YIELD TALKS: A Primer on Leveraged Airdrop Farming with Hourglass

Charlie Pyle is the Founder of Hourglass, Mike Silagadze is the CoFounder of ether.fi, and Maksym Repa is the DeFi Lead at Lombard. In this episode of Yield Talks, we dive deep into Hourglass, a protocol growing sticky liquidity for protocols through time-bound staking. We explore how Hourglass markets provide new leverage and liquidity for assets like eBTC, eETH, and LBTC through Hourglass Boost, along with deeper liquidity for leveraged airdrop farming thanks to Hourglass RFQ. If you're a Pendle degen, you're going to want to learn more about how Hourglass works. ------ 🔗 Essential Show Links 🔗 ► Edge Newsletter: https://the-edge.xyz ► Youtube: https://youtube.com/@defidad ► Apple: https://tinyurl.com/edgepod ► Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/edgepodspotify ► Linktree: https://linktr.ee/edge_pod ► Follow DeFi Dad: https://x.com/DeFi_Dad ► Follow Nomatic: https://x.com/Nomaticcap ► Learn DeFi: http://defidad.com/ ------ The Edge Podcast Sponsor Resources ♦️ REDSTONE ORACLES | THE FASTEST GROWING ORACLE FOR DEFI 🧪 MANTLE | START YOUR RESTAKING JOURNEY TODAY WITH CMETH 🐡 PUFFER FINANCE | A LEADING INNOVATOR IN LIQUID RESTAKING, BASED ROLLUPS, AND AVS'S 🌔 MOONWELL | THE LEADING LENDING AND BORROWING APP ON BASE ------ Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 1:50 - Why build Hourglass? 4:10 - How Hourglass time-boosted staking works vs Pendle 7:20 - How Hourglass market-makers help create new liquidity 10:25 - RedStone Oracles and Puffer Finance mid-roll 12:15 - ether.fi’s use of Hourglass 13:30 - What is Lombard LBTC and why do they use Hourglass? 18:11 - Why Hourglass uses a system of orderbooks and an RFQ system 22:52 - Mantle mid-roll 23:33 - Comparing buying points on Pendle vs Hourglass 25:11 - What’s next on Hourglass roadmap? 28:01 - Hourglass points system 28:52 - Advice for other protocols considering Hourglass 31:05 - Thoughts on longer durations 32:02 - eBTC 34:04 - Closing ------ 🔗 Guest Links 🔗 ► Hourglass Website: https://hourglass.com/ ► Hourglass on X/Twitter: https://x.com/hourglasshq ► Charlie Pyle on X/Twitter: https://x.com/charlie_pyle ► ether.fi on X/Twitter: https://x.com/ether_fi ► Mike Silagadze on X/Twitter: https://x.com/mikesilagadze ► Lombard on X/Twitter: https://x.com/lombard_finance ► Maksym Repa on X/Twitter: https://x.com/Maksym_Web3 ------ If you're a DeFi/Web3 builder, contact our team at: https://fourthrevolution.capital/ All opinions expressed by hosts and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and not necessarily those of Fourth Revolution Capital. Podcast guests and 4RC may have positions in the assets or other matters discussed in this podcast. This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment decisions. Do your own research. This is not a recommendation or endorsement to buy any token(s) related to any platform(s) discussed.