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Finance

Aragon Fires Back at Activist Investors in Early Stages of DAO Governance Fight

After attempting to thwart what it called a "coordinated" attack on its town square, Aragon reiterated its “code is law” position.

(Maxime Gilbert/Unsplash)

Finance

Judge Upholds Freeze on SpartacusDAO's $35M in Lawsuit Served Via Discord, NFT

The leader of SpartacusDAO is barred from touching $35 million in investor funds until he starts working with the court.

Spartacus (Gautier Poupeau/Wikimedia)

Finance

Aragon Bans at Least 6 DAO Members During Treasury Discussion, Alleging ‘Coordinated’ Assault

Their banishment from Aragon’s Discord for asking “probing questions” and using “inappropriate language” highlights the disconnect between the censorship-resistant ideals of crypto governance and the reality that insiders hold considerable sway.

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Tech

Arbitrum Co-Founder Addresses DAO Vote Fiasco, Waves Off Allegations of ‘Decentralization Theater’

Offchain Labs CEO Steven Goldfeder took pains to differentiate his company, which built Arbitrum, from the newly created Arbitrum DAO that now controls it.

Steven Goldfeder, CEO and co-founder, Offchain Labs and Margaux Nijkerk, CoinDesk reporter (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Tech

PancakeSwap's DAO Voting for 'Aggressive Reduction' of CAKE Token Inflation

So far, 70% of the community votes have been in favor of reducing block rewards drastically over the next few months.

Pancakes (Mae Mu/Unsplash)

Policy

Abu Dhabi's Financial Free Zone Proposes Legal Framework for Decentralized Economy

The proposals target projects built on distributed ledger technology and aim to provide clarity on governance structures and disclosures.

The Abu Dhabi skyline (Nick Fewings/Unsplash)

Tech

Decentralized App Sweat Economy Introduces 1-Person, 1-Vote Governance System

The project aims to introduce what it says is a fairer system ahead of a vote to guide the protocol's spending of 100 million SWEAT tokens.

Level Finance is holding a vote among its community members on transferring $200 million in its LVL tokens to its treasury. (Shutterstock)

Finance

ROOK Token Holders Poised to Collect $25M Payout

Rook Labs and activist investors reached a deal that returns millions of dollars to the former DAO.

The riot pepe became a calling card of Rook's activist investors. (Hazard/Rook)

Finance

Arbitrum Foundation Offers Crypto Governance Concessions After ARB Holder Uproar

The Arbitrum Foundation has pledged not to move 700 million ARB tokens until the DAO passes a budget for handling the controversial sum.

Arbitrum booth at ETHDenver (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Pfizer-Backed VitaDAO Votes on Creating For-Profit Company to Fund Longevity Research

The DAOs native token, VITA, rose 3% on news the community was considering the proposal.

(Getty Images)