DAO


Policy

CFTC’s Regulation by Enforcement Needs to Change, Commissioner Says

Summer K. Mersinger told CoinDesk TV’s “First Mover" that Congress needs to establish clear rules for DAOs.

CFTC Commissioner Summer K. Mersinger (CFTC/Shutterstock)

Policy

Second Crypto Group Objects to CFTC's Use of Chatbot to Serve Legal Papers

The DeFi Education Fund wants the CFTC to identify and serve Ooki DAO's actual members, rather than just serve the DAO at large.

CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam (Suzanne Cordeiro/Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Videos

Commissioner Mersinger Expresses Dissent Over CFTC Action Against Ooki DAO

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) can serve a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) through a website help bot and forum post, a federal court ruled Monday. CFTC Commissioner Summer K. Mersinger shares her thoughts about the latest action from the agency and the wider U.S. crypto regulatory landscape.

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Web3

Mythical Games Creates Mythos Foundation to Decentralize Web3 Gaming

The gaming technology company is also expanding its ecosystem with the Mythos DAO and the $MYTH governance token.

Video game controller (Martínez/Unsplash)

Finance

With Crypto Governance in CFTC Crosshairs, SushiSwap Mulls Legal Shakeup

Outside lawyers have told Sushi to restructure around legal entities. In the wake of Ooki, will the DAO listen?

Sushi as been advised to break itself up. (Stefan Schauberger/Unsplash)

Policy

Court Rules CFTC Legally Served Ooki DAO Through Help Bot

The ruling came the same day a group of crypto lawyers and developers filed to join the CFTC's case against Ooki DAO.

(Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Layer 2

Student Organizations Pull Their Weight in DeFi Protocol Governance

Crypto-curious students find valuable hands-on experience and empowerment in policy elections, a typically low-participation area of the Web3 ecosystem

(DALL-E/CoinDesk)

Videos

This CFTC Decision Could Change Everything About DAOs

A move against a DAO by the CFTC has got crypto incensed. Are they in the wrong though? Host Joel Flynn breaks down the move that could shake up the whole of crypto. This story and other news shaping the cryptocurrency world in this episode of "The Daily Forkast."

Recent Videos

Finance

Digital Asset Manager Safe to Offer Governance Token for SafeDAO

The multibillion-dollar digital asset management platform aims to decentralize its growth and governance through SAFE and SafeDAO.

Safe to offer governance token for its DAO. (Creative Commons)

Policy

The CFTC Served Ooki DAO Papers by Posting Them in an Online Discussion Forum

The CFTC’s motion for alternative service asks a California judge to approve of the unconventional way Ooki DAO members were served.

(Mark Van Scyoc/Shutterstock)