DeFi Lunch Episodes

Coin Center does amazing analysis of the OFAC Sanctions against Tornado Cash - Analysis: What is and what is not a sanctionable entity in the Tornado Cash case - https://www.coincenter.org/analysis-what-is-and-what-is-not-a-sanctionable-entity-in-the-tornado-cash-case/ Canto is Live on Mainnet: Details on Canto genesis & token distribution for the Canto network - https://twitter.com/CantoPublic/status/1559311693653483520 https://canto.io/ Nansen launches their portfolio tool based on Ape Board...

US Treasury sanctions cryptocurrency mixer Tornado Cash - https://www.theblock.co/post/162105/us-treasury-sanctions-cryptocurrency-mixer-tornado-cash?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social List of Tornado Cash resources that were banned - https://twitter.com/TornadoCash/status/1557048526986780677 Tornado Cash community fund multisignature wallet disbands amid sanctions - https://cointelegraph.com/news/tornado-cash-community-fund-multi-signature-wallet-disbands-amid-sanctions An Alleged Tornado Cas...

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...

If you enjoy our show, please take just a few minutes to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts. It can make a huge difference on our reach in the space. Just click here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mission-defi/id1574134305 Market talk Arthur Hayes on the macro scene, energy, EURO, and Asian markets - https://entrepreneurshandbook.co/a-samurai-a-knight-and-a-yankee-211bf975a31d Energy usage and POW Bill Gates on Netflix about nuclear plants Senate bill puts control of crypto in...

Status of the market Solana Hack https://twitter.com/SolanaStatus/status/1554817790091182080 https://twitter.com/0xfoobar/status/1554627762807349249 Why cooperatives are a better opportunity for DAOs - https://www.missiondefi.com/daos-as-cooperatives/ Bitcoin: Missing hard drive could fund Newport crypto hub - https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-62381682 Brazil Might Approve Its Cryptocurrency Law This Week - https://news.bitcoin.com/brazil-might-approve-its-cryptocurrency-law-this-week/ Jo...

Explaining the Nomad bridge hack - https://twitter.com/0xfoobar/status/1554269047176548353?s=20&t=pt8xXXCRW9xSW1UXt_pTWg Reaper Farm Hack - https://twitter.com/PeckShieldAlert/status/1554423041232629761 ETHPoW vs ETH2 clever trading hacks - https://blog.bitmex.com/ethpow-vs-eth2/ Miners should have planned in advance - https://twitter.com/b05crypto/status/1554454192927957001?s=20&t=m8ZAWKsq0X_DpDvO4fHt9A Craig Wright wins 1£ LMAO - https://bitcoinist.com/judge-peter-mccormack-1-in-damages-craig-...

Awesome episode where XBT3D (Sean) explains in great detail how we probably aren't done with downward pressure on price and backs it up with market data and analysis. Do not miss the wisdom. 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,...

$ETH & $BTC still toying with a move up, but voices of doom are expecting a massive crash to $300 or $400 for ETH This is a really big deal... @getswype launches fiat integration with @GnosisSafe. DAOs can now initiate wire/ACH payments on chain via governance through an insured virtual account. This solves a huge problem. https://twitter.com/getswype/status/1552404322947944448 @FantomFDN killing it with built in security tools for devs https://twitter.com/stelyb/status/1552672795...

$ETH is blowing up. Outpacing $BTC in price growth. Merge 7 Days: 13.77% 30 Days: 45.18% @AndrewYang announced the merger of @Fwd_Party with 2 other ind parties & co-chairing with @GovCWT. Forward was already pro-crypto and this bodes well, since 62% of Americans want another party choice. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/exclusive-former-republicans-democrats-form-new-third-us-political-party-2022-07-27/ My interview with Andrew about his crypto lobbying org @Lobby3_DAO https://bit.ly/mdand...

