Mission: DeFi

Latest Episodes:

DeFi Lunch (Ep 237) - Nov 14, 2022 - @SBF_FTX Again / Gensler poll / @towbitidiot - @gmipac wins / Nov 15, 2022

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32 years later - WorldWideWeb: Proposal for a HyperText Project - https://www.w3.org/Proposal.html
We need to go on offense - https://twitter.com/b05crypto/status/1591868131584405505?s=20&t=BVbI1zso-ep1FrNgro6Gyg
Crypto Confidence Soars After CEO Defrauds Customers Just Like Real Bank - https://www.theonion.com/crypto-confidence-soars-after-ceo-defrauds-customers-ju-1849773647
Gensler, would you support a testimony deal for Sam - https://twitter.com/b05crypto/status/1592181557808488450?s=52&t=-7WUiPkkMQLSXKlN5PHhFQ
Binance creates industry recovery fund to help projects struggling with liquidity - https://cointelegraph.com/news/binance-creates-industry-recovery-fund-to-help-projects-struggling-with-liquidity?utm_source=Telegram&utm_medium=social
Opinion | Elizabeth Warren: Democrats Just Held the Senate. Here’s What We Do Next. - The New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/12/opinion/elizabeth-warren-democrat-senate-midterm.html
GMI PAC - 19 for 19 - https://twitter.com/twobitidiot/status/1592141843340345344?s=20&t=BVbI1zso-ep1FrNgro6Gyg
Crypto Freedom Lab - https://www.cryptofreedomlab.com/
St. Kitts and Nevis to adopt Bitcoin Cash as legal tender in 2023 - https://cryptoslate.com/st-kitts-and-nevis-to-adopt-bitcoincash-as-legal-tender-in-2023/
Quordle - https://www.quordle.com/#/
Solana Ecosystem Facts Related To FTX Bankruptcy - https://solana.com/news/solana-facts-ftx-bankruptcy
Sink Twice for toilet tanks measuring 15.25" - 16.8" (measured with lid off) - - Amazon.com - https://www.amazon.com/Twice-toilet-tanks-measuring-15-25/dp/B01EXPTOJA/

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, do your own research. Never count on the research of others. We don't know what we are talking about and you can lose all your money. Never invest more than you can afford to lose, because you probably will lose it all.

DeFi Lunch (Ep 236) - Nov 11, 2022 - FTX, FTX, FTX / @BlockFI / @Alameda_Research CEO?!? / Protocol Treasuries are Wiped Nov 14, 2022

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Chapter 11 -

https://twitter.com/SBF_FTX/status/1591089317300293636?s=20&t=_HA2X9NZVzv-ShCZN95Ytw
https://twitter.com/TheBlock__/status/1591074645855420416?s=20&t=_HA2X9NZVzv-ShCZN95Ytw
Enron CEO in charge - https://twitter.com/0x_tracy/status/1591074615954395138?s=20&t=_HA2X9NZVzv-ShCZN95Ytw
Chapter 11: Electric Boogaloo - https://twitter.com/wassielawyer/status/1591099947461799936?s=20&t=_HA2X9NZVzv-ShCZN95Ytw

Contagion - @AlamedaResearch and @FTX_Official Ventures had access to nearly every crypto round - https://twitter.com/Edvis100/status/1591106598436761603?s=20&t=_HA2X9NZVzv-ShCZN95Ytw

BlockFi Down - https://twitter.com/ItzPmacDoh/status/1590915006807539712?s=20&t=dq1i7HCx3_GfL1jT6Dpeng

Didn't age well - https://twitter.com/ErikVoorhees/status/1591074209933185031?s=20&t=_HA2X9NZVzv-ShCZN95Ytw

treasuries are wiped - https://twitter.com/cole0x/status/1590933735251546112?s=20&t=_HA2X9NZVzv-ShCZN95Ytw

VIDEO - CEO of Alameda is pitiful -

https://twitter.com/ApeDurden/status/1590912098871435265?s=20&t=dq1i7HCx3_GfL1jT6Dpeng
https://twitter.com/Emmonspired/status/1590915556181479425?s=20&t=dq1i7HCx3_GfL1jT6Dpeng

set up a crypto regulatory regime that would create a deep moat around FTX - https://twitter.com/EpsilonTheory/status/1590558885601234944?s=20&t=KhzArhi3XyfVq1yjZTJc4w

