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DeFi Lunch Episodes

May 3, 2022

DeFi Lunch (Ep 126) - April 29, 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, d...
April 28, 2022

DeFi Lunch (Ep 125) - April 28, 2022 - Market Conditions, @CryptoHayes The Doom Loop, @feiprotocol / @joey__santoro , @swellnetworkio

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, d...
April 28, 2022

DeFi Lunch (Ep 124) - April 27, 2022 - @optimismPBC's maximalist messaging alienating the rest of #DeFi $OP,

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, d...
April 26, 2022

DeFi Lunch (Ep 123) - April 26, 2022 @JosephDelong was right @SushiSwap | @elonmusk | $USDB | $FHM | @ANySniper_ exploit - bad hires | @Stripe | Justing Sun's unstable stablecoin | $UST

What will Elon do with Twitter? Stripe's move into crypto and Twitter - Stripe to Start Using Crypto’s Financial Rails for Payments Today - The Defiant Miles Deutscher on Twitter: A diversified strategy for managing investments @josephdelong is vindicated about what @SushiSwap needed - Sushi 2.0: A Restructure For The Road Ahead - Proposals - SushiSwap Justin Sun pitching 10B stablecoin New $USDB stablecoin on @FantomFDN has 100% APY - USDB stablecoin offers as high as 100% LP yields on Fa...
April 25, 2022

DeFi Lunch (Ep 122) - April 25, 2022 - Founder of @Printerfinancial about their powerful bridge protocol on 6 chains, @elonmusk, @beanstalkfarms, & more

Joe's back and we had a great Monday show. Today we interviewed Atlas, the founder of @FinancePrinter - Printer Financial about their amazing new bridge protocol, why it is important and what the experience of building a protocol has been like in #DeFi. @elonmusk & @Twitter Charles Hoskinson & Cardano and 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 f...
April 22, 2022

DeFi Lunch (Ep 121) - April 22, 2022 @BeanstalkFarms interview, @koopxyz & #DAOS tools @coordinape, Anti-Crypto folks, & the tools Brad uses in #DeFi

News: Brad to interview @BeanstalkFarms Stripe ups their crypto game and the impact of that Molly White - Brad invited Molly to discuss her anti-crypto positions New chain claims to solve the trilemma - https://subspace.network/ The Tools Brad Uses in DeFi and why he picked them Coindix - https://coindix.com/ Multifarm - multifarm.fi Dex.guru - https://dex.guru/ Router Protocol - https://app.routerprotocol.com/ DropsTab - https://dropstab.com/ Etherdrops - DeBank - https://deba...
April 22, 2022

DeFi Lunch (Ep 120) - April 21, 2022

Printer Financial - a new bridge with a burn & mint model - PRINTER FINANCIAL 🖨️ (@FinancePrinter) / Twitter @Cobie's advisory piece on $APE & why their staking plan and probably yours is all wrong Babylon Finance's Fountain of ETH protocol - https://www.babylon.finance/garden/0xB5bD20248cfe9480487CC0de0d72D0e19eE0AcB6 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/missiondefi/support
April 15, 2022

DeFi Lunch (Ep 119) - April 15, 2022 @CoinCenter @Valkenburgh SEC, @laurashin The Cryptopians, @Ronin_network / North Korea, Justin Sub / Twitter, @Wikipedia, @LidoFinance, @Rocket_Pool

(3) ɥƃɹnquǝʞןɐΛ ⚖ on Twitter: "A new SEC proposal has a serious change hidden within its complex language. Bottom line: The proposal violates the First Amendment by requiring a license to speak—even of open source developers. It’s unconstitutional and they should change it. Coin Center is pushing back 👇 1/" / Twitter Read The Cryptopians by Laura Shin (4) Ronin on Twitter: "Today, the FBI attributed North Korea based Lazarus Group to the Ronin Validator Security Breach. More details: https:/...
April 15, 2022

DeFi Lunch (Ep 118) - April 14, 2022 - @Whalestats @elonmusk @coordinape @frax $FPIS $FPI $ETH Merge Delay, @Tesla $BTC mining, @Jack NFT resale

Elon Musk Offers to Buy Twitter: Live Updates - The New York Times DAOs and their management Coordinape DAOs Power Node Analysis of the top FTM wallets | WhaleStats Ethereum Merge No Longer Expected in June Blockstream partners with Tesla to build a solar-powered BTC facility | Currency.com Guy that bought Jack Dorsey's first tweet as an NFT for $2.9 tired to see it for $48 million after he got out of Iranian prison Crescent Network: Unlocking Limitless DeFi Possibilities- new dex with po...
April 13, 2022

