Mission: DeFi

Mission: DeFi

By Brad NickelTechnology
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Mission: DeFi episodes

  • DeFi Lunch (Ep 237) - Nov 14, 2022 - @SBF_FTX Again / Gensler poll / @towbitidiot - @gmipac wins /


    • 32 years later - WorldWideWeb: Proposal for a HyperText Project - https://www.w3.org/Proposal.html
    • We need to go on offense - https://twitter.com/b05crypto/status/1591868131584405505?s=20&t=BVbI1zso-ep1FrNgro6Gyg
    • Crypto Confidence Soars After CEO Defrauds Customers Just Like Real Bank - https://www.theonion.com/crypto-confidence-soars-after-ceo-defrauds-customers-ju-1849773647
    • Gensler, would you support a testimony deal for Sam - https://twitter.com/b05crypto/status/1592181557808488450?s=52&t=-7WUiPkkMQLSXKlN5PHhFQ
    • Binance creates industry recovery fund to help projects struggling with liquidity - https://cointelegraph.com/news/binance-creates-industry-recovery-fund-to-help-projects-struggling-with-liquidity?utm_source=Telegram&utm_medium=social
    • Opinion | Elizabeth Warren: Democrats Just Held the Senate. Here’s What We Do Next. - The New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/12/opinion/elizabeth-warren-democrat-senate-midterm.html
    • GMI PAC - 19 for 19 - https://twitter.com/twobitidiot/status/1592141843340345344?s=20&t=BVbI1zso-ep1FrNgro6Gyg
    • Crypto Freedom Lab - https://www.cryptofreedomlab.com/
    • St. Kitts and Nevis to adopt Bitcoin Cash as legal tender in 2023 - https://cryptoslate.com/st-kitts-and-nevis-to-adopt-bitcoincash-as-legal-tender-in-2023/
    • Quordle - https://www.quordle.com/#/
    • Solana Ecosystem Facts Related To FTX Bankruptcy - https://solana.com/news/solana-facts-ftx-bankruptcy
    • Sink Twice for toilet tanks measuring 15.25" - 16.8" (measured with lid off) - - Amazon.com - https://www.amazon.com/Twice-toilet-tanks-measuring-15-25/dp/B01EXPTOJA/

      • 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.

      58 min
    • DeFi Lunch (Ep 236) - Nov 11, 2022 - FTX, FTX, FTX / @BlockFI / @Alameda_Research CEO?!? / Protocol Treasuries are Wiped

      Chapter 11 -

      • https://twitter.com/SBF_FTX/status/1591089317300293636?s=20&t=_HA2X9NZVzv-ShCZN95Ytw
      • https://twitter.com/TheBlock__/status/1591074645855420416?s=20&t=_HA2X9NZVzv-ShCZN95Ytw
      • Enron CEO in charge - https://twitter.com/0x_tracy/status/1591074615954395138?s=20&t=_HA2X9NZVzv-ShCZN95Ytw
      • Chapter 11: Electric Boogaloo - https://twitter.com/wassielawyer/status/1591099947461799936?s=20&t=_HA2X9NZVzv-ShCZN95Ytw

        • Contagion - @AlamedaResearch and @FTX_Official Ventures had access to nearly every crypto round - https://twitter.com/Edvis100/status/1591106598436761603?s=20&t=_HA2X9NZVzv-ShCZN95Ytw

        BlockFi Down - https://twitter.com/ItzPmacDoh/status/1590915006807539712?s=20&t=dq1i7HCx3_GfL1jT6Dpeng

        Didn't age well - https://twitter.com/ErikVoorhees/status/1591074209933185031?s=20&t=_HA2X9NZVzv-ShCZN95Ytw

        treasuries are wiped - https://twitter.com/cole0x/status/1590933735251546112?s=20&t=_HA2X9NZVzv-ShCZN95Ytw