Crypto.com holds more what? - https://twitter.com/WhaleChart/status/1591051755311493122?s=20&t=_HA2X9NZVzv-ShCZN95Ytw

❤️ Erik Voorhees - https://twitter.com/ryaneshea/status/1591102445463408640?s=20&t=_HA2X9NZVzv-ShCZN95Ytw

Gary Gensler chose to protect us from... - https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1590721196957761537?s=20&t=_HA2X9NZVzv-ShCZN95Ytw

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, do your own research. Never count on the research

DeFi Lunch (Ep 235) - Nov 10, 2022 - @SBF_FTX is sorry / @Sequoia deletes SBF love story / @weremeow & @DefiantNews on @Solana impacts / @CryptoHayes - What's next / Nov 11, 2022

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Join the convo on our Reddit - https://www.reddit.com/r/MissionDeFi/

Sorry folks, but deleted the SBF love post I mentioned that showed how stupid they were about investing. Thankfully, the WayBack machine never forgets. - https://web.archive.org/web/20221027180945/https://www.sequoiacap.com/article/sam-bankman-fried-spotlight/
Binance Processed Around $8 Billion In Trade With Iran Despite Sanctions - https://bitcoinist.com/binance-processed-around-8-billion-with-iran/
I'm sorry. That's the biggest thing - https://twitter.com/SBF_FTX/status/1590709166515310593
FTX’s Unraveling May Allow DeFi to Grow - Bloomberg - https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-11-09/ftx-s-unraveling-may-allow-defi-to-grow?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_content=crypto
Interesting.@GaryGenslerruns to the media while reports to my office allege he was helping SBF and FTX work on legal loopholes to obtain a regulatory monopoly. We're looking into this. - https://twitter.com/RepTomEmmer/status/1590717374801809409?s=20&t=w2J0LxJOnvxORgQGtVzGNw
Hell of a job SEC - https://twitter.com/jdorman81/status/1590421129545424897?s=20&t=R4AW4oQqMqBdoVO2qDT32g
The FTX meltdown has demolished Sam Bankman-Fried’s image in Washington - https://twitter.com/Zachary/status/1590681493164421120?s=20&t=j5RquNjaH4vzU59uLUaTcg
In the interest of transparency - https://twitter.com/dt_chain/status/1590504418814103553?s=46&t=sOTRSaRJbtWMvYvOCTY5cQ
unspoken issue facing the @solana ecosystem are the wrapped Sollet tokens, namely soBTC - https://twitter.com/weremeow/status/1590461628864397312?s=20&t=bMBrWkYu-FUuBvmyZQRjUQ
wreaking havoc on the $SOL ecosystem - https://twitter.com/defiantnews/status/1590513677618118656?s=52&t=5tJXnin3EqX5N5tI2L5s7g
What happens now that Baron CZ passed on FTX bailout and SBF is bankrupt - https://twitter.com/CryptoHayes/status/1590457116107583488?s=20&t=piupz-SRbocfNbMqImL2Xg

DeFi Lunch (Ep 234) - Nov 9, 2022 - The FTX debacle marches on / @CZ_Binance bails / Andre & Zhu aren't sorry / Sam is broke Nov 10, 2022

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Join our community on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/MissionDeFi/

Speechless. (Any views expressed in the below are… | by Arthur Hayes | Nov, 2022 | Medium - https://cryptohayes.medium.com/speechless-9b1b5114bb2c
In the spirit of transparency - https://twitter.com/cz_binance/status/1590351182513729544
SBF letter to investors looks like a letter from a guy who was dumped by his girlfriend - https://twitter.com/esatoshiclub/status/1590270592795680768
Binance Proof-of-Reserve pledge gains support following FTX crisis - https://cointelegraph.com/news/binance-proof-of-reserve-pledge-gains-support-following-ftx-crisis?utm_source=Telegram&utm_medium=social
The right framing for crypto - https://twitter.com/b05crypto/status/1590221063928938496?s=20&t=iYRAui9Spy0Yoql-9Vn22w
CZ holding a gun to Sam's head? - https://twitter.com/b05crypto/status/1590228854152364032?s=20&t=iYRAui9Spy0Yoql-9Vn22w
Binance tops up SAFU fund at $1 billion amid price fluctuations - https://cointelegraph.com/news/binance-tops-up-safu-fund-at-1-billion-amid-price-fluctuations?utm_source=Telegram&utm_medium=social
Crypto Billionaire Bankman-Fried Loses Entire Fortune in One Day - https://finance.yahoo.com/m/63e4b722-cbd7-3d6d-a3d4-17c347cae7c3/crypto-billionaire.html
Andre Cronje isn't sorry - https://andrecronje.medium.com/learn-from-my-mistakes-4cc8faf98468
Zhu Su isn't sorry - https://twitter.com/zhusu/status/1590189369834758144
New L1 to explore - https://www.monad.xyz/
MetaMask Launches Bridge Aggregator In Dapp To Easily Move Tokens Across Chains - https://metamask.io/news/latest/meta-mask-launches-bridge-aggregator-in-dapp-to-easily-move-tokens-across-chains

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.

