Everybody’s Wrong About Web3

Everybody’s Wrong About Web3

Spend any amount of time in the blockchain and crypto space and you find yourself required to develop an extremely thick skin. The attacks come from everywhere and they’re vicious. So we become adept at framing our worldview in simple,…
Terra Money + THORChain + Olympus Pro = Vader Protocol

Terra Money + THORChain + Olympus Pro = Vader Protocol

Vader is a Liquidity Protocol anchored by a Native Stablecoin with Slip-Based Fees AMM, IL protection and Synthetics. DAO governed Protocol Owned Liquidity.
Maximum Yield for Stablecoins: Degenbox by Abracadabra Money

Maximum Yield for Stablecoins: Degenbox by Abracadabra Money

Degenbox is a strategic program created by Abracadabra Money to solve the issue of accepting non-interest-bearing tokens. In this tutorial we run through the steps of creating a looping yield mechanism through $UST and $MIM.
Olympus DAO ($OHM) What Is It and Where Is It Going Next? (with JaLa)

Olympus DAO ($OHM) What Is It and Where Is It Going Next? (with JaLa)

In 2021 no DeFi protocol has quite caught the eye like OlympusDAO. Inspiring a devoted following of Ohmies you’ll have seen the (3,3) meme everywhere. Then there were the forks, sooooo soooo many forks. Single-handedly responsible for DeFi2.0 and its…
IT ACTUALLY WORKS! Peer to Peer Encrypted Messaging Using Metamask!

IT ACTUALLY WORKS! Peer to Peer Encrypted Messaging Using Metamask!

Inb0x is the fully encrypted wallet-to-wallet messaging service developed by Parallel Alpha.
2021 NFTs in Review with Sergito, Gmoney, Cool Cats

2021 NFTs in Review with Sergito, Gmoney, Cool Cats

It’s been a remarkable year for NFTs. Let’s take a step back and have a look at the top hitters of 2021.
Basis Trading Using Perps, Stables and a Whole Lotta Lemma

Basis Trading Using Perps, Stables and a Whole Lotta Lemma

Lemma uses a market neutral derivatives position to issue a stablecoin and generate sustainable yield
Turn Your NFTs Into Cash Without Selling Them

Turn Your NFTs Into Cash Without Selling Them

NFTfi is a simple marketplace for NFT collaterized loans. Put your NFTs up as collateral for a loan, or offer loans to other users.
How to Get Started in DeFi

How to Get Started in DeFi

We’ll guide you from getting an understanding of what DeFi is, how it fits into your crypto journey and then shepherd you through setting up a wallet using Metamask, swapping tokens and then making your very first DeFi move using…
Interoperability the Way It Should Be? LayerZero Certainly Thinks So

Interoperability the Way It Should Be? LayerZero Certainly Thinks So

LayerZero is an omnichain interoperability protocol that unites decentralized applications (dapps) across disparate blockchains.
Crush Market Volatility Using Big Boy Delta Neutral Strategies

Crush Market Volatility Using Big Boy Delta Neutral Strategies

Delta neutral is a portfolio strategy utilizing multiple positions with balancing positive and negative deltas so that the overall delta of the assets in question totals zero. A delta-neutral portfolio evens out the response to market movements for a certain…
Digital Fashion Is Going to Blow Everything Else Out of the Water

Digital Fashion Is Going to Blow Everything Else Out of the Water

Fashion is evolving. What used to be a world of threads and textiles is moving to pixels and augmented fitting rooms. Now, designers are creating more reality-bending digital fashion pieces on the daily. And we have some digital fashion fanatics…
Metaverse + Fashion = Big Bada Boom

Metaverse + Fashion = Big Bada Boom

Ever wondered what you’ll wear in the Metaverse? Clothes, duh, but in the digital realm things are slightly different than IRL… In digital spaces we’re not bound to the limitations of the Earth. Ever heard of anti-gravity clothes? You will…
What is Protocol Owned Governance? | First Look into Lobis - Approved Fork of OlympusDAO

What is Protocol Owned Governance? | First Look into Lobis - Approved Fork of OlympusDAO

Lobis is an Approved Olympus fork specialized to ensure that OlympusDAO can participate in DeFi governance.
Snipe UNDERPRICED NFT's with NFT Bank

Snipe UNDERPRICED NFT's with NFT Bank

NFT Bank is a platform for smart NFT management. You can show off your experience & status, unify your NFT transactions across all NFT projects and blockchains, get the comprehensive understanding of your NFT investments, and understand the real time…
DeFi 2.0 Is Not What You Think It Is...

