DAO


Opinion

More than Just the Ooki DAO: Lessons for Web3 Companies About Control After bZx

The CFTC’s decision to bring an action against a DAO late last month sent shockwaves that continue to reverberate through the Web3 community.

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Finance

Crypto Exchange SushiSwap Approves Restructuring, Will Create 3 Firms for DAO

The development of the decentralized autonomous organization will be managed by three organizations, which will be based in Panama and the Cayman Islands.

The entity that oversees the SushiSwap crypto exchange is reorganizing. (Unsplash)

Markets

MakerDAO Members Support Founder's 'Endgame' Plan to Break Up into MetaDAOs, $2.1B of Transfers

Community members will move ahead with founder Rune Christensen's ambitious plan to break up the protocol into MetaDAOs.

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Web3

Rarible 2 Introduces Major Updates to the Popular NFT Marketplace

The platform will now function as an aggregated NFT marketplace and establishes the RARI Foundation and new RARI governance token rewards.

RARI (Screenshot from Rarible foundation)

Tech

Binance Becomes Second-Largest Voting Entity on Uniswap DAO

Uniswap’s founder has accused Binance of using customer funds to amass governance votes.

Binance Becomes Second-Largest Voting Entity on Uniswap DAO (Unsplash)

Videos

Seed Club Co-Creator: 'DAOs Aren't People. It's a Network'

The CFTC should identify and serve the people it believes are responsible for Ooki DAO's alleged violations rather than the DAO itself as an entity, a community of lawyers called "LeXpunK Army" argued Monday. Jess Sloss, co-creator of the DAO Accelerator Network "Seed Club," discusses his take on the Ooki DAO case and whether DAOs are people. Plus, Sloss shares insights into the Seed Club's mission and a preview of his panel at CoinDesk's I.D.E.A.S. 2022 in New York City.

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Videos

Genetic Networks Founder on Bridging DAOs With Drug Discovery

Genetic Networks founder and chairman Gennaro D'Urso joins "First Mover" host Christine Lee and DeFi Education Fund’s Policy Director Miller Whitehouse-Levine to discuss the limitations of the pharmaceutical industry and ways in which DAOs can benefit drug discovery.

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Opinion

Inside a Social DAO: How an Online Community Becomes a Digital City

As Friends With Benefits DAO continues to scale, how will it incorporate decentralized governance principles and processes into its next phase of growth?

Idyllwild Park, Idyllwild, United States (Victor Baro/Unsplash)

Policy

Ooki DAO Case So ‘Egregious,’ CFTC Had No Choice, Chair Behnam Says

"Don't expect this to be a free pass," he said of using a DAO to evade U.S. laws.

CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam speaks at DC Fintech Week. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Policy

‘Fear’ May Be Keeping Ooki DAO From Mounting Defense Against CFTC

Time is running out for the DAO to respond to court filings in what could be a major test for crypto governance.

CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)