Mission: DeFi

Akash is building a powerful network on chain for compute that is taking on the giants with better pricing and better solutions.

What is really interesting is how they operate, how they built and think about incentives for all players and their focus on building a platform for developers to build upon.

Discuss this episode in the Mission: DeFi community: https://t.me/missiondefi

Project Name: Akash Network

Project URL:

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

Guest: Greg Osuri

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

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.

Brad went solo today, because he did such a bad job of communicating with Joe yesterday. You are missing out if you haven't joined our community yet: https://t.me/missiondefi

Fidelity is building out a crypto and token research team - https://md1.to/idelityisbuildingoutacryptoandtokenresearchteam

90% of Ethereum now in self-custody as supply on exchanges hits lowest level since 2015 - https://md1.to/990ofthereumnowinself-custodyassupplyonexchangeshitslowestlevelsince2015

Brad's Twitter rant about how crypto has screwed the pooch on the simplest thing - https://md1.to/thesimplestthing

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.

We had a great interview with developer Tom Wilson who is building a powerful incentives and content protocols on Arweave that are great examples of the power of that platform.

Project URL: https://md1.to/stamps

Guest URL: https://md1.to/rakis

Other stories from the show:

Binance would never 'trade against users to their detriment,' top exec says - https://md1.to/binancecftc1

Disgraced crypto exec Sam Bankman-Fried faces new bribery charge - https://md1.to/isgracedcryptoexecamankman-riedfacesnewbriberycharge

Kraken Lands Sponsorship Deal With Williams Racing Despite U.S. Regulatory Crackdown - https://md1.to/rakenandsponsorshipealithilliamsacing

Law Firm’s White Paper Points to US Regulators Waging Financial War Against Crypto - https://md1.to/awirmshiteaperointstoegulatorsaginginancialargainstrypto

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.

Today we discussed Miami NFT Week and the growing crypto and startup scene with the founders of the confernece Erik LaPaglia and Gianni Dalerta.

Conference URL: https://md1.to/mianftweek

Guest Twitter: https://md1.to/eriklapaglia

Guest Twitter: https://md1.to/giannidalerta

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.

Jack Melnick joins us to discuss everything Polygon and how their amazing Biz Dev team approaches the deals they see are best for Polygon. 

Project: Polygon DeFi

Project URL: https://polygon.technology/

Project Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xPolygonDeFi

Guest Name: Jack Melnick

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

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.

Game7 is working to change the fundamentals of game development and they’ve already built some amazing tools to grow their community. Joe and Brad discussed what it takes to succeed with Jon Allen of Game7.

Jon was previously a bomb squad member in the military and has a powerful background in investing.

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.

Gelato is dominating the smart contract automation world and with good reason. This is a powerful platform used by some of the biggest projects in the world. 

Project: Gelato

Project URL: https://www.gelato.network/

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

Guest Name: Hilmar Orth

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

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.

More options are popping up everyday for staking on Ethereum. EtherFI is taking a completely decentralized approach to it, while also working to help projects build on top of their protocol. 

Project Name: EtherFi

Project URL: https://ether.fi

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

Guest Name: Mike Silagadze

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

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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.

Eowyn Chen wasn't expecting to be the CEO of Binance's Trust Wallet, but when the situation presented itself, she rose to the challenge and now leads one of the most used wallets in crypto. She discusses the challenges of leading, the team's approach to their product and their market, and how they see the future. 

Brad and Joe were really impressed with her approach to leadership and growth for Trust Wallet. You'll learn a great deal from Eowyn about leadership that you can apply to your life. 

Discuss Trust Wallet and team leadership in our dynamic community: https://t.me./missiondefi

Project Name: Trust Wallet

Project URL: https://md1.to/trustwalletws

Project Twitter: https://md1.to/trustwallet

Guest Name: Eowyn Chen

Guest Twitter: https://md1.to/owynhen

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.

Another amazing episode with Shaun covering not only current market conditions, but also, 

* His current shitcoin plays

* A discussion on centralization

* Our takes on the banks, regulators, and the fiat blcokade

and much much more. 

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.