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DeFi Lunch Episodes

May 1, 2023

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...
April 28, 2023

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...
April 25, 2023

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...
April 24, 2023

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 Foundat...
April 21, 2023

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 opi...
Guest: Shaun - XBT3D
April 18, 2023

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. ...
April 17, 2023

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 Dece...
April 13, 2023

DeFi Lunch (Ep 330) - Apr 13, 2023 - What the hell is going on with @Beanstalkfarms? / Somebody @Uniswap need biz lessons / Death of @TronDAO & $BSV? / US is a loser /

We give a great example why you shouldn't be missing from our Telegram community in the show today! - https://t.me/missiondefi "Interesting developments from @BeanstalkFarms The address that exploited $180M may be linked to a @krakenfx deposit, which opens the door for law enforcement & prosecution. The link is established by looking at addys that deposited 101 ETH in Tornado Cash 1.5 mos before attack https://t.co/8rSClBqV1j" / Twitter ( https://md1.to/bcissues ) Why do we need a Uniswap Wal...
April 11, 2023

DeFi Lunch (Ep 329) - Apr 11, 2023

If you haven't joined our Telegram community, you are missing out: https://t.me/missiondefi Eva Beylin on Twitter: "I’m sick & tired of being sick & tired about banks. ( https://twitter.com/evabeylin/status/1645253108925071361?s=20 ) Camelot DEX | Arbitrum native Decentralized Exchange ( https://app.camelot.exchange/pools/?type=v2 ) Bitcoin miner CleanSpark purchases 45,000 ASICs for $145M ( https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-miner-cleanspark-purchases-45-000-asics-for-145m?ut...
April 11, 2023

DeFi Lunch (Ep 328) - Apr 10, 2023

(1) Brian on Twitter: "1/ Currently those who want to on/off-ramp must register for a centralized exchange and incur long delays before money reaches your accounts or use centralized fiat on-ramps which charge high fees (5%). We (@asoong91, @richardzliang, @0xSachinK) think there’s a better way… https://t.co/5faRCUQIQt" / Twitter ( https://twitter.com/Bmwball56/status/1643620546914000896 ) (1) Fantom Foundation on Twitter: "🗳️ Vote Open: Reducing Validator Staking Requirement A proposal to...
April 7, 2023

DeFi Lunch (Ep 327) - Apr 6, 2023 - Reviews of Newly funded projects / Treasury Dept is Ridic

You are missing out - Join our community -> https://t.me/missiondefi On today's show: The Treasury Department released their split personality report on DeFi https://md1.to/treasreport Reading it though is difficult, so instead we rely on the legal experts from Brad's Crypto Legal List (https://md1.to/cryptolegal) DeFi Education Fund (@fund_defi) summarized most of it very nicely - https://md1.to/defifundtreas In addition, @Timccopeland noted the split personality of agreeing that most ...
April 6, 2023

DeFi Lunch (Ep 326) - Apr 5, 2023 - Marek Olszewski (@marek_) of Celo (@CeloOrg)

We had a great interview today with Marek Olszewski of Celo. Celo is a Layer 1 blockchain in existence since 2020 with a strong mobile first, consumer friendly, social impact oriented ethos. They provide tools to make it easy for devs to get started, have released an open source onramp connector for numerous countries, and have some of the biggest protocols in DeFi deploying to their platform. Project Name: Celo Project URL: https://celo.org Project Twitter: https://cantoecosystem.build/ G...
Guests: Marek Olszewski , Celo
April 3, 2023

DeFi Lunch (Ep 324) - Apr 3, 2023

Don't miss out on our great community. Amazing discussions, alpha, & new projects: https://t.me/missiondefi DON'T GET SCAMMED - Our community's own ZrowGz writes up how he almost got scammed - https://md1.to/avoidscams1 US crackdown will push crypto ‘center of gravity’ to Hong Kong: Kaiko CEO - https://md1.to/hongkong Sweet move to steal projects and devs from Solana - Injective launches layer-2 testnet for Solana-based apps in Cosmos - https://md1.to/solanaoncosmos Stupid is as stupid does - Ar...
March 30, 2023

DeFi Lunch (Ep 323) - Mar 30, 2023 - Shaun Day!

