Mission: DeFi

By 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 repres... more

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Mission: DeFi episodes:

October 10, 2022DeFi Lunch (Ep 211) - Oct. 7, 2022 - $BNB Chain Exploit / @SushiSwap Rally / @aztecnetwork privacy lang / @Coinbase EIP-4844 / @Bankless x @Consensys / @Revest Finance & Resonate /
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BNB Chain Bridge Exploited for $100 million - Ecosystem Update - https://www.bnbchain.org/en/blog/bnb-chain-ecosystem-update/

Sushi Rallies After GoldenTree Discloses $5M Position - The Defiant - https://thedefiant.io/sushi-rallies-goldentree

Hello from GoldenTree - General Discussion - SushiSwap - https://forum.sushi.com/t/hello-from-goldentree/11221

Brian Armstrong's egodocumentary - https://twitter.com/brian_armstrong/status/1577327143557603328

DeFi Llama and IntoTheBlock now available in TradingView - https://www.tradingview.com/blog/en/intotheblock-defillama-data-on-tradingview-33845/

Aztec Network releases new universal language of zero knowledge - Noir - https://twitter.com/aztecnetwork/status/1578082456212643840

Coinbase’s public support and contributions to EIP-4844 - https://twitter.com/CoinbaseAssets/status/1578071625785909253

Gitcoin to launch Grants Protocol - https://twitter.com/gitcoin/status/1578099357043150848

Bankless x Consensys - https://twitter.com/ConsenSys/status/1578051507769032704

Mission DeFi EP 77 - Revest / Resonate - Taking NFTs to another level of DeFi - Rob Montgomery | Mission: DeFi - https://www.missiondefi.com/revest-resonate-rob-montgomery/

How Someone is Attacking the ZCash Network for $10 a Day? - https://cryptopotato.com/how-someone-is-attacking-the-zcash-network-for-10-a-day/

Offline Bitcoin Lightning payments will soon be possible - https://protos.com/offline-bitcoin-lightning-payments-will-soon-be-possible__trashed/

Celsius Reveals Names, Transaction Histories of Thousands of Customers in Public Court Filing - Crypto Briefing - https://cryptobriefing.com/celsius-reveals-names-transaction-histories-of-thousands-of-customers-in-public-court-filing/
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
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October 07, 2022Mission DeFi EP 77 - Revest / Resonate - Taking NFTs to another level of DeFi - Rob Montgomery
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A video version of this episode is available here: https://www.missiondefi.com/revest-resonate-rob-montgomery
To discuss this episode or anything related to DeFi, please join our amazing community on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/MissionDeFi/
Guest Name: Rob Montgomery

Guest Twitter:

Project Name: Revest

Project URL: https://revest.finance/

Project Twitter: https://twitter.com/RevestFinance

Project Name: Resonate

Project URL: https://www.resonate.finance/
His background as very early in Bitcoin/crypto

How their new NFT model allows for embedding dapps into NFTs

What Revest is and how it works

Revest has beomce more of an engine

Very composable system

Lock tokens or positions into NFTs

How they've experimented and made changes to their model

How Liquid Driver helped them change their model

How their NFTs are a smart wallet

Revest tokenizes fungible into non-fungible

How Resonate not only demonstrates the power of Revest, but also is a powerful platform that solves a big issue for protocol liquidity and users

How they coped with the hack they experienced, but kept building

What they've done to integrate better security procedures into their process and systems
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October 07, 2022DeFi Lunch (Ep 210) - Oct. 6, 2022 - @DefiLlama explosion / @0vixProtocol looks HOT / Is @SolidlyETH sketchy? / Terra arrest / @MakerDAO tradfi? / @AllchemixFi on @optimismFND / @vulpemventures /
DeFiLlama is blowing out with new releases of features & functionality

Compare Protocols TVLs - DefiLlama - https://defillama.com/comparison?protocol=MakerDAO&protocol=Curve&protocol=WBTC&protocol=PancakeSwap&protocol=Compound

Raises - DefiLlama - https://defillama.com/raises

All Dex Volumes - DefiLlama - https://defillama.com/dexs

Lend/Borrow optimizer - DefiLlama Yield - https://defillama.com/yields/optimizer?borrow=USDC&lend=ETH

While traipsing through the new yield optimizer, we discovered a new project on Matic with huge yields for lending called 0VIX - Impressive team and advisors with a beautiful UI - 0VIX - Landing Page - https://www.0vix.com/

Celsius’ Top 3 Execs Cashed Out $42M in Crypto Before Bankruptcy - https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/10/06/celsius-top-3-execs-cashed-out-56m-in-crypto-before-bankruptcy/

