Episodes

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
May 12, 2022

DeFi Lunch (Ep 134) - May 12, 2022 @Bancor V3 is launched, @Stablekwon's $UST cancer is spreading $FRAX @Frax_finance $USDT @Gemini

Hilarious Crypto Market Crash Video Bancor V3 launch lost in the USTY insanity Terra Blockchain halted What will happen in the market this summer - Fractal Supply of Luna does 5x in 24 hours Price of Luna is below a penny Do Kwon: "95% are going to die [coins], but there's also entertainment in watching companies die too" 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. Th...
May 12, 2022

DeFi Lunch (Ep 133) - May 11, 2022 - Um, $UST $LUNA @Terra_money & @Stablekwon , $COIN / @Coinbase

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...
May 11, 2022

DeFi Lunch (Ep 132) - May 10, 2022 - $UST @Stablekwon $LUNA and some other shit

We covered everything going on around the market and UST and the colossal failure of Do Kwon. 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, liquid...
May 9, 2022

DeFi Lunch (Ep 131) - May 9, 2022 - @Bancor V3 / @Polkadot / @Algorand / @MUstCometh / @DeFiLlama / @Google Web3 / @Saylor / @Monocito_ / Instagram NFTs / @Sony @Theta_Network Spatial Reality #NFTs /

Polkadot for Beginners | Linktree Fei on Twitter: Fastest-growing sectors emerging in the blockchain space Bitcoin whales jumping ship as exchange inflows reach 3-month high Crypto Trading : A detox center for addicts, over 90,000 euros to cure | by Trending Crypto News | May, 2022 | Block Magnates TRON DAO Launches USDD Jointly with Blockchain Leaders Brad's Reply to Scaramucci about Algorand Innovations in blockchain Cometh raises $10 Million to Boost Blockchain Adoption in Video Games | by Qu...
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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...
May 5, 2022

DeFi Lunch (Ep 130) - May 5, 2022 - State of economy, @EthereansOS @toschi_eth, @cz_binance @binance $ in @Twitter, @iearnfinance V3 & #ERC4626, @AlchemixFi on @FantomFDN @Spirit_Swap @SpookySwap

Macro economics & government policy expert Gavin joins us to give us the big picture on the economy and the beltway impression of crypto Binance in Twitter New Mission DeFi episode with @EthereansOS @toschi_eth #EthOS Yearn V3 and ERC-4626 Alchemix is live on Fantom SpiritSwap, SpookySwap, and Beethoven 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. Not...
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May 5, 2022

Mission: DeFi EP 56 - Toschi of EthOS is building a better, safer, and faster development layer for Ethereum - @ethereansOS / @toschi_eth

Allesandro Toschi and the team at EthOS have spent 4 years working to builder a better method for developing and governance on Ethereum. It is a powerful solution and vision. Project Name: EthereansOS Project Website: https://ethos.eth.link Project Twitter: https://twitter.com/ethereansOS Guest Name: Alessandro Toschi Guest Twitter: https://twitter.com/toschi_eth --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/missiondefi/support
May 5, 2022

DeFi Lunch (Ep 129) - May 4, 2022 - @jump_ strong arms 79 year old man to get domain for cheap, @hildobby_ $ETH dashboard, Liquidity, $300 million fund by @nymproject,

@jump_ strong arms 79 year old man for a domain @hildobby_ $ETH dashboard - Dashboard Liquidity as the driver of #DeFi growth & what is next Cuba approves cryptocurrency services Virginia county wants to put pension funds into DeFi yield farming Large outflow from Bitcoin institutional holders $300 million developer fund by privacy focused $NYM --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/missiondefi/support
May 4, 2022

DeFi Lunch (Ep 128) - May 3, 2022 - Impact or Roe decision on Crypto politics, American Opinions on Crypto, SEC doubles, $APE fiasco, Tinder scams, @SPANK

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...
May 4, 2022

DeFi Lunch (Ep 127) - May 2, 2022 - #BSC Sidechains

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. BSC Sidechains - https://bit.ly/3LGbkwX Best Practices for Web3 Fundraising Decks - https://bit.ly/3kAseBh How to read smart contracts - https://bit.ly/38NXE4z Malt Protocol - https://docs.malt.money/ Bored Ape Minting Stupidity - https://cnet.co/3LJ3eDO Ceek VR Concerts - https://bit.ly/38I8Q2t This is not financial advi...
May 3, 2022

DeFi Lunch (Ep 126) - April 29, 2022

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...
April 28, 2022

DeFi Lunch (Ep 125) - April 28, 2022 - Market Conditions, @CryptoHayes The Doom Loop, @feiprotocol / @joey__santoro , @swellnetworkio

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...
April 28, 2022

DeFi Lunch (Ep 124) - April 27, 2022 - @optimismPBC's maximalist messaging alienating the rest of #DeFi $OP,

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...
April 26, 2022

DeFi Lunch (Ep 123) - April 26, 2022 @JosephDelong was right @SushiSwap | @elonmusk | $USDB | $FHM | @ANySniper_ exploit - bad hires | @Stripe | Justing Sun's unstable stablecoin | $UST

