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March 31, 2023

Mission: DeFi EP 93 - @redstone_defi is taking on @ChainLink in a big way

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...
March 30, 2023

DeFi Lunch (Ep 323) - Mar 30, 2023 - Shaun Day!

We've got Shaun back and he's even more bearish than normal, but we really climbed into the money fleeing crypto at this time and much more. Join the community to discuss - https://t.me/missiondefi Do Kwon faces ‘grim’ year in Montenegro jail, lawyer says - https://md1.to/owonfacesgrimyearinontenegrojaillawyersays $4,500,000,000,000 Asset Manager Fidelity Hiring for ‘Crypto Token Research’ Position - https://md1.to/cji2d Schoolhouse Rock - I'm Just a Bill - https://md1.to/xgsdf Greenpeace Unv...
Guest: Shaun - XBT3D
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March 30, 2023

Mission: DeFi EP 92 - @GregOsuri - @Akashnet_ is taking on the giants in hosted processing

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...
Guests: Akash , Greg Osuri
March 30, 2023

DeFi Lunch (Ep 322) - Mar 29, 2023 - #FreeJoe!

Brad went solo today, because he did such a bad job of communicating with Joe yesterday. You are missing out if you haven't joined our community yet: https://t.me/missiondefi Fidelity is building out a crypto and token research team - https://md1.to/idelityisbuildingoutacryptoandtokenresearchteam 90% of Ethereum now in self-custody as supply on exchanges hits lowest level since 2015 - https://md1.to/990ofthereumnowinself-custodyassupplyonexchangeshitslowestlevelsince2015 Brad's Twitter ran...
March 28, 2023

DeFi Lunch (Ep 321) - Mar 28, 2023 - @rakis_me from Stamp Protocol and @ArweaveEco

We had a great interview with developer Tom Wilson who is building a powerful incentives and content protocols on Arweave that are great examples of the power of that platform. Project URL: https://md1.to/stamps Guest URL: https://md1.to/rakis Other stories from the show: Binance would never 'trade against users to their detriment,' top exec says - https://md1.to/binancecftc1 Disgraced crypto exec Sam Bankman-Fried faces new bribery charge - https://md1.to/isgracedcryptoexecamankman-riedfaces...
March 28, 2023

DeFi Lunch (Ep 320) - Mar 27, 2023 - Special Guests - @MiamiNFTweek / @GianniDalerta / @ErikLaPaglia

Today we discussed Miami NFT Week and the growing crypto and startup scene with the founders of the confernece Erik LaPaglia and Gianni Dalerta. Conference URL: https://md1.to/mianftweek Guest Twitter: https://md1.to/eriklapaglia Guest Twitter: https://md1.to/giannidalerta 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 ...
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
March 22, 2023

DeFi Lunch (Ep 318) - Mar 22, 2023 - Game7 (G7_DAO) - Jon Allen

Game7 is working to change the fundamentals of game development and they’ve already built some amazing tools to grow their community. Joe and Brad discussed what it takes to succeed with Jon Allen of Game7. Jon was previously a bomb squad member in the military and has a powerful background in investing. 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....
Guests: Jon Allen , Game7
March 21, 2023

DeFi Lunch (Ep 317) - Mar 20, 2023 - #ETHDenver Hilmar (@hilmarxo) from Gelato (@gelatonetwork)

Gelato is dominating the smart contract automation world and with good reason. This is a powerful platform used by some of the biggest projects in the world. Project: Gelato Project URL: https://www.gelato.network/ Project Twitter: https://twitter.com/gelatonetwork Guest Name: Hilmar Orth Guest Twitter: https://twitter.com/hilmarxo 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. ...
March 20, 2023

DeFi Lunch (Ep 316) - Mar 20, 2023 - #ETHDenver - @ether_fi's @MikeSilagadze - Staking - Mar 20, 12:00 PM

More options are popping up everyday for staking on Ethereum. EtherFI is taking a completely decentralized approach to it, while also working to help projects build on top of their protocol. Project Name: EtherFi Project URL: https://ether.fi Project Twitter: https://twitter.com/ether_fi Guest Name: Mike Silagadze Guest Twitter: https://twitter.com/MikeSilagadze Don't miss out on the DeFi Lunch community. Amazing insights for investing, tech, projects, and much more. Join Now! https://t...
March 17, 2023

DeFi Lunch (Ep 315) - Mar 17, 2023 - ETHDenver: Trust Wallet's Eowyn Chen - Mar 17, 12:00 PM

Eowyn Chen wasn't expecting to be the CEO of Binance's Trust Wallet, but when the situation presented itself, she rose to the challenge and now leads one of the most used wallets in crypto. She discusses the challenges of leading, the team's approach to their product and their market, and how they see the future. Brad and Joe were really impressed with her approach to leadership and growth for Trust Wallet. You'll learn a great deal from Eowyn about leadership that you can apply to your life. ...
March 17, 2023

