grant was joined by Ava Labs' VP of Growth Garrison aka 0xHushky to chat about all things happening in the Avalanche ecosystem. If you have been watching our previous episodes on Still Early you will have seen us cover different areas of the Avalanch ecosystem including web3 gaming, DeFi protocols, Social applications SoFi, NFTs and more... Being on the inside of Ava Labs Garrison gets to work along side some extremely promising emerging projects and in this episode spills some alpha on the top projects to watch in the Avalanche ecosystem. Recently there was an announcement that JP Morgan will release a fund with Wisdom Tree on an Avalanche Subnet. This is huge for the Avalanche ecosystem and reaffirms the Subnet thesis. We chat about what is yet to come for projects building on subnets and what it means for the AVAX ecosystem as a whole.

Grant sat down with Brando the founder of Dokyo World to discuss one of the most interesting NFT projects that has recently come to market. Dokyo World is a creative studio that brings ideas to life. They are aiming to disrupt multiple boring incumbents by empowering their community of NFT holders... Tune in to uncover the first incredible idea these guys are set to launch very soon!Pudgy Penguins sparked the imagination of NFTs and how to use intellectual property through their plushies being available nationwide in the USA at Walmart. The NFT market seems to be rebounding and in particular the Avalanche ecosystem seems to be gaining a lot of traction. With Dokyo being the blue-chip NFT collection of AVAX this might be one to watch.

In this episode, Grant was joined by Coop who is the growth and marketing lead at Avalanche (AVAX). The pair discussed how Avalanche is leading the charge regarding AAA Web3 gaming primarily down to the AVAX subnet infrastructure and developer tooling. We got into why some of the most promising games about to come onto the market are choosing Avalanche, what are the best Web 3 gaming projects to watch out for and, are we about to have a GameFi bull market?Coop revealed some of his picks for potentially huge crypto games that could take us into the golden era of user adoption. The pair discussed some of the biggest upcoming releases in the Web3 Gaming sector including Play Shrapnel, OffTheGrid, TSM's Blitz app and subnet and many more. Can a mobile game be the first game to cut through to the masses? All of this and more is discussed in this episode of Still Early.

Grant was joined by Avalanche head of NFTs and Arts Dominic Carbonaro to chat about the current and future state of NFTs? Are NFTs dead? Are they coming back? Is the NFT bottom in? Well, all these questions and more are answered in this episode. Dominic has some interesting takes on what will happen to your profile picture NFTs but the conversation isn't just limited to JPEGs. The NFT world is evolving and becoming more financialised and cutting into real-world use cases. The recent Walmart announcement stating they will stock Pudgy Penguin across thousands of stores may have marked the bottom of the NFT market. There are other projects that Dominic seems to think have the same kind of potential as the pudgy's, such as Dokyo! What about music NFTs? A pipedream or soon-to-be reality? Well, all of this and more is covered in this episode!

Grant is joined by Luigi D'Onorio Demeo, Head of DeFi & Dev Rel at Ava Labs for the latest instalment of Still Early. In a varied chat, the two discuss everything from the beginnings of the Avalanche rush, how it felt to be a part of and how it came to be. We dig into Stars Arena and SocialFi, why the onboarding process has been net positive for crypto, why people are becoming more excited to build on Avalanche and the difficulties around user and developer acquisition.

Shrapnel is a first-person shooter (FPS) game built on the Avalanche blockchain. It is a skill-based competitive game with a rich set of player-creation tools, combining combat, creation, curation, and connection into a community where players own the platform and decide its future.Shrapnel is set in a near-future world where a mysterious substance called Shrapnel has changed the balance of power. Players take on the role of MEF Operators, who are tasked with extracting Shrapnel from dangerous combat zones.Our Guest - Marc is a 29-year tech industry veteran with 26 patents issued or pending, Marc led and launched multiple pro code and low code blockchain APIs and developer tools at both Microsoft and ConsenSys. His work has been featured in/on ABC, Advertising Age, Adweek, TechCrunch, the BBC, Cheddar TV, Fast Company, Forbes, Harvard Business Review, Mashable,

Welcome to the first episode of Still Early a new weekly podcast from the blocmates team. Still Early is a podcast dedicated to uncovering the hottest emerging trends in crypto, before they happen. We will cover all areas of the crypto, DeFi, NFT and gaming markets to bring you the information before anyone else. In this podcast, we will interview founders, investors, builders and operators to get you their insights into where the industry is headed. So, who better than the one and only Crypto Fish from Trader Joe, to kick off this new series. Please subscribe to our socials to be the first to hear from some incredible guests. This season's lineup is full of crypto all-stars.