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Tech

Messari Launches Governance Portal as DAOs Inch Toward Mainstream

“Messari Governor” aims to be a one-stop shop for managing decentralized projects.

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Policy

DeFi’s Decentralization Is an Illusion: BIS Quarterly Review

The BIS review dedicated a special feature to discussing decentralized finance and its implications for financial stability.

The headquarters of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is seen in Basel, Switzerland, on Tuesday, June 25, 2013. Central banks can't expand loose monetary policy without exacerbating risks to world economies, the Bank for International Settlements said this week. Photographer: Gianluca Colla/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Finance

DAOs and the Next Crowdfunding Gold Rush

Fundraiser DAOs are essentially informal, unregulated Kickstarters. Is that why people are buying in?

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Policy

Not All NFTs Are Securities

When non-fungible tokens should be regulated under securities laws, and when they shouldn’t.

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Finance

Rare ‘Dune’ Manuscript Bought on DAO’s Behalf for $3M, but It Only Raised $700K

DuneDAO is an attempt to preserve the manuscript for Alejandro Jodorowsky’s unfinished adaptation of Frank Herbert’s classic novel – one of the most famous movies never made.

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Videos

ConstitutionDAO Fails to Buy US Constitution in Sotheby’s Auction

ConstitutionDAO tried and failed to purchase one of 13 copies of the U.S. Constitution at Thursday’s Sotheby’s auction. The decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) ‘s $40+ million in ETH wasn’t enough to seal the deal and was ultimately outbid by another buyer for $43.2 million.

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