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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Brad Nickel

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Technology

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missiondefi.com

Latest episode

Jul 27, 2023

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Episodes

Mission DeFi EP 76 - Critical Decentralized Oracle System - Nick Fett of Tellor ( @WeAreTellor ) 04.10.2022

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 suc...

DeFi Lunch (Ep 207) - Oct. 3, 2022 - @Mashinsky took $10m before freeze / @LidoFinance #stETH peg / @Binance NZ / @TMobile staking / Goofy Gensler Video / 04.10.2022

Reddit - Join us on Reddit where we want to hear your favorite projects, your ideas, your opinions, and your feedback on our shows: https://www.reddit.com/r/MissionDeFi/ We need your help to keep the show going. Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mission-defi/id1574134305 or Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/5STK6Qr0jXI57pLIvGK6Mn Feds Seized...

DeFi Lunch (Ep 206) - Sept. 30, 2022 - @ChickenBonds / Amazing Web3 Voter Msg Data by @HaunVentures / Influencer dumps on fans / Brad's crazy idea / 02.10.2022

Mission DeFi EP 75 - Chicken In or Chicken Out? Liquity & their amazing new project Chicken Bonds with @TokenBrice   https://www.missiondefi.com/Chicken-Bonds/ https://bit.ly/mdchickenbonds 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 @...

Mission DeFi EP 75 - Chicken In or Chicken Out? Liquity & their amazing new project Chicken Bonds with @TokenBrice 30.09.2022

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 join...

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 / 30.09.2022

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...

DeFi Lunch (Ep 204) - Sept. 28, 2022 - Power of @FinanceChainge & @FUSIONProtocol / @Chipotle Proof of Steak / @Strike killing it / Top Execs leaving Crypto 29.09.2022

Discussed the power and capabilities of Chainge and the Fusion chain - https://www.chainge.finance/ / https://www.fusion.org/en Comparison of Fusion and Ethereum - https://twitter.com/IndividualPira1/status/1575082119071961088 Proof of STEAK by Chipotle - https://twitter.com/ChipotleTweets/status/1574813978848595972 Hertz and BP installing EV chargers in US - https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/27/hertz-...

DeFi Lunch (Ep 203) - Sept. 27, 2022 - Epic @0xPolygon deal @RobinhoodApp / How to BizDev / Newsom kills regs / @cosmos forward / @lavanetxyz / Miner stupid / 28.09.2022

$1.50 hot-dog-and-soda combo is 'forever' - https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/26/costco-cfo-says-hot-dog-and-soda-combo-price-is-forever.html Fed Speaks - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_9GrgvNkxY Mission DeFi EP 74 - Delta Neutral Strategies Paying Nice Conservative Yields by Robo-Vault - Interview with founder - Sam | Mission: DeFi - https://www.missiondefi.com/robo-vault/ Another epic Polygon deal...

Mission DeFi EP 74 - Delta Neutral Strategies Paying Nice Conservative Yields by Robo-Vault - Interview with founder - Sam 27.09.2022

In a bear market, we all want decent safer yield with conservative strategies for our funds sitting on the sidelines and project treasuries need that all the time which puts the Delta-Neutral automated strategies of Robo-Vault in a great position. My interview with Sam one of the founders of Robo-Vault not only gets into what their protocol does, but also pretty deeply into how they built and run...

DeFi Lunch (Ep 202) - Sept. 23, 2022 27.09.2022

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 201) - Sept. 22, 2022 - @Coinbase wants centralized / @ziggy_xyz / @HQ_xyz / @nvidia Metaverse / Women Rule Crypto in UK / Dimon is still a dick 22.09.2022

Discuss today's topics or anything else in DeFi, NFTs, GameFi, and finance on the Mission: DeFi Reddit - https://bit.ly/3ROHn0H Complaints without solutions - Elizabeth Warren on Twitter - https://bit.ly/3Lze7IU Cathie Wood on the Fed - https://bit.ly/3r03rK3 Mission DeFi EP 73 - Better growth, referrals, & rewards easier for DeFi projects. Bryan Altman of Ziggy discusses DAO Exchange & Ch...

Mission DeFi EP 73 - Better growth, referrals, & rewards easier for DeFi projects. Bryan Altman of Ziggy discusses DAO Exchange & ChainVine 22.09.2022

Discuss this episode and anything about DeFi on the Mission: DeFi Reddit: https://bit.ly/3R4aNqu You can watch this episode here: https://www.missiondefi.com/ziggy Bryan Altman has a tack record of building highly successful marketplace platforms in Web2 and after another successful exit, he decided to turn his attention to crypto. He saw a problem with the way projects reward and grow their commu...

