Rune Christensen

MakerDAO founder Rune Christensen joins "First Mover" to discuss the main issues surrounding coordination within DAOs and his "Endgame" plan to "decentralize the broken financial system & replace it with a system that benefits everyone." Plus, insights on MakerDAO paving the way to purchase up to an additional $1.28 billion in U.S. government bonds via crypto asset manager BlockTower Capital.

14 aug 2023

MakerDAO founder, Rune Christensen recently laid out plans to introduce a new stablecoin and governance token as part of the platform’s on-going revamp. Christensen joins "First Mover" to discuss how AI-assisted governance tools will be implemented, allowing token holders to summarize and verify governance rules and processes. "Ideally, it should almost feel like playing a game," Christensen said. "Participating in governance in a DAO should be sort of something that you want to do because it rewards you."

18 mei 2023

Decentralized finance (DeFi) lending platform MakerDAO’s founder, Rune Christensen, laid out plans to introduce a new stablecoin and governance token as part of the platform’s on-going revamp, according to a proposal posted on Maker’s governance forum last week. MakerDAO Founder Rune Christensen joins "First Mover" to share insights into "Endgame" and what he hopes to achieve.

18 mei 2023

MakerDAO founder Rune Christensen joins "First Mover" to discuss why the MakerDAO community rejected CoinShares' proposal to use up to $500 million in stablecoin USDC to invest in bonds with the crypto investment firm.

1 dec 2022

The MakerDAO community rejected a proposal to use up to $500 million in stablecoin USDC to invest in bonds with crypto investment firm CoinShares. MakerDAO founder Rune Christensen discusses the reason behind the rejection and his outlook for decentralized finance. Plus, details on the community’s voting on increasing DAI stablecoin rewards.

1 dec 2022

MakerDAO founder Rune Christensen weighs in on how DeFi projects can "interact with the real world economy" and do things like invest in real estate and renewable energy. Christensen also shares his thoughts on the future of stablecoin regulation.

11 aug 2022

MakerDAO founder Rune Christensen discusses his plans for a major governance proposal ahead of Ethereum's highly-ancitipated switch from the energy-intensive proof-of-work (PoW) consensus mechanism to a proof-of-stake (PoS) system, also known as the "merge." Christensen explains why staked ETH will be a "very attractive type of decentralized collateral."

11 aug 2022

The U.S. Treasury has sanctioned crypto mixer Tornado Cash, which could have a ripple effect across the industry. Rune Christensen, founder of Ethereum’s pioneering decentralized money layer MakerDAO, discusses the ban and what it means for MakerDAO, its decentralized stablecoin DAI and the state of DeFi. Plus, exploring the impact of Ethereum's merge.

11 aug 2022

MakerDAO founder Rune Christensen discusses his take on the U.S. Treasury department's sanction of crypto mixer Tornado Cash, explaining why it's "useless and pointless" and goes against the ethos of the crypto industry.

11 aug 2022

In the aftermath of TerraUSD's (UST) $14 billion collapse, Rune Christensen, founder of MakerDAO, a decentralized credit platform on Ethereum that supports the Dai (DAI) stablecoin, discusses why UST was "basically a big ponzi scheme" and what makes DAI different. Plus, reacting to Terra's revival plan and "community bond."

19 mei 2022