Hello Defiers! This is a recap of our latest DeFi Alpha Call that took place on 11/21/2022 in Discord. TIMESTAMPS 02:24 - Market Overview 08:14 - NFT Roundup 12:40 - Beginner Tutorial > Earn Up to 17% APR with wstETH/ETH LP on KyberSwap on Optimism 13:53 - Degen Tutorial > Using the SEI Testnet For A Potential Airdrop DeFi Alpha is a weekly newsletter published for our premium subscribers, contributed by Defiant Advisor and DeFi investor at 4RC, DeFi Dad, and our Degen in Chief yyctrader. It aims to educate traders, investors, and newcomers about investment opportunities in dec ..read more

Hello Defiers! Here’s what we’re covering today: News MakerDAO Releases Speedy DAI Transfers and Tightens Controls on Vaults Genesis Halts Withdrawals At Lending Business Congressional Hearing on FTX to Cast Spotlight on Crypto’s Annus Horribilis NFT Roundup SuperRare Auctions NFT Subscription Passes For More Than $4M Podcast Defiant Video DeFi Wins From FTX Collapse (kind of) DeFi Explainers What is Polygon zkEVM? Trending in The Defiant Crypto Users Jump to DeFi Platforms in Wake of FTX’s CeFi Crash CZ Strives to Show Binance is Different From FTX Unsecured DeFi ..read more

Hello Defiers! And so ends a week few of us will ever forget. To think that 10 days ago FTX was considered the gold standard of crypto, a steadfast steward of digital assets that normies could trust and a bridge to the mainstream marketplace via Super Bowl commercials and FTX-branded sports arenas, is, well, rather mind blowing.  With his just-woke-up vibe and gift for breaking the complexities of crypto down into sound bites, Sam Bankman-Fried became the industry’s self-styled evangelist. While lesser projects (eg Celsius, Three Arrows, Terra) crashed and burned, SBF and FTX held firm, p ..read more

Hello Defiers! Here’s what we’re covering today: FTX Crisis Crypto Lender BlockFi Suspends Withdrawals  Bahamas Securities Commission to Freeze and Liquidate FTX Assets FTX Withdrawals Resume But Only for Bahamas-Based Accounts SBF Surfaces With Apology and Details on FTX’s Condition Tether Freezes $47M USDT Stake Held by FTX News MetaMask Launches Integrated Bridge Feature Markets Investors Bargain Hunt as Inflation Report Spurs Market Rally Podcast Video Daily Defiant: Can SBF make a comeback? Trending in The Defiant DeFi Supporters Say FTX’s Black Box Model ..read more

Hello Defiers! This is a recap of our latest DeFi Alpha Call that took place on 11/07/2022 in Discord. Timestamps 02:03 Market Overview 09:08 NFT Roundup 23:28 Starter Tutorial - Lend USDT for 12.4% APY to undercollateralized borrowers on TrueFi 28:44 Degen Tutorial - Using the SUI Testnet for a potential airdrop. DeFi Alpha is a weekly newsletter published for our premium subscribers, contributed by Defiant Advisor and DeFi investor at 4RC, DeFi Dad, and our Degen in Chief yyctrader. It aims to educate traders, investors, and newcomers about investment opportunities in decentralized ..read more

This week on The Defiant Podcast we speak with Hamzah Khan, Head of Defi at Polygon. Polygon is one of the biggest players in DeFi with $1.5B in TVL and in the blockchain space in general. Hamzah begins by giving us a brief overview of the Polygon ecosystem. Despite the bear market, Polygon has been forging high-profile NFT partnerships with companies like Instagram and Reddit. Its network was also used by JP Morgan’s Onyx unit to conduct the first interbank on-chain forex swap and was chosen by Robinhood to debut its Web3 wallet. We dive into the details of these partnerships with Hamzah. Unl ..read more

Hello Defiers! Here’s what we’re covering today: FTX Crisis FTX Crisis Shifts Into New Phase as Contagion Spreads and Investors Scramble for Cover DeFi Supporters Say FTX’s Black Box Model Shows Peril of Centralization Trapped FTX Users May Find Lifeline in Justin Sun Solend Struggles to Liquidate Souring Loan as On-Chain Liquidity ‘Evaporates’ Binance Walks Away From Deal To Acquire FTX News OpenSea Will Enforce Royalties for Existing NFT Collections Feds Crank Up Heat on Tornado Cash With Link to North Korea’s Nuclear Program Podcast Video Daily Defiant: FTX UPDATE: BI ..read more

Hello Defiers! Here’s what we’re covering today: FTX Crisis Focus Turns to Alameda as Investors Fear Binance Deal Not the Answer for Stricken FTX Solana Supporters Buck Up Network As FTX Contagion Takes Toll Binance to Take Over FTX After Insolvency Concerns Spark Market Rout News Ether Turns Net Deflationary Post-Merge Markets Crypto Markets Whipsawed After Binance’s Deal To Acquire FTX Fuels Short-Lived Rally Podcast Video Daily Defiant: Feds Seize $3.36 Billion Crypto Linked to Silk Road DeFi Explainers What is zkSync? Elsewhere US Treasury Adds to Tornado Cash ..read more

Hello Defiers! Here’s what we’re covering today: FTX Drama FTX Hit By $1.2B in Withdrawals as Confidence Wavers in Exchange Giant CZ Cranks Up Pressure on FTX With Massive Token Sale News Polygon Working to Become ‘True Layer 2’ U.S. Authorities Seize $1B Worth of Bitcoin from Silk Road Heist Wintermute Elbows Into Crowded DEX Market NFT News OpenSea Roils NFT Market With ‘Enforcement Tool’ For Creators Podcast Video Daily Defiant: FTX Insolvency Rumors Are Flying and Binance's CZ is Making it Worse Weekly Recap: Art Gobblers, Coinbase Savings, Chicken Bonds, JPMorgan ..read more

Hello Defiers! Happy weekend! Errors and opportunities. The duality of DeFi was on vivid display this week, or as Gala Games’ Jason Brink put it, web3’s capacity to be both “a blessing and a curse.”  That line was from Sam Haig’s eye-opening story on a mistaken $1B hack of Gala’s token after pNetwork, a cross-chain bridge provider, erred in handling some code on its platform. Likewise, Multichain, another bridging protocol The Defiant covered last week, responded to concerns it was mismanaging users’ funds. Aleks Gilbert, who broke the news on L2BEAT’s scrutiny of Multichain, wrote a foll ..read more