DeFi Lunch (Ep 200) - Sept. 21, 2022 - 200 Episodes! / What will Powell / Putin sigh / Stablecoin ban / @Wonderland_fi kicks @danielesesta / @PandaDAO_Office 21.09.2022

Discuss this episode here: https://www.reddit.com/r/MissionDeFi/ 200 Episodes!!! Inflation and what will Powell do Putin calls out the reservists and threatens nukes market dumps 10% - https://twitter.com/Sino_Market/status/1572199432921419777 Congress weighs ban of algo stables - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-20/house-stablecoin-bill-would-put-two-year-ban-on-terra-like-coins Ap...

DeFi Lunch (Ep 199) - Sept. 20, 2022 - SEC wants all of $ETH / $ETH miners mostly idiots / Treasury dept input / @Helium phone service / @joel_john95 bldg mobile first 21.09.2022

Discuss this episode here: https://www.reddit.com/r/MissionDeFi/comments/xk7fh7/defi_lunch_ep_199_sept_20_2022_sec_wants_all_of/ 'Massive Dumping’ by Ethereum Miners Punishes ETH - https://bit.ly/3fakNBn In a civil complaint against a crypto influencer, the SEC suggested that it believes the U.S. government has jurisdiction over all Ethereum transactions - https://bit.ly/3UrKOfx Treasury Asks for...

DeFi Lunch (Ep 198) - Sept. 19, 2022 - China is a mess / @Doomberg on wood as carbon neutral energy / EthPOW Relay attack / We're not early, we're premature 20.09.2022

Sean at the pub - https://twitter.com/XBT3D/status/1571867949723488256?s=20&t=3dss2YYQC_1dhwJtu6sq4w Doomberg thread on Europe using wood for energy and claiming carbon neutral - https://twitter.com/DoombergT/status/1571063488860286977?s=20&t=ZGslk-wp5OzM-DaRKnZCpg How to build a decentralized #Bitcoin bridge - https://twitter.com/alexeiZamyatin/status/1571239117802840066?s=20&t=ZGslk-...

DeFi Lunch (Ep 197) - Sept. 16, 2022 - FIRE! - @b05crypto & @pathfinder305 let the fireworks fly discussing #Gensler & #SEC / @jchervinsky / @adamscochran / 16.09.2022

  Video and reviews of this episode on Twitter - https://twitter.com/b05crypto/status/1570829218845687808?s=20&t=MotLUxAqMavB0drop4-wPA Join our new community on Reddit!  Comment, post, and share your thoughts and ideas for investing , technology, and much more. - https://www.reddit.com/r/MissionDeFi/ Damn, @CantoPublic is burning up today. - https://twitter.com/b05crypto/status...

DeFi Lunch (Ep 196) - Sept. 15, 2022 - @robo_vault Delta Neutral Strategies / How to grow your project #BixDev / #Putin's puking military / 16.09.2022

Robo Vault | Powered by Robots - https://www.robo-vault.com/vaults Nice summary of @ethereum Protocols - https://twitter.com/pathfinder305/status/1570402627413835778 Retweet - Today should be a reminder for everyone that developers make the world go round.   Be grateful for the devs, researchers, & visionaries that work tirelessly to give you a platform upon which to build, spend, gr...

DeFi Lunch (Ep 195) - Sept. 14, 2022 - Mission: DeFi on Reddit / Gensler to Senate / @samkazemian @Frax on @Curve / 15.09.2022

Mission: DeFi & DeFi Lunch on Reddit - https://www.reddit.com/r/MissionDeFi/ Grayscale, Disclosing SEC Queries, Says Cryptos XLM, ZEC, ZEN May Be Securities - https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/08/27/sec-questions-grayscales-legal-stance-on-stellar-zcash-and-horizen-crypto-trusts/ Gensler to Senate - https://twitter.com/tier10k/status/1570063384703373314?s=20&t=Lx9oS40QGxQoIkwKjPWhfg Gen...