DeFi Lunch (Ep 117) - April 13, 2022 - @rentmynft #P2E #Guilds, @AxieInfinity / @Ronin_Network hack, @CelestiaOrg / @Delphi_Digital, @CelsiusNetwork = accredited only, @0xPolygon carbon neutral

Rent NFT Once and Earn Forever | RentMyNFT.xyz - Interesting platform targeting play to earn guilds for NFT startup. Twitter - (1) rentmynft (@rentmynft) / Twitter Crypto Mixers and their scrutiny by regulators - Crypto mixers’ relevance wanes as regulators take aim What happened to the money after the hack of Ronin / Axie Infinity - The aftermath of Axie Infinity’s $650M Ronin Bridge hack Virgil Griffith gets 5 years in prison for violating N. Korea sanctions @CelestiaOrg's modular blockchai...
April 12, 2022

DeFi Lunch (Ep 116) - April 12, 2022 @twister_cash on @FraxFinance, @BofA_News says crypto will soar, Awesome web3 resource @useWeb3, @iearnfinance #ERC4626, #NFT Lending, @epsylon_finance on $FTM

New privacy mixer for $FRAX - https://twistercash.xyz/ Bank of America says economy could crash and crypto will soar - US Banking Giant Issues Dire Economic Warning, Says Shock Wave Could Send Crypto and Commodities Soaring: Report - The Daily Hodl Amazing set of Web3 resources - useWeb3.xyz · Learn Web3 development Yearn backing ERC-4626 standard - DeFi Giant Yearn Leads the Way on ERC-4626 Token Standard Adoption New vault provider Epsylon on Fantom with nice and simple model - Deposit - Epsyl...
April 9, 2022

DeFi Lunch (Ep 115) - April 8, 2022 Mint a luxurious surfing condo in El Salvador, #ERC4626, @Wonderland_Fi, Looking for @lopp,

An in depth look at the first NFT property ever and it is being launched in El Salvador. Beautiful and luxurious condos at the premier surf beach in the world. 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...
April 7, 2022

DeFi Lunch (Ep 114) - April 7, 2022 - @thedefiedge on #tokenomics, @Valkenburgh, @SenToomney, @Coincenter - donate, @bobanetwork raise #AI #ML, @BribeProtocol

@thedefiedge on tokenomics models - A primer - https://twitter.com/thedefiedge/status/1511737802655903744?s=28&t=SFzft-SJuur1ycg9Ba7c0A $MTA / $ETH yields on balancer. MStable is a stablecoin backed token / platform. 4 digit APY - via Coindix $AVAX / $BRIBE pair on Pangolin paying 900% + APY @BribeProtocol @Valkenburgh of @Coincenter analyzes the new Stablecoin TRUST Act via @SenToomney in a thread Boba raises $45m for a $1.5 billion valuation to build the blockchain layer for #AI & #ML This ...
April 6, 2022

DeFi Lunch (Ep 113) - April 6, 2022 - Covered @SecretsOfCrypto entire epic investing thread. Must see how-to. Jamie Dimon, UK Passes US in DeFi Regs, @Ronin_Network, @AxieInfinity, VPNs,

@Ronin_Network, @AxieInfinity, raises $150 million to get out of bind from exploit Turned out to be social engineering Covered @SecretsOfCrypto entire epic crypto investing thread. A must see how-to. Jamie Dimon, UK Passes US in DeFi Regs, VPNs, Jamie Dimon talking about crypto being real "Inevitability When the politicians are arguing over how, not if, you’re almost there. 🇬🇧 is going to kick 🇺🇸ass. U.K. to Make Stablecoins a Recognized Payment Method, Relax Crypto Rul...
April 6, 2022

DeFi Lunch (Ep 112) - April 5, 2022 @Convex Finance @OpenZeppelin @Coinbase @Bancor $WAVES $USDN

DeFi Lunch (Ep 115) - April 8, 2022 @Convex Finance @OpenZeppelin @Coinbase @Bancor $WAVES $USDN Brad getting a Mac Studio Waves saga continues with USDN losing the peg Lending was not the reason that it regained part of peg - per @GuyStewart @CryptoCondom tweet on @Convex Finance exploit @OpenZeppelin audit on behalf of @Coinbase Poorly worded summary of what happened led to thinking Open Zeppelin was holding them hostage How sensationalized language can cause problems Bad @Algo...
April 4, 2022

