Episodes
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 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:...
Published 02/17/21
Published 02/17/21
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 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:...
Published 02/10/21
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 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:...
Published 01/28/21
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 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:...
Published 01/20/21
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 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:...
Published 01/12/21
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 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 liquidated...
Published 12/01/20
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 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...
Published 11/25/20
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 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 -...
Published 11/18/20
Two 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....
Published 11/04/20
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 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...
Published 10/28/20
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 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...
Published 10/21/20
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 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...
Published 10/14/20
Title: 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...
Published 10/07/20
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 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...
Published 09/23/20
Welcome 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...
Published 09/17/20
Also, 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...
Published 09/10/20
Welcome 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...
Published 09/03/20
Welcome 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....
Published 08/16/20