What will Elon do with Twitter? Stripe's move into crypto and Twitter - Stripe to Start Using Crypto’s Financial Rails for Payments Today - The Defiant Miles Deutscher on Twitter: A diversified strategy for managing investments @josephdelong is vindicated about what @SushiSwap needed - Sushi 2.0: A Restructure For The Road Ahead - Proposals - SushiSwap Justin Sun pitching 10B stablecoin New $USDB stablecoin on @FantomFDN has 100% APY - USDB stablecoin offers as high as 100% LP yields on Fa...
April 25, 2022

DeFi Lunch (Ep 122) - April 25, 2022 - Founder of @Printerfinancial about their powerful bridge protocol on 6 chains, @elonmusk, @beanstalkfarms, & more

Joe's back and we had a great Monday show. Today we interviewed Atlas, the founder of @FinancePrinter - Printer Financial about their amazing new bridge protocol, why it is important and what the experience of building a protocol has been like in #DeFi. @elonmusk & @Twitter Charles Hoskinson & Cardano and 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 f...
April 23, 2022

MIssion: DeFi - EP 55 The @BeanstalkFarms exploit what is was like, what it means, & the path forward

The first doxxed video interview with a founder of Beanstalk farms - Ben Weintraub of @IsThisPublius. We cover the experience of the exploit, the path forward, and what they've learned. Fascinating insights into their experience and the protocol. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/missiondefi/support
April 22, 2022

DeFi Lunch (Ep 121) - April 22, 2022 @BeanstalkFarms interview, @koopxyz & #DAOS tools @coordinape, Anti-Crypto folks, & the tools Brad uses in #DeFi

News: Brad to interview @BeanstalkFarms Stripe ups their crypto game and the impact of that Molly White - Brad invited Molly to discuss her anti-crypto positions New chain claims to solve the trilemma - https://subspace.network/ The Tools Brad Uses in DeFi and why he picked them Coindix - https://coindix.com/ Multifarm - multifarm.fi Dex.guru - https://dex.guru/ Router Protocol - https://app.routerprotocol.com/ DropsTab - https://dropstab.com/ Etherdrops - DeBank - https://deba...
April 22, 2022

DeFi Lunch (Ep 120) - April 21, 2022

Printer Financial - a new bridge with a burn & mint model - PRINTER FINANCIAL 🖨️ (@FinancePrinter) / Twitter @Cobie's advisory piece on $APE & why their staking plan and probably yours is all wrong Babylon Finance's Fountain of ETH protocol - https://www.babylon.finance/garden/0xB5bD20248cfe9480487CC0de0d72D0e19eE0AcB6 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/missiondefi/support
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April 20, 2022

Mission: DeFi EP 54 - @FattyBagz on growing one of the largest DAOs in the world at @OlympusDAO & what founders & DAO members need to know

FattyBagz ended up in DeFi through OlympusDAO and was able to apply his experience and expertise in marketing to helping grow the DAO and he learned a ton of valuable lessons along the way. He also had a massive life-changing experience that changed his approach to life and people and we discussed that in detail. So many amazing lessons in this episode. Do not miss it. Video: https://www.missiondefi.com/fattybagz-olympusdao - Raised by hippy mom and Vietnam vet Dad on a Hindu compound. ...
Guest: FattyBagz
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April 19, 2022

EP 53 - Gro Protocol's Hannes Graah

Guest: Hannes Graah Guest Twitter: https://twitter.com/graadient Project: Gro Protocol Project Twitter: https://twitter.com/groprotocol Project Website: https://www.gro.xyz/ One of the things I am most excited about in this space is integration into the real world and Gro is definitely on a path to that. - His background working for Spotify and Revolut and how that variety of experience helped in building Gro - How the idea came about to provide a mix of conservative and more aggress...
Guest: Hannes Graah
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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 15, 2022

DeFi Lunch (Ep 119) - April 15, 2022 @CoinCenter @Valkenburgh SEC, @laurashin The Cryptopians, @Ronin_network / North Korea, Justin Sub / Twitter, @Wikipedia, @LidoFinance, @Rocket_Pool

(3) ɥƃɹnquǝʞןɐΛ ⚖ on Twitter: "A new SEC proposal has a serious change hidden within its complex language. Bottom line: The proposal violates the First Amendment by requiring a license to speak—even of open source developers. It’s unconstitutional and they should change it. Coin Center is pushing back 👇 1/" / Twitter Read The Cryptopians by Laura Shin (4) Ronin on Twitter: "Today, the FBI attributed North Korea based Lazarus Group to the Ronin Validator Security Breach. More details: https:/...
April 15, 2022

DeFi Lunch (Ep 118) - April 14, 2022 - @Whalestats @elonmusk @coordinape @frax $FPIS $FPI $ETH Merge Delay, @Tesla $BTC mining, @Jack NFT resale

Elon Musk Offers to Buy Twitter: Live Updates - The New York Times DAOs and their management Coordinape DAOs Power Node Analysis of the top FTM wallets | WhaleStats Ethereum Merge No Longer Expected in June Blockstream partners with Tesla to build a solar-powered BTC facility | Currency.com Guy that bought Jack Dorsey's first tweet as an NFT for $2.9 tired to see it for $48 million after he got out of Iranian prison Crescent Network: Unlocking Limitless DeFi Possibilities- new dex with po...