Mission: DeFi

Brad Nickel

Mission DeFi showcases innovation in the DeFi ecosystem. Our mission is to advance the cause of freedom that decentralized finance & cryptocurrencies like Ethereum, Bitcoin, and many others represent. Hosted by Brad Nickel with 26 years of experience in tech, startups, & crypto, he interviews and profiles innovative projects, their founders, & provides how-tos for investing in the DeFi ecosystem. Mission: DeFi is presented by Material Indicators(https://materialindicators.com) & Blacknox (https://blacknox.com) Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/missiondefi/support read less
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DeFi Lunch (Ep 364) - July 27, 2023 - Crypto Bills / BTC & ETH CME Futures Up / @PancakeSwap everywhere / Can @FantomFDN recover? /
Jul 27 2023
DeFi Lunch (Ep 364) - July 27, 2023 - Crypto Bills / BTC & ETH CME Futures Up / @PancakeSwap everywhere / Can @FantomFDN recover? /
You are missing out. Join our free community to get the Alpha, make new friends, learn more and share your thoughts and opinions: https://t.me/missiondefi Crypto bills pass congressional committee in ‘huge win’ for US crypto - https://md1.to/mp4sh White House Derailed Negotiation on U.S. House Stablecoin Bill: McHenry - https://md1.to/kufbw Bitocin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) CME Futures See Record Participation From Big Traders - https://md1.to/vw5q4 Bitcoin whales are in accumulation mode, says CryptoQuant | The Block - https://md1.to/g4go7 Decentralized Exchange PancakeSwap Expands to zkSync Era Blockchain - https://md1.to/dk82d Overview - Info | PancakeSwap - https://md1.to/bweys Smart contracts continue to rise amid market downturn: BNB Chain Q2 report - https://md1.to/xb66g Animoca Brands Invests $30 Million in Proof of Human Identity Payments Application Hi - https://md1.to/i0t67 A Progressive's Case for Bitcoin: A Path Toward a More Just, Equitable, and Peaceful World: Maier, C. Jason, McCormack, Peter: 9798987636305: Amazon.com: Books - https://md1.to/up5ru Worldcoin Hype Causes Optimism to Leapfrog Arbitrum in Daily Transactions - https://md1.to/4jw1s https://twitter.com/b05crypto/status/1684005975508779008 - https://md1.to/g84fg Fantom - DefiLlama - https://md1.to/s4u7r LayerZero and Axelar Introduce USDC, USDT, WETH, and WBTC to Fantom | Fantom - https://md1.to/t77yb Crypto bills pass congressional committee in ‘huge win’ for US crypto - https://md1.to/rr86c Joe Cawley and Brad Nickel cover the DeFi news of the day, new opportunities in the space including liquidity pools, yield farming, staking, and much more. This is not financial advice. Nothing said on the show should be considered financial advice. This is just the opinions of Brad Nickel, Joe Cawley, and our guests. None of us are financial advisors. Trading, participating, yield farming, liquidity pools, and all of DeFi and crypto is high risk and dangerous. If you decide to participate, do your own research. Never count on the research of others. We don't know what we are talking about and you can lose all your money. Never invest more than you can afford to lose, because you probably will lose it all. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/missiondefi/support
Mission: DeFi - EP 103 - Maverick (@MavProtocol) changes everything for #DeFi! - Bob Baxley (@Bob_Baxley)
Jul 11 2023
Mission: DeFi - EP 103 - Maverick (@MavProtocol) changes everything for #DeFi! - Bob Baxley (@Bob_Baxley)
Mark these words: Maverick Protocol has the potential to dramatically change the fundamentals of DeFi. I can usually whip through 3-4 use cases for a protocol within minutes of understanding it, but Maverick gives me a headache, because the possibilities seem endless and more powerful than what we’ve seen before. And, that’s a good thing! In this interview with Bob Baxley, one of the founders of Maverick, we walk through not only how they ended up creating Mav after a couple of pivots, but also the secret to their rapid growth into a top 5 dex in volume. Then we walked through several use cases that could dramatically change multiple segments of DeFi, which in turn led to several more ideas of use cases across the ecosystem. All of this is managed through a brilliant interface model that will blow you away! Being an LP sucks. While Uni V3 helped a bit, they are still only offering you rectangular models, while all the data suggests you need to be able to manage exponentially. LPs get stuck over and over again in impermanent loss and there’s no way to avoid it. Mav can solve this. The number one complaint I hear from founders, is that rather than build, they spend all their time thinking about liquidity and tokenomics. Mav can solve this. Protocols in order to maintain liquidity have to constantly worry about maintaining price levels. Mav can solve this. Algo stablecoins like Liquity have basically had to hope and pray that the models they use will hold the peg, but what if you could draw a model that fit your peg profile perfectly. Mav can do this through boosted models that could beat anything available in the market. The list goes on and on and on. Once you start playing with the platform, you are going to think of another dozen ways that can improve the way you run your protocol, manage your positions, and much much more. Project Name: Maverick Protocol Project URL: ⁠https://mav.xyz⁠ Project Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/mavprotocol/ Guest Name: Bob Baxley Guest Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/bob_baxley This is not financial advice. Nothing said on the show should be considered financial advice. This is just the opinions of Brad Nickel and our guests. None of us are financial advisors. Trading, participating, yield farming, liquidity pools, and all of DeFi and crypto is high risk and dangerous. If you decide to participate, do your own research. Never count on the research of others. We don't know what we are talking about and you can lose all your money. Never invest more than you can afford to lose, because you probably will lose it all. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/missiondefi/support
