Brad Nickel

Mission: DeFi

Mission DeFi showcases innovation in the DeFi ecosystem. Our mission is to advance the cause of freedom that decentralized finance & cryptocurrencies like Ethereum, Bitcoin, and many others represent. Hosted by Brad Nickel with 26 years of experience in tech, startups, & crypto, he interviews and profiles innovative projects, their founders, & provides how-tos for investing in the DeFi ecosystem. Mission: DeFi is presented by Material Indicators(https://materialindicators.com) & Blacknox (https://blacknox.com)

Author

Brad Nickel

Category

Technology

Podcast website

missiondefi.com

Latest episode

Jul 27, 2023

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Episodes

DeFi Lunch (Ep 144) - June 6, 2022 - @CelerNetwork bridge / @Coinbase hiring screwups / @Danielesesta @Wonderland_fi at it again / @RichardHeartWin - Douchebaggery / @thedefiedge on ibonds 08.06.2022

Brad tried the Celer Network bridge and loved it - https://cbridge.celer.network/#/transfer Coinbase told new hires they wouldn't rescuind offers and then did - https://twitter.com/TeamBlind/status/1532769735393169410?s=20&t=1CsjGpBQTsnvr8xJVi8tVQ Brad reported on Daniele Sestas latest shenanigans at Wonderland - https://twitter.com/b05crypto/status/1532889158640979968?s=20&t=1CsjGpBQTsnvr...

Mission DeFi EP 62 - Marcello Mari of SingularityDAO - AI in DeFi for better investing outcomes 06.06.2022

Former Tech Crunch journalist joins Brad to discuss SingularityDAO a sister project to SingularityNet that is using AI to provide better outcomes for DeFi investors.  We discuss how they got started, his cofounders, what it is like moving into the role of a CEO in DeFi, the ecosystem, communities, and much more.  Project Name: SingularityDAO Project URL: https://singularitydao.ai/ Projec...

DeFi Lunch (Ep 143) - June 3, 2022 - Special Guest: Sam Forman(@pgpsam) from @SturdyFinance a powerful new lending platform, 03.06.2022

Special Guest: Sam Forman from Sturdy Finance Sturdy is a 0% interest lending protocol that incentivizes lending by staking deposited collateral. Currently available on Fantom and launching today on Ethereum mainnet. Website: https://sturdy.finance/ Discord: https://discord.gg/tRVHp6Vx5N Twitter: https://twitter.com/SturdyFinance Sam's Twitter: https://twitter.com/pgpsam Here's what's in New York'...

DeFi Lunch (Ep 142) - June 2, 2022 - @RitualTypist about the @gelatonetwork spinout he's leading - @ArrakisFinance, $SOL crashes again, @CryptoHayes - Shut it Down! & more $GEL $SPICE $BTC 02.06.2022

Guest: Kassandra - @RitualTypist leading @ArrakisFinance spun out of @gelatonetwork Arrakis Finance - Web3's Liquidity Layer Lock $GEL to receive $SPICE Gelato Governance Dashboard Arrakis Discord - https://discord.gg/arrakisfinance Major crypto firms reportedly cut up to 10% of staff amid bear market What does this mean for the status of NFTs and tokens in crypto as it relates to securities regul...

DeFi Lunch (Ep 141) - June 1, 2022 - Own your content! - Leo(@leonardkish) of Cortex(@app_cortex) / #W2E @walken_io closes $4.7m / @aptoslabs / 01.06.2022

Leo Kish from Cortex joins us to discuss their powerful new decentralized content and social media platform so that users can own their data.  https://www.crtx.app/info.html https://twitter.com/app_cortex https://twitter.com/leonardkish Walken the strongest entry in the Walk To Earn field with a high caliber team announces closing $4.7 million round.  https://twitter.com/walken_io/status...

DeFi Lunch (Ep 140) - May 31, 2022 - Sex2Earn?, @Quantify_Crypto tools, Anti-crypto activists, @Superfluid_HQ merch!, @tesseract_fi down, ETH reorg FUD, @YieldGuild & moronic @MeritCircle_IO 31.05.2022

- Brad's Superfluid merch - Quantify Crypto 's great trading and analysis tools for CEX and DeFi - Economic macro indicators and status from Joe - Merit Circle DAO's moronic move on their investors YGG - The ridiculous & dishonest anti-crypto activists. Molly White is becoming the crypto world's biggest critic   - Teseract shitting down - Token project red flags by @uniwhalesio - How to g...

Mission DeFi EP 61 - Matt Luongo wants to get us out of the centralized wallet trap we are in with Tally Ho 27.05.2022

Tally Ho is an open source wallet and soon DAO to make wallets safer, easier to use and more powerful, while eliminating our centralized dependence on other wallet companies. The product is being built by Thesis headed by my guest Mll Luongo and they have an amazing history of success in crypto / DeFi. Project Name: Tally Ho Project Website: https://tally.cash/ Project Twitter: https://twitter.com...

