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)
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Episodes
DeFi Lunch (Ep 300) - Feb 23, 2023 - @Coinbase to Launch Base L2 using @optimismFND source / @Solana shuts Miami/NYC spaces / @ton_blockchain freeze 23.02.2023 1:07:17
TON blockchain freezes $2.6B worth of tokens - https://cointelegraph.com/news/ton-blockchain-freezes-2-6b-worth-of-inactive-tokens?utm_source=Telegram&utm_medium=social Bankless (@BanklessHQ) / Twitter - https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1628757265728536578 SEC files objection to Binance. US bid for Voyager assets - https://cointelegraph.com/news/sec-files-objection-to-binance-us-bid-for-v...
DeFi Lunch (Ep 299) - Feb 22, 2023 - @DeFiLlama - 14 Amazing Yield Opportunities / @Strider_DAO - Story Gaming Platform / Trade Stocks/Bonds in DeFi 23.02.2023 57:53
We discussed 14 new Yield opportunities on the show today. Get all the details on them in our amazing Telegram community along with great insights on projects, trading strategies, marketing conditions, and much much more - https://bit.ly/yields2222023 550,000% ROI: How Alexis Ohanian Turned $15K into $82 Million With Ethereum - https://bit.ly/3IsEcIN ApolloX is a scam Strider raises $5.5M for coll...
DeFi Lunch (Ep 298) - Feb 19, 2023 - SEC using custodians to cutoff crypto / @0xPolygun cuts / Grayscale ETF win? / Ordinals on $LTC / Huobi kills privacy 22.02.2023 55:51
Don't miss out on everything our close-knit community is discussing on Telegram! https://t.me/missiondefi Gensler trying to cut off crypto through custodians.... - https://bit.ly/3YTL0pM Mission: DeFi EP 88 - Can A Guild Become A GameFi Powerhouse? - ParagonsDAO - DeFi Ted - https://bit.ly/3IkMwtX More chatter that @Grayscale could be poised to win its appeal/case against the SEC - https://bit.ly/...
Mission: DeFi EP 88 - Can A Guild Become A GameFi Powerhouse? - ParagonsDAO - DeFi Ted 21.02.2023 57:55
Name of project: ParagonsDAO Project URL: https://paragonsdao.com/#/ Project Twitter URL: https://twitter.com/paragonsDAO Name of Guest: DeFi Ted Guest Twitter: https://twitter.com/DeFi_Ted Show Notes From simple gaming guild to full blown Web3 gaming infrastructure. How does this happen? Started career our in TradFi in risk assessment and management Quit his job during Covid because companies wer...
DeFi Lunch (Ep 297) - Feb 20, 2023 - Guest @AmericanMonks 21.02.2023 48:55
Join our community and have your say on Telegram: https://t.me/missiondefi Special guest Matt Karsten from Purple Squirrel Media Sony Teams Up With Astar Network for Web3 Incubation Program - https://www.coindesk.com/web3/2023/02/17/sony-teams-up-with-astar-network-for-web3-incubation-program/ Web3 Incubation Program by Sony Network Communications and Astar Network - https://astar.network/incubati...
DeFi Lunch with Charlie Shrem 20.02.2023 15:28
We recorded this interview at Quantum Miami, but the audio quality was really bad. We've been able to clean it up somewhat to provide something that is OK. Joe and Brad interviewed the one and only Charlie Shrem at Quantum Miami. 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. &n...
DeFi Lunch (Ep 296) - Feb 17, 2023 - Shaun Day! - Time to get your bear on. 17.02.2023 44:08
Not holding back today people. Tell Shaun why he is right or why he is wrong on our Telegram: https://t.me/missiondefi Bitcoin is Freedom Money. Episode One with @dergigi: https://youtu.be/6Tr4-DL1c1s Episode Two with @RoyaMahboob: https://youtu.be/D0y41yelcNM Episode Three with @J9Roem: https://youtu.be/xTfY5TjuN2A Joe Cawley and Brad Nickel cover the DeFi news of the day...
Mission: DeFi EP 87 - Is this the end of AMMs? - Varun Kumar of HashFlow 17.02.2023 56:06
Discuss HashFlow in our community - https://t.me.missiondefi Project Name: HashFlow Project URL: https://hashflow.com Project Twitter: https://twitter.com/hashflow Guest Name: Varun Kumar Guest Twitter: https://twitter.com/GandalfTheBr0wn From Aerospace to crypto Why AMMs like Uniswap fail to make liquidity providers any profit for the most part Why AMMs are just an extra level of interference fro...