DeFi Lunch (Ep 360) - July 3, 2023 - @ShrimpyApp gone / @Coinbase filing / @Cantonamespace / @CantoPublic on @Pancakeswap / Gensler under fire / SCOTUS to check SEC? / $ETH staking over exchanges
Jul 3 2023
DeFi Lunch (Ep 360) - July 3, 2023 - @ShrimpyApp gone / @Coinbase filing / @Cantonamespace / @CantoPublic on @Pancakeswap / Gensler under fire / SCOTUS to check SEC? / $ETH staking over exchanges
@Coinbase filing for dismissal is a thing of beauty - https://md1.to/cpgom Step By Step - How to secure your .canto name at Canto Namespace - https://md1.to/9tq5g @CantoPublic on @PancakeSwap! $CANTO / ETH pool using the @LayerZero_Labs SUPER FAST bridging. - https://md1.to/yhb8g SEC Chair Gary Gensler has wrongly prejudged that all digital assets are securities. As a result, federal law requires that he recuse himself - https://md1.to/ihtip SCOTUS granted cert to a case that will decide the legality of @SECGov's in-house administrative court - https://md1.to/yqtgq @ShrimpyApp⁩ shutdown - https://md1.to/7jxan Crypto bettors’ uproar over Titan submarine puts spotlight on ‘decentralised truth’ - https://md1.to/2pdrk Yield-hunting investors send staked Ether beyond $43bn to eclipse exchanges - https://md1.to/ub36l Fidelity races BlackRock to a Bitcoin ETF — but Cathie Wood’s Ark is first in line - https://md1.to/u582y Bittrex challenges SEC’s authority in crypto lawsuit, seeks dismissal - https://md1.to/7qp81 Elon Musk imposes ‘rate limit’ on Twitter, citing extreme ‘system manipulation’ - https://md1.to/shmip Rocket boost for UK economy as Financial Services and Markets Bill receives Royal Assent - GOV.UK - https://md1.to/w99ks Slovakia just passed a bill that will lower the tax on crypto from 39% to 7% - https://md1.to/jjr4p Reserve Bank of New Zealand - https://md1.to/rfrmx Fidelity, WisdomTree, VanEck and Invesco/Galaxy have all re-filed their spot bitcoin ETF applications - https://md1.to/uil0r Security Alerts - https://md1.to/32brd Web3 Security Alerts - https://md1.to/nisv1 OKX Overcomes FTX-Related Concerns Around Crypto Industry to Expand Sponsorship With Manchester City - https://md1.to/x717a FTX Crypto Exchange Owed Customers $8.7B. - https://md1.to/zfldg Joe Cawley and Brad Nickel cover the DeFi news of the day, new opportunities in the space including liquidity pools, yield farming, staking, and much more. This is not financial advice. Nothing said on the show should be considered financial advice. This is just the opinions of Brad Nickel, Joe Cawley, and our guests. None of us are financial advisors. Trading, participating, yield farming, liquidity pools, and all of DeFi and crypto is high risk and dangerous. If you decide to participate, do your own research. Never count on the research of others. We don't know what we are talking about and you can lose all your money. Never invest more than you can afford to lose, because you probably will lose it all. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/missiondefi/support
DeFi Lunch (Ep 358) - June 27, 2023 - Should @FantomFDN be the #AI Chain? / A look at DeFi raises via @DeFiLLama / Cats? / #DeSci - @ResearchHub / @LensProtocol / @gensynai / @mnemonichq /
Jun 27 2023
DeFi Lunch (Ep 358) - June 27, 2023 - Should @FantomFDN be the #AI Chain? / A look at DeFi raises via @DeFiLLama / Cats? / #DeSci - @ResearchHub / @LensProtocol / @gensynai / @mnemonichq /
Join the community: https://t.me/missiondefi Earndrop Crypto Airdrops Finder - https://md1.to/l5v0b Linea Voyage Quest - https://md1.to/ke8mv Cash App Status - https://md1.to/ez5rs (4) Brad Nickel on Twitter on @CashApp - https://md1.to/r7tq5 As Ether staking yields fall, protocols will have to get creative - https://md1.to/trlom Sequoia partner says investing in FTX was the right move - https://md1.to/bejar Crypto funding: Firms concentrated heavily in DeFi sector raise $50M - https://md1.to/cg4g8 Raises - DefiLlama - https://md1.to/dlraises Lens Protocol on Twitter - https://md1.to/8ln1o Lens Protocol Closes $15 Million Funding Round - https://md1.to/8hwrm Taiko 🥁 on Twitter - https://md1.to/d6f5b Taiko Labs raises $22 million - https://md1.to/7xqqy Blockchain-Based, AI Compute Protocol Gensyn Closes $43M - https://md1.to/0n2d4 gensyn (@gensynai) / Twitter - https://md1.to/l2e2q Mnemonic | Web3 data and intelligence (@mnemonichq) / Twitter - https://md1.to/vlayb Mnemonic | NFT Data and Analytics APIs for Web3 - https://md1.to/jl0ar Connext - https://md1.to/mqrax CoinDesk on Twitter: ".