DeFi 2.0 Is Not What You Think It Is...

Okay, so you wanna know what the SBF is up with this Defi2.0 bizzo. Well you’ve come to the right place. What is Defi2.0. You can do yourself a favour and avoid having to watch the rest of this video…
Are Branded Dollars The New StableCoins? | DeFi 2.0 with ICHI

Are Branded Dollars The New StableCoins? | DeFi 2.0 with ICHI

With ICHI, every community gets their own token worth $1. It is minted with each community’s cryptocurrency. It is redeemable 1-for-1 for USD Coin (USDC).
Say ADIOS to Impermanent Loss with Bancor V2

Say ADIOS to Impermanent Loss with Bancor V2

Contrary to other AMM protocols, Bancor uses its protocol token, BNT, as the counterpart asset in every pool. Using an elastic BNT supply, the v2.1 protocol co-invests in pools alongside LPs to support single-sided AMM exposure and to cover the…
J1mmy, Kingship and SupDucks' FrankyNines

J1mmy, Kingship and SupDucks' FrankyNines

This week we’re joined by Jim McNelis whose collection of BAYC has just been signed to Universal in a landmark record deal through 10:22pm UMG’s next-gen Web3 label. J1mmy is an avid NFT collector and the CEO and cofounder of…
Sweep the Floor with Genie | Metaverse Aggregator

Sweep the Floor with Genie | Metaverse Aggregator

Genie Swap is the first ever NFT marketplace aggregator. Genie users can batch buy and sell across all major marketplaces in a single transaction.
Ice Cube: NFTs with Attitude feat. Trevor Jones

Ice Cube: NFTs with Attitude feat. Trevor Jones

Man vs Machine is a collaboration between acclaimed rapper, producer, entrepreneur Ice Cube and Trevor Jones. In this special episode we talk to Cube and Trevor about the drop, what it all means and how on earth they came to…
LP Like a Boss Using Visor’s Uniswap V3 Vaults

LP Like a Boss Using Visor’s Uniswap V3 Vaults

Visor allows DeFi participants to utilize NFT Smart Vaults for liquidity provisioning and active liquidity management on Uniswap v3.
The Defiant Guide to Play to Earn - GameFi

The Defiant Guide to Play to Earn - GameFi

P2E is a new business model that provides financial benefits to all players who add value by contributing to the game world. It’s the latest development in the games industry and brings new game concepts and retention models not yet…
Unboxing Jeff Staple x RTFKT Studios Meta-Pigeon

Unboxing Jeff Staple x RTFKT Studios Meta-Pigeon

RTFKT uses the latest in game engines, NFT , blockchain authentication and augmented reality, combined with manufacturing expertise to create one of a kind sneakers and digital artifacts.

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Metaverse Ready Avatars - These PFP Projects Are Crushing Innovation

A stellar line up of speakers right at the very bleeding edge of what’s happening in the next generation of PFP nft’s. The look on Benoit’s face when he realises what ASM are building is priceless.

Cross-Asset Yield Folding for 4x Gains? How is this Possible?

Fodl enables traders to utilize leverage for their trades without paying a funding rate. This leverage is derived from existing DeFi building blocks, such as Compound and Aave.

Decentraland Tutorial (Mana): How Does Decentraland Work and How to Get Started in the Metaverse?

In this Decentraland tutorial we investigate how does Decentraland works and how to begin to explore the metaverseDecentraland is a decentralised 3D virtual reality platform which uses the Ethereum blockchain.

What Is a DAO? The Defiant Guide

Are DAOs the next trend in crypto? We’re taking a closer look into what DAOs are, how it works, how you can participate and get rewarded.

Eyeballs for Cash - Worldcoin’s Ambition Plan to Onboard Humanity

Worldcoin is a new, collectively owned global currency that will be distributed fairly to as many people as possible.

Teens Are Taking Over Finance and You’re Not Ready for It

Try and guess my age. It may not be immediately obvious. And no I didn’t drink the blood of a thousand virgins, I seem to be weirdly youthful. Must be all those NFTs I’ve acquired. But I am in fact an ancient old man when…

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