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DeFi Episodes

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June 12, 2023

Mission: DeFi - EP 101 - DeFi to grow #AI & open source applications - Max Howell(@mxcl) of @teaxyz explains the powerful model

Tea combines the benefits of #DeFi with incentives to build open source & makes it easy for users to use all kinds of complex applications including the latest in #AI. Max Howell joined Chuck and Brad for a powerful Twitter Spaces on his model for Tea (https://tea.xyz). Max is the original founder and developer of Brew which makes it easy to install open source packages with all their dependencies, but this time with Tea he's taken it to another level with a beautiful UI, lots of AI to make A...
Guests: Max Howell , Tea
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April 19, 2023

Mission: DeFi EP 95 - VC Evan Mair of Gumi Cryptos explains how they fund startups in crypto & what they see on horizon

Traditional VCs get gun shy when the markets turn, but the partners at Gumi Cryptos just keep moving forward and looking for compelling innovation in the space. Today we interviewed Evan Mair to find out what it is like in today's bear market for crypto and DeFi. We discuss: Evan's background and how he fulfilled a dream he had since he was a child to become a VC How they are more about innovation than just investing in a theme How they look at investments Their investing process...
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 ...
Oct. 23, 2022

DeFi Lunch (Ep 221) - Oct. 21, 2022 - @opyn_ / @hodlonaut beats Wright / @DefiOrg Twitter tool / @Plaid Web3 / #SilkRoad Sleuths / @Solana Embassy / @PanckaeSwap on @AptosFoundation

Join our community on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/MissionDeFi/ Opyn's 'Crab Strategy' Generates 14% Return - https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2022/10/21/defi-options-platform-opyns-crab-strategy-generates-14-return-in-comatose-ether-market/ Hodlonaut Wins Norwegian Lawsuit Against Craig Wright - https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/hodlonaut-wins-norwegian-lawsuit-against-134311067.html?guccounter=1 Twitter sentiment tool - Twitter DeFi Trends | by defi.org - https://twitter.defi.org/ Plaid la...
June 25, 2022

DeFi Lunch (Ep 157) - June 24, 2022 - Learn how to earn more with @AnkrStaking with @FilipeDeFi from @Ankr

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...
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June 20, 2022

Mission DeFi EP 63 - Trade at the Speed of Light with Bloxroute - Uri Klarman - founder and CEO / @bloXrouteLabs / @uriklarman

Optimizing trades in DeFi is difficult and timing is a real problem. In addition, MEV can make it a real nightmare and actually cost us money. Bloxroute has optimized all the network connections of blockchain and made it function literally at the speed of light. It is an amazing system used by the largest traders in the space, but is also available to everyone. Uri Klarman is building a powerful platform at Bloxroute and one you will want to be familiar with. Project Name: Bloxroute ...
May 27, 2022

Mission DeFi EP 61 - Matt Luongo wants to get us out of the centralized wallet trap we are in with Tally Ho

Tally Ho is an open source wallet and soon DAO to make wallets safer, easier to use and more powerful, while eliminating our centralized dependence on other wallet companies. The product is being built by Thesis headed by my guest Mll Luongo and they have an amazing history of success in crypto / DeFi. Project Name: Tally Ho Project Website: https://tally.cash/ Project Twitter: https://twitter.com/tallycash Project Discord: https://chat.tally.cash/ Guest Name: Matt Luongo Guest Twit...
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May 6, 2022

Mission DeFi EP 57 - Hundred Finance - Borrow on 1 chain against tokens on another? @HundredFinance (Acid Bird & TerraBellus) /

Interview from May of 2022 Acid Bird & TerraBellus Project Name: Hundred Finance Project URL: https://hundred.finance Project Twitter: https://twitter.com/HundredFinance Guest Names: Acid bird and TerraBellus A more conservative lending protocol The magic of mirroring gives users the power to use tokens on one chain towards lending and borrowing on another chain without having to bridge from one chain to the next Goal is a full multichain lending system The difficulties of deali...
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April 18, 2022

Mission: DeFi EP 52 - Jack Niewold - Researcher, influencer, & writer stirring up the DeFi space.

My guest today is Jack Niewold of Crypto Pragmatist. Paladin vote lending model Jack is bullish on Governance models. Gallion DAO $LUNA $UST and Do Kwon and are they a threat to crypto in general? We discussed this the day his tweet thread went out about the risks inherent in the protocol. $USDC and our ability to get away from it We discussed $BEAN and this was recorded before the exploit, but the model still stands Bad websites and documentation in DeFi Radical decentr...
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...
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March 7, 2022

Mission DeFi EP 45 - Andrew Yang's Lobby3 is here to help advance #DeFi. How they will do it & why. @AndrewYang @Lobby3d

Andrew Yang's Lobby3 is ready to educate the US Congress on how DeFi can help average people get ahead. I was a big supporter of Andrew Yang's during his presidential run. While I do believe that UBI is good policy, I primarily supported him, because he took a pragmatic and logical approach to solving problems that was non-partisan and welcoming. That is why when he announced he was forming a lobbying DAO to advance Web3/DeFi, I immediately let him know I was onboard and I wanted to interview...
Guests: Andrew Yang , Lobby3
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Feb. 4, 2022

EP 38 - How Gains is creating better, faster, & fairer leveraged trading on DeFi. Founder Seb, until recently a one man show, tells us how. $GNS @GainsNetwork_io

Until recently, Seb the founder of Gains Network a high speed leveraged trading platform supporting Forex and Crypto and decentralized was the only developer on the team. They've added some part time help, but he built a powerful synthetics-based trading platform that makes day trading possible on DeFi. With a fairer and less expensive model and amazing tokenomics and earning possibilities, he's managed to accumulate a large community and $4.2 billion in volume in a very short time. This o...
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