Mission: DeFi

Mission: DeFi

By Brad NickelTechnology
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Mission: DeFi episodes

  • DeFi Lunch (Ep 338) - May 2, 2023 - $COIN @Coinbase Perps / @0xProject / @eigenlayer Mainnet / @DefiLlama Protocol Pages / @CryptoHayes - Nationalized banks

    So much edu, alpha, and great people. Join the Mission: DeFi community: https://t.me/missiondefi


    0x | Powerful APIs to build financial apps on crypto rails - https://md1.to/d89lc


    Arthur Hayes - US regulators decided to nationalise the banking system - https://md1.to/375gh


    Wormhole Connect: Integrate In-App Bridging in as Few as 3 Lines of Code - https://md1.to/976s7


    All Funds on Trust Wallet browser extension could have been stolen - https://md1.to/xdzkd


    3AC founders run into fresh trouble in Dubai - https://md1.to/07vvn


    SEC crackdown on crypto staking in the US could boost decentralization - https://md1.to/gpwcf


    DefiLlama - New Protocol Pages - https://md1.to/top86


    EigenLayer Mainnet Launch: Benefits of Early Restaking - https://md1.to/2dmyt


    Coinbase launches international perps exchange — starting with 5x leverage - https://www.theblock.co/post/229021/coinbase-launches-perps-exchange


    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
  • DeFi Lunch (Ep 337) - May 1, 2023 - @TinyTapAB edu co has cool NFT model / Hong Kong Crypto / @berachain vs @CantoPublic / @ambosstech for lightning / @aki_protocol / $PEPE sigh /

    Don't miss out! Join the community - https://t.me/missiondefi

    Berachain $42.0M fundraise - https://md1.to/23vk7

    Amboss Technologies, a data analytics firm that focuses on the Bitcoin Lightning Network, has raised $4 million in seed funding - https://md1.to/532ba

    TinyTap $8.5M raise - https://md1.to/sedaj

    NFT Project Landing page | TinyTap - https://md1.to/gr9s1

    Brad: The only thing you need to know about the difference between Berachain & @CantoPublic is that Canto didnt need to raise $4 million - https://md1.to/a2emw

    Aki Protocol | StarMap - https://md1.to/diw9c

    Into The Next Chapter: Ethereum’s Proto-Danksharding - https://md1.to/0c7eg

    Ethereum Staking 🥩 (Lido, Coinbase, Kraken, Binance, RocketPool, Frax) - ⁠https://md1.to/a1jut⁠

    Hong Kong regulator requires banks to open accounts for crypto firms -https://md1.to/20zlf

    DefiLlama News

    • NFT Marketplaces - https://md1.to/8ro9d
    • Protocol Expenses - https://md1.to/t46b6
    • PEPE jumps 112% after major exchange listing - https://md1.to/iqucf

      PEPE - ⁠https://md1.to/uo7y1⁠

      MetaCRM - https://md1.to/pcadm

      Aki Protocol raised seed round - https://md1.to/xdtp0

      Hashnote - https://md1.to/7td1e

      Redeem Technologies - https://md1.to/ha3f2

      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
    • Mission: DeFi EP 96 - Vega - The Power of Financial Legos on an App Chain - Founder: Barney Mannerings

      What is it like to watch DeFi summer pass you by while you are building a powerful app-based financial platform to bring financial derivative products to anyone with an idea?

      For 5 years, Barney Mannerings and the team at Vega Protocol have been building not only a derivatives trading app, but more importantly, a powerful derivatives building platform for any kind of financial application. The potential of the platform to bridge all of finance into DeFi is very compelling.

      Project Name: Vega Protocol

      Project URL: https://vega.xyz/
      Project Twitter: https://twitter.com/vegaprotocol
      Guest Name: Barney Mannerings
      Guest Twitter: https://twitter.com/barnabee
      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.

      55 min
    • DeFi Lunch (Ep 336) - Apr 27, 2023 - Learn Market Making & Algos with Shaun

      Who knew market making was such an amazing way to make money? Shaun was here and told all.

      Fantastic insights into what market making is, how it works, ways to do it, and why it is an amazing way to make money.

      This is not financial advice. This is complex and difficult and you could lose it all if you don't know what you are doing.

