DAO


Finance

Kimbal Musk and His Big Green DAO

Elon's brother on his DAO nonprofit: "It has never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever been done."

(Kimbal Musk, modified by Melody Wang/CoinDesk)

Finance

Paradigm Backs $5M Round in DAO Management Platform Dework

Pace Capital co-led the seed funding for the startup, which combines Trello and LinkedIn-like features for Web 3.

Dework raises a seed funding round. (sukanya sitthikongsak/Getty images)

Opinion

Happiness 3.0: A Mission for Mental Health in the Metaverse

Technological innovation is rapidly changing what it means to be human. How do we stay sane?

(Milad Fakurian/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Layer 2

Consensus 2022 Visitor Guide: Inside the DAOs

Short for decentralized autonomous organizations, DAOs will be covered extensively at Consensus. Here are our top picks for those interested in jumping down the DAO rabbit hole.

(Melody Wang/CoinDesk)

Tech

Gaming DAO Merit Circle and YGG Caught in DAO Governance Strife

Merit Circle members want to refund Yield Guild Games’ investment and cancel an agreement between the two, claiming there has not been enough value added by the gaming guild giant. YGG says that was never on the table.

(Getty Images)

Opinion

The New Ways of Making Money in the Metaverse

Examining how to make advertising more “tasteful,” online shopping more social and when to deploy a DAO.

(Benjamin Child/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Golf Brand Callaway Joins LinksDAO as Equity Investor, ‘Strategic Partner’

The DAO that wants to buy a golf course is adding a big name to its cap table.

(Scott Halleran/Getty Images)

Opinion

Using Crypto to Bring the Metaverse Into Reality

Where blockchain fits into building the next-gen internet revolution. The article is part of "Metaverse Week."

(Niklas Liniger via Unsplash)

Finance

UnicornDAO Raises $4.5M to Empower Women and LGBTQ NFT Creators

The DAO is led by Nadya Tolokonnikova of the Russian art collective Pussy Riot and involves Beeple, Grimes and Gary Vaynerchuk.

The UnicornDAO panel at SXSW 2022. Left to right: Olive Allen, Charli Cohen, Latashá, Diana Sinclair, Maliha Abidi, Heather Russell, Nadya Tolokonnikova and Rebecca Lamis. (UnicornDAO)

Finance

SingularityNET, SingularityDAO Receive $25M to Accelerate AI-Backed DeFi

Global investment group LDA Capital committed the funds and will provide strategic support.

Web 3's use of AI will present challenges. (Chris McGrath/Getty Images)