@ResearchHub, the startup co-founded by @coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, has raised $5 million - https://md1.to/46fx3 ResearchHub (@ResearchHub) / Twitter - https://md1.to/cykfy Botany on ResearchHub - https://md1.to/td8qj ResearchHub Docs - ResearchHub docs - https://md1.to/5bufg Poko raises $4.5m to reduce Web3 payments friction - https://md1.to/rxeiv Intuition 👁️ on Twitter: "🎉 Announcing our $4M seed round - https://md1.to/vygqs Crypto Exchange Bit2Me Raises $15M - https://md1.to/828wb Bit2Me (@bit2me) / Twitter - https://md1.to/52gof DeFi Credit Protocol Concordia Raises $4M - https://md1.to/q4g5f Cat Paradise Secures Seed Funding - https://md1.to/85882 Mitsui Animoca Brands - https://md1.to/2l6jj Bitcoin Cash: What Is Going On? - https://md1.to/mo0u4 Joe Cawley and Brad Nickel cover the DeFi news of the day, new opportunities in the space including liquidity pools, yield farming, staking, and much more. This is not financial advice. Nothing said on the show should be considered financial advice. This is just the opinions of Brad Nickel, Joe Cawley, and our guests. None of us are financial advisors. Trading, participating, yield farming, liquidity pools, and all of DeFi and crypto is high risk and dangerous. If you decide to participate, do your own research. Never count on the research of others. We don't know what we are talking about and you can lose all your money. Never invest more than you can afford to lose, because you probably will lose it all. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/missiondefi/support
DeFi Lunch (Ep 357) - June 26, 2023 - Dog nose wrinkles? / @AndreCronjeTech w/@FantomFDN latest / $LUNC is back? / @NEARProtocol / IMF can't stop crypto /Blackrock effect / @arpaofficial
Jun 26 2023
DeFi Lunch (Ep 357) - June 26, 2023 - Dog nose wrinkles? / @AndreCronjeTech w/@FantomFDN latest / $LUNC is back? / @NEARProtocol / IMF can't stop crypto /Blackrock effect / @arpaofficial
What do AC/DC and Sinead O'Connor have to do with DeFi? Nothing, but we have an amazing music discussion going on in our crazy DeFi community. Join us now to take part - https://t.me/missiondefi ‘Blockchain for dog nose wrinkles’ Ponzi makes off with $127m – DL News - https://md1.to/w5zug (8) Andre Cronje on Twitter: "7/7 We are close to releasing our next 2 big milestones; Carmen: EVM optimized DB, mainnet storage -98%, overall throughput 9.8x faster (read & write) Tosca: optimized EVM with large range of enhancements (FVM), overall gain 50% over current EVM architecture, 4x throughput" / Twitter - https://md1.to/93g2f Terra Classic Revival Plans Continue as 'Six Samurai' Aim to Revive LUNC Ecosystem - https://md1.to/z5z22 NEAR Foundation and Alibaba Cloud Join Hands to Accelerate Web3 Growth in Asia - https://md1.to/zl4l4 U.S. SEC to Forego $30M BlockFi Fine to Maximize and Speed Up Investor Repayment - https://md1.to/of78f IMF admits that banning crypto won’t work – Cryptopolitan - https://md1.to/3h1k5 BlackRock exec says Wall Street wants crypto but needs KYC: ‘We go to jail if we don’t know who we’re trading with.’ – DL News - https://md1.to/ncdbw Arpa's Privacy Network Goes Live on Ethereum Mainnet - https://md1.to/gok0w What Is ARPA Chain? The ARPA Crypto Scaling Network | Gemini - https://md1.to/rskhl Secure Computation Network for Blockchain-adapted Cryptography | ARPA - https://md1.to/cnuqi Exodus adds Bitcoin-backed stablecoin Sovryn Dollar to its balance sheet | The Block - https://md1.to/zh4or Arbitrum Orbit — Launch new chains in the Arbitrum ecosystem - https://md1.to/sk1vq MakerDAO's DAI has reduced its dependence on USDC as collateral | The Block - https://md1.to/kov1t Lightning Network hits all-time high in bitcoin and US Dollar capacity | The Block - https://md1.to/zwfmw ZkSync Developer Matter Labs Releases Toolkit for Building Zero-Knowledge Rollups on Ethereum - https://md1.to/91c4w Optimism changes name to OP Mainnet in line with 'superchain' vision | The Block - https://md1.to/cjkry Revolutionizing DeFi Derivatives with Syndr Chain: Introducing World’s 1st Layer 3 Decentralized Exchange | by Vyom Sharma | VCrizpy | Syndr | Jun, 2023 | Medium - https://md1.to/j679q NEAR | The OS for an Open Web - https://md1.to/l21wt Joe Cawley and Brad Nickel cover the DeFi news of the day, new opportunities in the space including liquidity pools, yield farming, staking, and much more. This is not financial advice. Nothing said on the show should be considered financial advice. This is just the opinions of Brad Nickel, Joe Cawley, and our guests. None of us are financial advisors. Trading, participating, yield farming, liquidity pools, and all of DeFi and crypto is high risk and dangerous. If you decide to participate, do your own research. Never count on the research of others. We don't know what we are talking about and you can lose all your money. Never invest more than you can afford to lose, because you probably will lose it all. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/missiondefi/support
DeFi Lunch (Ep 351) - June 8, 2023 - "All of DeFi is A Failure"?!?! - BTC Maxi (@XBT3D) vs. DeFi Degen
Jun 14 2023
DeFi Lunch (Ep 351) - June 8, 2023 - "All of DeFi is A Failure"?!?! - BTC Maxi (@XBT3D) vs. DeFi Degen
