Mission: DeFi

Mission: DeFi

By Brad NickelTechnology
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Mission: DeFi episodes

  • Mission: DeFi EP 43 - Matt West: Engineer, Yearn Strategist, & Solidity dev running for Congress @mattdwest

    We've got one shot to make sure we have the right Congress for #DeFi and Matt West couldn't be more crypto native. He's the right candidate at the right time and all of crypto should be backing his candidacy against an anti-crypto candidate. 

    We cover Matt's background as an Intel engineer and more importantly as a Yearn strategist / Solidity developer and his background from the earliest days of bitcoin. We couldn't get a more pure crypto candidate than Matt West. 

    What are his chances?

    What is his district like?

    Why is he running this crazy race at this crazy time?

    How he plans to win. 

    What issues are important.

    and much more. 

    Matt is a delight and he deserves our support. I'd like to see an entire Congress filled with scientists and engineers. 

    Guest: Matt West

    Campaign Website: https://www.mattwestforcongress.com

    Guest URL: https://twitter.com/mattdwest/header_photo

    Check out Matt West's commercial announcing his run for Congress as a scientist / engineer: https://twitter.com/mattdwest/status/1481083902580166656?s=20&t=QvicUHZZ8Cyk9qAF1G_NEg



    47 min
  • Mission: DeFi EP 42 - Beanstalk Farms 2 - Creating a better stablecoin model - their progress, growth, lessons learned, big hairy vision, & what's next @Beanstalkfarms $BEAN

    One of the things I like to do with projects is to check in and see how things are going and the team at Beanstalk in the few months since our first interview has made amazing success. They've seen tremendous growth in every aspect of the project from team size to volume and much more and they've had great success with their tokenomics keeping $BEAN to peg. We discuss with Publius why they think things have gone so well, the lessons they've learned, and we discuss where they want to be short and long term. We also cover the value to investors in the protocol and the different ways they can earn and how they hope to make it even better in the future. This is a team firing on all cylinders and trying to create a truly decentralized project. It will be very interesting to see how they grow in the future. 

    Project Name: Beanstalk Farms

    Guest Name: Publius

    Project URL: https://bean.money

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

    This is not financial advice. Nothing said on the show should be considered financial advice. This is just the opinions of Brad Nickel and his 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 5 min
  • DeFi Lunch (Ep 92) - February 25, 2022

    Pussy Riot and PleasrDAO start DAO to help Ukrain - https://decrypt.co/93787/pussy-riot-trippy-labs-pleasrdao-launch-ukraine-dao

    All about Avalance ($AVAX) - https://twitter.com/thehashtray/status/1496840179763793920?s=21

    Get a mortgage against your crypto. Interesting idea, but bad execution - https://www.milocredit.com/crypto/

    Sell fractions of your home equity as an NFT - https://vestaequity.net

    A DAO to reward creators - https://apolloinutoken.com

    Market conditions

    Ethereum Project Accelerator Decent Labs Ponders Future as DAO https://decrypt.co/93662/ethereum-project-accelerator-decent-labs-ponders-future-as-dao

    A Democrat challenging Lauren Boebert has put out one of the more, uhhh, eye-catching campaign ads in recent memory. Don't watch it if you're eating. https://www.politico.com/minutes/congress/02-23-2022/

    Lobbyists for Putin - https://www.politico.com/minutes/congress/02-23-2022/eyes-bulge-ad-colorado/

    Swiss Index Fund - https://cointelegraph.com/news/swiss-index-provider-launches-new-product-tracking-10-defi-tokens

    Cardano ($ADA) Transaction Volume Explodes to Double That of Ethereum ($ETH) -  https://www.cryptoglobe.com/latest/2022/02/cardano-ada-transaction-volume-explodes-to-double-that-of-ethereum-eth/

    Household savings still higher than before the pandemic, although lower income households are losing ground - The Washington Post

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/02/23/savings-bank-accounts-covid/

    Cross dex tool - https://ForBitSpace.com


    57 min
  • DeFi Lunch (Ep 91) - February 24, 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 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.

