DeFi Download
19 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsYou've got DeFi questions, the Meta Fam has answers. (Maybe.)
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017 - Quick Hits - Mastercard "Crypto" Support | BTC & USD on ethereum backed/pegged/synthetic | Whats the big deal. with NFTs?
February 17, 2021 03:07 - 40 minutes - 55.4 MBWant to ask a question, we're @defi_download on Twitter and subscribe or send us a voice note at https://anchor.fm/defi-download We get back to our crowd-sourced roots and cover some topics from the twittersphere: Brief rundown: https://www.coindesk.com/mastercard-accepts-crypto-payments Overview of pegged vs backed vs synthetic assets in DeFi What is an NFT & why are they so hot right now? CastDAO discord: https://discord.gg/3jNprH2D https://twitter.com/META_MEDIA_ http://twitter.com...
016 - Bitcoin! | Once its in every companies treasury, then what? | Is it more religion or technology? | What will it take to reach Escape Velocity for DeFi
February 10, 2021 16:32 - 37 minutes - 51.5 MBWant to ask a question, we're @defi_download on Twitter and subscribe or send us a voice note at https://anchor.fm/defi-download Jon and Kerp talk about the gradual then sudden role of bitcoin as a corporate, and eventually sovereign reserve asset. Why is Bitcoin so hard to explain to someone without sounding like a crazy person? If DeFi were to make it to primetime before the next big correction, how could that happen? CastDAO discord: https://discord.gg/3jNprH2D https://twitter.com/ME...
015 - Is r/wallstreetbest a DAO? | Is Robinhood DeFi? | Talking "Tradfi" - Hertz, Gamestop & AMC | Who makes the call on what is manipulation?
January 28, 2021 00:08 - 33 minutes - 46.4 MBWant to ask a question, we're @defi_download on Twitter and subscribe or send us a voice note at https://anchor.fm/defi-download We dive into the wild world of............ Stocks!! What is a short squeeze and how did a rogue band of day traders on reddit start taking down hedge funds? Who gets to say what is "normal market activity"? How DeFi can supercharge this strategy. CastDAO discord: https://discord.gg/3jNprH2D https://twitter.com/META_MEDIA_ http://twitter.com/defi_download htt...
014 - Talking our books pt. 1 - BADGER & DIGG | The intersection of DAO, Community, and DeFi | What is credit or a reputation worth when you're pseudonymous?
January 20, 2021 00:41 - 34 minutes - 47 MBWant to ask a question, we're @defi_download on Twitter and subscribe or send us a voice note at https://anchor.fm/defi-download Jon give his take on his participation in badgerDAO over the past couple months. We discuss the importance of productive assets in DeFi and if reputation can/will be tokenized Some rundown on what DIGG is, why it may be useful, and how it may be successful CastDAO discord: https://discord.gg/3jNprH2D https://twitter.com/META_MEDIA_ http://twitter.com/defi_dow...
013 - We're back from the break! | How to deal with crypto volatility | Regulators with crypto in the cross-hairs
January 12, 2021 23:14 - 26 minutes - 36.8 MBWant to ask a question, we're @defi_download on Twitter and subscribe or send us a voice note at https://anchor.fm/defi-download We get back into the swing of things and touch on biggest news from the last couple weeks BTC all time high, ETH close For those new to the space, volatility is OK, some strategies to make it easier on yourself The good and bad from the regulatory side over the past couple weeks What is it that we spend our time on when not on the podcast. CastDAO discord: ht...
012 - ETH 2.0 Beacon Chain Live | Gitcoin Grants round 8 | Compound Mass Liquidation Event | More Yearn Merger
December 01, 2020 23:59 - 40 minutes - 55.4 MBWant to ask a question, we're @defi_download on Twitter and subscribe or send us a voice note at https://anchor.fm/defi-download We take a moment to officially recognize the ETH 2.0 Beacon chain going live before acknowledging it is very technically above our pay grade and moving on. A brief overview of Gitcoin and gitcoin grants with matching - Round 8 kicking off tomorrow! Support the podcast here: https://gitcoin.co/grants/1267/defi-download-podcast Compound had $90m in debt liquidate...
