[The Fintech Files] Analyzing Terra's Collapse; Building a DAO; Why decentralization matters and its limits | Carlos Mercado Ξ - CharlieDAO

A deep dive into DAOs (Decentralized Autonomous Organizations) with the founder of CharlieDAO, Carlos Mercado  

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00:00 Intro 

00:30 DAOs and CharlieDAO 

01:45 Carlos's background in economics and data science 

04:10 The process of getting involved in a DAO 

08:10 Role of the DAO founder (as opposed to CEO) 

10:37 The core benefits and costs of decentralization 

13:11 DAOs, their limits and the future of work 

15:21 Thoughts on Luna / Terra 

17:48 How Terra could have worked 

23:22 The damage Terra has done to Defi 

27:00 How CharlieDAO is built and its goals 

28:57 TrueFreeze a spinout from CharlieDAO (zero-coupon for Ethereum) 

32:36 Mechanism of TrueFreeze 

37:58 What Carlos is most excited about in Defi: providing access to new financial tools for everyone