      We've created a channel in our Telegram for Market Making - Join now to learn more: 💰 https://md1.to/mdmm

      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 335) - Apr 25, 2023 - @Coinbase 🥊 SEC / @Binance AI 🥱 / Bridge Volume @Defillama / @Arbitrum Beats Ethereum? / @SPGlobalRatings goes DeFi? / @Coincenter 🥷

      Are you missing out on Alpha?!? Join the Mission: DeFi community: https://t.me/missiondefi


      Coinbase filed a narrow action in the U.S. Circuit Court to compel the SEC to respond “yes or no” to a rulemaking petition

      https://md1.to/h7a8s


      Binance Sensei AI Chatbot.

      https://md1.to/95krb


      Bridge Volume - DefiLlama

      https://defillama.com/bridges


      Arbitrum Overtakes Ethereum in Daily Transactions

      https://md1.to/ev45y


      One Billion Users will Flood Crypto Markets this Cycle, Says Former Goldman Sachs Exec

      https://md1.to/mw3zb


      S&P Global Puts Decentralized Finance at the Forefront

      https://md1.to/7nc2p


      CoinCenter - Comments to the Securities Exchange Commission on Amendments Regarding the Definition of ‘Exchange’ and Alternative Trading Systems

      https://md1.to/5d3ey


      Waves founder Ivanov is a nut job — ‘I’ll find you if I want to’ – DL News

      https://md1.to/obrti


      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.

      46 min
    • DeFi Lunch (Ep 334) - Apr 24, 2023 - #AI will change all / Bank of @AndreCronjeTech / @DFYN V2 Wow! / @Gemini Derivs / Could #SCOTUS slap #SEC back? / @0xPolygon Researcher departs for @AvailProject

      More people are joining us to discuss the show and much, much more in our community?

      Do you really want to miss this?

      https://md1.to/mdtg


      Microsoft working on its own AI chips that may rival Nvidia’s

      ⁠https://md1.to/msaichip⁠


      Are regulators like the SEC abusing their power? Supreme court thinks so in some cass. What does that mean for crypto? Brad pontificates.

      ⁠https://md1.to/2icei⁠


      Andre Cronje is building a crypto bank with payments infrastructure

      https://md1.to/acbank


      Gemini Foundation – a non-US crypto derivatives platform. Coming soon!

      https://md1.to/eminierivatives


      Polygon researcher lead leaves Polygon for modular blockchain data availability project - @AvailProject as a Co-Founder alongside @anuragarjun.

      https://md1.to/i80nj


      Top 5 chains by economic activity

      https://md1.to/un0f7


      Verified Disney Junior UK account?

      https://md1.to/d1lsh


      South Korean court rules LUNA is not a security

      https://md1.to/zliz7


      OPNX CEO scolds claimed backers

      https://md1.to/tmaed


      Trust Wallet to reimburse users after $170,000 security incident

      https://md1.to/tkq02


      VC funding into Web3 startups down 82% year-over-year

      https://md1.to/itlel


      DFYN Exchange Launches Amazing V2

      https://md1.to/cffdq

      Exchange

      https://md1.to/o22wr


      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.

      55 min
    • DeFi Lunch (Ep 333) - Apr 20, 2023 - Shaun Day!

      Shaun is back and he's sharing more brilliant analysis on the market and why nothing has changed for him on his bearish outlook.

      Shaun is sharing even more in our community. Don't miss out here: 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.

      1 hr 11 min
    • Mission: DeFi EP 95 - VC Evan Mair of Gumi Cryptos explains how they fund startups in crypto & what they see on horizon

      Traditional VCs get gun shy when the markets turn, but the partners at Gumi Cryptos just keep moving forward and looking for compelling innovation in the space. Today we interviewed Evan Mair to find out what it is like in today's bear market for crypto and DeFi.

      We discuss:

      • Evan's background and how he fulfilled a dream he had since he was a child to become a VC
      • How they are more about innovation than just investing in a theme
      • How they look at investments
      • Their investing process
      • Why pitch decks and pitching are important for all projects
      • Their most recent bets in cool new protocols about to come online
      • How they structure deals and how that models out for tokens vs. equity
      • and much much more.
      • Project Name: Gumi Cryptos

        Project URL: https://www.gumi-cryptos.com/

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

        Guest Name: Evan Mair

        Guest Twitter: https://twitter.com/ETM612

        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 9 min
      • DeFi Lunch (Ep 332) - Apr 18, 2023

        Are you missing out on the community? Join now for all the news and discussions you need. https://t.me/missiondefi

        NEWS: Rocket Pools Atlas upgrade goes live, lowering Ethereum staking limits. ( https://twitter.com/Blockworks_/status/1648262994218852353?s=20 )

        For the past 48hrs Ive been unwinding a massive wallet draining operation - since Dec 2022 its drained 5000+ ETH and ??? in tokens / NFTs / coins across 11+ chains. Its rekt my friends & OGs who are reasonably secure. No one knows how. https://t.co/MafntG7RkP" / Twitter ( https://twitter.com/tayvano_/status/1648187031468781568?s=20 )

