Episode: #31 September 21, 2020 ----- Tools from our sponsors to go bankless: 🌐 UNSTOPPABLE DOMAINS - GET A HUMAN READABLE CRYPTO DOMAIN 🌈 ZAPPER - ULTIMATE HUB FOR DEFI - ZAP INTO DEFI 💳 MONOLITH - GET THE HOLY GRAIL OF BANKLESS VISA CARDS 💸 AAVE - LEND AND BORROW DEFI ASSETS ---- Nexus Mutual to Billions | Hugh Karp Hugh Karp is the founder of Nexus Mutual, a DeFi insurance protocol Nexus Mutual has $80M ETH covering over $240 worth of DeFi insurance, up from $8M last July. Nexus has paid out millions in insurance claims to previous DeFi hacks, and is one of the fastest-growing protocols in DeFi. Hugh comes from the world of insurance and worked as an actuary before moving into crypto. He brings his real-world insurance knowledge to the DeFi universe through Nexus Mutual, a reconstruction of real-world insurance mechanisms, but built on Ethereum. Nexus Mutual has over $80M in assets deposited into the Nexus contracts, up from just $8M in July 2020. This $80M is the backstop for $240M of cover purchased by Nexus customers. Join us as we go through the history of Nexus Mutual, the NXM token, and the future road map with founder Hugh Karp! WE COVER: 1) Current state of DeFi insurance / safety 2) Benefits of smart-contract based insurance 3) Quick history of insurance  4) Building Nexus 5) Integrating NXM 6) NXM Bonding Curve 7) Future vision of Nexus ------ Resources: Read: How to assess the risks of a lending protocol? https://bankless.substack.com/p/how-to-assess-the-risk-of-lending Read: how to protect against hacks with Nexus https://bankless.substack.com/p/how-to-protect-against-hacks-with Nexus Metrics Tracker: https://nexustracker.io/ DeFi Dad Explainer Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnzInsKPLR0   Rate the Podcast 5 Stars ----- Subscribe to podcast on iTunes | Spotify | YouTube | RSS Feed Leave a review on iTunes Share the episode with someone you know! ----- Don't stop at the podcast! Subscribe to the Bankless newsletter program Watch Bankless shows and tutorials on YouTube Visit official Bankless website for resources Follow Bankless on Twitter Follow Ryan on Twitter Follow David on Twitter ----- Not financial or tax advice. This podcast is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions.  Do your own research.

STATE OF THE NATION #14 - Tuesday, September 15th, 2020 Watch on the Bankless YouTube Channel The State of the Bankless Nation is....FUNding It that time of year....GITCOIN TIME!!! Every quarter, 4 times a year, Gitcoin Grants rolls around. This is one of the few times where the money in your wallet means 10x more than it used to... IF... AND ONLY IF.... you donate to your favorite DeFi and Ethereum infrastructure.  We bring on Kevin Owocki, el presidente of Gitcoin, to discuss the role of Gitcoin in funding the DeFi ecosystem and the technology behind funding public goods.  -----  GO BANKLESS WITH THESE SPONSOR TOOLS: 💸 UNSTOPPABLE DOMAINS - HUMAN READABLE NAMES FOR ETHEREUM AND CRYPTO ADDRESSES 🌈 ZAPPER - ULTIMATE HUB FOR DEFI - ZAP INTO DEFI  💳 MONOLITH - GET THE HOLY GRAIL OF BANKLESS VISA CARDS  💸 AAVE - BORROWING AND LENDING DIGITAL ASSETS ON ETHEREUM - DID SOMEONE SAY YIELD FARMING?? ------ STATE OF THE NATION #14 - Tuesday, September 15, 2020 The State of the Bankless Nation is....FUNding Special Guest...Kevin Owocki @owocki on Twitter TOPICS: GITCOIN with Kevin Owocki 1) Gitcoin Round 7... START 2) This round is different... WE'RE IN A BULL MARKET 3) DeFi protocol, DeFi farms, DeFi teams are SENDING GITCOIN $$$  4) Gitcoin is out of the shadow of Consensys, the EF 5) Decentralized Identity, Sybil Resistance of Gitcoin StableCredit USD 1) Bankless Video was helpful... still need more help in understanding Andre Conje's new StableCredit USD system 2) Aave + Maker + Uniswap + Synethix = StableCredit USD (?) 3) Yearn needs a place to park its capital; it filled all the other protocols 4) Contracts done, UI soon BTC and ETH are the crypto monies that matter MicroStrategy Buys $175M More in Bitcoin, Upping BTC Holdings to $425M Bitcoin’s prisoners dilemma  ETH just passed BTC on total value transferred and that’s huge Fake DeFi doesn’t cut it (CeDeFi) Binance Smart-Contract Chain https://www.binance.com/en/blog/421499824684900933/Binance-Smart-Chain-Launches-Today 100m fund Binance Block Explorer https://bscscan.com/ Token Sets Introducing the DeFi Pulse Index on TokenSets | by Anthony Sassano | Set Labs | Sep, 2020 ----- Don't stop at the video! Subscribe to the Bankless newsletter program http://bankless.substack.com/ Visit the official Bankless website for resources http://banklesshq.com/ Follow Bankless on Twitter  Follow Ryan on Twitter  Follow David on Twitter Follow DeFi Dad on Twitter  ----- Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research. Disclosure. From time-to-time we may add links in this channel to products we use. We may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. We'll always disclose when this is the case.