DeFi Lunch (Ep 295) - Feb 16, 2023 / Crypto political strategies / Should DeFi go tokenless? / Siemen's on @0xPolygon / @wavesprotocol dump / 17.02.2023 55:09
Join the discussion on Telegram: https://t.me/missiondefi Brad's thread on how crypto should navigate politics in the US: https://twitter.com/b05crypto/status/1625353127208550402 Brad's thread on going tokenless: https://twitter.com/b05crypto/status/1626071865176256512 Siemen's launches $60 million on-chain bond on Polygon: https://twitter.com/MihailoBjelic/status/1625657654516350976?s=20&t=jZ...
DeFi Lunch (Ep 293) - Feb 13, 2023 - Get your $OP Airdrop / @Paxos sued / @jespow "if only I knew..." / Guest: @ChaoticBeautys of @BNBChain / 14.02.2023 53:37
Get your OP airdrop! https://bit.ly/checkopairdrop / https://bit.ly/opairdropdl Special guest @ChaoticBeautys U.S. Tech Evangelist of BNB Greenfield - a fascinating decentralized data project from BNBChain - https://bit.ly/bnbgreen Paxos sued by the SEC, India takes lead on global crypto regulations, Coinbase defends staking services – DL News - https://bit.ly/3jWNLr4 Jesse Powell of Kraken - If o...
DeFi Lunch (Ep 291) - Feb 9, 2023 - Choke Point 2.0 / Canto Messaging / Staking / Canto Llama Swap 09.02.2023 1:03:15
Join the discussion on Telegram: 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...
Mission: DeFi EP 86 - $450 trillion market - @DarrenCamas of @ipor_io 07.02.2023 58:10
Project Name: IPOR Labs Project URL: https://www.ipor.io/ Project Twitter URL: https://twitter.com/ipor_io Guest Twitter URL: https://twitter.com/DarrenCamas $450 Trillion market - IPOR is the LIBOR for DeFi Gives everyone access to markets they never could before Using DeFi Primitives Equalizes the playing field for retail against whales Gamified system for earning Delegation capabilities for oth...
DeFi Lunch (Ep 288) - Feb 6, 2023 - Guest: @Laceykaelani of @metaintro - Identity wallet for jobs / The Chopping Block is Clueless / Flying Cars / Crypto Rehab / 06.02.2023 55:20
We had a special guest today. Lacey Kaelani of Meta Intro a new identity wallet for job seekers and employers. Fascinating stuff. Join our community and discuss: https://t.me/missiondefi Guest Project: Meta Intro Project URL: https://metaintro.com Project Twitter: https://twitter.com/metaintro Guest Name: Lacey Kaelani Guest Twitter: https://twitter...
DeFi Lunch (Ep 287) - Feb 3, 2023 - Shaun : "No basis to be anything but bearish..." 05.02.2023 55:31
Here exactly why Shaun can see no light at the end of the current tunnel for bullish sentiment. Join the amazing discussions around the market in our community: 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...
DeFi Lunch (Ep 286) - Feb 2, 2023 - Jerome de Tychey (@jdetychey) CEO of @Cometh Details the companies massive moves in the blockchain gaming ecosystem 03.02.2023 1:05:43
Join the discussion: https://t.me/missiondefi Brad and Joe had an amazing discussion today with the CEO of Cometh Jerome de Tychey about the company's amazing moves in the gaming space and what he sees for the future. He also had a number of thoughts on what gaming entrepreneurs can do to gain traction and how different players in the space need to think about their moves. We also discussed his ro...
DeFi Lunch (Ep 285) - Feb 1, 2023 - Onboarding chains / Modeling Ethereum / @0xFooBar Liquid Delegates / @DLNewsInfo / @GainsNetwork_io blowing up 03.02.2023 50:58
Join the discussion: https://t.me/missiondefi Onboarding resources spreadsheet for blockchains - https://bit.ly/3YlNWux Modeling Ethereum - https://bit.ly/3YlOaBT Secret Blockchain controversy - https://bit.ly/3jsI97D Liquid Delegates - The next NFT primitive: tradeable delegation rights - https://bit.ly/40il4VM Elon Musk wants Twitter payments system built with crypto in mind - https://bit.ly/3Yi...
DeFi Lunch (Ep 284) - Jan 31, 2023 - Hyperspace / @NYcryptolawyer on Howey & SEC / Biden Admin Crypto / @AaveAave V3 / Ordinals #BTC / 01.02.2023 54:26
Join the discussion on Telegram: https://bit.ly/3Jb7Sw2 Hyperspace - https://bit.ly/3Rl5Yuw DLx Law on Howey/SEC - https://bit.ly/3JANmoN / https://bit.ly/40gZxwJ Biden admin urges U.S. congress to pursue crypto regulation - https://yhoo.it/3HLEr2d Investors Pump Money Into Crypto Funds Amid Pickup in Market Sentiment - https://bit.ly/3HMW6qw Aave Protocol V3 - https://bit.ly/3Dvo3Rc Ordinals prot...
