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Mission: DeFi
Hosted by Brad Nickel · EN
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.
Hosted by Brad Nickel with 26 years of experience in tech, startups, & crypto, he interviews and profiles innovative projects, their founders, & provides how-tos for investing in the DeFi ecosystem.
Mission: DeFi is presented by Material Indicators(https://materialindicators.com) & Blacknox (https://blacknox.com)
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DeFi Lunch (Ep 364) - July 27, 2023 - Crypto Bills / BTC & ETH CME Futures Up / @PancakeSwap everywhere / Can @FantomFDN recover? /
Jul 27, 202301:17:27Tap to summarizeYou are missing out. Join our free community to get the Alpha, make new friends, learn more and share your thoughts and opinions: https://t.me/missiondefi Crypto bills pass congressional committee in ‘huge win’ for US crypto - https://md1.to/mp4sh White House Derailed Negotiation on U.S. House Stablecoin Bill: McHenry - https://md1.to/kufbw Bitocin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) CME Futures See Record Participation From Big Traders - https://md1.to/vw5q4 Bitcoin whales are in accumulation mode, says CryptoQuant | The Block - https://md1.to/g4go7 Decentralized Exchange PancakeSwap Expands to zkSync Era Blockchain - https://md1.to/dk82d Overview - Info | PancakeSwap - https://md1.to/bweys Smart contracts continue to rise amid market downturn: BNB Chain Q2 report - https://md1.to/xb66g Animoca Brands Invests $30 Million in Proof of Human Identity Payments Application Hi - https://md1.to/i0t67 A Progressive's Case for Bitcoin: A Path Toward a More Just, Equitable, and Peaceful World: Maier, C. Jason, McCormack, Peter: 9798987636305: Amazon.com: Books - https://md1.to/up5ru Worldcoin Hype Causes Optimism to Leapfrog Arbitrum in Daily Transactions - https://md1.to/4jw1s https://twitter.com/b05crypto/status/1684005975508779008 - https://md1.to/g84fg Fantom - DefiLlama - https://md1.to/s4u7r LayerZero and Axelar Introduce USDC, USDT, WETH, and WBTC to Fantom | Fantom - https://md1.to/t77yb Crypto bills pass congressional committee in ‘huge win’ for US crypto - https://md1.to/rr86c 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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DeFi Lunch (Ep 363) - July 13, 2023 - Shaun and Joe
Jul 26, 202301:14:09Tap to summarizeIf you haven't joined our community yet, you are missing out on amazing analysis and Alpha. 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.
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Mission: DeFi - EP 103 - Maverick (@MavProtocol) changes everything for #DeFi! - Bob Baxley (@Bob_Baxley)
Jul 11, 202300:51:17Tap to summarizeMark these words: Maverick Protocol has the potential to dramatically change the fundamentals of DeFi. I can usually whip through 3-4 use cases for a protocol within minutes of understanding it, but Maverick gives me a headache, because the possibilities seem endless and more powerful than what we’ve seen before. And, that’s a good thing! In this interview with Bob Baxley, one of the founders of Maverick, we walk through not only how they ended up creating Mav after a couple of pivots, but also the secret to their rapid growth into a top 5 dex in volume. Then we walked through several use cases that could dramatically change multiple segments of DeFi, which in turn led to several more ideas of use cases across the ecosystem. All of this is managed through a brilliant interface model that will blow you away! Being an LP sucks. While Uni V3 helped a bit, they are still only offering you rectangular models, while all the data suggests you need to be able to manage exponentially. LPs get stuck over and over again in impermanent loss and there’s no way to avoid it. Mav can solve this. The number one complaint I hear from founders, is that rather than build, they spend all their time thinking about liquidity and tokenomics. Mav can solve this. Protocols in order to maintain liquidity have to constantly worry about maintaining price levels. Mav can solve this. Algo stablecoins like Liquity have basically had to hope and pray that the models they use will hold the peg, but what if you could draw a model that fit your peg profile perfectly. Mav can do this through boosted models that could beat anything available in the market. The list goes on and on and on. Once you start playing with the platform, you are going to think of another dozen ways that can improve the way you run your protocol, manage your positions, and much much more. Project Name: Maverick Protocol Project URL: https://mav.xyz Project Twitter: https://twitter.com/mavprotocol/ Guest Name: Bob Baxley Guest Twitter: https://twitter.com/bob_baxley 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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Mission: DeFi - EP 102 - Casper the Chain has an enterprise focus & a powerful model - Ralf Kubli of the Casper Association
