DAO


Tech

Build-on-Bitcoin Trend Imports Another Concept from Ethereum: the DAO

RootstockCollective, a new decentralized autonomous organization, or DAO, is designed to encourage builders and users of Rootstock – one of the oldest and most closely watched projects among the fast-growing ranks of layer-2 blockchains built atop Bitcoin.

Tree roots (StockSnap/Pixabay)

Tech

Snapshot, Popular DAO Voting Platform, Finally Moves On-Chain, Atop Starknet

Snapshot X, the new governance protocol, makes use of storage proofs – a cryptographic feature that StarkWare, the primary developer of Starknet, has helped innovate and embraced.

StarkWare CEO Eli Ben-Sasson (Margaux Nijkerk)

Finance

'Golden Boys' Move on CompoundDAO Wasn't a Governance Attack: Tally Protocol CEO

Sitting on the sidelines during the democratic process means you can't complain about the result, the CEO and co-founder of a DAO vote-counting protocol said.

(Phil Hearing/Unsplash)

Tech

Crypto VC Paradigm Invests in MetaDAO as Prediction Markets Boom

MetaDAO, a Solana experiment in governance by "futarchy," raised a total of $2.2 million to fund operations.

Sporting a black hoodie, the pseudonymous coder known as Proph3t works in a Salt Lake City hacker house. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

COMP Down 6.7% after Supposed 'Governance Attack' on Compound DAO

A whale holding COMP tokens is helping push through a governance proposal that would allocate $24 million in COMP to a yield-bearing protocol called goldCOMP.

(CoinDesk Indices)

Policy

DAO-Specific Legislation Isn't Needed Yet, English Legal Body Says

The Law Commission said decentralized autonomous organizations appear to fall under existing laws for the time being.

DAOs fall under existing law in England and Wales, Law Commission says (Reinaldo Sture/Unsplash)

Policy

Wyoming Grants DAOs New Legal Structure

The governor signed a law setting up a legal status – "decentralized unincorporated nonprofit associations" – for DAOs there, and one investment firm called Wyoming an "oasis."

(Beatrice Murch/Flickr)

Markets

Uniswap's UNI Gains 20% as Token Reward Proposal Inches Closer to Approval

Uniswap's reward sharing mechanism, if approved, could inspire other DeFi protocols to follow suit.

UNI price more than doubled since the plan for the revenue sharing mechanism became public on Feb. 23 (CoinDesk)

Finance

USDR Issuer Tangible Plans to Redeem Itself as a Layer-2 for Real-World Assets

First came the literal redemption for failed stablecoin USDR. Now comes the metaphorical redemption as Tangible changes its name to re.al.

Fresh red paint on a white wall.

Tech

Risk Manager Gauntlet Terminates Relationship with Aave, Citing DAO Dysfunction

Gauntlet co-founder John Morrow said his team "found it difficult to navigate the inconsistent guidelines and unwritten objectives" of Aave's "largest stakeholders."

Risk (Gino Crescoli/Pixabay)