Mission DeFi EP 60 - Raghav Reggie Jerath runs Gather helping creators earn more & is a VC partner at Ghaf Capital Partners / @Gather_Network @GhafCapital 25.05.2022

I met Reggie because his firm Ghaf Capital invested in my client Walken in the Move2Earn space & I was thoroughly impressed with how they supported a portfolio project & then I discovered that Reggie is also CEO of Gather which is making ethical & low resource consumption browser-based mining on their own Layer 1 chain to help websites and apps earn more and eliminate advertising.&nbsp...

DeFi Lunch (Ep 139) - May 24, 2022 - @Stablecoinswtf / @SBF_FTX bets big on politics / @BeanstalkFarms Barn Raise news / Chrome extension wallet hack / @Coinbase in F500 / @danielesesta limited & More 25.05.2022

Do Kwon is a Lunatic in Korea stablecoins.wtf Grayscale CEO: Recent crypto sell-off hasn’t deterred investors Analyst Who Called 2021 Bitcoin Crash Unveils Realistic Price Path to New BTC All-Time High - The Daily Hodl Coinbase introduces crypto to Fortune 500 while FTX CEO featured in TIME 100 Nancy Pelosi’s House Majority PAC Received $6 Million From Crypto Billionaire Shortly Before Backing Ore...

DeFi Lunch (Ep 138) - May 23, 2022 - #Bitcoin bear candles / @twobitidiot Gensler / $ETH = commodity / $FTM up / Forget Andre / @VitalikButerin Soulbound tokens / #Pulsechain / #Milady slime & more! 23.05.2022

DeFi Lunch (Ep 138) - May 23, 2022 - Bitcoin 8W bear candles / @twobitidiot Gensler bankers / CFTC $ETH is commodity / $FTM up 20% / Forget Andre / @VitalikButerin Soulbound tokens / Pulsechain disaster / @AlchemixFi new tokenomics / Milady slime / & more Bitcoin Closes Eighth Bearish Weekly Candle First Time in History Hashstack Finance Ryan Selkis 📖 🖊🔑 on Twitter: "“Gensler hears from bank...

DeFi Lunch (Ep 137) - May 20, 2022 - Brad's take on his experience at @Permissionless ( @Ankr / @BobaNetowork / @Bancor / @Alchemix / @FantomFDN ), #SEC enforcement unconstitutional, 22.05.2022

@Permissionless wrapup by Brad @Ankr $ANKR @BobaNetowork $BOBA @Bancor $BNT @Alchemix $ALCX @FantomFDN $FTM @AvalancheAvax $AVAX @Chainabuse - to warn users SEC enforcement ruled unconstitutional.  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. Noth...

Mission DeFi EP 59 - Swell Network is creating a powerful marketplace for liquid staking & easily integrated vaults for easier derivative earning @SwellNetworkio 17.05.2022

Swell Network is launching what they call Liquid Staking V2.0. Not only will they offer easy to use staking for users and nodes, but they will also offer the platform in a composable and white label format. This will allow them to create a marketplace for liquid staking with nodes competing on earnings to optimize what stakers will earn.  In addition, they make it easier for stakers to earn m...

DeFi Lunch (Ep 136) - May 16, 2022 - @ANKR @JoshNeuroth / @Binance @Terra_money @stablekwon / El Salvador & Central Banks / @SBF_FTX on Bitcoin / @jerallaire on $USDC / @FantomFDN after Terra Projects 16.05.2022

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,...

Mission DeFi EP 58 - Earn more while you help decentralize & secure the chain. @joshneuroth of @ANKR $ANKR 15.05.2022

The infrastructure of Ethereum and other chains is still not decentralized and this is a serious threat to the future of #DeFi. Josh Neuroth of Ankr explains how they are decentralizing the infrastructure of blockchains with decentralized RPC nodes and liquid staking on multiple chains and now they are combining both so you RPC nodes can also be staking nodes.  You can now earn on their proto...

DeFi Lunch (Ep 135) - May 13, 2022 - @0Xpolygon aggressive in a down market @sandeepnailwal / @0xFooBar discusses #Stablecoins $UST $LUNA $TITAN @Ironfinance tokenomics, lending, privacy ++ 13.05.2022

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 Polygo...

DeFi Lunch (Ep 134) - May 12, 2022 @Bancor V3 is launched, @Stablekwon's $UST cancer is spreading $FRAX @Frax_finance $USDT @Gemini 12.05.2022

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...

DeFi Lunch (Ep 133) - May 11, 2022 - Um, $UST $LUNA @Terra_money & @Stablekwon , $COIN / @Coinbase 12.05.2022

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,...

DeFi Lunch (Ep 132) - May 10, 2022 - $UST @Stablekwon $LUNA and some other shit 11.05.2022

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 Caw...

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 / 09.05.2022

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 Inn...

Mission DeFi EP 57 - Hundred Finance - Borrow on 1 chain against tokens on another? @HundredFinance (Acid Bird & TerraBellus) / 06.05.2022

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 o...

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 05.05.2022

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 i...

Mission: DeFi EP 56 - Toschi of EthOS is building a better, safer, and faster development layer for Ethereum - @ethereansOS / @toschi_eth 05.05.2022

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

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, 04.05.2022

@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  

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 04.05.2022

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,...

DeFi Lunch (Ep 127) - May 2, 2022 - #BSC Sidechains 04.05.2022

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.   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:...

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