        BNB Chain issues list of 191 high-risk, untrustworthy DApps and fake tokens ( https://cointelegraph.com/news/bnb-chain-issues-list-of-191-high-risk-untrustworthy-dapps-and-fake-tokens )

        Hundred Finance loses $7 million in Optimism hack ( https://cointelegraph.com/news/hundred-finance-loses-7-million-in-optimism-hack )

        Tether market cap eyes record high after regaining 65% stablecoin dominance ( https://cointelegraph.com/news/tether-market-cap-eyes-record-high-after-regaining-65-stablecoin-dominance )

        Video of SEC chair praising Algorand resurfaces after recently deeming it a security ( https://cointelegraph.com/news/video-of-sec-chair-praising-algorand-resurfaces-after-recently-deeming-it-a-security?utm_source=Telegram&utm_medium=social )

        Raft | Unlock Financial Freedom with R ( https://raft.fi/ )

        Shapella Activated: DeFi Week of Apr. 9 - The Defiant ( https://thedefiant.io/shapella-activated-defi-week-of-apr-9 )

        Uniswap V3 To Launch On Polygon zkEVM - The Defiant ( https://thedefiant.io/uniswap-v3-polygon-zkevm )

        Major Photography Prize Winner Reveals Image Is AI-Generated, Rejects Award ( https://www.vice.com/en/article/dy3vxy/sony-world-photography-awards-ai-generated )

        Coinbase Could Move Away From U.S. if No Regulatory Clarity: CEO Brian Armstrong ( https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/04/18/coinbase-could-move-away-from-us-if-no-regulatory-clarity-ceo-brian-armstrong/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines )

        Crypto Investments Report Positive Flows for Fourth Consecutive Week: CoinShares ( https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/04/17/crypto-investments-see-positive-flows-for-fourth-consecutive-week-coinshares/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines )

        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.

        45 min
      • DeFi Lunch (Ep 331) - Apr 17, 2023

        BNB Chain on Twitter: "BNB Greenfields code is now open source 🍀 Everyones invited to experiment with Greenfields features and code, give us feedback, and co-build this promising ecosystem! Find out how you can start developing today by reading this blog from @v_bnbchain. ( https://twitter.com/BNBCHAIN/status/1646487578659495938 )

        • BNB Chain on Twitter: "🚀1/ 🎉 Exciting news! BNB Greenfield Testnet is LIVE! 🧵 ( https://twitter.com/BNBCHAIN/status/1645662845756121094 )
        • BNB Greenfield: A Decentralized Data Storage System and Economy ( https://greenfield.bnbchain.org/en )
        • SEC reopens dark pools rule proposal that would regulate DeFi – DL News ( https://www.dlnews.com/articles/regulation/sec-reopens-comment-period-reg-ats-defi-exchange-amendments/ )

          • @_gabrielShapir0 on Twitter: "I dont fully agree with @NYcryptolawyer s analysis but one thing sfor sure--the SEC is going gonzo by saying most/all tokens are a new thing called "crypto-asset securities" this does *not* align with the Howey test" / Twitter ( https://twitter.com/lex_node/status/1647272386201522177?s=20 )
            • Thogard on Twitter: "Its easy to register a crypto company with the SEC: just literally destroy the entire chain by bribing enough validators to breach consensus and alter immutable code. If you cant afford that, youll have to shut down... but for everyone else, registering is easy. Come on in! ( https://twitter.com/ThogardPvP/status/1647166202442309633?s=20 )
            • _gabrielShapir0 on Twitter: "we believe most protocols are controlled by a few people so we will force them to be controlled by a few people or be illegal -the SEC, basically" / Twitter ( https://twitter.com/lex_node/status/1647237496390967297?s=20 )
            • @Harbour_fi on Twitter: "1/ 🚀 Introducing Harbour: The Future of Transparent Banking! We’re thrilled to finally announce Harbour to the world, a groundbreaking crypto-native banking experience, connecting traditional finance & crypto within a single app. #HarbourLaunch Twitter ( https://twitter.com/harbour_fi/status/1646136165609644033 )

              EOS EVM to allow interoperability across Ethereum, EOS ( https://cointelegraph.com/news/eos-evm-to-allow-interoperability-across-ethereum-eos )

              Governance - DefiLlama ( https://defillama.com/governance )

              NFTs - DefiLlama ( https://defillama.com/nfts )

              Short seller Jim Chanos says Coinbase ‘will still lose money’ even as crypto prices soar – DL News ( https://www.dlnews.com/articles/defi/jim-chanos-coinbase-coin-enron-short-seller/ )

              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.

              57 min

            About Mission: DeFi

            From the publisher's feed

            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.