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 - October 5, 2021 06.10.2021

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. 

EP 19 - Mitchell Amador and Immunefi are working to keep the bad guys at bay 05.10.2021

Name of Guest: Mitchell Amador Name of Project: Immunefi Twitter URL of Guest: https://twitter.com/MitchellAmador Project Twitter URL: https://twitter.com/immunefi Project URL: https://immunefi.com Show Notes Mitchell Amador from Immunefi is building a powerful organization and soon to be DAO that is creating an ecosystem of hackers, security specialists and much more to help secure DeFi through b...

DeFi Lunch - October 1, 2021 02.10.2021

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.  Video available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY78Ew8VACM&list=PLvgBVawBlHoSodkjzEO1WLGzhvgxxT7OC DFYN Doki Doki OlympusDAO - $OHM Crystl Finance

EP 18 - Making DeFi on bitcoin a full scale reality with Edan Yago of Sovryn 01.10.2021

For a lot of us DeFi on bitcoin isn't something we've taken seriously. Edan Yago and the rest of the team at Sovryn are ready to change those perceptions with what I see as a very serious play in the DeFi space. Their model for decentralization, stablecoins, the products they've built, the partners that are integrating, and the products being built on Sovryn OS means it should be taken very seriou...

EP 17 - Andrew Parker's POWNFT solves the NFT minting problem on ethereum mainnet in a brilliant way 30.09.2021

Guest Info Name of Guest: Andrew Parker Name of Project: POWNFT Project Twitter URL: https://pownft.com Project URL: https://twitter.com/pownft Project/Guest Description: Proof of work NFT mining in the browser. Show Notes Andrew Parker has created a brilliant solution to the NFT minting problem currently congesting Ethereum Mainnet and causing increases in fees. Now collectors can acquire NFTs by...

DeFi Lunch - 9/29/2021 29.09.2021

A review of DeFi news, market opportunities, and ramblings by Brad Nickel and Joe Cawley served hot, fresh, and live daily on Twitter(https://twitter.com/b05crypto), LinkedIn(https://linkedin.com/in/bradnickel), and YouTube(https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCllRhrCFGEF5Wi2kQ2T7ikw). 

Ep 16 - Count your magic beans Jack - Beanstalk is taking on the giants of stablecoins 29.09.2021

Guest Info Name of Guest: Publius Name of Project: Beanstalk Project Twitter URL: https://twitter.com/BeanstalkFarms Project URL: https://bean.money/ Project/Guest Description: Beanstalk is a unique new algorithmic stablecoin based conceptually on ESD, but built from scratch to avoid the problems they had. Mission driven to build the primary stablecoin for DeFi, the team is fighting to deliver a p...

EP 15 - Is Zeus of Olympus DAO the god of protocol planning we didn't know we needed? ($OHM) 27.09.2021

## Guest Info Name of Guest: Zeus Name of Project: Olympus DAO (OHM)  Twitter URL of Guest: https://twitter.com/ohmzeus Project Twitter URL: https://twitter.com/OlympusDAO Project URL: https://www.olympusdao.finance/ Project/Guest Description: Reserve currency protocol for DeFi ### Bitcoin Disappoints Disappointment in Bitcoin and it's community can lead to amazing innovations. Disenchanted b...

EP 14 - DeFi Marketing With Dragon X - Callan Goldeneye is working to change how we buy ads & he's using DeFi 24.09.2021

Guest Info Name of Guest: Callan Goldeneye Name of Project: Dragon X Twitter URL of Guest: https://twitter.com/callangoldeneye Project Twitter URL: https://twitter.com/dragonxapp Project URL: https://www.dragonx.app/ Project/Guest Description: Callan is the founder of Dragon X a DeFi platform for marketing. Why they are a guest: I don't know of any platform like this in the market today and advert...

Ep 13 - Felix Leupold of Gnosis on MEV, COWSwap, Origins of AMM, SAFE, and much more 23.09.2021

If you want to understand MEV and how it impacts you and how to avoid it, this is the episode for you. If you also wanted to understand the incredible value that Gnosis brings to DeFi, then this too is the episode for you.  Find out how COWSwap makes swapping safer and easier.  Did you know that you can do complete swaps at the best rates on COWSwap without having any ETH in your wallet?...

EP 12 - Yunt Capital - Shitposting their way to the DeFi moon with a DAO investment & advisory group! 14.09.2021

Can you build an investment firm on the basis of shitposting. The folks at Yunt Capital have and they are having a great time doing it.  Name of Guest:  Sath / DeFi Berg Name of Project:  Yunt Capital Twitter URL of Guest: https://twitter.com/EdTweetsWords https://twitter.com/DeFiBerg Project Twitter URL: https://twitter.com/YuntCapital Project URL: https://yunt.capital Project/Gues...