@XBT3D and Brad has a great time fiercely debating whether everything in DeFi has been a failure. It is one of those episodes you just can't miss and can't turn off. Content Warning! This event contains language not suitable for those under 3, Evangelical Christians, Gary Gensler, No Coiners, Liz Warren, Frauds pretending to be Satoshi Nakamoto or Jim Cramer! Discuss the "failure of DeFi" in our community: https://t.me/missiondefi To be read in booming ringside announcer voice. BTC vs DeFi - The Showdown of the Century! You'll tell you grandkids about this epic battle! The rumble in the bumble! The swoon at noon! Don't miss the ultimate smackdown between BTC Maxi (Ring announcer: Beee Teeee Ceeee Max Eeeee!) (@XBT3D) and his arch nemesis DeFi Degen (Ring announcer: Deee Fiiii Deee Gennnnn!) (@b05crypto). Listen as Maxi pummels the DeFi world by declaring that every experiment in the space is a total failure! Pay attention as Degen slowly explains to the aging maxi, that just because he's done, doesn't mean the experiments are done. Joe Cawley and Brad Nickel cover the DeFi news of the day, new opportunities in the space including liquidity pools, yield farming, staking, and much more. This is not financial advice. Nothing said on the show should be considered financial advice. This is just the opinions of Brad Nickel, Joe Cawley, and our guests. None of us are financial advisors. Trading, participating, yield farming, liquidity pools, and all of DeFi and crypto is high risk and dangerous. If you decide to participate, do your own research. Never count on the research of others. We don't know what we are talking about and you can lose all your money. Never invest more than you can afford to lose, because you probably will lose it all. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/missiondefi/support
DeFi Lunch (Ep 353) - June 13, 2023
Jun 14 2023
DeFi Lunch (Ep 353) - June 13, 2023
As crypto burns, solo bitcoin miner wins BTC ‘lottery’ - Blockworks - https://md1.to/juoum *** Join the community to discuss this and more: https://t.me/missiondefi *** Who needs the Metaverse? Meet the people still living on Second Life | Second Life | The Guardian - https://md1.to/1vt79 Uniswap Builder Invites Community Feedback for DEX's New Version - https://md1.to/96avz Bitcoin Price (BTC) Rises After U.S. CPI Inflation Slowed to 0.1% - https://md1.to/ka8fb Lawyers lay out what’s at stake in Curve founder lawsuit – DL News - https://md1.to/bahgo Asset Freeze to Halt Binance US Operations, Exchange Says, Seeks Rejection of SEC Request – Exchanges Bitcoin News - https://md1.to/xw7al House Republicans' Bill Shows Challenge of Regulating Crypto Without Giving Traditional Securities a Free Pass - https://md1.to/m22qg (3) Bankless on Twitter: "🚨 Sounding the Lido Alarm 🚨 Lido's growth is unlikely to slow and crypto needs YOUR HELP in preventing its domination of Ethereum staking A THREAD 🧵 1/6 https://t.co/6fRl3moOHr" / Twitter - https://md1.to/32eee Crypto lobby rallies to stop SEC from forcing DEXs to register as exchanges – DL News - https://md1.to/8141d How Peter McCormack is turning an unknown town into a Bitcoin hub - https://md1.to/7339z Republican Congressman Seeks to Oust SEC Chair Gensler With SEC Stabilization Act – Bitcoin News - https://md1.to/b7bnb Ripple CEO: Hinman docs are ‘well worth the wait’ - https://md1.to/0totx (3) Brad Nickel - Host: Mission DeFi & DeFi Lunch on Twitter: "If a CEX bans coins because the SEC made a claim, then they (@eToro), don’t deserve your business. Support a CEX willing to fight for us. eToro will never have your back & they don’t deserve to be part of the ecosystem. My CEX is @coinbase #boycottEtoro #CullTheWeak $matic" / Twitter - https://md1.to/8v75n (3) Material Scientist on Twitter: "2/3 The *hype* around alts (or otherwise volatile assets) is the very thing that attracts new capital. But as you can see they don't survive the bear, and eventually transfer their value into majors, such as BTC." / Twitter - https://md1.to/qxa91 Spaces | Galxe - https://md1.to/3rwih (3) 6457.eth on Twitter: "Always. Be. Shipping 🚢 I'm excited to share, "Chess with Frens", a Web3 Chess App powered by @LensProtocol. -Login with Lens -On-chain game results (as NFTs) and ratings -Peer to peer -On-chain prizes -and much more... Sign-up now for early access! https://t.co/FWfyNf1v2S https://t.co/6levDwizFB" / Twitter - https://md1.to/9n6qk Chess With Frens - https://md1.to/n1ih3 28 Gwei | Zapper - Your Home to Web3 - https://md1.to/769kt Joe Cawley and Brad Nickel cover the DeFi news of the day, new opportunities in the space including liquidity pools, yield farming, staking, and much more. This is not financial advice. Nothing said on the show should be considered financial advice. This is just the opinions of Brad Nickel, Joe Cawley, and our guests. None of us are financial advisors. Trading, participating, yield farming, liquidity pools, and all of DeFi and crypto is high risk and dangerous. If you decide to participate, do your own research. Never count on the research of others. We don't know what we are talking about and you can lose all your money. Never invest more than you can afford to lose, because you probably will lose it all. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/missiondefi/support
DeFi Lunch (Ep 352) - June 12, 2023 - @Hashflow Rug? / @mcuban hits SEC / Loki DAO loses / UK Bans Airdrops / Crypto Leaders Screwing up Politics
Jun 12 2023
DeFi Lunch (Ep 352) - June 12, 2023 - @Hashflow Rug? / @mcuban hits SEC / Loki DAO loses / UK Bans Airdrops / Crypto Leaders Screwing up Politics
