Mission: DeFi

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DeFi Lunch (Ep 211) - Oct. 7, 2022 - $BNB Chain Exploit / @SushiSwap Rally / @aztecnetwork privacy lang / @Coinbase EIP-4844 / @Bankless x @Consensys / @Revest Finance & Resonate / Oct 10, 2022

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BNB Chain Bridge Exploited for $100 million - Ecosystem Update - https://www.bnbchain.org/en/blog/bnb-chain-ecosystem-update/
Sushi Rallies After GoldenTree Discloses $5M Position - The Defiant - https://thedefiant.io/sushi-rallies-goldentree
Hello from GoldenTree - General Discussion - SushiSwap - https://forum.sushi.com/t/hello-from-goldentree/11221
Brian Armstrong's egodocumentary - https://twitter.com/brian_armstrong/status/1577327143557603328
DeFi Llama and IntoTheBlock now available in TradingView - https://www.tradingview.com/blog/en/intotheblock-defillama-data-on-tradingview-33845/
Aztec Network releases new universal language of zero knowledge - Noir - https://twitter.com/aztecnetwork/status/1578082456212643840
Coinbase’s public support and contributions to EIP-4844 - https://twitter.com/CoinbaseAssets/status/1578071625785909253
Gitcoin to launch Grants Protocol - https://twitter.com/gitcoin/status/1578099357043150848
Bankless x Consensys - https://twitter.com/ConsenSys/status/1578051507769032704
Mission DeFi EP 77 - Revest / Resonate - Taking NFTs to another level of DeFi - Rob Montgomery | Mission: DeFi - https://www.missiondefi.com/revest-resonate-rob-montgomery/
How Someone is Attacking the ZCash Network for $10 a Day? - https://cryptopotato.com/how-someone-is-attacking-the-zcash-network-for-10-a-day/
Offline Bitcoin Lightning payments will soon be possible - https://protos.com/offline-bitcoin-lightning-payments-will-soon-be-possible__trashed/
Celsius Reveals Names, Transaction Histories of Thousands of Customers in Public Court Filing - Crypto Briefing - https://cryptobriefing.com/celsius-reveals-names-transaction-histories-of-thousands-of-customers-in-public-court-filing/

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

Mission DeFi EP 77 - Revest / Resonate - Taking NFTs to another level of DeFi - Rob Montgomery Oct 07, 2022

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Guest Name: Rob Montgomery
Guest Twitter:
Project Name: Revest
Project URL: https://revest.finance/
Project Twitter: https://twitter.com/RevestFinance
Project Name: Resonate
Project URL: https://www.resonate.finance/
- His background as very early in Bitcoin/crypto
- How their new NFT model allows for embedding dapps into NFTs
- What Revest is and how it works
- Revest has beomce more of an engine
- Very composable system
- Lock tokens or positions into NFTs
- How they've experimented and made changes to their model
- How Liquid Driver helped them change their model
- How their NFTs are a smart wallet
- Revest tokenizes fungible into non-fungible
- How Resonate not only demonstrates the power of Revest, but also is a powerful platform that solves a big issue for protocol liquidity and users
- How they coped with the hack they experienced, but kept building
- What they've done to integrate better security procedures into their process and systems

DeFi Lunch (Ep 210) - Oct. 6, 2022 - @DefiLlama explosion / @0vixProtocol looks HOT / Is @SolidlyETH sketchy? / Terra arrest / @MakerDAO tradfi? / @AllchemixFi on @optimismFND / @vulpemventures / Oct 07, 2022

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DeFiLlama is blowing out with new releases of features & functionality

Compare Protocols TVLs - DefiLlama - https://defillama.com/comparison?protocol=MakerDAO&protocol=Curve&protocol=WBTC&protocol=PancakeSwap&protocol=Compound

Raises - DefiLlama - https://defillama.com/raises

All Dex Volumes - DefiLlama - https://defillama.com/dexs

Lend/Borrow optimizer - DefiLlama Yield - https://defillama.com/yields/optimizer?borrow=USDC&lend=ETH

While traipsing through the new yield optimizer, we discovered a new project on Matic with huge yields for lending called 0VIX - Impressive team and advisors with a beautiful UI - 0VIX - Landing Page - https://www.0vix.com/