Jul 10, 202301:18:04Tap to summarizeRalf Kubli has been advocating for Switzerland to properly arbitrage its regulatory advantage in crypto and now the Casper Association is working to build a powerful enterprise focused chain that will take advantage of that. We discussed not only Casper, but also the future of crypto, regulation historically and where Ralf sees crypto going from here and its impact on the wider economic system. Some really powerful ideas and thoughts for how crypto navigates the future. Project Name: Casper Network & Casper Association Project URL: https://casper.network/en-us/ Project Twitter: https://twitter.com/Casper_Network Guest Name: Ralf Kubli Guest Twitter: https://twitter.com/RRKUBLI 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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DeFi Lunch (Ep 360) - July 3, 2023 - @ShrimpyApp gone / @Coinbase filing / @Cantonamespace / @CantoPublic on @Pancakeswap / Gensler under fire / SCOTUS to check SEC? / $ETH staking over exchanges
Jul 3, 202300:50:42Tap to summarize@Coinbase filing for dismissal is a thing of beauty - https://md1.to/cpgom Step By Step - How to secure your .canto name at Canto Namespace - https://md1.to/9tq5g @CantoPublic on @PancakeSwap! $CANTO / ETH pool using the @LayerZero_Labs SUPER FAST bridging. - https://md1.to/yhb8g SEC Chair Gary Gensler has wrongly prejudged that all digital assets are securities. As a result, federal law requires that he recuse himself - https://md1.to/ihtip SCOTUS granted cert to a case that will decide the legality of @SECGov's in-house administrative court - https://md1.to/yqtgq @ShrimpyApp shutdown - https://md1.to/7jxan Crypto bettors’ uproar over Titan submarine puts spotlight on ‘decentralised truth’ - https://md1.to/2pdrk Yield-hunting investors send staked Ether beyond $43bn to eclipse exchanges - https://md1.to/ub36l Fidelity races BlackRock to a Bitcoin ETF — but Cathie Wood’s Ark is first in line - https://md1.to/u582y Bittrex challenges SEC’s authority in crypto lawsuit, seeks dismissal - https://md1.to/7qp81 Elon Musk imposes ‘rate limit’ on Twitter, citing extreme ‘system manipulation’ - https://md1.to/shmip Rocket boost for UK economy as Financial Services and Markets Bill receives Royal Assent - GOV.UK - https://md1.to/w99ks Slovakia just passed a bill that will lower the tax on crypto from 39% to 7% - https://md1.to/jjr4p Reserve Bank of New Zealand - https://md1.to/rfrmx Fidelity, WisdomTree, VanEck and Invesco/Galaxy have all re-filed their spot bitcoin ETF applications - https://md1.to/uil0r Security Alerts - https://md1.to/32brd Web3 Security Alerts - https://md1.to/nisv1 OKX Overcomes FTX-Related Concerns Around Crypto Industry to Expand Sponsorship With Manchester City - https://md1.to/x717a FTX Crypto Exchange Owed Customers $8.7B. - https://md1.to/zfldg 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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DeFi Lunch (Ep 359) - June 29, 2023 - Shaun Day!
Jul 3, 202300:57:26Tap to summarizeYou are missing out if you haven't joined our community yet. Airdrops news, Bitcoin debates, great DeFi news, and much more - 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.
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DeFi Lunch (Ep 358) - June 27, 2023 - Should @FantomFDN be the #AI Chain? / A look at DeFi raises via @DeFiLLama / Cats? / #DeSci - @ResearchHub / @LensProtocol / @gensynai / @mnemonichq /
Jun 27, 202301:12:29Tap to summarizeJoin the community: https://t.me/missiondefi Earndrop Crypto Airdrops Finder - https://md1.to/l5v0b Linea Voyage Quest - https://md1.to/ke8mv Cash App Status - https://md1.to/ez5rs (4) Brad Nickel on Twitter on @CashApp - https://md1.to/r7tq5 As Ether staking yields fall, protocols will have to get creative - https://md1.to/trlom Sequoia partner says investing in FTX was the right move - https://md1.to/bejar Crypto funding: Firms concentrated heavily in DeFi sector raise $50M - https://md1.to/cg4g8 Raises - DefiLlama - https://md1.to/dlraises Lens Protocol on Twitter - https://md1.to/8ln1o Lens Protocol Closes $15 Million Funding Round - https://md1.to/8hwrm Taiko 🥁 on Twitter - https://md1.to/d6f5b Taiko Labs raises $22 million - https://md1.to/7xqqy Blockchain-Based, AI Compute Protocol Gensyn Closes $43M - https://md1.to/0n2d4 gensyn (@gensynai) / Twitter - https://md1.to/l2e2q Mnemonic | Web3 data and intelligence (@mnemonichq) / Twitter - https://md1.to/vlayb Mnemonic | NFT Data and Analytics APIs for Web3 - https://md1.to/jl0ar Connext - https://md1.to/mqrax CoinDesk on Twitter: ".