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About this episode
At this point, it's safe to say that Charlie Pyle is a serial founder, most recently of Hourglass — a platform that, as the name suggests, takes on long-term value in a landscape known for short-term change.
Timestamps
00:00 – Sneak peek
00:16 – Charlie's background and early ventures
00:54 – Why Hourglass exists: Making time-bound assets tradable
01:53 – What time-bound instruments really are (and why they matter)
03:33 – Why the current DeFi infrastructure isn’t built for time
06:31 – How FRAX survived UST: The time-lock advantage
09:11 – Unlocking real-world use cases: Credit, DAOs & stablecoins
15:50 – Transparency, regulation & learning from the 2008 collapse
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