Celsius’ Top 3 Execs Cashed Out $42M in Crypto Before Bankruptcy - https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/10/06/celsius-top-3-execs-cashed-out-56m-in-crypto-before-bankruptcy/

Solidly ETH looked a bit sketchy, but Eamon helped us figure out the whole story - (5) Solidly (@SolidlyETH) / Twitter - https://twitter.com/SolidlyETH

Korean police reportedly arrest first person involved in Terra collapse - https://cointelegraph.com/news/korean-police-reportedly-arrest-first-person-involved-in-terra-collapse?utm_source=Telegram&utm_medium=social

Stablecoin Issuer MakerDAO to Invest $500M in US Treasurys, Corporate Bonds - https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/10/06/stablecoin-issuer-makerdao-allocates-500m-for-treasuries-corporate-bond-investment/

Alchemix on Optimism - https://twitter.com/alchemixfi/status/1575213510745001984?s=52&t=ldZOL_Cog1_fVwAycbUU1g

Basel Committee: Banks worldwide reportedly own 9.4 billion euros in crypto assets - https://cointelegraph.com/news/basel-committee-banks-worldwide-reportedly-own-9-4-billion-in-crypto-assets?utm_source=Telegram&utm_medium=social

SWIFT Says It's Proved It Can Be the Way Forward for Global CBDCs - https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/10/05/swift-says-its-proved-it-can-be-the-way-forward-for-global-cbdcs/

Cool Bitcoin DeFi Projects on Liquid from Vulpem Ventures - https://vulpem.com/

Fuji Money - https://fuji.money/
Bitmatrix - Swap - https://beta.bitmatrix.app/

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 ad

DeFi Lunch (Ep 209) - Oct. 5, 2022 - Don't Miss! - Our fav $BTC maxi - @XBT3D talks #Bitcoin DeFi, #Lightning, @Liquid_BTC, "Why ETH will fail", & market predictions! Oct 06, 2022

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The one, the only @XBT3D joins us & you don't want to miss! @pathfinder305

Discuss this episode on our Reddit - https://reddit.com/r/missiondefi

Video version - https://youtu.be/si1B60hua1s

We covered a huge amount of ground in this big episode, but you don't want to miss a second of it.

We love having Bitcoin Maxi XBT3D on DeFi Lunch. So much wisdom, experience, and Bitcoin maxi perspective, that we believe is important for the ecosystem.

We covered:

What Lightning is
Why Lightning is important
How it can be used in DeFi
Why the fact that it is centralized isn't important
Why Sean thinks that Ethereum will fail
We discussed Liquid Network & its role in the ecosystem
Why payments are so important
How Jack Maller is killing it with Strike and Lightning
Why he thinks we're in for a very long winter for Bitcoin through December 2023
and much much more!

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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 208) - Oct. 4, 2022 - @jaredgrey @SushiSwap Chef / Beeple Hack / Mining by Argentina / Daily tx on EVM chains / 17 dapps coming / Oct 05, 2022

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All past episodes with videos are available on https://missiondefi.com

Mission DeFi EP 76 - Critical Decentralized Oracle System - Nick Fett of Tellor ( @WeAreTellor ) | Mission: DeFi - https://www.missiondefi.com/mission-defi-ep-76-critical-decentralized-oracle-system-nick-fett-of-tellor-wearetellor/
Chainlink Partnership With SWIFT Shows LINK Attracting Attention From ‘Seriously Significant’ Institutions: Coin Bureau - The Daily Hodl - https://dailyhodl.com/2022/10/03/chainlink-partnership-with-swift-shows-link-attracting-attention-from-seriously-significant-institutions-coin-bureau/
Beeple Hack - https://twitter.com/zachxbt/status/1577295721308557312
Average daily transactions on top EVM chains over the past week - https://twitter.com/Dynamo_Patrick/status/1576987652506923008?t=8fOb1QBjJFFdhlqid29l-Q&s=35
McDonald’s now accepts payments in Lugano, Switzerland - https://twitter.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/1576985578268418048?t=lraNN9jASJYti_iiB4kFoA&s=35
The future of DeFi: what lies ahead? - https://twitter.com/TheDeFinvestor/status/1576985554025009153
European authorities warn growing crypto adoption could affect traditional finance - https://finbold.com/european-authorities-warn-growing-crypto-adoption-could-affect-traditional-finance/
ibonds - https://www.treasurydirect.gov/savings-bonds/i-bonds/i-bonds-interest-rates/
Argentina's State-Owned Energy Company Moves Into Crypto Mining - https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/10/03/argentinas-state-owned-energy-company-moves-into-crypto-mining/
Billionaire Stan Druckenmiller Discusses Cryptocurrency Having 'Big Role in a Renaissance' — 'People Aren't Going to Trust Central Banks' – Economics Bitcoin News - https://news.bitcoin.com/billionaire-stan-druckenmiller-cryptocurrency-having-big-role-in-a-renaissance-people-arent-going-to-trust-central-banks/
Judge denies another SEC attempt to shield documents in Ripple case - https://www.theblock.co/post/173901/judge-denies-another-sec-attempt-to-shield-documents-in-ripple-case?utm_source=coinmarketcap
METL - https://metl.co/
Sushi's new Chef - @jaredgrey - https:

Mission DeFi EP 76 - Critical Decentralized Oracle System - Nick Fett of Tellor ( @WeAreTellor ) Oct 04, 2022

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Oracles are critical infrastructure in DeFi, but most of the options we have today are centralized and at risk for censorship or failure. It could literally take down the entire system. Nick Fett and his founding partners have been working since 2018 to build a truly decentralized oracle system that can withstand threats and they are starting to get the kind of traction that is critical to the success of all of DeFi.

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Video version of this episode: https://youtu.be/nvet5CwDOcY

Project Name: Tellor

Project URL: https://tellor.io/

Project Twitter: https://twitter.com/WeAreTellor

Guest Name: Nick Fett

Economist
Started working at CFTC
Joined the blockchain working group there
Left in 2017
Started with the idea of starting a derivatives project on a sidechainGot an Ethereum Foundation grant
Did a research paper on why it was a bad idea
The problem he hit at that time was the oracle problem. There were no real oracles at the time
The original oracle was a guy that setup a server, but he quit.
Decided to pivot from derivatives into solving the Oracle problem in 2018
Chainlink wasn't launched yet. Nothing really existed.
He was determined from the beginning to be decentralized
ICO days
How difficult it was to raise money
Built the entire project in 2019 and launched their token
How their decentralized oracles work as a marketplace for information
Stakers and Reporters.Stakers stake and then can request data
Reporters then post the data and race to be first
Anyone can protest that data is incorrect and reporters can lose their staked money
Gas costs make streaming data difficult
Doing anything on a blockchain fast is a bad idea.
Original platform was a proof of work protocol that facilitated toke n emissions
Couldn't get anyone to take it.
How they went out to promote it and get anyone involved

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 207) - Oct. 3, 2022 - @Mashinsky took $10m before freeze / @LidoFinance #stETH peg / @Binance NZ / @TMobile staking / Goofy Gensler Video / Oct 04, 2022

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Feds Seized $311M in Bitcoin (BTC). A Hacker Stole It Back - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-03/feds-seized-311m-in-bitcoin-btc-the-crypto-hacker-stole-it-back?utm_medium=social
Goofy Gensler video on Kim Kardashian - https://twitter.com/GaryGensler/status/1576897535427448832?s=20&t=ASVwR04jB_Y3ZSVALSsUHQ
Alex Mashinsky Withdrew $10M Before Freezing Customer Accounts: Report - Decrypt - https://decrypt.co/111081/alex-mashinsky-withdrew-10m-%d1%81elsius-before-freezing-customer-accounts
Ethereum's largest staking service regains stETH peg - https://protos.com/ethereums-largest-staking-service-finally-regains-steth-peg/
Mr. Beast got robbed & his private key was on a post-it note on his stolen laptop - https://twitter.com/BTCGandalf/status/1576549393125507072
Binance launches NZ-based offices following regulatory approval - https://cointelegraph.com/news/binance-launches-new-zealand-based-offices-following-regulatory-approval
T-Mobile Launches Ethereum Validator, Staking Support - Decrypt - https://decrypt.co/110983/deutsche-telekom-ethereum-validator-staking
Jerome Powell Tries to Kill Irony - Calls Out DeFi for Lack of Transparency - https://www.coindesk.com/podcasts/the-breakdown-with-nlw/jerome-powell-confusingly-calls-out-defi-for-lack-of-transparency/
Mission DeFi - EP 32 - GenomesDAO - https://www.missiondefi.com/mission-defi-ep-32-genomesdao-is-mapping-a-decentralized-path-forward-for-genetic-data-privacy-research/
GenomesDAO - https://nft.genomes.io/
Over 12,000 Cryptocurrencies Have 1 Month of No Trading Volume in 2022 - Tokenist - https://tokenist.com/over-12000-cryptocurrencies-have-one-month-of-no-trading-volume-in-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 financ