    56 min
  • DeFi Lunch (Ep 90) - February 23, 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 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 13 min
  • DeFi Lunch (Ep 89) - February 22, 2022 - @DustSweeperDAO, Biden to issue exec order, @Coinbase CEO claims ad credit not earned, DAO wants to buy NFL Team, Anti-NFT artist blows up Lambo & sells NFTs

    Episode Show Notes:

    • Canada screws the pooch - https://beincrypto.com/canada-financial-surveillance-measures-permanent
    • Banks are the money launderers - https://thenewscrypto.com/data-breach-of-credit-suisse-uncovers-100-billion-worth-money-laundering/
    • Founder of Ruby on Rails converts to pro crypto - https://world.hey.com/dhh/i-was-wrong-we-need-crypto-587ccb03
    • Coinbase CEO takes credit for super bowl ad they stole from agency - https://twitter.com/cavallokristen/status/1495811487897735170?s=28
    • DAO wants to buy NFL's Denver Broncos - https://decrypt.co/93382/dao-is-trying-buy-nfl-denver-broncos-4-billion
    • Crazy artist blows up Lamborghini to rail against NFTs & sells NFTs - https://www.tracednews.com/artist-blows-up-lamborghini-made-nfts-to-protest-crypto-culture [[]] Twitter alerts on new contracts with $1 million in TVL - https://twitter.com/onewayfunction/status/1491987718678597633New app Dustswepper cleans out dust stuck in wallet - https://Dustsweeper.xyz
    • Cosmos has grown to 17B in TVL - https://thedefiant.io/cosmos-tvl-surge-ethereum/
    • UK announces Russia sanctions - https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/22/ukraine-crisis-uk-announces-sanctions-on-russian-banks-wealthy-individuals.html
    • Germany halts Russian pipeline - https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/germanys-scholz-halts-nord-stream-2-certification-2022-02-22/
    • Cardano Outpaces Litecoin - https://u.today/cardano-outpaces-litecoin-and-ethereum-in-on-chain-activity-as-ada-blockchain-expands
    • Axie Infinity Surpasses $4 Billion in Sales - https://news.bitcoin.com/play-to-earn-blockchain-game-axie-infinity-surpasses-4-billion-in-all-time-nft-sales/
    • Biden to Issue Executive Order on Crypto - https://news.bitcoin.com/us-president-biden-issue-executive-order-on-crypto/
    • Suarez has concerns about the City Coin - https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article258545643.html
    • 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 88) - February 18, 2022 - @JoeCawley5: @CathieDWood-ARK ETF / #DeFi Strategies / @JackNiewold's Wkly / Autocompounder risks / Munger: crypto is VD ❤️ China / @davesaidthat_ $FPI Exp
      • @JoeCawley5 says @CathieDWood and ARK ETF looks like good entry
      • @davesaidthat_ $FRAX @SamKazemian $FPI Explained - http://bit.ly/FPIExplained
      • @B05crypto's DeFi Strategies Twitter list - http://bit.ly/defistrategies
      • @JackNiewold's Epic Weekly - https://twitter.com/JackNiewold/status/1493368271734726662
      • Autocompounder risks - 2 contracts instead of 1 - https://twitter.com/Momentum_6/status/1492127078673756165
      • VC token rankings - https://wublock.substack.com/p/vc-rankingtoken-returns-after-financing?utm_source=url
      • Blockchain Analytics: The ultimate tool to understanding crypto - https://www.nansen.ai/research/blockchain-analytics-the-ultimate-tool-to-understanding-crypto
      • Munger says crypto sucks, but he loves investing in China. 
      • Buffet says no China. 
      • FBI sets up crypto task force. 
      • Ukraine approves BTC and crypto. 
      • Russia false flag in play. 
      • DAOs coming on strong in 2022.

      • 46 min
      • DeFi Lunch (Ep 87) - February 17, 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 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.

        59 min
      • DeFi Lunch (Ep 86) - February 16, 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 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 84) - February 14, 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 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.

        59 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.