        VIDEO - CEO of Alameda is pitiful -

        • https://twitter.com/ApeDurden/status/1590912098871435265?s=20&t=dq1i7HCx3_GfL1jT6Dpeng
        • https://twitter.com/Emmonspired/status/1590915556181479425?s=20&t=dq1i7HCx3_GfL1jT6Dpeng

          • set up a crypto regulatory regime that would create a deep moat around FTX - https://twitter.com/EpsilonTheory/status/1590558885601234944?s=20&t=KhzArhi3XyfVq1yjZTJc4w

          Crypto.com holds more what? - https://twitter.com/WhaleChart/status/1591051755311493122?s=20&t=_HA2X9NZVzv-ShCZN95Ytw

          ❤️ Erik Voorhees - https://twitter.com/ryaneshea/status/1591102445463408640?s=20&t=_HA2X9NZVzv-ShCZN95Ytw

          Gary Gensler chose to protect us from... - https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1590721196957761537?s=20&t=_HA2X9NZVzv-ShCZN95Ytw

          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

          56 min
        • DeFi Lunch (Ep 235) - Nov 10, 2022 - @SBF_FTX is sorry / @Sequoia deletes SBF love story / @weremeow & @DefiantNews on @Solana impacts / @CryptoHayes - What's next /

          Join the convo on our Reddit - https://www.reddit.com/r/MissionDeFi/

          • Sorry folks, but deleted the SBF love post I mentioned that showed how stupid they were about investing. Thankfully, the WayBack machine never forgets. - https://web.archive.org/web/20221027180945/https://www.sequoiacap.com/article/sam-bankman-fried-spotlight/
          • Binance Processed Around $8 Billion In Trade With Iran Despite Sanctions - https://bitcoinist.com/binance-processed-around-8-billion-with-iran/
          • I'm sorry. That's the biggest thing - https://twitter.com/SBF_FTX/status/1590709166515310593
          • FTX’s Unraveling May Allow DeFi to Grow - Bloomberg - https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-11-09/ftx-s-unraveling-may-allow-defi-to-grow?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_content=crypto
          • Interesting.@GaryGenslerruns to the media while reports to my office allege he was helping SBF and FTX work on legal loopholes to obtain a regulatory monopoly. We're looking into this. - https://twitter.com/RepTomEmmer/status/1590717374801809409?s=20&t=w2J0LxJOnvxORgQGtVzGNw
          • Hell of a job SEC - https://twitter.com/jdorman81/status/1590421129545424897?s=20&t=R4AW4oQqMqBdoVO2qDT32g
          • The FTX meltdown has demolished Sam Bankman-Fried’s image in Washington - https://twitter.com/Zachary/status/1590681493164421120?s=20&t=j5RquNjaH4vzU59uLUaTcg
          • In the interest of transparency - https://twitter.com/dt_chain/status/1590504418814103553?s=46&t=sOTRSaRJbtWMvYvOCTY5cQ
          • unspoken issue facing the @solana ecosystem are the wrapped Sollet tokens, namely soBTC - https://twitter.com/weremeow/status/1590461628864397312?s=20&t=bMBrWkYu-FUuBvmyZQRjUQ
          • wreaking havoc on the $SOL ecosystem - https://twitter.com/defiantnews/status/1590513677618118656?s=52&t=5tJXnin3EqX5N5tI2L5s7g
          • What happens now that Baron CZ passed on FTX bailout and SBF is bankrupt - https://twitter.com/CryptoHayes/status/1590457116107583488?s=20&t=piupz-SRbocfNbMqImL2Xg
            • 1 hr 4 min
          • DeFi Lunch (Ep 234) - Nov 9, 2022 - The FTX debacle marches on / @CZ_Binance bails / Andre & Zhu aren't sorry / Sam is broke

            Join our community on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/MissionDeFi/