DeFi Lunch (Ep 206) - Sept. 30, 2022 - @ChickenBonds / Amazing Web3 Voter Msg Data by @HaunVentures / Influencer dumps on fans / Brad's crazy idea / Oct 02, 2022

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Mission DeFi EP 75 - Chicken In or Chicken Out? Liquity & their amazing new project Chicken Bonds with @TokenBrice

Arrested Tornado Cash developer to stay in jail after appeal rejected: Exclusive - https://www.theblock.co/post/174016/arrested-tornado-cash-developer-alexey-pertsev-appeal-rejected

Crypto influencer @thecryptolark promotes low cap projects to his audience just to dump on them - https://bit.ly/3rGr5M9

Brad's crazy idea that has legs - https://bit.ly/3Cq4gCn

Crypto wallet Metamask unveils all-in-one digital asset portfolio dApp

China’s Big Fund corruption probe casts shadow throughout chip sector - https://bit.ly/3rlM1Yj

Amazing crypto messaging data for Web3 - The Web3 Voter — Haun Ventures - https://bit.ly/3Cq83j7

The brain undergoes a great "rewiring" after age 40 - Big Think - https://bit.ly/3LW6Jrv

Mission DeFi EP 75 - Chicken In or Chicken Out? Liquity & their amazing new project Chicken Bonds with @TokenBrice Sep 30, 2022

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The radically decentralized Liquity Protocol is already a dominant force in lending and stables with 0% interest loans and the opportunity to earn ETH cheap by using the protocol. Now, they've turned their attention to solving the liquidity problem for protocols.

We discussed:

Brice's role in growing the French DeFi Ecosystem with his group and podcast
How he connected with Liquity and why he joined the project
His role as strategist on the team and why it is important
How Liquity works and why it is important
Radical decentralization as the ethos for their projects
What Chicken bonds are, why they work, and how they will help projects gain liquidity.
The opportunities for users in Chicken Bonds
The first dynamic NFT that indicates your position in the bonding process with Chicken In or Chicken Out
How the protocol makes sure you have no loss even if you leave early. No penalties
How you make money in the protocol and the connection to Liquity Protocol
What projects are ideal for using Chicken Bonds
Strategies for Chicken Bond investing - https://twitter.com/LiquityProtocol/status/1574822737968627712
The no interface model continues
The latest integrations for Liquity
The game theory behind the NFT and the market potential for it

Project Names:

Liquity
Chicken Bonds

Project URLs:

Liquity: https://Liquity.org
Chicken Bonds: https://www.chickenbonds.org/

Project Twitter Handles:

Liquity: https://twitter.com/LiquityProtocol
Chicken Bonds: https://twitter.com/ChickenBonds

Guest Name: Token Brice

Guest Twitter: https://twitter.com/TokenBrice

DeFi Lunch (Ep 205) - Sept. 29, 2022 - Peak Oil?!? / CFTC gets ikky w/Ooki / @lex_node helps / @0xSifu & $UwU / @0xfoobar @DelegateCash / @safe / @MetricsDAO on $ETH / Sep 30, 2022

Show notes

Peak Oil?!? - https://bit.ly/3y3j6fF

CFTC "serves" members of Ooki DAO via a forum post? - https://bit.ly/3y5ptPk

Gabriel Shapiro offers assitance to Ooki DAO members - https://bit.ly/3BVW5w9

Sifu Resurfaces with New Money Market Protocol & Brad may just Ape in - https://bit.ly/3E4Q036 / https://bit.ly/3UJEZdD

Stanford gets stupid with reversible Ethereum transactions - https://bit.ly/3y3ZpnH

Foobar's not having any of Stanford's reversible stupid - https://bit.ly/3CltEcn

Is Foobar 3 people? Launches airdrop protection protocol DelegateCash - https://bit.ly/3E56BUt

You've got $SAFE tokens, but you can't touch this - https://bit.ly/3SFI8Jy

Metrics DAO on Ethereum Post Merge status - https://bit.ly/3UIBlAy

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.

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