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Polygon Episodes

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
Jan. 17, 2023

DeFi Lunch (Ep 273) - Jan 16, 2023 - @0xPolygon Hardfork / @Gemini charged / @0xCygaar on Wallets / 3AC exchange / Ethereum at 500k / @ShibainuCoin L2 /

Don't turn your cold wallet into a hot wallet - https://bit.ly/3QI8jzD Gemini and Genesis charged by SEC with selling unregistered securities - https://bit.ly/3ZFf9K5 Polygon’s Blockchain to Undergo Hard Fork - https://bit.ly/3CS2PfG Pimp your wallet - https://bit.ly/3J3h8ls 3AC, Coinflex founders collaborating to raise $25M for new claims trading exchange - https://bit.ly/3WqeE40 Davos 2023: Why WEF must focus on crypto regulations or ‘spectacularly fail’ - https://bit.ly/3CWPenE Ethereum hits ...
Sept. 28, 2022

DeFi Lunch (Ep 203) - Sept. 27, 2022 - Epic @0xPolygon deal @RobinhoodApp / How to BizDev / Newsom kills regs / @cosmos forward / @lavanetxyz / Miner stupid /

$1.50 hot-dog-and-soda combo is 'forever' - https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/26/costco-cfo-says-hot-dog-and-soda-combo-price-is-forever.html Fed Speaks - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_9GrgvNkxY Mission DeFi EP 74 - Delta Neutral Strategies Paying Nice Conservative Yields by Robo-Vault - Interview with founder - Sam | Mission: DeFi - https://www.missiondefi.com/robo-vault/ Another epic Polygon deal - https://twitter.com/0xPolygon/status/1574751140809691137?s=20&t=g2UM0JvXZIYrjDn02G-r1w Jeremy Sie...
July 20, 2022

DeFi Lunch (Ep 162) - July 20, 2022 - zkEVM from @0xPolygon ($MATIC) is a big deal / Trading F&G? / @DeFiPulse / @MustCometh Mktg / @Consensys Audit NFT / @0xTracker / @BinanceUS IPO? / SEC Narcs

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...
July 18, 2022

DeFi Lunch (Ep 160) - July 18, 2022 - Fear & Greed better / $ETH & $MATIC runs / @CantoPublic a new Layer 1 with DeFi primitives built in / China collapse? / @cred_protocol / Ripple $100m in legal

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...
July 14, 2022

DeFi Lunch (Ep 158) - July 14, 2022 - @0xPolygon ($MATIC) is in with Disney & it's big! / #NFTs to $231b? / @BNBCHAIN adds scam alerts / @yankees pay in $BTC / @jerallaire - $USDC gaining on USDT /

@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...
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...
June 23, 2022

DeFi Lunch (Ep 156) - June 23, 2022 - Douchebag of the week - Michael Saylor, Solar BTC Mining, #Deglobalization @PeterZeihan, @Nexo rollup, @coinbase KYR,

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...
June 8, 2022

DeFi Lunch (Ep 146) - June 8, 2022 - @0xPolygon is killing & why $Matic / @zrowgz joins to discuss @BeanstalkFarms Barn Raise $BEAN / @Stepnofficial $BST is up / @iearnfinance adopts @llamapay_io /

Our friend Eamon joined us to discuss the Beanstalk Farms barn raise - https://app.bean.money/ - https://twitter.com/zrowgz ANKR is the partner launching BNB Chain side chains Homemade sodas Unifi protocol goes 10X, but what the hell is it? - https://dropstab.com/unifi-protocol-dao @Stepn token explodes @iearnfinance adopts @llamapay_io and why it is strategically important to niche down your strategy - https://twitter.com/iearnfinance/status/1533555526302412802 Polygon is kill...
May 13, 2022

DeFi Lunch (Ep 135) - May 13, 2022 - Polygon's Sandeep Nailwal gets aggressive in a down market / @0xFooBar discusses Stablecoins, UST, LUNA tokenomics, lending, privacy & more

We had the honor of having @0xFooBar on the show to discuss his thoughts on @AlchemixFi - He's a dev for the team We discussed the debacle with @Terra_Money how it worked and why it failed. $UST $LUNA #Stablecoins @IronFinance $TITAN $IRON Education in #DeFi Privacy tokens and chains and what it takes for them to actually work We also covered the aggressive plan that @Sandeepnailwal has for Polygon during a down market. Joe Cawley and Brad Nickel cover the DeFi news of the day,...
Guest: 0xFooBar
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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...
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...
March 3, 2022

DeFi Lunch (Ep 96) - March 3, 2022 - @Vestlab #VC dump tracking, @OasisProtocol $ROSE, @Route2FI - stable yields, @LidoFinance - $MATIC, @AaveAave $stETH,

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. - Kanye and Kim - Ukrainian contributions - https://twitter.com/b05crypto/status/1499406083810545669 - Tires in Ukraine - LFG gas pipeline issues - Oasis Protocol - https://oasisprotocol.org/technology - Vestlab - track when VCs will dump on you - https://vestlab.io - Best stablecoin yields by @Route2fi - https://twitter.com/route...
Feb. 8, 2022

DeFi Lunch (Ep 80) - February 8, 2022 - @superfluid_hq, @bitfinex hackers caught, @0xPolygon monster round, Google crypto,

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. Superfluid exploit Bitfinex hackers caught and funds seized Polygon $450 million investment Alphabet CEO says blockchain cool Kazakhstan taxing miners 500% Welcome to Nor presentation FIrecharts and Material Indicators This is not financial advice. Nothing said on the show should be considered financial advice. This is jus...
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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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Oct. 25, 2021

EP 23 - Paul Brody of EY - This ain't your daddy's "Ernst & Young" - How EY is building a crypto practice that helps all of DeFi

Guest Info Name of Guest: Paul Brody Name of Project: EY Twitter URL of Guest: https://twitter.com/pbrody Project Twitter URL: https://twitter.com/EY_US Project URL: https://blockchain.ey.com/ Show Notes How he got started and became the Global Blockchain Leader at EY How he got into blockchain and EY While at IBM: Talked about connected devices like light bulbs and how their clients were selling them and they were losing money from cloud services. So they decided on blockchain and s...
Guests: Paul Brody , EY
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