            • Speechless. (Any views expressed in the below are… | by Arthur Hayes | Nov, 2022 | Medium - https://cryptohayes.medium.com/speechless-9b1b5114bb2c
            • In the spirit of transparency - https://twitter.com/cz_binance/status/1590351182513729544
            • SBF letter to investors looks like a letter from a guy who was dumped by his girlfriend - https://twitter.com/esatoshiclub/status/1590270592795680768
            • Binance Proof-of-Reserve pledge gains support following FTX crisis - https://cointelegraph.com/news/binance-proof-of-reserve-pledge-gains-support-following-ftx-crisis?utm_source=Telegram&utm_medium=social
            • The right framing for crypto - https://twitter.com/b05crypto/status/1590221063928938496?s=20&t=iYRAui9Spy0Yoql-9Vn22w
            • CZ holding a gun to Sam's head? - https://twitter.com/b05crypto/status/1590228854152364032?s=20&t=iYRAui9Spy0Yoql-9Vn22w
            • Binance tops up SAFU fund at $1 billion amid price fluctuations - https://cointelegraph.com/news/binance-tops-up-safu-fund-at-1-billion-amid-price-fluctuations?utm_source=Telegram&utm_medium=social
            • Crypto Billionaire Bankman-Fried Loses Entire Fortune in One Day - https://finance.yahoo.com/m/63e4b722-cbd7-3d6d-a3d4-17c347cae7c3/crypto-billionaire.html
            • Andre Cronje isn't sorry - https://andrecronje.medium.com/learn-from-my-mistakes-4cc8faf98468
            • Zhu Su isn't sorry - https://twitter.com/zhusu/status/1590189369834758144
            • New L1 to explore - https://www.monad.xyz/
            • MetaMask Launches Bridge Aggregator In Dapp To Easily Move Tokens Across Chains - https://metamask.io/news/latest/meta-mask-launches-bridge-aggregator-in-dapp-to-easily-move-tokens-across-chains

              • 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.

              1 hr 2 min
            • DeFi Lunch (Ep 233) - Nov 8, 2022 - @SBF $FTT @FTX @CZ_Binance / VR headset that kills / @LBRYcom loses / EVM on @Solana / $ETH Deflation / @Uniswap LPs losing / #Kazakhstan


              • Crypto giant Binance agrees to buy rival FTX amid ‘liquidity crunch’ | TechCrunch - https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/08/binance-signs-letter-of-intent-to-acquire-ftx/
              • FTX asked for our help - https://twitter.com/cz_binance/status/1590013613586411520
              • I have a few announcements to make. - https://twitter.com/sbf_ftx/status/1590012124864348160?s=61&t=IdwOWbnlCeOiEyG4FJ5YBw
              • Over $344 Million Liquidated as Bitcoin, Ethereum Continue to Drop - Decrypt - https://decrypt.co/113829/over-344-million-liquidated-bitcoin-ethereum-continue-drop
              • gm - https://twitter.com/zhusu/status/1590022114882768897?s=61&t=Z8iAwPjjTfQX6kWzUAwM5g
              • Nigeria - https://cryptopotato.com/nigerias-presidential-candidate-adebayo-to-create-30-million-jobs-using-crypto/
              • LBRY loses - https://twitter.com/LBRYcom/status/1589646012225757185
                • https://twitter.com/Mikethejohnson/status/1589686264953196544/photo/1
                • Maybe $LBRY is exactly the kick in the ass we needed - https://twitter.com/b05crypto/status/1589817707574480897?s=20&t=QYTECapWvHFq3hxAXDKYlg
                • Palmer Luckey Made a VR Headset That Kills the User If They Die in the Game - https://www.vice.com/en/article/dy7kbq/palmer-luckey-made-a-vr-headset-that-kills-the-user-if-they-die-in-the-game?s=09
                • The dumpening - https://twitter.com/b05crypto/status/1589813509856321536?s=20&t=VttfxJoygrPqgkHZ_KAtNw
                • Alameda / FTX tracker - https://dune.com/21shares_research/alameda-and-ftx-tracker
                • The Block: Wintermute-incubated DeFi aggregator Bebop expands to Polygon - https://www.theblock.co/post/184010/wintermute-incubated-defi-aggregator-bebop-expands-to-polygon
                • Ethereum's Buterin Wants The Crypto Industry To Limit Its Reliance On Institutional Investors — Here's Why ⋆ ZyCrypto - https://zycrypto.com/ethereums-buterin-wants-the-crypto-industry-to-limit-its-reliance-on-institutional-investors-heres-why/
                • Maker vs. Liquity - https://twitter.com/LiquityProtocol/status/1588713101154656256
                • 2000 ETH has been added to the total supply - https://twitter.com/0xCygaar/status/1588663386564616194?s=20&t=QYTECapWvHFq3
                  • 1 hr 11 min
                • DeFi Lunch (Ep 232) - Nov 7, 2022 - @beefyfinance / @Eignelayer - wow / @cz_binance dump $FTT to spank @FTX / @opensea enables onchain royalties /