FatManHashflow on Twitter: "Hashflow - a DeFi exchange - has rugged early supporters of their tokens through implementation of a DAO proposal authored by their CTO. At the time of writing, an estimated 7-8 figures USD worth of locked $HFT tokens belonging to users have been voided to the DAO treasury. - https://twitter.com/FatManHashflow/status/1667954514157248513 Mark Cuban on Twitter: "This is an SEC WEB PAGE about the howey test and tokens that often conflicts with what @SEC_Enforcement has said publicly. - https://twitter.com/mcuban/status/1667914770651987970?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw ross on Ooki DAO: "The CFTC just won a court case against a DAO and "as members" some founders are now on the hook for $643,542, and the DAOs websites and ops have been ordered to shut down. - https://twitter.com/z0r0zzz/status/1667272302294360064?s=20 Using free crypto airdrops and NFTs for promotions will be banned in the U.K. - https://twitter.com/coindesk/status/1667122397441318913?s=52&t=K41FvHwlVL5YAFz7rppRhg Binance CEO CZ responds as data points to billions in exchange outflows - https://cointelegraph.com/news/binance-ceo-changpeng-zhao-address-billions-exchange-outflows Democrats’ ‘war on crypto’ will lose its key voters: Winklevoss twins - https://cointelegraph.com/news/democrats-crypto-war-alienate-youth-voters-winklevoss a16z opening London crypto office citing ‘predictable’ environment - https://cointelegraph.com/news/a16z-open-london-office-international-expansion Mission: DeFi - EP 101 - DeFi to grow #AI & open source applications - Max Howell(@mxcl) of @teaxyz explains the powerful model - https://www.missiondefi.com/mission-defi-ep-101-defi-to-grow-ai-open-source-applications-max-howellmxcl-of-teaxyz-explains-the-powerful-model/ Former SEC Chairman Jay Clayton on Enforcement Actions: Crypto Should Be Treated With Nuance – Regulation Bitcoin News - https://news.bitcoin.com/former-sec-chairman-jay-clayton-on-enforcement-actions-crypto-should-be-treated-with-nuance/ If Microstrategy Chose ETH Over BTC, the Firm Would Be up 54% and Ahead by More Than $2B, Data Reveals – Bitcoin News - https://news.bitcoin.com/microstrategy-chose-eth-over-btc-the-firm-be-up-ahead-by-more-than-2b/ Gensyn - https://www.gensyn.ai/ Blockchain-Based, AI Compute Protocol Gensyn Closes $43M Series A Funding Round Led by a16z Crypto - https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/06/11/blockchain-based-ai-compute-protocol-gensyn-closes-43m-series-a-funding-round-led-by-a16z/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines Did Gary Genslers SEC Break the Law by Suing Coinbase? - https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2023/06/09/the-new-crypto-bill-gary-gensler-doesnt-want-you-to-know-about/ BinanceUS to suspend dollar deposits, Vitalik pledges $100m to Covid relief – https://www.dlnews.com/articles/markets/binanceus-to-halt-usd-deposits-as-vitalik-donates-to-india/?utm_source=telegram&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_campaign= Joe Cawley and Brad Nickel cover the DeFi news of the day, new opportunities in the space including liquidity pools, yield farming, staking, and much more. This is not financial advice. Nothing said on the show should be considered financial advice. This is just the opinions of Brad Nickel, Joe Cawley, and our guests. None of us are financial advisors. Trading, participating, yield farming, liquidity pools, and all of DeFi and crypto is high risk and dangerous. If you decide to participate, do your own research. Never count on the research of others. We don't know what we are talking about and you can lose all your money. Never invest more than you can afford to lose, because you probably will lose it all. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/missiondefi/support
Mission: DeFi - EP 101 - DeFi to grow #AI & open source applications - Max Howell(@mxcl) of @teaxyz explains the powerful model
Jun 12 2023
Mission: DeFi - EP 101 - DeFi to grow #AI & open source applications - Max Howell(@mxcl) of @teaxyz explains the powerful model
Tea combines the benefits of #DeFi with incentives to build open source & makes it easy for users to use all kinds of complex applications including the latest in #AI. Max Howell joined Chuck and Brad for a powerful Twitter Spaces on his model for Tea (https://tea.xyz). Max is the original founder and developer of Brew which makes it easy to install open source packages with all their dependencies, but this time with Tea he's taken it to another level with a beautiful UI, lots of AI to make AI easier, and a crypto-based model to reward developers and projects. Do not miss this amazing utility application of crypto/DeFi. Project Name: Tea Project URL: https://tea.xyz Project Twitter: https://twitter.com/teaxyz Guest Name: Max Howell Guest Twitter: https://twitter.com/mxcl This is not financial advice. Nothing said on the show should be considered financial advice. This is just the opinions of Brad Nickel and our guests. None of us are financial advisors. Trading, participating, yield farming, liquidity pools, and all of DeFi and crypto is high risk and dangerous. If you decide to participate, do your own research. Never count on the research of others. We don't know what we are talking about and you can lose all your money. Never invest more than you can afford to lose, because you probably will lose it all. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/missiondefi/support
DeFi Lunch (Ep 350) - June 6, 2023 SEC Attacks @Coinbase! Legal analysis.
