Mission: DeFi

Mission: DeFi

By Brad NickelTechnology
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Mission: DeFi episodes

  • DeFi Lunch with Charlie Shrem

    We recorded this interview at Quantum Miami, but the audio quality was really bad. We've been able to clean it up somewhat to provide something that is OK. 

    Joe and Brad interviewed the one and only Charlie Shrem at Quantum Miami. 

    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.

    16 min
  • DeFi Lunch (Ep 296) - Feb 17, 2023 - Shaun Day! - Time to get your bear on.

    Not holding back today people. 

    Tell Shaun why he is right or why he is wrong on our Telegram: https://t.me/missiondefi

    Bitcoin is Freedom Money.  

    Episode One with @dergigi: https://youtu.be/6Tr4-DL1c1s 

    Episode Two with @RoyaMahboob: https://youtu.be/D0y41yelcNM 

    Episode Three with @J9Roem: https://youtu.be/xTfY5TjuN2A

    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
  • Mission: DeFi EP 87 - Is this the end of AMMs? - Varun Kumar of HashFlow

    Discuss HashFlow in our community - https://t.me.missiondefi

    Project Name: HashFlow

    Project URL: https://hashflow.com

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

    Guest Name: Varun Kumar

    Guest Twitter: https://twitter.com/GandalfTheBr0wn

    • From Aerospace to crypto
    • Why AMMs like Uniswap fail to make liquidity providers any profit for the most part
    • Why AMMs are just an extra level of interference from market makers
    • How Hashflow eliminates the need for liquidity pools and solves the problem of making money
    • How Hasflow solves issues with MEV
    • Whether the platform makes it possible to actually trade at higher speeds on chain
    • How it works for Market Makers
    • How they built a network of MMs
    • 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.

      57 min
    • DeFi Lunch (Ep 295) - Feb 16, 2023 / Crypto political strategies / Should DeFi go tokenless? / Siemen's on @0xPolygon / @wavesprotocol dump /

      Join the discussion on Telegram: https://t.me/missiondefi

      Brad's thread on how crypto should navigate politics in the US: https://twitter.com/b05crypto/status/1625353127208550402

      Brad's thread on going tokenless: https://twitter.com/b05crypto/status/1626071865176256512

      Siemen's launches $60 million on-chain bond on Polygon: https://twitter.com/MihailoBjelic/status/1625657654516350976?s=20&t=jZEcc2VyIGPNPaDv3bR_pQ

      Join the community and review a BNB Chain dapp for the show: https://t.me/missiondefi/1378/1381

      Waves team accused of dumping its stablecoin to stay afloat - https://protos.com/waves-team-accused-of-dumping-its-stablecoin-to-stay-afloat/

      New Hampshire could become an alternative for crypto firms moving to the Bahamas - https://cointelegraph.com/news/new-hampshire-could-become-an-alternative-for-crypto-firms-moving-to-the-bahamas

      Abu Dhabi launches $2 billion fund to accelerate the growth of web3 startups - https://twitter.com/Blockworks_/status/1625879984584679425?t=YqJ1rydcstVPdJsWQb7_rQ&s=35

      Abu Dhabi Starts $2B Initiative to Back Web3 Startups - https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/02/15/abu-dhabi-starts-2b-initiative-to-back-web3-startups/

      Tornado Cash Dev’s Criminal Case in Europe May Hinge on Laptop Access - https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/02/16/tornado-cash-devs-criminal-case-in-europe-may-hinge-on-laptop-access/

      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 293) - Feb 13, 2023 - Get your $OP Airdrop / @Paxos sued / @jespow "if only I knew..." / Guest: @ChaoticBeautys of @BNBChain /

      Get your OP airdrop! https://bit.ly/checkopairdrop / https://bit.ly/opairdropdl

      Special guest @ChaoticBeautys U.S. Tech Evangelist of BNB Greenfield - a fascinating decentralized data project from BNBChain - https://bit.ly/bnbgreen

      Paxos sued by the SEC, India takes lead on global crypto regulations, Coinbase defends staking services – DL News - https://bit.ly/3jWNLr4

      Jesse Powell of Kraken - If only I knew there was a form - https://bit.ly/3K3NBsq

      Gabriel Shapiro on staking regs - https://bit.ly/3IlCVnH

      Join the discussion on our Telegram: 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.