@ResearchHub, the startup co-founded by @coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, has raised $5 million - https://md1.to/46fx3 ResearchHub (@ResearchHub) / Twitter - https://md1.to/cykfy Botany on ResearchHub - https://md1.to/td8qj ResearchHub Docs - ResearchHub docs - https://md1.to/5bufg Poko raises $4.5m to reduce Web3 payments friction - https://md1.to/rxeiv Intuition 👁️ on Twitter: "🎉 Announcing our $4M seed round - https://md1.to/vygqs Crypto Exchange Bit2Me Raises $15M - https://md1.to/828wb Bit2Me (@bit2me) / Twitter - https://md1.to/52gof DeFi Credit Protocol Concordia Raises $4M - https://md1.to/q4g5f Cat Paradise Secures Seed Funding - https://md1.to/85882 Mitsui Animoca Brands - https://md1.to/2l6jj Bitcoin Cash: What Is Going On? - https://md1.to/mo0u4 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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DeFi Lunch (Ep 357) - June 26, 2023 - Dog nose wrinkles? / @AndreCronjeTech w/@FantomFDN latest / $LUNC is back? / @NEARProtocol / IMF can't stop crypto /Blackrock effect / @arpaofficial
Jun 26, 202301:08:15Tap to summarizeWhat do AC/DC and Sinead O'Connor have to do with DeFi? Nothing, but we have an amazing music discussion going on in our crazy DeFi community. Join us now to take part - https://t.me/missiondefi ‘Blockchain for dog nose wrinkles’ Ponzi makes off with $127m – DL News - https://md1.to/w5zug (8) Andre Cronje on Twitter: "7/7 We are close to releasing our next 2 big milestones; Carmen: EVM optimized DB, mainnet storage -98%, overall throughput 9.8x faster (read & write) Tosca: optimized EVM with large range of enhancements (FVM), overall gain 50% over current EVM architecture, 4x throughput" / Twitter - https://md1.to/93g2f Terra Classic Revival Plans Continue as 'Six Samurai' Aim to Revive LUNC Ecosystem - https://md1.to/z5z22 NEAR Foundation and Alibaba Cloud Join Hands to Accelerate Web3 Growth in Asia - https://md1.to/zl4l4 U.S. SEC to Forego $30M BlockFi Fine to Maximize and Speed Up Investor Repayment - https://md1.to/of78f IMF admits that banning crypto won’t work – Cryptopolitan - https://md1.to/3h1k5 BlackRock exec says Wall Street wants crypto but needs KYC: ‘We go to jail if we don’t know who we’re trading with.’ – DL News - https://md1.to/ncdbw Arpa's Privacy Network Goes Live on Ethereum Mainnet - https://md1.to/gok0w What Is ARPA Chain? The ARPA Crypto Scaling Network | Gemini - https://md1.to/rskhl Secure Computation Network for Blockchain-adapted Cryptography | ARPA - https://md1.to/cnuqi Exodus adds Bitcoin-backed stablecoin Sovryn Dollar to its balance sheet | The Block - https://md1.to/zh4or Arbitrum Orbit — Launch new chains in the Arbitrum ecosystem - https://md1.to/sk1vq MakerDAO's DAI has reduced its dependence on USDC as collateral | The Block - https://md1.to/kov1t Lightning Network hits all-time high in bitcoin and US Dollar capacity | The Block - https://md1.to/zwfmw ZkSync Developer Matter Labs Releases Toolkit for Building Zero-Knowledge Rollups on Ethereum - https://md1.to/91c4w Optimism changes name to OP Mainnet in line with 'superchain' vision | The Block - https://md1.to/cjkry Revolutionizing DeFi Derivatives with Syndr Chain: Introducing World’s 1st Layer 3 Decentralized Exchange | by Vyom Sharma | VCrizpy | Syndr | Jun, 2023 | Medium - https://md1.to/j679q NEAR | The OS for an Open Web - https://md1.to/l21wt 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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DeFi Lunch (Ep 356) - June 22, 2023 - @at0x_eth Hybrid NFT/AI projects!
Jun 26, 202301:14:37Tap to summarizeHave you secured your place in the history of DeFi - Hobnob with the brilliant members of Mission: DeFi - https://t.me/missiondefi Today's special guest Carlos is developing platforms at the bleeding edge of AI & NFTs and the possibilities are pretty amazing. Do not miss this episode that will have you thinking about all the ways you could create and build on top of what he is creating. 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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DeFi Lunch (Ep 354) - June 15, 2023 - Shaun Day - Market outlook and strategies
Jun 20, 202301:19:41Tap to summarizeJoin our community and speak with Shaun and lots of other smart folks - 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.
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