Ethereum Weekly Exchange Net Flow Points To Growing Accumulation Trend - https://www.newsbtc.com/news/ethereum/ethereum-weekly-exchange-net-flow-points-to-growing-accumulation-trend/ Cryptoverse: What crisis? Venture capitalists bet big on crypto - https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/cryptoverse-what-crisis-venture-capitalists-bet-big-crypto-2835776 Joe's idea to add FTX to the list of buy and hold potentials - https://ftx.com/intl/ftt Regulatory compliant pricing oracles to allow new insti...

Web5 is a threat? - https://twitter.com/b05crypto/status/1551548331641405442?s=20&t=rSRSrr7YiCLvDYqGHQkWkQ Tether, Bitfinex aim at building a new internet with P2P app Keet - https://cryptoslate.com/tether-bitfinex-aim-at-building-the-next-internet-with-p2p-app-keet/ Sushi launches cross chain swaps - https://sushi.com/blog/sushi-xswap-a-crosschain-dexhttps://sushi.com/swap?srcToken=FTM&dstToken=MATIC&srcTypedAmount=10000&srcChainId=250&dstChainId=137 Economic Sentiment Improves For The Second ...

Crypto to reach 1 billion users in 2030: BCG Report - https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-to-reach-1-billion-users-in-2030-bcg-report Crowdhealth - https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/bitcoin Analysts Suspect the Fed Will Bump Federal Funds Rate by 75 bps Next Week, Others Predict the 'Biggest Hike in Decades’ - https://news.bitcoin.com/analysts-suspect-the-fed-will-bump-federal-funds-rate-by-75-bps-next-week-others-predict-the-biggest-hike-in-decades/ South Korea Delays 20% Cryptocurrency Tax To ...

Brad and Joe had an in depth chat with the head of growth from Deso Protocol and DaoDao on their approach to building a social media focused layer 1 blockchain and making it easy for anyone to launch a Dao for crowdfunding, community building, governance, and more. Guest: Ash - https://twitter.com/investindigital Projects: DaoDao DaoDao Twitter: https://twitter.com/daodao_io Dao Dao URL: https://daodao.io/ Deso Protocol Deso Twitter: https://twitter.com/desoprotocol Deso Protocol URL: http...

Crypto exchange FTX is in talks to raise more funding, Bloomberg reports - https://www.theblock.co/post/158705/crypto-exchange-ftx-is-in-talks-to-raise-more-funding-bloomberg-reports MustCometh with the nice marketing at ethcc - https://twitter.com/vincentlg/status/1548355514702057472?s=28&t=N487aJU-5DjKlvT_XUOrxQ This is a Big Deal - The Future is Now for Ethereum Scaling: Introducing Polygon zkEVM - https://blog.polygon.technology/the-future-is-now-for-ethereum-scaling-introducing-polygon-zkev...

Fear and greed hits 30 and we're out of extreme fear range - https://alternative.me/crypto/fear-and-greed-index/ We climb into major chains and where they stand: https://defillama.com/chains Gensler and the SEC getting shredded in Congress for extra jurisdictional actions and beckoning for projects to come in and talk and then hitting them with enforcement actions. https://news.todayq.com/news/come-in-talk-to-us-says-sec-chair-gary-gensler-to-crypto-firms/ https://twitter.com/twobitidiot/stat...

Things are looking better Fear and Greed doing better - https://alternative.me/crypto/fear-and-greed-index/ Polygon ($MATIC) making a big announcement in 2 days. Canto a new layer 1 with DeFi primitives built in to the base for lending, Dex, and bridge - https://settlers.canto.io/ China on the brink of collapse? NFT rewards / membership platform Hang raises $16 million Series A - https://www.theblock.co/post/157419/nft-membership-platform-hang-raises-16-million-series-a Sui making advan...