DeFi Lunch (Ep 111) - April 4, 2022 - $WAVES / $USDN mess @WAVESProtocol, @MetisDAO CMO in prison, @PolynomialFi, @SphereDeFi, @TheTweetDao, @chainbinders, @dokidokinft, @CryptoHayes on ETH

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. Sphere Finance | The S&P 500 of Crypto - @SphereDeFi @TheTweetDao Polynomial.fi - https://twitter.com/PolynomialFi $WAVES https://twitter.com/sasha35625/status/1510589946926673920 https://twitter.com/Darrenlautf/status/1510653261711241218 https://twitter.com/0xHamz/status/1509581295621451779 https://forum.vires.finance/t/set-waves-usdn-...
April 4, 2022

DeFi Lunch (Ep 110) - April 1, 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, d...
April 1, 2022

DeFi Lunch (Ep 109) - March 31, 2022 @AxieInfinity, @Ronin_Network, @cartesiproject, @opera, @terra_money / $BTC, @AstarNetwork, @AstarNetwork,

Cartesi Project - BlockchainOS - Layer 2 @opera - Integrates 8 blockchains DeFi TVL up Terra buys more BTC AstarNetwork 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, part...
April 1, 2022

DeFi Lunch (Ep 108) - March 30, 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, d...
March 29, 2022

DeFi Lunch (Ep 107) - March 29, 2022 - @WavesProtocol, @revestfinance exploit, @Ronin_network (@AxieInfinity) hit for $650 million, @NEARProtocol lending, @beefyfinance, @autofarmnetwork

Waves Protocol: On March 10th Brad thought it was a good play and didn't buy and today it is up 111% since then. One of our favorite projects Revest was hit with a $2 million exploit. We discussed the impact, but also how powerful the model is for it. @Ronin_Network, the @AxieInfinity blockchain has been hit with a $650 million dollar breach. Pretty brutal. NEAR Protocol is growing in the lending world. General market conditions Joe Cawley and Brad Nickel cover the DeFi news of th...
March 28, 2022

DeFi Lunch (Ep 106) - March 28, 2022 - @Nansen_AI Free & Int. w/@ASvanevik, #MOVE, @aptoslabs, @MEVProtection, @CoinExams, @StargateFinance, @Fetch_ai

Diem-based Chains launching. Teams from @Facebook's Diem are launching new chains with big funding using the Diem tech and smart contract language - #MOVE @aptoslabs / Aptos https://twitter.com/aptoslabs?s=11&t=Bi1-Uc-DyS4-fDDLEFBo6w @Mysten_Labs / Sui https://twitter.com/mysten_labs?s=11&t=Bi1-Uc-DyS4-fDDLEFBo6w @MEVProtection COWSwap tokens are now tradable https://cowswap.exchange/#/swap CoinExams - @CoinExams - Rates chain coins based on set of criteria https://coinexams.com ...
March 16, 2022

DeFi Lunch (Ep 105) - March 16, 2022 - ETH Investment options, OlympusDAO & @JackNiewold, Biz Dev/Marketing, @LidoFinance, @Rocket_Pool, #Ethereum Merge,

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. ETH Investment options Lido and Rocket Pool Ethereum Staking Crypto Pragmatist list of ETH investment options Jack Niewold and OlympusDAO and why this is about percpetions, marketing, and comms rather than about Jack Ethereum Merge and more. This is not financial advice. Nothing said on the show should be considered fin...
March 16, 2022

DeFi Lunch (Ep 104) - March 15, 2022 - @Wonderland_fi tax, @gelatonetwork, EU bans BTC?, Metamask/OpenSea blocking countries, & 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. Wonderland takes one more gouge out of investors before they leave - https://twitter.com/b05crypto/status/1503703031669534720 EU Votes no on Bitcoin ban ​MetaMask and OpenSea prepare to block customers from certain countries - https://kravox.com/metamask-and-opensea-prepare-to-block-customers-from-certain-countries Gelato G-UNI mess - h...
March 11, 2022

DeFi Lunch (Ep 102) - March 11, 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. Tempus episode is up with David Garai Crystl revenue model is new. LA Token launches LACHAIN to bridge Ethereum-based networks Stripe Global payment solutions for Web3 Smart Contracts on Stellar: Why Now? Kicking off Project Jump Cannon - SDF Blog (3) Chad Barraford on Twitter: "Synthetic assets are now available @THORChain. Why is this a ...
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