Mission DeFi Episodes

Mark 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...

Ralf 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: Ca...

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...

Can't think of anyone better for my 100th episode 🥳 than my good friend Corey Cottrell. We always have a great time just chatting and this conversation is no different. We had a wide ranging chat about AI, the future, and his projects. Corey has been building innovative platforms with his amazing team and community for a while now. They built a really powerful Minecraft-based metaverse with token and NFT integration called The Uplift and then Microsoft decided to restrict NFTs in Minecraft...

Our first episode on Twitter Spaces and we will likely do more. To get notified so you can listen and ask questions, be sure to follow Brad on Twitter - https://md1.to/b05 and turn on notifications 🔔 and join our Telegram community - https://t.me/missiondefi What a great conversation with the founder of Akash - Greg Osuri. The platform provides a way to gain access to compute and soon GPU based compute in a less expensive and easier way. Akash is a model for not only democratizing access, but...

Get ready for a powerful new idea to alter the framework of DeFI! When the bear market forced Tempus Finance to build something new, David Garai and his team refused to back down. Searching for the next revolutionary idea, they identified one of the most challenging problems in DeFi: the need for a truly decentralized stablecoin. Enter Raft and the groundbreaking stablecoin, $R. Tying it to borrowed staked ETH, they've developed a game-changing solution that promises longevity and success....

What is it like to watch DeFi summer pass you by while you are building a powerful app-based financial platform to bring financial derivative products to anyone with an idea? For 5 years, Barney Mannerings and the team at Vega Protocol have been building not only a derivatives trading app, but more importantly, a powerful derivatives building platform for any kind of financial application. The potential of the platform to bridge all of finance into DeFi is very compelling. Project Name: Ve...

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...

Get ready to be blown away by the insights and frameworks Josh Rosenthal uses for building companies, investing, and understanding the full potential of crypto. His interviews on Bankless have created a storm of theories on how crypto plays out, based on the historical context of the Renaissance and the American Revolution. He takes that further in this interview with a presentation that reframes how we talk to others about crypto, by helping them see the value before they know what it is. ...

ChainLink is basically a monopoly of oracles in DeFi, but more players are popping up and RedStone has a powerful model that may just be the competition that ChainLink and the ecosystem needs. Faster, cheaper, and better in many ways, the team at RedStone has a powerful approach. - How they are taking on ChainLink and what it is like taking on a monopoly - How they developed a superior oracle model - Why it is cheaper and faster than ChainLink - What technologies they used to buil...

Akash is building a powerful network on chain for compute that is taking on the giants with better pricing and better solutions. What is really interesting is how they operate, how they built and think about incentives for all players and their focus on building a platform for developers to build upon. Discuss this episode in the Mission: DeFi community: https://t.me/missiondefi Project Name: Akash Network Project URL: Project Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/akashnet_ Guest: Greg Osuri...

There are a lot of failures in crypto and DeFi history. Exploits, hacks, and failure of models have all lead to billions in losses for average traders. Bancor, the original AMM, experienced such a failure in June of last year, just after launching their vaunted version 3 of their protocol. The destruction was indirectly caused by the very thing that drew so many people to it, Impermanent Loss Protection combined with liquidity mining. The difference between Bancor and many projects in DeFi is th...

If you think Arweave is just a place to store NFTs permanently, then this episode is going to be a complete eye opener for you as it was for me. Sam Wiliams had an obsession with geopolitics that led him to a vision of creating a system of permanent storage, because he was concerned about censorship and the ongoing human problems of storing our information, knowledge, and data in a safe and permanent way. What he got on the other side of the launch, was far far more than just data storage. Le...

The dream of every new chain is that it will provide the true decentralization, security, & trustlessness of Bitcoin, the compute capabilities of Ethereum, and the performance demanded by the financial world. Dr. K says that his team has solved it with a powerful new model for blockchain. Do you think Quai has what it takes? Discuss Quai in our Telegram group: https://t.me/missionDefi Project Name: Qui Network Project URL: https://quai.network/ Project Twitter URL: https://twitter.com/...