                  Join the community discussion on Reddit - https://bit.ly/3ROHn0H

                  • people want FTX to be insolvent & are trying to cause a bank run - https://twitter.com/lex_node/status/1589395896374284288
                  • CZ Dumping - https://twitter.com/cz_binance/status/1589283421704290306
                  • Binance to liquidate its entire FTX Token holdings after ‘recent revelations’ - https://cointelegraph.com/news/binance-to-liquidate-its-entire-ftx-token-holdings-after-recent-revelations?utm_source=Telegram&utm_medium=social
                  • The Block: OpenSea creates tool to help NFT collections enforce royalties on-chain - https://www.theblock.co/post/183518/opensea-creates-tool-to-help-nft-collections-enforce-royalties-on-chain
                  • Is eigenlayer is the most important protocol since the launch of Ethereum - https://twitter.com/MeirBank/status/1589013673385000960
                  • FTX balance sheet - https://twitter.com/carolinecapital/status/1589264375042707458
                  • Beefy om EThereum - https://twitter.com/beefyfinance/status/1588679103573630976
                  • Gas Hawk - https://twitter.com/cleanunicorn/status/1589151376088539136
                  • SEC issues subpoena to influencers promoting HEX, Pulsechain and PulseX - https://cointelegraph.com/news/sec-issues-subpoena-to-influencers-promoting-hex-pulsechain-and-pulsex
                  • U.S. Attorney Announces Historic $3.36 Billion Cryptocurrency Seizure And Conviction In Connection With Silk Road Dark Web Fraud | USAO-SDNY | Department of Justice - https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/us-attorney-announces-historic-336-billion-cryptocurrency-seizure-and-conviction

                    • 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.

                    50 min
                  • DeFi Lunch (Ep 231) - Nov 4, 2022 - @AndreCronjeTech is baaaccckkk / @0xPolygon BD kills it... AGAIN / Oracles liquidation / $MSTR could have been rich with $ETH /

                    The Crypto Winter of 2022. Crypto-currency crashes and network… | by Andre Cronje | Oct, 2022 | Medium - https://andrecronje.medium.com/the-crypto-winter-of-2022-3d26c283042f

                    Gabriel Haines takes on Cronje LMAO - https://twitter.com/gabrielhaines/status/1588154001014591490

                    Meta’s Instagram Plans NFT Minting, Trading Tools - Decrypt - https://decrypt.co/113395/metas-instagram-plans-nft-minting-trading-tools

                    Oracles liquidate a big position - https://twitter.com/gearbox_intern/status/1587957233605918721

                    MSTR could have been rich - https://twitter.com/ercwl/status/1588336998493827072?s=52&t=LJ5EmNiJb9Cj5fMwaVlB5A

                    Mission: DeFi EP 82 - CT Educator Haym Salomon on what people don't understand about Ethereum & what's right and wrong in DeFi | Mission: DeFi - https://www.missiondefi.com/Haym-Salomon/

                    Arbitrum transaction activity rockets 550% since August: Delphi Digital - https://cointelegraph.com/news/arbitrum-transaction-activity-rockets-550-since-august-delphi-digital?utm_source=Telegram&utm_medium=social