Jun 6 2023
DeFi Lunch (Ep 350) - June 6, 2023 SEC Attacks @Coinbase! Legal analysis.
You are missing out on a community of like-minded folks discussing the big and little topics of the day - https://md1.to/mdtg MetaLawMan on Twitter: "BREAKING: SEC sues @Coinbase In May of 2021, SEC Chairman Gary Gensler testified ( https://md1.to/gyha3 ) DeFi Llama + ChatGPT ( https://md1.to/alhy2 ) Adam Cochran - 1/20 Breakdown of the SEC Coinbase complaint - ( https://md1.to/4jo60 ) @GaryGensler to @CNBC this morning: “We don’t need more digital currency. We already have digital currency, it’s called the US Dollar, it’s called the Euro, it’s called the Yen. They’re all digital right now.”" / Twitter ( https://md1.to/mog3t ) Joe Weisenthal - Polygon (Matic) is a security. - ( https://md1.to/5n71l ) CFTC Chair Benham just gave the following response on how crypto can bolster financial inclusion - ( https://md1.to/2xa66 ) The SEC is arguing that if you provide a wallet that can be used to acquire any token available onchain, YOU ARE OFFERING AND SELLING THOSE TOKENS to users of the wallet, regardless of whether you actually handle any of the tokens - ( https://md1.to/16aqh ) Jake Chervinsky on Twitter: "I sense two reactions to the SECs cases - ( https://md1.to/htx79 ) gabrielShapir0 on Twitter: "Probably the most interesting thing in the Binance complaint is the claim that BUSD is a security. - ( https://md1.to/tjnnx ) Higher Bitcoin Transaction Fees Spur Good Month for Miners - Blockworks ( https://md1.to/vyjd2 ) UK Considers ‘Crypto Tsar’ to Head Up Regulation - Blockworks ( https://md1.to/k1mlo ) Mission: DeFi EP 97 - Can $R be the decentralized stablecoin we need? David Garai of Raft thinks borrowing against staked $ETH is the way to go | Mission: DeFi ( https://md1.to/raftep ) How to Build a Crypto Exchange Post-Coinbase – Preston Byrne ( https://md1.to/gmelt ) Volcano Energy Secures $1B in Commitments, Including From Tether, For 241 MW Bitcoin (BTC) Mine in El Salvador ( https://md1.to/8xp9l ) Gas.zip ( https://www.gas.zip/ ) Origin Ether (OETH) ( https://www.oeth.com/ ) Raft – Generate R stablecoin against your stETH with Raft ( https://www.raft.fi/ ) Joe Cawley and Brad Nickel cover the DeFi news of the day, new opportunities in the space including liquidity pools, yield farming, staking, and much more. This is not financial advice. Nothing said on the show should be considered financial advice. This is just the opinions of Brad Nickel, Joe Cawley, and our guests. None of us are financial advisors. Trading, participating, yield farming, liquidity pools, and all of DeFi and crypto is high risk and dangerous. If you decide to participate, do your own research. Never count on the research of others. We don't know what we are talking about and you can lose all your money. Never invest more than you can afford to lose, because you probably will lose it all. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/missiondefi/support
DeFi Lunch (Ep 349) - June 5, 2023 - CZ Sued by SEC
Jun 5 2023
DeFi Lunch (Ep 349) - June 5, 2023 - CZ Sued by SEC
Be a part of the community and give us your thoughts: https://t.me/missiondefi gabrielShapir0 on Twitter: "okay, as promised, here is my long/stream-of-consciousnessy thread on the proposed crypto market structure bill CAVEAT: this is one of the most of complex & ambitious financial laws ever written. I might miss stuff. I am paraphrasing some things for ease of readability. ( https://twitter.com/lex_node/status/1665693527735517184?s=20 ) Justin Slaughter on Twitter: "Its Friday night, the kids are in bed, the biggest piece of crypto legislation for this year has dropped—the McHenry-Thompson bill on market structure— so lets get this party started. Here’s a deep dive into the bill’s contents. ( https://twitter.com/JBSDC/status/1664791786038935552?s=20 ) CZ 🔶 Binance on Twitter: "4. Our team is all standing by, ensuring systems are stable, including withdrawals, and deposits. We will issue a response once we see the complaint. Havent seen it yet. Media gets the info before we do. 🙏" / Twitter ( https://twitter.com/cz_binance/status/1665742100845961217?s=20 ) Atomic Wallet exploited, users report loss of entire portfolios ( https://cointelegraph.com/news/atomic-wallet-exploited-users-report-loss-of-entire-portfolios ) US lawmakers aim for crypto regulatory clarity with proposed bill putting the screws to SEC ( https://cointelegraph.com/news/us-lawmakers-aim-for-crypto-regulatory-clarity-with-proposed-bill-putting-the-screws-to-sec ) SEC files 13 charges against Binance and founder CZ - MarketWatch ( https://www.marketwatch.com/story/sec-files-13-charges-against-binance-and-founder-cz-55864243 ) Binance Hands Rising Star Teng Key Role to Replace CEO Zhao at Largest Crypto Exchange ( https://finance.yahoo.com/news/binance-hands-rising-star-teng-090307107.