Name of project: ParagonsDAO Project URL: https://paragonsdao.com/#/ Project Twitter URL: https://twitter.com/paragonsDAO Name of Guest: DeFi Ted Guest Twitter: https://twitter.com/DeFi_Ted Show Notes From simple gaming guild to full blown Web3 gaming infrastructure. How does this happen? Started career our in TradFi in risk assessment and management Quit his job during Covid because companies weren't paying His first foray into DeFi as an investor ended up with a rug and then he ...

Discuss HashFlow in our community - https://t.me.missiondefi Project Name: HashFlow Project URL: https://hashflow.com Project Twitter: https://twitter.com/hashflow Guest Name: Varun Kumar Guest Twitter: https://twitter.com/GandalfTheBr0wn From Aerospace to crypto Why AMMs like Uniswap fail to make liquidity providers any profit for the most part Why AMMs are just an extra level of interference from market makers How Hashflow eliminates the need for liquidity pools and solves the ...

Project Name: IPOR Labs Project URL: https://www.ipor.io/ Project Twitter URL: https://twitter.com/ipor_io Guest Twitter URL: https://twitter.com/DarrenCamas $450 Trillion market - IPOR is the LIBOR for DeFi Gives everyone access to markets they never could before Using DeFi Primitives Equalizes the playing field for retail against whales Gamified system for earning Delegation capabilities for others to play for you Solving the DAO engagement problem How they grew to 16k ...

Quicknode is a powerhouse in Web3 infrastructure and it isn't accidental success. Their team has decades of experience in building massive Internet infrastructure with a very successful exit. Learn why they built it, how they built it and how they grow. Project Name: QuickNode Project URL; https://quicknode.com Project Twitter: https://twitter.com/quicknode Guest Name: Dmitry Shklovsky Guest Twitter: https://twitter.com/DIMIDJ This is not financial advice. Nothing said on the show shoul...

From Tradfi to crypto. The fighting in the space between projects What he'd like to see the community avoid. Paying developers to be on Cantos with a revenue share How to implement onchain governance How the ethos came about Launching without a core team to provide help and guidance What is driving his motivation for Canto? What does he want to see? Would he be happy with the experiment even if it failed? Thoughts on where Canto goes from here. This is not financial a...

The Hats Finance team joins me to discuss how they are decentralizing hacking prevention for protocols in DeFi and creating a system that incentivizes good behavior for hackers, communities, developers, and auditors. Project Name: Hats Finance Project URL: https://hats.finance/ Project Twitter: https://twitter.com/HatsFinance Guest Name: Fav_Truffe Guest Twitter: https://twitter.com/Fav_Truffe Guest Name: Alejandra Guest Twitter: https://twitter.com/alecorbella_ This is not financial ad...

Guest Name: Haym Salomon Guest Twitter: https://twitter.com/SalomonCrypto Join our community on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/MissionDeFi/ Who he thinks is the Jeff Bezos of crypto Why people don't get about the true power of Ethereum Cowswap brilliance Eigen Layer The powerful future of Frax His background in tech and consumer products Why he's a true missionary Payment's ain't it What he would build right now Media Regulators Umami Finance Who he think...

Project Name: Notional Finance Project URL: https://www.notional.finance/ Project Twitter: https://twitter.com/NotionalFinance Guest Name: Teddy Woodward Guest Twitter: https://twitter.com/teddywoodward Came from the interest rate swaps industry and was unhappy in his role. Felt like crypto was exciting and had great options for him from a career perspective. Discuss many of the lessons learned starting a project The amazing fate like circumstances that led to him meeting his co-...

Today, you are going to learn a lot about trading strategies, market conditions, and how Nick learns to learn. Nick Drakon has built a reputation as someone that understands the crypto markets, has built powerful trading strategies, and understands how to build successful businesses. Learn how and why we decided to get multiple passports and multiple bank accounts around the world. Learn all about his new business Revelo Intel and how it will help you be a better trader and investor. ...

Roy Blackstone has a long history in crypto and it is one of ongoing pursuit of excellence and primarily success. There is a lot to learn from how he builds and plans his projects and makes them successful. Why originality is critical. How they make crypto a critical, but light element. How the focus is on game first and how current game NFT models are inherently broken or wrong. Games are incredibly difficult to make successful. There are so many elements to combine to make them int...