DAO


Policy

CFTC’s Ooki DAO Action Shatters Illusion of Regulator-Proof Protocol

The action raises still-unanswered questions about who is culpable when a DAO commits a crime – will casting a vote with a governance token be seen as a smoking gun?

(Mark Van Scyoc/Shutterstock)

Layer 2

Urbit Courts DAOs, Crypto Teams in Quest to Make Internet P2P Again

A wildly ambitious project to reinvent the entire internet computing stack is finally shipping usable apps after a decade-plus of laying groundwork. Can it overcome a “janky” UX?

An Urbit ID is known as a planet. (NASA/Getty Images)

Policy

CFTC Penalizes Blockchain Protocol $250K, Files Action Against Successor DAO

The commission said bZeroX offered illegal, off-exchange trading of digital assets, and has also filed a civil action against the Ooki DAO.

(Mark Van Scyoc/Shutterstock)

Opinion

Lessons From a DeFi DAO Divorce

The marriage between the FEI and RARI token communities was an early experiment in sharing economic incentives. Now TribeDAO is splitting up, after a bitter period of governance disputes.

(Kelly Sikkema/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

BNB Chain, Blockchain Security Firms Start AvengerDAO to Protect Users

AvengerDAO will be run by the community with the ambition to set an industry standard for safe practices.

Naoris hopes to create a decentralized proof-of-security consensus mechanism by the end of 2022. (jaydeep/Pixabay)

Finance

Token Management Platform Magna Raises $15M Seed Round at $70M Valuation

Investors in the round included Tiger Global, Tusk Venture Partners, Circle Ventures and Shima Capital.

Magna co-founders Arun Kirubarajan (left) and Bruno Faviero (right). (Magna)

Policy

Near Protocol Forms Working Group to Promote DeFi Governance

The Near Digital Collective is a self-governance initiative aimed at further decentralizing the Near ecosystem’s decision-making by moving it to a blockchain.

Illia Polosukhin, Co-Founder, NEAR Protocol (Stephen Lovekin/Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Opinion

Why Traditional Investors May Not Love DAOs

A governance vote this summer canceling a SAFT investor agreement in a DAO sent shockwaves through investor ranks, says Tanvi Ratna.

(Ricardo Frantz/Unsplash)

Layer 2

The Sex Club, Tokenized

Daniel Saynt’s Manhattan sex club has plans for NFT membership and its own NSFW token. This piece is part of CoinDesk's Sin Week.

(Rodrigo Lizaraga)