Solidly ETH looked a bit sketchy, but Eamon helped us figure out the whole story - (5) Solidly (@SolidlyETH) / Twitter - https://twitter.com/SolidlyETH

Korean police reportedly arrest first person involved in Terra collapse - https://cointelegraph.com/news/korean-police-reportedly-arrest-first-person-involved-in-terra-collapse?utm_source=Telegram&utm_medium=social

Stablecoin Issuer MakerDAO to Invest $500M in US Treasurys, Corporate Bonds - https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/10/06/stablecoin-issuer-makerdao-allocates-500m-for-treasuries-corporate-bond-investment/

Alchemix on Optimism - https://twitter.com/alchemixfi/status/1575213510745001984?s=52&t=ldZOL_Cog1_fVwAycbUU1g

Basel Committee: Banks worldwide reportedly own 9.4 billion euros in crypto assets - https://cointelegraph.com/news/basel-committee-banks-worldwide-reportedly-own-9-4-billion-in-crypto-assets?utm_source=Telegram&utm_medium=social

SWIFT Says It's Proved It Can Be the Way Forward for Global CBDCs - https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/10/05/swift-says-its-proved-it-can-be-the-way-forward-for-global-cbdcs/

Cool Bitcoin DeFi Projects on Liquid from Vulpem Ventures - https://vulpem.com/
Fuji Money - https://fuji.money/

Bitmatrix - Swap - https://beta.bitmatrix.app/

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 ad
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October 06, 2022DeFi Lunch (Ep 209) - Oct. 5, 2022 - Don't Miss! - Our fav $BTC maxi - @XBT3D talks #Bitcoin DeFi, #Lightning, @Liquid_BTC, "Why ETH will fail", & market predictions!
The one, the only @XBT3D joins us & you don't want to miss! @pathfinder305
Discuss this episode on our Reddit - https://reddit.com/r/missiondefi
Video version - https://youtu.be/si1B60hua1s
We covered a huge amount of ground in this big episode, but you don't want to miss a second of it.
We love having Bitcoin Maxi XBT3D on DeFi Lunch. So much wisdom, experience, and Bitcoin maxi perspective, that we believe is important for the ecosystem.
We covered:
What Lightning is

Why Lightning is important

How it can be used in DeFi

Why the fact that it is centralized isn't important

Why Sean thinks that Ethereum will fail

We discussed Liquid Network & its role in the ecosystem

Why payments are so important

How Jack Maller is killing it with Strike and Lightning

Why he thinks we're in for a very long winter for Bitcoin through December 2023

and much much more!
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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.
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October 05, 2022DeFi Lunch (Ep 208) - Oct. 4, 2022 - @jaredgrey @SushiSwap Chef / Beeple Hack / Mining by Argentina / Daily tx on EVM chains / 17 dapps coming /
Join the discussion in the Mission: DeFi/DeFi Lunch Reddit -> https://www.reddit.com/r/MissionDeFi/
All past episodes with videos are available on https://missiondefi.com
Mission DeFi EP 76 - Critical Decentralized Oracle System - Nick Fett of Tellor ( @WeAreTellor ) | Mission: DeFi - https://www.missiondefi.com/mission-defi-ep-76-critical-decentralized-oracle-system-nick-fett-of-tellor-wearetellor/

Chainlink Partnership With SWIFT Shows LINK Attracting Attention From ‘Seriously Significant’ Institutions: Coin Bureau - The Daily Hodl - https://dailyhodl.com/2022/10/03/chainlink-partnership-with-swift-shows-link-attracting-attention-from-seriously-significant-institutions-coin-bureau/

Beeple Hack - https://twitter.com/zachxbt/status/1577295721308557312

Average daily transactions on top EVM chains over the past week - https://twitter.com/Dynamo_Patrick/status/1576987652506923008?t=8fOb1QBjJFFdhlqid29l-Q&s=35

McDonald’s now accepts payments in Lugano, Switzerland - https://twitter.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/1576985578268418048?t=lraNN9jASJYti_iiB4kFoA&s=35

The future of DeFi: what lies ahead? - https://twitter.com/TheDeFinvestor/status/1576985554025009153

European authorities warn growing crypto adoption could affect traditional finance - https://finbold.com/european-authorities-warn-growing-crypto-adoption-could-affect-traditional-finance/

ibonds - https://www.treasurydirect.gov/savings-bonds/i-bonds/i-bonds-interest-rates/

Argentina's State-Owned Energy Company Moves Into Crypto Mining - https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/10/03/argentinas-state-owned-energy-company-moves-into-crypto-mining/

