The James Bachini Podcast

Demonstrating yield farming on Solana using the Tulip protocol which was formerly SolFarm. It's an auto-compounding yield aggregator for the Solana ecosystem. This is an audio recording of a video production that may contain visual elements including charts, slides and demonstrations. For the full video please check out the YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/JamesBachini There's more in...

Full tutorial https://jamesbachini.com/tradingview-indicator/ In this Tradingview indicator tutorial I demonstrate how to create a moving average indicator with alerts using Pinescript 5. This is an audio recording of a video production that may contain visual elements including charts, slides and demonstrations. For the full video please check out the YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/...

In this video I look at the next year in crypto markets. I discuss  Bitcoin, Ethereum, Regulation, NFT's, DeFi predictions and end with my  portfolio holdings and plans for 2022. There is more information and details at https://jamesbachini.com/crypto-market-thesis-2022/ This is an audio recording of a video production that may contain visual elements including charts, slides and demonst...

This tutorial goes through how I created a clone of the Safemoon token contract on Binance Smart Chain (BSC). There is more information and full instructions at https://jamesbachini.com/how-to-clone-safemoon/ This is an audio recording of a video production that may contain visual elements including charts, slides and demonstrations. For the full video please check out the YouTube channel at https...

In this video we compare volatility across 100 altcoins relative to  Bitcoin. I also go through the code used to calculate these and say  Metaverse wrong about 3 times, cringe. The full list and code is at: https://jamesbachini.com/crypto-market-volatility/ This is an audio recording of a video production that may contain visual elements including charts, slides and demonstrations. For t...

This is a first look at Drift DeFi perpetual futures. A trading platform  built on top of Solana. Drift protocoal is similar to Perp on Ethereum  and uses a virtual AMM to price trades. The drift trading platform is  user friendly and intuitive enough as you'll see in the video. This is an audio recording of a video production that may contain visual elements including charts, slide...

In this video we look at how to take the first steps in becoming a  blockchain developer. This is aimed at newcomers to the space perhaps  with some web development background.  There's a more in depth article at https://jamesbachini.com/blockchain-developer/ This is an audio recording of a video production that may contain visual elements including charts, slides and demonstrations...

This defi risk framework outlines four categories of risk that market  paticpants are exposed to. By better analysing and quanitfying risk in  defi protocols we can seek better value and higher yielding pools  relative to risk and reward.  There is a more detailed description in the blog post at https://jamesbachini.com/defi-risk/ This is an audio recording of a video productio...

This video discusses and demonstrates how to take part in the Astroport  lockdrop by locking Terraswap liquidity tokens to gain an allocation of  the #Astro governance token. This is an audio recording of a video production that may contain visual elements including charts, slides and demonstrations. For the full video please check out the YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/Jam...

Testnet faucets provide free tokens for developers and users to  experiment with DeFi protocols. It can be a great way to learn about the  latest decentralized finance platforms and get some experience with how  they work.  There is more information on the different testnets here https://jamesbachini.com/testnet-faucets/

Orca is a decentralized exchange (DEX) built on Solana. It has a simple  user friendly interface and some nice features. In this video I  demonstrate how to do swaps and set up liquidity pools as well as  looking at the ORCA governance token.

Optimism is an Ethereum layer two scaling solution providing lower fees  and faster transaction speeds. Uniswap recently launched it's v3  platform on the Optimism L2 network which we will experiment with in  this video. The original blog article is at https://jamesbachini.com/optimism-tutorial/ This is an audio recording of a video production that may contain visual elements includ...

In this Metaplex tutorial we look at how to setup Metaplex to mint Solana NFT's and sell them via an auction.  There is more information on setting up Metaplex and a full list of commands here https://jamesbachini.com/metaplex-tutorial/ This is an audio recording of a video production that may contain visual elements including charts, slides and demonstrations. For the full video please check...

Lyra.finance is an options trading DeFi protocol built on Optimism. The  layer 2 provides low fee and fast transaction times to the options  trading platform. This is an audio recording of a video production that may contain visual elements including charts, slides and demonstrations. For the full video please check out the YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/JamesBachini There'...

This video looks at LIDO staking and how to stake Solana's native SOL token for a 5.8% APR yield. There is more information at https://jamesbachini.com/lido-staking-tutorial/ This is an audio recording of a video production that may contain visual elements including charts, slides and demonstrations. For the full video please check out the YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/JamesBachini...

In this video we create a crypto index fund using TokenSets from Set Protocol.  There is more information and a list of Bitcoin ETF applications at https://jamesbachini.com/crypto-index-funds/ This is an audio recording of a video production that may contain visual elements including charts, slides and demonstrations. For the full video please check out the YouTube channel at https://www.yout...

This video looks at some methods that can be helpful for understanding and navigating Bitcoin and crypto market cycles.  More details and slide at: https://jamesbachini.com/bitcoin-market-cycle/ This is an audio recording of a video production that may contain visual elements including charts, slides and demonstrations. For the full video please check out the YouTube channel at https://www.yo...

Impermanent loss is a risk to assets deployed in Liquidity pools such as  Uniswap, Sushsiwap, Pancakeswap, Pangolin etc. In this video we look at  how liquidity pools work, how to calculate impermanent loss given a  future price ratio between assets and how we can mitigate the risk by  predicting volatility. There's more information in the blog post at: https://jamesbachini.com...

These are my picks for the 13 best crypto content creators on YouTube. Let me know if there's someone I should check out in the comments. @DefiantNews https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL0J4MLEdLP0-UyLu0hCktg @jklepatch #EatTheBlocks https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZM8XQjNOyG2ElPpEUtNasA @RaoulGMI #RealVision https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBH5VZE_Y4F3CMcPIzPEB5A @CryptoCred @CryptoDonAlt https...

In this video we look at where to find the next big thing in crypto  markets and how to do due diligence once you've found an interesting  project. There's information on early stage investing, token sales and  growth stage screening. It also looks at how to do research on the team,  partnerships, timelines, code and tokenomics. Finally I discuss the  fundamentals of the i...

In this video I reveal and discuss each digital asset I hold in my  crypto portfolio. Towards the end I talk about the principles and how I  manage and rebalance the portfolio.  There is a more in depth discussion about the crypto portfolio and how  it's managed here: https://jamesbachini.com/crypto-portfolio/ This is an audio recording of a video production that may contain vi...

This video looks at the two largest cryptocurrencies #Bitcoin and #Ethereum.  There is a more in depth analysis and bit.com review at https://jamesbachini.com/bitcoin-vs-ethereum/ This is an audio recording of a video production that may contain visual elements including charts, slides and demonstrations. For the full video please check out the YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/Jam...

This video discusses an idea for the classification of how Bitcoin was mined. This is an audio recording of a video production that may contain visual elements including charts, slides and demonstrations. For the full video please check out the YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/JamesBachini There's more in depth content about digital assets, DeFi and blockchain development at https://ja...

This tutorial shows how to create a new ERC20 token by deploying a  solidity smart contract to Ethereum and then how to set up a liquidity  pool using Uniswap v3.  The original blog article is at https://jamesbachini.com/new-token/ This is an audio recording of a video production that may contain visual elements including charts, slides and demonstrations. For the full video please...

Full article at https://jamesbachini.com/huobi-exchange-review/ This is an audio recording of a video production that may contain visual elements including charts, slides and demonstrations. For the full video please check out the YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/JamesBachini There's more in depth content about digital assets, DeFi and blockchain development at https://jamesbachini.com...