EP 11 - Dennis Porter - How We Win: Taking the Crypto Fight To The Politicians 10.09.2021

A #bitcoin maximalist & an anti-maximalist walk into a podcast... Dennis Porter is a podcaster and Bitcoin maximalist that is helping lead the way to fight for financial freedom in the political arena. His popular podcast Smart People Shit(SmartPeopleShit.com) covers everything Bitcoin, bitcoin politics, economics and much more.  Brad and Dennis discuss how the bitcoin and crypto world ne...

EP 10 - Tally's Dennison Bertram building the foundations of DAOs for the future of finance 09.09.2021

You are going to learn a lot from this episode and be highly entertained by the charismatic, clever, and smart Dennison Bertram of Tally.  Dennison discusses how and why he and his partner Raf created Tally, why DAOs(Decentralized Autonomous Organizations) are important and where they stand today, and how Tally is approaching the types of governance they support.  We also discussed a rec...

EP 9 - Alan Chiu & Boba - Faster, cheaper, privacy centric transactions for #DeFi on #Ethereum 27.08.2021

From Stanford business school to distributed cloud services to blockchain, hear Alan's journey to crypto and DeFi and why he and his partner are so driven to make Boba work.  While driven by privacy/performance, Alan and the team are creating a model that could drive 100s of new developers into blockchain and DeFi with their hybrid computing model that makes it easy for devs to build applicat...

Ep 8 - Frax' Sam Kazemian Thinks Algo Stablecoins are the Future & Has a Plan to Replace the CPI 23.08.2021

The people in this space working to change the world for the better are a delight to interview and Sam Kazemian was exceptional. If you are like me, your head will be spinning with what is possible after you listen to this episode. Financial freedom is coming and people like Sam and projects like Frax are going to push the boundaries for all of us.  If you like the show, please rate & rev...

Ep 7 - Breaking the Rules of Lending & Decentralization with Robert Lauko of Liquity 20.08.2021

Learn everything you need to know about the amazing lending protocol called Liquity. My guest Robert Lauko and his partners and team have creating a lending protocol that breaks all the rules and as we get to during the podcast, may have an even greater impact on all of DeFi and finance.  Disclaimer: Nothing Brad Nickel or his guests say during this podcast should be taken as investment advic...

Ep 6 - The Fantom Evangelist - Atakan Yalkovan A Fantom Fan Explains The Protocol & Projects 18.08.2021

I decided I wanted to learn a bit more about Fantom and why so many people I know are experimenting with it, so I sat down with Atakan Yalkovan of Turkey to understand why he likes the project and why he's taken it upon himself to be an evangelist for it and projects on the network. Community is critical to the success of every #DeFi project and it is critical to have folks like Atakan helping to...

Ep 5 - The Billionaire vs The Community & How They Won From Losing 11.08.2021

Today we have an epic story about the billionaire Justin Sun's takeover of the Steem network and the inside story of what it was like to be a member of the community negotiating with, fighting, and scrapping to block the takeover. It is exciting, emotional, and endlessly fascinating to hear what this was like. In the end the community lost the battle against Justin, but won the way as they built s...

Ep 4 - Maki from Sushi Swap on building a true meritocracy & successfully managing decentralized 09.08.2021

Running any startup is a bit nuts. Running one under the circumstances that Sushi faced is beyond all the norms and while Maki works hard to decentralize leadership, there's no mistaking that he is at the least guiding the team and the community down a path. I've been pretty amazed to see the quality out of chaos that the Sushi team & community makes and in this interview we get into how it ha...

Ep 3 - Cortex wants to change the fundamental nature of the web to be decentralized & secure 28.06.2021

Imagine having been an early Twitter user. You were there at the birth of a new type of service that would one day change how we all communicate, collaborate, and see the world.  YouBase is creating a powerful new platform called Cortex that is starting as a note taking tool and will move into what could become a new type of Internet where everything is more secure, decentralized, collaborati...

Ep 2- DeFiSafety is working to help all of us make smarter and safer DeFi investment decisions. 28.06.2021

This interview is with DeFiSafety(https://defisafety.com/). This team has created a rating and review system for DeFi projects so that investors can make smarter and safer decisions about their investments.  Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/DefiSafety Telegram:  Discord - https://discord.com/invite/pzUw5V2E65 ---------- Mission Defi is sponsored by Material Indicators. Material Indica...

Ep 1 - Geyser provides liquidity as a service, but their new modular system could be a game changer for all of #DeFi 28.06.2021

Geyser provides liquidity as a service, but their new modular system could be a game changer for all of #DeFi Geyser is one of my favorite #DeFi tools, because it is a lego and it is an infrastructure piece and it allows anyone to use it to build something useful and launch their project, without having to deal with managing liquidity pools or yield farming.  That isn't all though, their new...

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