The Defiant

17/05/2023

🎙️ Our newest podcast has just dropped!

is joined by
Mihailo Bjelic, co-founder of
, to talk about:

• The evolution of Polygon and the PoS chain
• Mainstream adoption
• All about Polygon's zkEVM
• Future of Polygon & more

You can't miss this one! Link in bio 🔗

07/03/2023

🚫"Compliance" seems like an unlikely buzzword in crypto, but at ETHDenver it almost was one.

🧑‍⚖️With the SEC increasingly bringing lawsuits against crypto projects, builders are creating solutions to adapt.

🛑"The SEC isn't playing around," said

Read the full report at thedefiant.io. Link in bio

04/03/2023

Don't miss the chance to meet our team at ETH Denver. Stop by our booth and say hi! 👋

02/03/2023

Hello from Denver, frens! ☕️

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07/12/2022

Shout out to all the fans of The Defiant Podcast on . What has been your favorite episode so far?

06/12/2022

Juan Benet is the founder of Protocol Labs and the inventor of the Inter Planetary File System, a peer-to-peer network for storing and sharing data.

He’s also the creator of , a storage network incentivised by crypto. Both of Juan’s ventures are hugely ambitious as they are in direct competition with the basic rails of the internet, with protocols such as HTTP and data giants like AWS.

Listen to the latest Defiant Podcast- hosted by Camila Russo.

🔗Link in bio to the full episode.

06/12/2022

is the founder of Protocol Labs and the inventor of the Inter Planetary File System, a peer-to-peer network for storing and sharing data. He’s also the creator of , a storage network incentivised by crypto.

Both of Juan’s ventures are hugely ambitious as they are in direct competition with the basic rails of the internet, with protocols such as HTTP and data giants like AWS.

Listen to last week’s podcast episode - hosted by Camila Russo.

🔗Link in bio

03/12/2022

This week on The Defiant Podcast, we speak with , the founder of Protocol Labs and the inventor of the InterPlanetary File System.

Juan is also the creator of , a storage network incentivized by crypto. Both of Juan’s ventures are hugely ambitious as they are in direct competition with the basic rails of the internet, with protocols such as HTTP and data giants like AWS. We begin our conversation with Juan explaining what led him to start IPFS and Filecoin.

Juan points out that all of the layers of the internet that run below the application layer, rely on trust. He believes that the promise of web3 is to be able to upgrade the whole stack with trust-minimized public verifiability primitives.

One of the key innovations of IPFS is in data addressing, which increases the efficiency of data fetching. But there’s more to IPFS than just this, and we talk about some of the other features of IPFS.

Juan says that universities would be a good next step to expand the user base of Filecoin since they deal with large amounts of data and run intensive computations. We go on to discuss Filecoin’s plans to encourage adoption of its technology beyond web3 users.

03/12/2022

⏰Latest News

📈Markets Rally After Powell Hints At Smaller Interest Rate Hikes

🗳️ UNI Surges After “Fee Switch” Vote is Proposed

💻 Hacker Makes Off With Millions After Minting Six Quadrillion of Ankr’s BNB Staking Tokens

🏪 Uniswap Aims To Become Marketplace For ‘All Digital Assets’: NFT Chief

02/12/2022

ICYMI: Apple Blocks Coinbase Wallet’s iOS App

After updating its App Store Review Guidelines last month to mention NFTs for the first time, the world’s most valuable company is flexing its muscles.

Apple has blocked Coinbase Wallet’s latest release of its iOS app, reportedly claiming that the transaction fees required to transfer NFTs need to go through the iPhone maker’s In-App Purchase system.

Apple takes a 30% cut of all payments made through its platform and as such is treating the gas fees required to send NFTs in the same way it does purchases of skins or other upgrades in games.

30/11/2022

Latest News ⬇️

💨Cronje Explains Why Fantom is Poised to Run 30 Years — DeFi

🐂Loyalty NFTs Have the Power to Drive the Next Bull Run

⚠️Compound Caps Borrowing Levels for 10 Assets to Reduce Risk

🗂️BlockFi Files For Bankruptcy

29/11/2022

Check out the November Tutorials from The Defiant.

❓What is Polygon zkEVM
❓What is a DEX Aggregator
❓What is 88mph
❓What is zkSync

Link in bio 👆

28/11/2022

This week on The Defiant Podcast, speaks with Bogdan Alexandrescu, co-founder and VP of Engineering at SAGA.