011 - All time highs & on-ramping noobs | ETH2.0 Beacon Chain going LIVE! | $MEME Rug Pull installation | Yearning for Pickles - DeFi M&A
November 25, 2020 00:33 - 39 minutes - 53.9 MBWant to ask a question, we're @defi_download on Twitter and subscribe or send us a voice note at https://anchor.fm/defi-download We cant avoid the price action with BTC almost back to all time highs and ETH crossing $600 and talk about the problem with the most popular apps for onboarding new folks adding fake legitimacy to questionable crypto-assets. We then tackle the topics decided on by our twitter followers - https://twitter.com/defi_download/status/1331303675537440768 $MEME - Rug p...
010 - What keeps DeFi running? Keepers! | keeperDAO & keep3r overview | Miner extracted Value (MEV) | Intro to CastDAO
November 18, 2020 03:05 - 42 minutes - 58.8 MBWant to ask a question, we're @defi_download on Twitter and subscribe or send us a voice note at https://anchor.fm/defi-download Main topic for the week is the component of DeFi most taken for granted - Keepers. A pivotal component that keeps DeFi running. Keepers monitor the state of the network and perform economically-incentivized actions that keep DeFi protocols and apps functioning. We discuss some popular projects that are trying to level up the keeper ecosystem in different ways -...
010 - What keeps DeFi running? Keepers! | keeperDAO & keep3r overview | Miner extracted Value (MEV) | Intro to CastDAO
November 18, 2020 03:05 - 42 minutes - 58.8 MBWant to ask a question, we're @defi_download on Twitter and subscribe or send us a voice note at https://anchor.fm/defi-download Main topic for the week is the component of DeFi most taken for granted - Keepers. A pivotal component that keeps DeFi running. Keepers monitor the state of the network and perform economically-incentivized actions that keep DeFi protocols and apps functioning. We discuss some popular projects that are trying to level up the keeper ecosystem in different ways -...
009 - USA.... Is it DeFi? | Election Rant Special
November 04, 2020 00:20 - 45 minutes - 63 MBTwo fiscally conservative, socially liberal, elder-millennial, dads in California run through the existential crisis of the moderate. Takeaway: it's all about the money, and maybe DeFi can help if we don't screw it all up before it does. Recommended content for the week Jon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/bookseries/B00YUQP6AE Kerp: https://trumpconlaw.com/ Keep it spicy, friends. 🌶 https://twitter.com/META_MEDIA_ http://twitter.com/defi_download http://twitter.com/thekerp https://twit...
008 - The hype/build cycle in DeFi | Harvest.finance - Hacks, exploits, & broken social contracts
October 28, 2020 01:17 - 47 minutes - 66 MBWant to ask a question, we're @defi_download on Twitter and subscribe or send us a voice note at https://anchor.fm/defi-download We share our thoughts on where we are in the main and sub crypto hype/build cycles before giving a rundown on the recent harvest.finance exploit and discussing what the fallout means for DeFi Recommended content for the week Jon: Rise of a new kleptocracy (hidden forces) - https://hiddenforces.io/podcasts/kleptocracy-tom-burgis-kleptopia/ Benoit Couere - CBDC ...
007 - Trust Circles, "on chain" identity & immaculate value creation | Fractal Markets & why they suck sometimes
October 21, 2020 03:00 - 33 minutes - 46.4 MBWant to ask a question, we're @defi_download on Twitter and subscribe or send us a voice note at https://anchor.fm/defi-download rundown on the new hot app circles.garden prospects for real world identities in DeFi Grievances aired about the correlation in traditional and crypto markets Recommended content for the week https://twitter.com/naval/status/877467629308395521?lang=en https://tim.blog/naval-ravikant-on-the-tim-ferriss-show-transcript/ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tr...
006 - The good side of govt. enforcement actions | Is it DeFi? Governance Edition - Multisigs, DAOs, & Tokenvotes
October 14, 2020 00:07 - 34 minutes - 47.1 MBWant to ask a question, we're @defi_download on Twitter and subscribe or send us a voice note at https://anchor.fm/defi-download No questions this week so @tompkins_jon & @theKerp riff on what past and more recent enforcement actions against crypto projects & companies may mean for the newest batch DeFi projects. The first game of "Is it DeFi?" is played, looking at DeFi governance implementations. https://daohaus.substack.com/p/daos-multi-sigs-and-which-is-right Keep it spicy, friends. ...