Video version is here: https://youtu.be/k05GsajvOhY Brad's thread of good follows: https://twitter.com/b05crypto/status/1547942459224641536 Gensler: SEC could tailor disclosures for crypto firms - https://www.theblock.co/post/157658/gensler-sec-could-tailor-disclosures-for-crypto-firms The Ethereum merge may happen as soon as September 19 - https://twitter.com/superphiz/status/1547643255335968771?s=20&t=XbsgNJ13HLXr0-SBWW6dMQ Digitalax hits Coinbase and sees a nice price increase. We discussed t...

@CelsiusNetwork declares bankruptcy - Chapter 11 - https://www.theblock.co/post/157491/crypto-lender-celsius-declares-chapter-11-bankruptcy-in-new-york NFT market worth $231B by 2030? Report projects big growth for sector - https://cointelegraph.com/news/nft-market-worth-231b-by-2030-report-projects-big-growth-for-sector?utm_source=Telegram&utm_medium=social BNB Chain adds scam alerts capability - DappBay - https://www.bnbchain.org/en/blog/dappbay-find-upcoming-dapps-and-screen-risk-level/ Polyg...

We had a great time getting to know Filipe from Ankr Staking and learning everything about the first liquid staking project in the world. Gain insights into how you can earn more with staking for multiple blockchains including Fantom, Binance Chain, Ethereum, Avalanche, and much more. You also will learn how you can earn more or borrow against the derivative token for the platform. Not only will you learn about the platform, the Ankr ecosystem, and how you can leverage it for earnings, but yo...

The End of The World Is Just Beginning - https://www.amazon.com/End-World-Just-Beginning-Globalization/dp/006323047X The End Of The World Is Just Beginning For Shipping - https://gcaptain.com/end-of-the-world-is-just-beginning-book-review/ Douchebag of the week is Michael Saylor - https://www.business2community.com/crypto-news/microstrategy-ceo-michael-saylor-calls-for-crypto-regulation-02509375 Polygon's MATIC Up 20% Amid Whale Accumulation, Carbon Neutrality Push - https://decrypt.co/103632/po...

Draper Decentralized Studio - https://studio.draperx.vc/ Bungee Cross Chain Bridge Aggregator - https://bungee.exchange/ Bitcoin miners sold their entire May harvest: report - https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-miners-sold-their-entire-may-harvest-report?utm_source=Telegram&utm_medium=social NFT Marketplace Volume Crashes $12 Billion to New 2022 Lows - https://beincrypto.com/nft-marketplace-volume-12-billion-2022-lows/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/missiondefi/support

Our friend Shaun (https://twitter.com/XBT3D) goes through his 5 standards for money and why he thinks Bitcoin is the only currency that fits. Shaun is an algorithmic trader and spends his days monitoring thousands of trades daily from the algos he writes himself, including for Bitcoin Hedge Funds. Known and unchangeable monetary policy that can't be changed Decentralization - Option for self custody. Accessible in time and space Fungibility Put it to use - buy things, earn yie...

The ultimate DCA using liquidations at @Liquity - https://twitter.com/korpi87/status/1538490313110880256 The Solend Mess - https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/06/20/defi-protocol-solend-passes-governance-vote-to-reverse-emergency-powers/ Coinbase is facing class-action suits over unstable stablecoins GYEN, USTC - https://cointelegraph.com/news/coinbase-is-facing-class-action-suits-over-unstable-stablecoins-gyen-terrausd Cool tool - https://cryptorank.io/ Another Terra/ Luna lawsuit - https://...

Amazing DeFi investing & learning resources at https://0xilluminati.com/ ☹️ things aren't going great with the Beanstalk barn raise so far - https://app.bean.money/ Three Arrows Capital positions liquidated by FTX, Deribit and BitMEX - https://www.theblock.co/post/152665/ftx-deribit-bitmex-liquidated-three-arrows-capital Maki, Sam Kazemian, Zeus/OlympusDAO, Babylon, and Tetra get together to do the right thing for retail & Fei PCV in the Fuse exploit - https://twitter.com/0xmaki/status/153760516...