SAGA is focused on lowering the barrier of entry for building in Web3 so that developers can spin up a blockchain in a single click, and the company places emphasis on the metaverse.

In this conversation, we dive deep into Bogdan’s departure from Apple after six years to work full-time in crypto, any advice that he has for anyone looking to make a similar switch, what the metaverse is, more about SAGA, and the current innovator program they’re running.

25/11/2022

🚨 Going Live! Link in Stories 👀

25/11/2022

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24/11/2022

ConsenSys is under fire for collecting
users' wallet & IP addresses 😳🙅‍♂️

The company's privacy policy was updated to inform MetaMask’s more than 20M users that their IP and wallet addresses will be collected when they transact with Infura
as default RPC provider.

24/11/2022

Hello Defiers! Here’s what we are covering today:

🪙 Stablecoins Show Signs of Stabilizing After FTX Storm

📄Curve Releases Whitepaper for crvUSD Stablecoin

📈Crypto Perpetual Open Interest Dives 43% in Wake of FTX Collapse

⚽️World Cup Fan Tokens Rise and Fall With Action on the Pitch

24/11/2022

Hello Defiers! Here’s what we are covering today:

🪙Stablecoins Show Signs of Stabilizing After FTX Storm

📄Curve Releases Whitepaper for crvUSD Stablecoin

📈Crypto Perpetual Open Interest Dives 43% in Wake of FTX Collapse

⚽️World Cup Fan Tokens Rise and Fall With Action on the Pitch

23/11/2022

Hello Defiers! Here’s what we are covering today 👉

Visit thedefiant.io for the latest . Link in bio.

21/11/2022

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21/11/2022

18/11/2022

This week on The Defiant Podcast we speak with Tyrone Lobban, the head of blockchain at JPMorgan’s Onyx, a business unit focused on digital assets.

In the craziness of the past couple weeks, it’s easy to overlook or forget good news and positive developments. JP Morgan recently made history by becoming the first major bank to execute a live DeFi trade. The trade involved tokenized forex and government bonds and it all happened on the Polygon blockchain.

In our conversation, we dive into the details of the trade and discuss the implications of major banks like JP Morgan and the rest of TradFi using DeFi, and start by getting a better understanding of Onyx.

Listen. Watch. Read. Link in bio 👆

17/11/2022

Hello Defiers! Here’s what we’re covering today:

• 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

• SuperRare Auctions NFT Subscription Passes For More Than $4M

16/11/2022

In today's Defiant ✊

🔦 strives to show is different from FTX

👀 Crypto users jump to DeFi platforms in wake of 's CeFi crash

💳 Businesses can now accept $USDC with Pay

📨👇

https://t.co/yzBVd8Jj7e

Hello Defiers! Here’s what we’re covering today: News CZ Strives to Show Binance is Different From FTX As Skeptics Dance on Crypto’s Grave the Fed and Big Banks Launch Digital Ledger Project Layer 2s Defy Market Angst as Matter Labs Raises $200M Businesses Can Now Accept USDC With Apple Pay

16/11/2022

JUST IN: 's $2.8 billion crypto lending unit halts withdrawals, citing FTX collapse 🤯

16/11/2022

Layer 2s Defy Market Angst as Matter Labs Raises $200M

https://t.co/rhjWzeX6KN

In a sign of momentum for Layer 2s, Matter Labs, the team behind the nascent zkSync 2.0 network, raised $200M in a Series C round led by Blockchain Capital and Dragonfly, the venture announced on Nov. 16.

16/11/2022

Crypto Users Jump to DeFi Platforms in Wake of FTX’s CeFi Crash

https://t.co/2h3I4v6EU6

Don’t look now, but the FTX collapse has spurred a wave of interest in decentralized finance platforms.

16/11/2022

CZ Strives to Show Binance is Different From FTX

https://t.co/C1BMHudiuT

Just like FTX, Binance maintains billions of dollars worth of its own tokens on its balance sheet. So is the globe’s No. 1 cryptocurrency exchange vulnerable to the same type of bank run that poleaxed Sam Bankman-Fried’s exchange last week?

16/11/2022

Mapping the FTX Contagion

https://t.co/SCARJCPFfl

Contagion Begins

16/11/2022

Businesses Can Now Accept USDC With Apple Pay

https://t.co/oSf9b2ljYX

Circle’s Move Comes as Stablecoin Has Been Losing Market Share