DeFi Lunch (Ep 283) - Jan 30, 2023 - Interviews: Charlie Shrem / Ripple Exec - Bradley Chase 31.01.2023 1:01:13
Two interview today. One with the Bitcoin Legend Charlie Shrem and the other with Ripple exec Bradley Chase. Both were eye opening. Unfortunately, the audio from our streaming provider that recorded the interview with Shrem was garbage, so apologies for the bad audio quality after Brad's edits. Join our community: https://t.me/missiondefi Joe Cawley and Brad Nickel cover the DeFi news of the...
DeFi Lunch (Ep 282) - Jan 27, 2023 - Trade Better - Technical Analysis (#TA) Fundamentals w/Shaun (@XBT3D) (#Bitcoin Maximalist) 29.01.2023 58:31
Do Not Miss! Our Shaun explains the fundamentals of Technical Analysis to give you an edge in trading. Join the conversation and learn more! 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...
DeFi Lunch (Ep 281) - Jan 26, 2023 - Fantom's (@FantomFDN) Head of Marketing - Juan Angel (@juanaxyz00) $FTM 27.01.2023 42:45
Our interview with Juan Angel of Fantom clearly shows that the team is firing on all cylinders and doing an amazing job with messaging. 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. T...
DeFi Lunch (Ep 280) - Jan 25, 2023 - Live from @Quantum_Miami / New “DEX” - Is @Circle Cannibalizing DeFi - What does it mean? How do we kick the bad $USDC habit? How does this impact $COIN? 25.01.2023 44:49
Joe and Brad discussed Circle’s launch of a Dex and how this is a brazen attempt to own “DeFI” as the gateway to institutions and banks. We discuss what this means for @Coinbase ($COIN) and why now more than ever it is time for DeFI to dump USDC. Do not miss this one people. Discuss in our Telegram: https://t.me/MissionDeFi Joe Cawley and Brad Nickel cover the DeFi news of the da...
Mission: DeFi EP 85 - QuickNode's Dmitry Shklovsky on how they built a giant in Web3 infrastructure 25.01.2023 41:19
Quicknode is a powerhouse in Web3 infrastructure and it isn't accidental success. Their team has decades of experience in building massive Internet infrastructure with a very successful exit. Learn why they built it, how they built it and how they grow. Project Name: QuickNode Project URL; https://quicknode.com Project Twitter: https://twitter.com/quicknode Guest Name: Dmitry Shklovsky Guest...
DeFi Lunch (Ep 279) - Jan 24, 2023 - @MetahoodXYZ / @EZProtocol raise / @tribes_xyz is cool / #ChatGPT passes med exam / Brad builds indicators with @OpenAI / @Akashnet_ & AI is huge / 24.01.2023 1:00:31
Don't miss out on our new community. Come grow and learn with us on Telegram: https://bit.ly/3H2mj2K Metahood Raises $3M to Build the Zillow of the Metaverse - https://bit.ly/3H3npLG EZ Finance Successfully Completed Private Round Led by Top Angel Investors to put easy yield on Aptos & Sui. We take a look at the yields - https://bit.ly/3wsZnos ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence search tool, h...
DeFi Lunch (Ep 278) - Jan 23, 2023 - @VariantFund in @CantoPublic / @Coinbase Director over skis / @Uniswap on @BNBChain? / Women investing more in crypto / 24.01.2023 49:27
Don't miss out on our new community. Come grow and learn with us: https://bit.ly/3H2mj2K Variant Fund is in @Canto and tells why: https://bit.ly/3ws2uNs Coinbase and Binance at War, Coinbase Alleges Price Manipulation - https://bit.ly/3WwoP78 Insider trading at Coinbase results in a 10-month prison sentence - https://bit.ly/3D6nvRy Coinbase Director over his skis on Binance accusations - https://b...
DeFi Lunch (Ep 277) - Jan 20, 2023 - What is Wrong with #Bitcoin by a Bitcoin Maxi! - @XBT3D joins Joe (@pathfinder305) & Brad 21.01.2023 1:16:57
After a full assault on Ethereum last week, Shaun is back this week to tell us Bitcoin's biggest problems. Join Shaun in our new Telegram community ( https://t.me/MissionDeFi ) to tell us what you think he gets right and gets wrong. He also tells us that magic price where he thinks Bitcoin has broken out of the bear! Hint: It is very close. Joe Cawley and Brad Nickel cover the DeFi new...
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