DeFi Lunch (Ep 233) - Nov 8, 2022 - @SBF $FTT @FTX @CZ_Binance / VR headset that kills / @LBRYcom loses / EVM on @Solana / $ETH Deflation / @Uniswap LPs losing / #Kazakhstan Nov 09, 2022

Show notes

Crypto giant Binance agrees to buy rival FTX amid ‘liquidity crunch’ | TechCrunch - https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/08/binance-signs-letter-of-intent-to-acquire-ftx/
FTX asked for our help - https://twitter.com/cz_binance/status/1590013613586411520
I have a few announcements to make. - https://twitter.com/sbf_ftx/status/1590012124864348160?s=61&t=IdwOWbnlCeOiEyG4FJ5YBw
Over $344 Million Liquidated as Bitcoin, Ethereum Continue to Drop - Decrypt - https://decrypt.co/113829/over-344-million-liquidated-bitcoin-ethereum-continue-drop
gm - https://twitter.com/zhusu/status/1590022114882768897?s=61&t=Z8iAwPjjTfQX6kWzUAwM5g
Nigeria - https://cryptopotato.com/nigerias-presidential-candidate-adebayo-to-create-30-million-jobs-using-crypto/
LBRY loses - https://twitter.com/LBRYcom/status/1589646012225757185
- https://twitter.com/Mikethejohnson/status/1589686264953196544/photo/1
Maybe $LBRY is exactly the kick in the ass we needed - https://twitter.com/b05crypto/status/1589817707574480897?s=20&t=QYTECapWvHFq3hxAXDKYlg
Palmer Luckey Made a VR Headset That Kills the User If They Die in the Game - https://www.vice.com/en/article/dy7kbq/palmer-luckey-made-a-vr-headset-that-kills-the-user-if-they-die-in-the-game?s=09
The dumpening - https://twitter.com/b05crypto/status/1589813509856321536?s=20&t=VttfxJoygrPqgkHZ_KAtNw
Alameda / FTX tracker - https://dune.com/21shares_research/alameda-and-ftx-tracker
The Block: Wintermute-incubated DeFi aggregator Bebop expands to Polygon - https://www.theblock.co/post/184010/wintermute-incubated-defi-aggregator-bebop-expands-to-polygon
Ethereum's Buterin Wants The Crypto Industry To Limit Its Reliance On Institutional Investors — Here's Why ⋆ ZyCrypto - https://zycrypto.com/ethereums-buterin-wants-the-crypto-industry-to-limit-its-reliance-on-institutional-investors-heres-why/
Maker vs. Liquity - https://twitter.com/LiquityProtocol/status/1588713101154656256
2000 ETH has been added to the total supply - https://twitter.com/0xCygaar/status/1588663386564616194?s=20&t=QYTECapWvHFq3

DeFi Lunch (Ep 232) - Nov 7, 2022 - @beefyfinance / @Eignelayer - wow / @cz_binance dump $FTT to spank @FTX / @opensea enables onchain royalties / Nov 08, 2022

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Join the community discussion on Reddit - https://bit.ly/3ROHn0H