                    Mastercard adds 7 blockchain startups to its crypto accelerator - https://cointelegraph.com/news/mastercard-adds-7-blockchain-startups-to-its-crypto-accelerator?utm_source=Telegram&utm_medium=social

                    I analyzed 200 DeFis. Here Is What I Found Out. | DataDrivenInvestor - https://medium.datadriveninvestor.com/i-analyzed-200-defis-here-is-what-i-found-out-4f0d5b42f637

                    Blockchain Applications and the Rising Digital Asset Class - Blockworks - https://blockworks.co/blockchain-applications-and-the-rising-digital-asset-class/

                    The @FantomFDN Alpha Round - https://twitter.com/gitcoin/status/1587852086980407296

                    Musk Reportedly Tells Twitter to Pause Crypto Wallet Efforts - https://gizmodo.com/crypto-twitter-elon-musk-dogecoin-1849742723

                    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.

                    48 min
                  • Mission: DeFi EP 82 - CT Educator Haym Salomon on what people don't understand about Ethereum & what's right and wrong in DeFi

                    Guest Name: Haym Salomon

                    Guest Twitter: https://twitter.com/SalomonCrypto

                    Join our community on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/MissionDeFi/

                    Who he thinks is the Jeff Bezos of crypto

                    Why people don't get about the true power of Ethereum

                    Cowswap brilliance

                    Eigen Layer

                    The powerful future of Frax

                    His background in tech and consumer products

                    Why he's a true missionary

                    Payment's ain't it

                    What he would build right now

                    Media

                    Regulators

                    Umami Finance

                    Who he thinks is the Jeff Bezos of crypto

                    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.

                    1 hr 7 min
                  • DeFi Lunch (Ep 230) - Nov 3, 2022 - @Hetzner_Online takes out 20% of @Solana Validators / @AlamedaResearch in trouble? / @Binance buying banks? / @FantomFDN $FTM pump

                    Join our community on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/MissionDeFi/


                    The Block: 1,000 Solana validators go offline as Hetzner blocks server access - https://www.theblock.co/post/182283/1000-solana-validators-go-offline-as-hetzner-blocks-server-access

                    Alameda is a hot mess - https://twitter.com/DylanLeClair_/status/1587890966580658177

                    Binance to buy banks? - https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/11/02/binance-ceo-zhao-considering-buying-banks-report/

                    Fantom pump Why? Stupid - https://twitter.com/tree_of_alpha/status/1588109594567524352?s=52&t=u7cpstXHNbstG40SCgvhRA


                    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.

                    1 hr 1 min
                  • DeFi Lunch (Ep 229) - Nov 2, 2022 - @DefiIgnas early stage projects


                    Haym Salomon - https://mobile.twitter.com/SalomonCrypto

                    Introducing: Salomon Rollup - by Haym Salomon - https://salomoncrypto.substack.com/p/introducing-salomon-rollup?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=auto_share&r=1f5x9c

                    Nikolai Muchgian has died - https://twitter.com/OmniCraig/status/1586432239105060864

                    .P. Morgan has executed its 1st LIVE trade on public blockchain using DeFi - https://twitter.com/TyLobban/status/1587679344792829954

                    📺 liquidated.live - https://liquidated.live/

                    new DeFi projects - https://twitter.com/DefiIgnas/status/1586978651563622401?s=20&t=yhb6WM5FGtEwSpzFrKDk4Qhttps://ignasdefi.notion.site/ignasdefi/a3e082fca3fb4af88acf5b2eebcda113?v=d82ba30c6fc34d13891903922de5aa92

                    Kevin O'Leary Says 'Rogue' Crypto Fans Are Hurting the Industry - https://www.fool.com/the-ascent/cryptocurrency/articles/kevin-oleary-says-rogue-crypto-fans-are-hurting-the-industry/

                    Flashstake | Fixed-Rate Yield, Paid Upfront. - https://flashstake.io/

                    Eclipse Pad - https://twitter.com/EclipsePad



                    57 min

                  About Mission: DeFi

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                  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.