DeFi Lunch (Ep 194) - Sept. 13, 2022 - @Spirit_Swap Ep Up / $ETH Node in a Box / #CPI / @Bitgo & @GalaxyDigital fight / 14.09.2022

Love the show? Become a part of it by joining our new Reddit !  Be in the know and learn everyday about what is going on in DeFi Give us feedback Send in project or story ideas Build a network of people in crypto Join now to get more from DeFi Lunch and Mission: DeFi -> https://bit.ly/3ROHn0H Watch the video of this episode on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3xn948J Brad's Summary of Persuasion ta...

Mission DeFi EP 72 - Spirit Swap V2 is a fast, automated, & powerful money machine for users & protocols - Layer 3 team joins me 13.09.2022

The Layer 3 team has delivered for the Spirit Swap community with Version 2 of their protocol, which is a complete rewrite from the ground up and a powerful new fast interface.  More importantly though, the underlying mechanisms for users and for protocols are even more powerful with all the advantages of major protocols combined into one easy to use and optimized interface that makes all asp...

DeFi Lunch (Ep 193) - Sept. 12, 2022 - @Delphi_Digital Labs New Home / @binance launches #KYC soulbound token / @ycombinator / @FatmanTerra: Terra cashes out / @ecoinometrics Recession? / 13.09.2022

Starbucks to Offer NFT-Based Loyalty Program Using Polygon's Blockchain Technology - https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/09/12/starbucks-to-offer-nft-based-loyalty-program-alongside-polygon/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines Finding a home for Delphi Digital Labs - https://members.delphidigital.io/reports/finding-a-home-for-labs?s=35 Brad's Summary of the Delphi...

DeFi Lunch (Ep 192) - Sept. 9, 2022 - @BeanstalkFarms / OSTP Report / @Coinbase emp & @Cobie / @BNBCHAIN zkBNB / @CantoPublic Hackathon / 11.09.2022

New episode of Mission: DeFi with Publius from Beanstalk Farms - https://www.missiondefi.com/beanstalk-4/ OSTP Report is bad for Bitcoin & other POW chains - https://twitter.com/thetrocro/status/1567986913742569475 Coinbase employee accuses Cobie - Doesn't go well - https://twitter.com/cobie/status/1567983167096733698?s=20&t=AJSB7jqeO9EqlawsBwZ9JQ BNB Chain announces zero-knowledge proof s...

Mission DeFi EP 71 - Publius from Beanstalk Farms - What is next after the exploit and much more $BEAN @BeanstalkFarms 09.09.2022

For a video version of this episode, please visit: https://www.missiondefi.com/beanstalk-4 If you like what we do here at Mission: DeFi, I have a quick favor to ask of you. Please rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts( https://bit.ly/DeFiAppl ) or Spotify( https://bit.ly/DeFiSpot ). It will do amazing things to boost our presence and help us spread DeFi and financial freedom to the world. Tha...

DeFi Lunch (Ep 191) - Sept. 8 2022 - @DefiLlama DEX / @FraxFinance FraxLend / Gensler under pressure / @Binanceus $ETH Liquid Staking / 08.09.2022

All DEX volumes - DefiLlama - https://defillama.com/dexs SEC’s Gensler Supports Commodities Regulator Having Bitcoin Oversight - WSJ - https://www.wsj.com/articles/secs-gensler-supports-commodities-regulator-having-bitcoin-oversight-11662641115 Binance US launches low-barrier Ethereum staking ahead of The Merge - https://cointelegraph.com/news/binance-us-launches-low-barrier-ethereum-staking-ahead...

DeFi Lunch (Ep 190) - Sept. 7, 2022 - @FinanceChainge / @Paladin_vote / US Soft Landing? / ETH tags dbase by @samczsun / #Metaverse Dating / 08.09.2022

The U.S. is on track for a soft landing, Goldman Sachs chief economist says - MarketWatch - https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-u-s-is-on-track-for-a-soft-landing-goldman-sachs-chief-economist-says-11662463937 What It’s Like to Date in the Metaverse - The New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/18/style/virtual-dating-metaverse.html Ethereum Tags Database - https://tags.eth.samczsun.com...

Mission DeFi EP 70 - $70 billion in instant liquidity across most chain and dex - Dejun Qian Founder of Chainge Finance 07.09.2022

What if you could with every trade have billions and billions of USD equivalent liquidity available to you in DeFi? My guest's platform has the ability to change how you trade in DeFi.  In 2019 the first EVM compatible chain was born and it probably isn't one you've heard of before. Fusion was built from the ground up to perform fast, but to also deeply integrate at the encryption level cross...

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