      54 min
    • DeFi Lunch (Ep 291) - Feb 9, 2023 - Choke Point 2.0 / Canto Messaging / Staking / Canto Llama Swap

      Join the discussion on Telegram: 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 4 min
    • Mission: DeFi EP 86 - $450 trillion market - @DarrenCamas of @ipor_io

      Project Name: IPOR Labs

      Project URL: https://www.ipor.io/

      Project Twitter URL: https://twitter.com/ipor_io

      Guest Twitter URL: https://twitter.com/DarrenCamas

      $450 Trillion market - IPOR is the LIBOR for DeFi

      Gives everyone access to markets they never could before

      Using DeFi Primitives

      Equalizes the playing field for retail against whales

      Gamified system for earning

      Delegation capabilities for others to play for you

      Solving the DAO engagement problem

      How they grew to 16k community and the levels attained in the space

      Creates levels of attainment in the community to be able to earn more

      Significant decision making for DAO in terms of protocol functionality

      Why it is so important.

      Building a powerful BD team from TradFi and DeFi

      Long time horizon for the project

      Opportunities to earn in the ecosystem

      59 min
    • DeFi Lunch (Ep 288) - Feb 6, 2023 - Guest: @Laceykaelani of @metaintro - Identity wallet for jobs / The Chopping Block is Clueless / Flying Cars / Crypto Rehab /

      We had a special guest today. Lacey Kaelani of Meta Intro a new identity wallet for job seekers and employers. Fascinating stuff.

      Join our community and discuss: https://t.me/missiondefi

      Guest Project: Meta Intro

      Project URL: https://metaintro.com

      Project Twitter: https://twitter.com/metaintro
      Guest Name: Lacey Kaelani         
      Guest Twitter: https://twitter.com/Laceykaelani

      • The Chopping Block doesn't like Canto, because they don't know what it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHDeX7wYUtsBrad's comments: https://twitter.com/b05crypto/status/1622414183936434176 
      • a16z votes against proposal to deploy Uniswap v3 on BNB Chain - https://cointelegraph.com/news/a16z-votes-against-proposal-to-deploy-uniswap-v3-on-bnb-chain 
      • Spanish rehab center adds crypto trading addiction to services list - https://cointelegraph.com/news/spanish-rehab-center-adds-crypto-trading-addiction-to-services-list
      • AI Mayoral Candidate - (3) Arturo Inteligente (@intelimigente) / Twitter - https://mobile.twitter.com/intelimigente 
      • Rocket Pool Community Voting Whether to Self-Limit Its Growth - https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2023/02/01/rocket-pool-community-voting-whether-to-self-limit-its-growth/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines 
      • China’s EV upstart Xpeng ready to take off with flying permit | TechCrunch - https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/01/chinas-ev-upstart-xpeng-ready-to-take-off-with-flying-permit/
      • 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 287) - Feb 3, 2023 - Shaun : "No basis to be anything but bearish..."

        Here exactly why Shaun can see no light at the end of the current tunnel for bullish sentiment. 

        Join the amazing discussions around the market in our community: 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.

        56 min
      • DeFi Lunch (Ep 286) - Feb 2, 2023 - Jerome de Tychey (@jdetychey) CEO of @Cometh Details the companies massive moves in the blockchain gaming ecosystem

        Join the discussion: https://t.me/missiondefi

        Brad and Joe had an amazing discussion today with the CEO of Cometh Jerome de Tychey about the company's amazing moves in the gaming space and what he sees for the future. He also had a number of thoughts on what gaming entrepreneurs can do to gain traction and how different players in the space need to think about their moves. We also discussed his role running ethcc and the impact that event has on the entire space every year. 

        Project: Cometh

        Project URL: https://Cometh.io

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

        Guest Name: Jerome de Tychey

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

        ethcc: https://ethcc.io

        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 6 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.