DeFi Lunch (Ep 314) - Mar 16, 2023 - Shaun Day! (@XBT3D)

Another amazing episode with Shaun covering not only current market conditions, but also, * His current shitcoin plays * A discussion on centralization * Our takes on the banks, regulators, and the fiat blcokade and much much 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 financial advice. Nothing said on the show should be considered financial advice. ...
Guest: Shaun - XBT3D
March 15, 2023

DeFi Lunch (Ep 313) - Mar 15, 2023

Game7 - https://md1.to/game7 USDC Dune Dashboard - https://md1.to/usdcdash Metamask sees swaps volume hit all time high over weekend - https://md1.to/etamaskvol Rodney Dangerfield - https://md1.to/rd1 MetaMask Mobile v6 - https://md1.to/mmv6 Brad's Liquity Thread - https://md1.to/liquitythread1 EU Parliament passes smart contract regulation under Data Act - https://md1.to/eusmartcontractregs Euler Finance’s offer to hacker: Keep $20M or face the law - https://md1.to/ulerinancesoffertohackereep20...
March 14, 2023

DeFi Lunch (Ep 312) - Mar 14, 2023 - Signature bank political / CFTC does right thing / Euler Exploit / Malware

Join the community and learn more about the best investing strategies in DeFi and Crypto - https://t.me/missionDeFi CFTC Names Executives From Circle, TRM, Fireblocks Among Others to New Tech Advisory Group - https://md1.to/cftc1 DeFi Lender Euler Suffers $200M Exploit - https://md1.to/euler1 Botnet that knows your name and quotes your email is back with new tricks - https://md1.to/malware1 More than 280 blockchains at risk of ‘zero-day’ exploits, warns security firm - https://md1.to/zerodaychai...
March 13, 2023

DeFi Lunch (Ep 311) - Mar 13, 2023 - SVB - Fomenting Bank Run - Attack on Crypto

Join our community to share your opinion on banks and crypto - https://t.me/missionDeFi 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...
March 13, 2023

DeFi Lunch (Ep 310) - Mar 10, 2023 - Shaun (@XBT3D) Day!

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...
Guest: Shaun - XBT3D
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March 13, 2023

Mission: DeFi EP 91 - Can Bancor come back from a massive failure? - Mark Richardson explains Carbon & what it was like

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...
March 9, 2023

DeFi Lunch (Ep 309) - Mar 9, 2023 - Bitcoin Mining with Stranded Renewable Energy? - @Mark_Morton_ from Schilling Mining

Throughout Ireland and the world, renewable energy is being created using everything from cow manure to wind and sunshine, but there's a problem, because often times the grid can't handle all the energy being created. Enter Scilling Mining to save the day and give energy producers the ability to mine bitcoin with their stranded energy. We really enjoyed getting to know founder Mark Morton and understand how their project works. This is a powerful model and I suspect we will see them expanding in...
March 8, 2023

DeFi Lunch (Ep 308) - Mar 8, 2023 - @neelsalami / @EclipseFND

Great interview today with Neel Salami the founder of Eclipse a rollup as a service provider for specialized protocols in DeFi, GameFi, and much more. This is a powerful platform that will make it easier for protocols to manage performance of their applications on whatever chain they choose. Eclipse website - https://md1.to/eclipse1 Ecplipse Twitter - https://md1.to/eclipsetwitter Neel's Twitter - https://md1.to/neelsalammitwitter Discuss Eclipse in our community - https://t.me/missionDefi Ne...
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March 8, 2023

Mission: DeFi EP 90 - There's more to Arweave than you thought possible - Creator - Sam Williams

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...
Guests: Sam Williams , Arweave
March 8, 2023

DeFi Lunch (Ep 307) - Mar 7, 2023 - CoreDAO Interview

Join the discussion in our community - https://t.me/missiondefi Amazon NFTs will be tied to real-world assets, token may be incoming - https://md1.to/z1qrg We had Brendon from CoreDAO on to explain their unique consensus mechanism that combines Proof of Stake with Bitcoin hash - https://md1.to/coredao 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 ...
Guests: Brendon , CoreDAO
March 7, 2023

DeFi Lunch (Ep 306) - Mar 6, 2023 - ETHDenver & Axelar / Galen Moore

Galen Moore from Axelar joins us to discuss multichain crosschain communications, swaps, etc. Join our amazing community to discuss this and so much more in crypto: https://t.me/missiondefi 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 Cawle...
Guests: Galen Moore , Axelar
March 7, 2023

DeFi Lunch (Ep 305) - Mar 3, 2023 - @LewellenMichael of @OpenZeppelin

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...
March 7, 2023

DeFi Lunch (Ep 304) - Mar 2, 2023 - Live from ETHDenver

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...
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