people want FTX to be insolvent & are trying to cause a bank run - https://twitter.com/lex_node/status/1589395896374284288
CZ Dumping - https://twitter.com/cz_binance/status/1589283421704290306
Binance to liquidate its entire FTX Token holdings after ‘recent revelations’ - https://cointelegraph.com/news/binance-to-liquidate-its-entire-ftx-token-holdings-after-recent-revelations?utm_source=Telegram&utm_medium=social
The Block: OpenSea creates tool to help NFT collections enforce royalties on-chain - https://www.theblock.co/post/183518/opensea-creates-tool-to-help-nft-collections-enforce-royalties-on-chain
Is eigenlayer is the most important protocol since the launch of Ethereum - https://twitter.com/MeirBank/status/1589013673385000960
FTX balance sheet - https://twitter.com/carolinecapital/status/1589264375042707458
Beefy om EThereum - https://twitter.com/beefyfinance/status/1588679103573630976
Gas Hawk - https://twitter.com/cleanunicorn/status/1589151376088539136
SEC issues subpoena to influencers promoting HEX, Pulsechain and PulseX - https://cointelegraph.com/news/sec-issues-subpoena-to-influencers-promoting-hex-pulsechain-and-pulsex
U.S. Attorney Announces Historic $3.36 Billion Cryptocurrency Seizure And Conviction In Connection With Silk Road Dark Web Fraud | USAO-SDNY | Department of Justice - https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/us-attorney-announces-historic-336-billion-cryptocurrency-seizure-and-conviction

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.

DeFi Lunch (Ep 231) - Nov 4, 2022 - @AndreCronjeTech is baaaccckkk / @0xPolygon BD kills it... AGAIN / Oracles liquidation / $MSTR could have been rich with $ETH / Nov 07, 2022

Show notes

The Crypto Winter of 2022. Crypto-currency crashes and network… | by Andre Cronje | Oct, 2022 | Medium - https://andrecronje.medium.com/the-crypto-winter-of-2022-3d26c283042f

Gabriel Haines takes on Cronje LMAO - https://twitter.com/gabrielhaines/status/1588154001014591490

Meta’s Instagram Plans NFT Minting, Trading Tools - Decrypt - https://decrypt.co/113395/metas-instagram-plans-nft-minting-trading-tools

Oracles liquidate a big position - https://twitter.com/gearbox_intern/status/1587957233605918721

MSTR could have been rich - https://twitter.com/ercwl/status/1588336998493827072?s=52&t=LJ5EmNiJb9Cj5fMwaVlB5A

Mission: DeFi EP 82 - CT Educator Haym Salomon on what people don't understand about Ethereum & what's right and wrong in DeFi | Mission: DeFi - https://www.missiondefi.com/Haym-Salomon/

Arbitrum transaction activity rockets 550% since August: Delphi Digital - https://cointelegraph.com/news/arbitrum-transaction-activity-rockets-550-since-august-delphi-digital?utm_source=Telegram&utm_medium=social

Mastercard adds 7 blockchain startups to its crypto accelerator - https://cointelegraph.com/news/mastercard-adds-7-blockchain-startups-to-its-crypto-accelerator?utm_source=Telegram&utm_medium=social

I analyzed 200 DeFis. Here Is What I Found Out. | DataDrivenInvestor - https://medium.datadriveninvestor.com/i-analyzed-200-defis-here-is-what-i-found-out-4f0d5b42f637

Blockchain Applications and the Rising Digital Asset Class - Blockworks - https://blockworks.co/blockchain-applications-and-the-rising-digital-asset-class/

The @FantomFDN Alpha Round - https://twitter.com/gitcoin/status/1587852086980407296
Musk Reportedly Tells Twitter to Pause Crypto Wallet Efforts - https://gizmodo.com/crypto-twitter-elon-musk-dogecoin-1849742723

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.

Mission: DeFi EP 82 - CT Educator Haym Salomon on what people don't understand about Ethereum & what's right and wrong in DeFi Nov 04, 2022

Show notes

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 thinks is the Jeff Bezos of crypto

This is not financial advice. Nothing said on the show should be considered financial advice. This is just the opinions of Brad Nickel 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, do your own research. Never count on the research of others. We don't know what we are talking about and you can lose all your money. Never invest more than you can afford to lose, because you probably will lose it all.

DeFi Lunch (Ep 230) - Nov 3, 2022 - @Hetzner_Online takes out 20% of @Solana Validators / @AlamedaResearch in trouble? / @Binance buying banks? / @FantomFDN $FTM pump Nov 04, 2022

Show notes

Join our community on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/MissionDeFi/

The Block: 1,000 Solana validators go offline as Hetzner blocks server access - https://www.theblock.co/post/182283/1000-solana-validators-go-offline-as-hetzner-blocks-server-access

Alameda is a hot mess - https://twitter.com/DylanLeClair_/status/1587890966580658177

Binance to buy banks? - https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/11/02/binance-ceo-zhao-considering-buying-banks-report/

Fantom pump Why? Stupid - https://twitter.com/tree_of_alpha/status/1588109594567524352?s=52&t=u7cpstXHNbstG40SCgvhRA
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.