Billionaire Stan Druckenmiller Discusses Cryptocurrency Having 'Big Role in a Renaissance' — 'People Aren't Going to Trust Central Banks' – Economics Bitcoin News - https://news.bitcoin.com/billionaire-stan-druckenmiller-cryptocurrency-having-big-role-in-a-renaissance-people-arent-going-to-trust-central-banks/

Judge denies another SEC attempt to shield documents in Ripple case - https://www.theblock.co/post/173901/judge-denies-another-sec-attempt-to-shield-documents-in-ripple-case?utm_source=coinmarketcap

METL - https://metl.co/

Sushi's new Chef - @jaredgrey - https:
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October 04, 2022Mission DeFi EP 76 - Critical Decentralized Oracle System - Nick Fett of Tellor ( @WeAreTellor )
Oracles are critical infrastructure in DeFi, but most of the options we have today are centralized and at risk for censorship or failure. It could literally take down the entire system. Nick Fett and his founding partners have been working since 2018 to build a truly decentralized oracle system that can withstand threats and they are starting to get the kind of traction that is critical to the success of all of DeFi.
Reddit - Join us on Reddit where we want to hear your favorite projects, your ideas, your opinions, and your feedback on our shows: https://www.reddit.com/r/MissionDeFi/
We need your help to keep the show going. Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mission-defi/id1574134305 or Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/5STK6Qr0jXI57pLIvGK6Mn
Video version of this episode: https://youtu.be/nvet5CwDOcY
Project Name: Tellor
Project URL: https://tellor.io/
Project Twitter: https://twitter.com/WeAreTellor
Guest Name: Nick Fett
Economist

Started working at CFTC

Joined the blockchain working group there

Left in 2017

Started with the idea of starting a derivatives project on a sidechainGot an Ethereum Foundation grant
Did a research paper on why it was a bad idea

The problem he hit at that time was the oracle problem. There were no real oracles at the time

The original oracle was a guy that setup a server, but he quit.

Decided to pivot from derivatives into solving the Oracle problem in 2018

Chainlink wasn't launched yet. Nothing really existed.

He was determined from the beginning to be decentralized

ICO days

How difficult it was to raise money

Built the entire project in 2019 and launched their token

How their decentralized oracles work as a marketplace for information

Stakers and Reporters.Stakers stake and then can request data
Reporters then post the data and race to be first
Anyone can protest that data is incorrect and reporters can lose their staked money

Gas costs make streaming data difficult

Doing anything on a blockchain fast is a bad idea.

Original platform was a proof of work protocol that facilitated toke n emissions

Couldn't get anyone to take it.

How they went out to promote it and get anyone involved
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.
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October 04, 2022DeFi Lunch (Ep 207) - Oct. 3, 2022 - @Mashinsky took $10m before freeze / @LidoFinance #stETH peg / @Binance NZ / @TMobile staking / Goofy Gensler Video /
Reddit - Join us on Reddit where we want to hear your favorite projects, your ideas, your opinions, and your feedback on our shows: https://www.reddit.com/r/MissionDeFi/

We need your help to keep the show going. Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mission-defi/id1574134305 or Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/5STK6Qr0jXI57pLIvGK6Mn

Feds Seized $311M in Bitcoin (BTC). A Hacker Stole It Back - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-03/feds-seized-311m-in-bitcoin-btc-the-crypto-hacker-stole-it-back?utm_medium=social

Goofy Gensler video on Kim Kardashian - https://twitter.com/GaryGensler/status/1576897535427448832?s=20&t=ASVwR04jB_Y3ZSVALSsUHQ

Alex Mashinsky Withdrew $10M Before Freezing Customer Accounts: Report - Decrypt - https://decrypt.co/111081/alex-mashinsky-withdrew-10m-%d1%81elsius-before-freezing-customer-accounts

Ethereum's largest staking service regains stETH peg - https://protos.com/ethereums-largest-staking-service-finally-regains-steth-peg/

Mr. Beast got robbed & his private key was on a post-it note on his stolen laptop - https://twitter.com/BTCGandalf/status/1576549393125507072

Binance launches NZ-based offices following regulatory approval - https://cointelegraph.com/news/binance-launches-new-zealand-based-offices-following-regulatory-approval

T-Mobile Launches Ethereum Validator, Staking Support - Decrypt - https://decrypt.co/110983/deutsche-telekom-ethereum-validator-staking

Jerome Powell Tries to Kill Irony - Calls Out DeFi for Lack of Transparency - https://www.coindesk.com/podcasts/the-breakdown-with-nlw/jerome-powell-confusingly-calls-out-defi-for-lack-of-transparency/

Mission DeFi - EP 32 - GenomesDAO - https://www.missiondefi.com/mission-defi-ep-32-genomesdao-is-mapping-a-decentralized-path-forward-for-genetic-data-privacy-research/