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall ) SEC vs Binance complaint (2023.03.27 FINAL TO FILE) ( https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ilnd.431767/gov.uscourts.ilnd.431767.1.0_1.pdf ) CFPB warns about storing funds in payment apps like PayPal, Venmo | CNN Business ( https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/02/investing/payment-apps-safety/ ) SEC Sues Crypto Exchange Binance, CEO Changpeng Zhao ( https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/06/05/sec-sues-crypto-exchange-binance-ceo-changpeng-zhao/?utm_campaign=coindesk_main&utm_term=organic&utm_source=twitter&utm_content=editorial&utm_medium=social ) A 162-page bill would give the CFTC big chunks of US crypto markets. Here’s what else is in it – DL News ( https://www.dlnews.com/articles/regulation/house-bill-would-give-cftc-chunks-of-crypto-and-spot-markets/ ) SEC v Binance (4).pdf | DocDroid ( https://www.docdroid.net/I02zzqT/sec-v-binance-4-pdf ) Joe Cawley and Brad Nickel cover the DeFi news of the day, new opportunities in the space including liquidity pools, yield farming, staking, and much more. This is not financial advice. Nothing said on the show should be considered financial advice. This is just the opinions of Brad Nickel, Joe Cawley, and our guests. None of us are financial advisors. Trading, participating, yield farming, liquidity pools, and all of DeFi and crypto is high risk and dangerous. If you decide to participate, do your own research. Never count on the research of others. We don't know what we are talking about and you can lose all your money. Never invest more than you can afford to lose, because you probably will lose it all. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/missiondefi/support
DeFi Lunch (Ep 347) - May 30, 2023 - How Brad made 32x on a BRC-20 - Where to bank in crypto / AI / Burn More ETH! / #Ordinals Explode / $ETH #NFTs -> Ordinals / The latest raises / $OP Dump
May 30 2023
DeFi Lunch (Ep 347) - May 30, 2023 - How Brad made 32x on a BRC-20 - Where to bank in crypto / AI / Burn More ETH! / #Ordinals Explode / $ETH #NFTs -> Ordinals / The latest raises / $OP Dump
Nobody likes to fly alone. Join the Mission: DeFi community to get the insights, debates, edu, and alpha you long for and maybe a friend or two a long the way - https://t.me/missiondefi --- News A new ONNX Runtime in Cairo 1.0, a verifiable, fully open-source framework for ML inference. - https://twitter.com/gizatechxyz/status/1662111117613645825?s=20 Why the Devs Want to Burn More ETH | Bankless - https://www.bankless.com/mev-burn-podcast-breakdown Bitcoin Ordinals surpass 10M inscriptions as creator Rodarmor steps down - https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-ordinals-surpass-inscription-as-casey-rodarmor-steps-down?utm_source=Telegram&utm_medium=social Bitcoin Ordinals to bridge Ethereum NFTs with the launch of BRC-721E - https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-ordinals-to-bridge-ethereum-nft-with-new-standard?utm_source=Telegram&utm_medium=social Buying a bank won’t solve crypto’s debanking issue — Binance CEO - https://cointelegraph.com/news/binance-ceo-cz-wont-buy-bank-despite-crypto-debanking Optimism set to unlock $587M worth of OP tokens, will investors unload? - https://cointelegraph.com/news/optimism-unlock-millions-op-token-may-price-pressure Wintermute moves over $4M of Optimism tokens to Binance ahead of OP unlock - https://cointelegraph.com/news/wintermute-moves-over-4m-in-optimism-to-binance-ahead-of-token-unlock Best Crypto-friendly Banks to Use in 2023 - DailyCoin - https://dailycoin.com/best-crypto-friendly-banks/ Fantom Gas Monetization - https://earngas.fantom.network/ How Nikes Industry-Leading Web3 Strategy Marks a New Era for Consumer Brands - https://dematerialzd.substack.com/p/just-do-it-how-nikes-industry-leading Recent Raises Blocktrade Raises €4.5M Prior to Public Round of BTEX Token Sale - https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/blocktrade-raises-4-5m-prior-to-public-round-of-btex-token-sale-301835886.html Blocktrade - Start your crypto journey today - https://blocktrade.com/ Excited to announce a $4M strategic round investment in Burgercities - https://burgercities.medium.com/excited-to-announce-a-4m-strategic-round-investment-in-burgercities-4a23bc51f779 BurgerCities - https://burgercities.org/ BNB NFT marketplace Tabi raises $10M in angel funding - https://cointelegraph.com/news/bnb-nft-marketplace-tabi-raises-10m-in-angel-funding Tabi - https://tabi.lol/ Leading the AI Revolution in Web3: Orbofi AI Raises $2.8M - https://www.theblock.co/post/232259/leading-the-ai-revolution-in-web3-orbofi-ai-raises-2-6m-in-high-profile-funding-round Orbofi - https://www.orbofi.com/ SCHWAP - https://schwap.app/ TomoChain secures strategic investment from @coin98_labs - ⁠https://twitter.com/TomoChainANN/status/1661661019759050753?s=20⁠ TomoChain - https://tomochain.com/ Joe Cawley and Brad Nickel cover the DeFi news of the day, new opportunities in the space including liquidity pools, yield farming, staking, and much more. This is not financial advice. Nothing said on the show should be considered financial advice. This is just the opinions of Brad Nickel, Joe Cawley, and our guests. None of us are financial advisors. Trading, participating, yield farming, liquidity pools, and all of DeFi and crypto is high risk and dangerous. If you decide to participate, do your own research. Never count on the research of others. We don't know what we are talking about and you can lose all your money. Never invest more than you can afford to lose, because you probably will lose it all. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/missiondefi/support
Mission: DeFi - EP 100 - Building in AI with Corey Cottrell - EPISODE 100! 🥳 That's a bit nuts
May 30 2023
Mission: DeFi - EP 100 - Building in AI with Corey Cottrell - EPISODE 100! 🥳 That's a bit nuts
Can't think of anyone better for my 100th episode 🥳 than my good friend Corey Cottrell. We always have a great time just chatting and this conversation is no different. We had a wide ranging chat about AI, the future, and his projects. Corey has been building innovative platforms with his amazing team and community for a while now. They built a really powerful Minecraft-based metaverse with token and NFT integration called The Uplift and then Microsoft decided to restrict NFTs in Minecraft, so they started rebuilding on an open source platform. Then, ChatGPT and AI exploded on the scene and Corey had an idea 💡. He and the team built a powerful AI platform integrated with Discord and it goes beyond just a chat interface. They create distinct and fine-tuned AI agents for projects in crypto and elsewhere and the results are really amazing. They keep communities engaged, can handle topics and issues related to a project and much much more. If you run a community on Discord, you need MetaMind.app. They have much bigger plans and are determined to stay ahead of the curve. Project Name: Metaminds.app Project URL: https://metaminds.app Guest Name: Corey Cottrell Guest Twitter: https://twitter.com/coreycottrell Corey's Music: https://Fb.com/coreycottrellmusic This is not financial advice. Nothing said on the show should be considered financial advice. This is just the opinions of Brad Nickel and our guests. None of us are financial advisors. Trading, participating, yield farming, liquidity pools, and all of DeFi and crypto is high risk and dangerous. If you decide to participate, do your own research. Never count on the research of others. We don't know what we are talking about and you can lose all your money. Never invest more than you can afford to lose, because you probably will lose it all. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/missiondefi/support
DeFi Lunch (Ep 346) - May 25, 2023 - A Trader's Journey - Hammie - From ShitCoins to Calling the Pico Top with Shaun!
May 28 2023
DeFi Lunch (Ep 346) - May 25, 2023 - A Trader's Journey - Hammie - From ShitCoins to Calling the Pico Top with Shaun!
From ShitCoins to Calling the Pico Top - A Trader's Journey Hammie (https://twitter.com/sibolero) is a member of the Material Indicators community and when she started her trading journey, she basically knew next to nothing about trading. She started off investing in shitcoin projects on a fundamentals level and over time had done really well. She also took a journey into NFTs on Solana and much more. Then she decided that she wanted to learn more from Shaun and she transformed her approach and now trades perps very successfully. Learn the lessons she learned and learn how she trades. Ask Hammie, Shaun, Brad, or Joe any questions you have in our community - ⁠https://t.me/missiondefi⁠ Joe Cawley and Brad Nickel cover the DeFi news of the day, new opportunities in the space including liquidity pools, yield farming, staking, and much more. This is not financial advice. Nothing said on the show should be considered financial advice. This is just the opinions of Brad Nickel, Joe Cawley, and our guests. None of us are financial advisors. Trading, participating, yield farming, liquidity pools, and all of DeFi and crypto is high risk and dangerous. If you decide to participate, do your own research. Never count on the research of others. We don't know what we are talking about and you can lose all your money. Never invest more than you can afford to lose, because you probably will lose it all. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/missiondefi/support