Welcome to Across The Chains! I'm your host, Mark Jeffrey, and will be joined by the great Blockbytes Host, Corval, as well as Host of Mission: DeFi & DeFi Lunch, Brad Nickel! We are going over the good, the bad, and ugly of the emerging narratives of DeFi. There's a lot of innovation and eyes on this space wondering when moves are going to be made. FedNow is going live July 1st, is this the first step toward a CBDC (Central Bank Digital Currency)? Prime Trust loses it’s private keys to ‘Legacy Wallets’. $82M lost as a result. We had Exponential on the show 6/20, click the link below to get started to help manage your risk! go.expx.fi/blockbytes -------- Today's show would not be possible without our wonderful sponsor, Shimmer Network. Shimmer is a DAG based feeless Layer 1 network that is fast and highly scalable. You can learn more by visiting shimmer.network. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Across The Chains! Every Friday! 2:00 Meet Brad Nickel | Host of Mission: DeFi & DeFi Lunch 4:00 What's Happening in DeFi Right Now? 8:00 Connecting DeFi to the Real World 13:00 Power Stays in Powerful Hands 16:00 Coinbase Fighting the SEC 19:00 Where Are We Getting Yield? 24:00 Ponzienomics 28:00 Bank For International Settlements Leverages Curve 32:00 Prime Trust Fallout | Lost Keys & Customer Funds 44:00 Educating People Around Decentralization and DeFi 47:00 BRC-20s 52:00 FedNow Launches July 1st! 55:30 Robert Leshner Launches Super State Funds 1:00:00 Thanks For Tuning In! Like The Video! ---- Nothing you read/see on Blockbytes YouTube or blockbytes.com should be considered financial advice. Please use all of the information available to you and do your own research. There are many risks inherent with Crypto currency investing which includes up to complete loss of funds. So please never invest with money you cannot afford to lose. All of blockbytes content is for entertainment purposes only and the opinions of the presenters and guests do not necessarily reflect the views of Blockbytes LLC. Nothing you see in any of the blockbytes content should be considered a solicitation to buy or sell any assets. Any links of which Blockbytes receives a commission will be clearly marked as such. If you like the content that we produce and can use the products then please consider using our referral links above.