GenomesDAO - https://nft.genomes.io/

Over 12,000 Cryptocurrencies Have 1 Month of No Trading Volume in 2022 - Tokenist - https://tokenist.com/over-12000-cryptocurrencies-have-one-month-of-no-trading-volume-in-2022/

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 financ
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October 02, 2022DeFi Lunch (Ep 206) - Sept. 30, 2022 - @ChickenBonds / Amazing Web3 Voter Msg Data by @HaunVentures / Influencer dumps on fans / Brad's crazy idea /
Mission DeFi EP 75 - Chicken In or Chicken Out? Liquity & their amazing new project Chicken Bonds with @TokenBrice
https://www.missiondefi.com/Chicken-Bonds/

https://bit.ly/mdchickenbonds
Arrested Tornado Cash developer to stay in jail after appeal rejected: Exclusive - https://www.theblock.co/post/174016/arrested-tornado-cash-developer-alexey-pertsev-appeal-rejected
Crypto influencer @thecryptolark promotes low cap projects to his audience just to dump on them - https://bit.ly/3rGr5M9
Brad's crazy idea that has legs - https://bit.ly/3Cq4gCn
Crypto wallet Metamask unveils all-in-one digital asset portfolio dApp
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/crypto-wallet-metamask-unveils-one-034619577.html

https://bit.ly/3UUPhrb
China’s Big Fund corruption probe casts shadow throughout chip sector - https://bit.ly/3rlM1Yj
Amazing crypto messaging data for Web3 - The Web3 Voter — Haun Ventures - https://bit.ly/3Cq83j7
The brain undergoes a great "rewiring" after age 40 - Big Think - https://bit.ly/3LW6Jrv
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September 30, 2022Mission DeFi EP 75 - Chicken In or Chicken Out? Liquity & their amazing new project Chicken Bonds with @TokenBrice
The radically decentralized Liquity Protocol is already a dominant force in lending and stables with 0% interest loans and the opportunity to earn ETH cheap by using the protocol. Now, they've turned their attention to solving the liquidity problem for protocols.
We discussed:
Brice's role in growing the French DeFi Ecosystem with his group and podcast

How he connected with Liquity and why he joined the project

His role as strategist on the team and why it is important

How Liquity works and why it is important

Radical decentralization as the ethos for their projects

What Chicken bonds are, why they work, and how they will help projects gain liquidity.

The opportunities for users in Chicken Bonds

The first dynamic NFT that indicates your position in the bonding process with Chicken In or Chicken Out

How the protocol makes sure you have no loss even if you leave early. No penalties

How you make money in the protocol and the connection to Liquity Protocol

What projects are ideal for using Chicken Bonds

Strategies for Chicken Bond investing - https://twitter.com/LiquityProtocol/status/1574822737968627712

The no interface model continues

The latest integrations for Liquity

The game theory behind the NFT and the market potential for it
Project Names:
Liquity

Chicken Bonds
Project URLs:
Liquity: https://Liquity.org

Chicken Bonds: https://www.chickenbonds.org/
Project Twitter Handles:
Liquity: https://twitter.com/LiquityProtocol

Chicken Bonds: https://twitter.com/ChickenBonds
Guest Name: Token Brice
Guest Twitter: https://twitter.com/TokenBrice
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.
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September 30, 2022 DeFi Lunch (Ep 205) - Sept. 29, 2022 - Peak Oil?!? / CFTC gets ikky w/Ooki / @lex_node helps / @0xSifu & $UwU / @0xfoobar @DelegateCash / @safe / @MetricsDAO on $ETH /
Peak Oil?!? - https://bit.ly/3y3j6fF
CFTC "serves" members of Ooki DAO via a forum post? - https://bit.ly/3y5ptPk
Gabriel Shapiro offers assitance to Ooki DAO members - https://bit.ly/3BVW5w9
Sifu Resurfaces with New Money Market Protocol & Brad may just Ape in - https://bit.ly/3E4Q036 / https://bit.ly/3UJEZdD
Stanford gets stupid with reversible Ethereum transactions - https://bit.ly/3y3ZpnH
Foobar's not having any of Stanford's reversible stupid - https://bit.ly/3CltEcn
Is Foobar 3 people? Launches airdrop protection protocol DelegateCash - https://bit.ly/3E56BUt
You've got $SAFE tokens, but you can't touch this - https://bit.ly/3SFI8Jy
Metrics DAO on Ethereum Post Merge status - https://bit.ly/3UIBlAy
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.
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FAQs about Mission: DeFi:

How many episodes does Mission: DeFi have?

The podcast currently has 450 episodes available.