We've got Shaun back and he's even more bearish than normal, but we really climbed into the money fleeing crypto at this time and much more. Join the community to discuss - https://t.me/missiondefi Do Kwon faces ‘grim’ year in Montenegro jail, lawyer says - https://md1.to/owonfacesgrimyearinontenegrojaillawyersays $4,500,000,000,000 Asset Manager Fidelity Hiring for ‘Crypto Token Research’ Position - https://md1.to/cji2d Schoolhouse Rock - I'm Just a Bill - https://md1.to/xgsdf Greenpeace Unv...
Guest: Shaun - XBT3D
March 30, 2023

DeFi Lunch (Ep 322) - Mar 29, 2023 - #FreeJoe!

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 ran...
March 28, 2023

DeFi Lunch (Ep 320) - Mar 27, 2023 - Special Guests - @MiamiNFTweek / @GianniDalerta / @ErikLaPaglia

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 ...
March 23, 2023

DeFi Lunch (Ep 319) - Mar 23, 2023 - Jack Melnick (@jackmelnick_) - Polygon DeFi (@0xPolygonDeFi)

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 i...
Guests: Jack Melnick , Polygon
March 22, 2023

DeFi Lunch (Ep 318) - Mar 22, 2023 - Game7 (G7_DAO) - Jon Allen

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....
Guests: Jon Allen , Game7
March 21, 2023

DeFi Lunch (Ep 317) - Mar 20, 2023 - #ETHDenver Hilmar (@hilmarxo) from Gelato (@gelatonetwork)

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. ...
March 20, 2023

DeFi Lunch (Ep 316) - Mar 20, 2023 - #ETHDenver - @ether_fi's @MikeSilagadze - Staking - Mar 20, 12:00 PM

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 Don't miss out on the DeFi Lunch community. Amazing insights for investing, tech, projects, and much more. Join Now! https://t...
March 17, 2023

DeFi Lunch (Ep 314) - Mar 16, 2023 - Shaun Day! (@XBT3D)

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. ...
Guest: Shaun - XBT3D
March 15, 2023

DeFi Lunch (Ep 313) - Mar 15, 2023

Game7 - https://md1.to/game7 USDC Dune Dashboard - https://md1.to/usdcdash Metamask sees swaps volume hit all time high over weekend - https://md1.to/etamaskvol Rodney Dangerfield - https://md1.to/rd1 MetaMask Mobile v6 - https://md1.to/mmv6 Brad's Liquity Thread - https://md1.to/liquitythread1 EU Parliament passes smart contract regulation under Data Act - https://md1.to/eusmartcontractregs Euler Finance’s offer to hacker: Keep $20M or face the law - https://md1.to/ulerinancesoffertohackereep20...
March 14, 2023

DeFi Lunch (Ep 312) - Mar 14, 2023 - Signature bank political / CFTC does right thing / Euler Exploit / Malware

Join the community and learn more about the best investing strategies in DeFi and Crypto - https://t.me/missionDeFi CFTC Names Executives From Circle, TRM, Fireblocks Among Others to New Tech Advisory Group - https://md1.to/cftc1 DeFi Lender Euler Suffers $200M Exploit - https://md1.to/euler1 Botnet that knows your name and quotes your email is back with new tricks - https://md1.to/malware1 More than 280 blockchains at risk of ‘zero-day’ exploits, warns security firm - https://md1.to/zerodaychai...
March 13, 2023

DeFi Lunch (Ep 311) - Mar 13, 2023 - SVB - Fomenting Bank Run - Attack on Crypto

Join our community to share your opinion on banks and crypto - 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...
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