005 - DeFi wave of summer 2020 retrospective | Eminence & $FEW hiccups | Bitmex shakedown ripple effects
October 07, 2020 00:06 - 39 minutes - 54.2 MBTitle: 005 - DeFi wave of summer 2020 retrospective | Eminence & $FEW hiccups | Bitmex shakedown ripple effects Want to ask a question, we're @defi_download on Twitter and subscribe or send us a voice note at https://anchor.fm/defi-download https://twitter.com/r_ross_campbell/status/1310995719457837057?s=20 what do we think about ‘testing in prod’? Do we think defi fads are ‘accruing’, or does focus on nfts reflect less network use for yield farming? Also, what’s the deal with $UNI voting...
004 - NFT intro | $MEME Oral history | UNI Tax Consequences
September 23, 2020 16:46 - 33 minutes - 46.7 MBWant to ask a question, we're @defi_download on Twitter and subscribe or send us a voice note at https://anchor.fm/defi-download Is $MEME defi + nfts? If so, what does this mean ?? Is composability composting collectives? https://twitter.com/r_ross_campbell/status/1308399477082988546?s=20 I know I’m the host, but I’ve also got questions. What do you reckon the cost basis is on $UNI? sales? If the answer is “starting price $0” is that fair? Should we be taxed on profits pulled out of the ...
003 - What is $BASED? | Is $PICKLES legit | The regulatory climate for DeFi | DeFi yields vs infant growth rates
September 17, 2020 00:51 - 41 minutes - 57.3 MBWelcome to the DeFI Download. Covered this week: "Based - ELI5. Can someone please explain this mad shit to me. I mean, cool people involved but my head hurts too much and I want to like it." BTC podcast slack https://twitter.com/sillytuna/status/1302691680630591488?s=20 “What is current regulatory climate for DeFi in America and extrapolate potential risk involved with a future Apple v. Coinbase court case?” https://t.co/MdzzdykSGP?amp=1 "Is @picklefinance the real dill, or a flop" h...
002 - MKR fork rumblings, the sushi saga week 2, "Ethereum Killers" outlook, the death of foodfi is greatly overestimated
September 10, 2020 22:02 - 35 minutes - 48.3 MBAlso, a hockey-waterbottle life-hack from Kerp https://twitter.com/lucascerro/status/1300870560713445378?s=20 "What are good strategies for trading elastic supply coins?" https://twitter.com/lucascerro/status/1300872073372368896?s=20 "After @VitalikButerin's tweet, I see some peeps talking about forking MKR and others about hodling mkr precisely because of a fork? What's going on?" https://twitter.com/r_ross_campbell/status/1302641311225450498?s=20 "Do we think there will slight backla...
001 - What is DeFi? - What is SushiSwap? - What is decentralized enough?
September 03, 2020 01:33 - 37 minutes - 51.7 MBWelcome to episode 1 of DeFi Download by Meta Media! Today we're answering theses questions: "what is defi and why we need defi" https://twitter.com/sawinyh/status/1300183622859673600?s=20 "Wtf is this sushi stuff and should I care? Devs are anon, should they be?" https://twitter.com/META_DREAMER/status/1300481632290316288?s=20 "Is an admin controlled smart contract DeFi, or is there better way to talk about them? (‘Open Finance’) What if admin is super distributed DAO?" https://twitte...
000 - Intros and Yams
August 16, 2020 13:46 - 34 minutes - 46.8 MBWelcome to DeFi Download, a Meta Media joint. We're here to answer your questions about DeFi things. Want to ask a question, we're @defi_download on Twitter, or send us a voice note with the link down there.👇 This is what in we call an "episode zero." Learn a bit about the hosts, what we're doing here, and why you should care. And then we get in Kerp's question. "YAMS, wtf?" Keep it spicy, my friends. 🌶 https://twitter.com/META_MEDIA_ http://twitter.com/defi_download http://twitter.com/...