DAOs


Finance

Arbitrum DAO’s First Grants Programs Take Shape

Two governance proposals are collectively requesting nearly $5 million worth of ARB tokens to launch grants programs.

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Web3

First Animated Film Funded by a DAO Brings Nouns NFT Collection to Life

Led by former animators for Pixar, Netflix and Marvel, “The Rise of Blus: A Nouns Movie” has a budget of $2.75 million and is said to be the first animated film funded by a DAO.

Images from “The Rise of Blus: A Nouns Movie.” (Atrium)

Policy

CFTC Wins Lawsuit Against Ooki DAO

The regulator's victory serves as proof decentralized entities can face legal consequences for their dealings, contrary to popular beliefs.

(Pixabay)

Consensus Magazine

Are DAOs Doomed to ‘Decentralization Theater’?

Consensus 2023 guests shared their concerns over 'decentralization theater' in DeFi projects, emphasizing the importance of genuine decentralization in the development of the Web3 ecosystem

CoinDesk Web3 reporter Cam Thompson hosted the "Consumer Web3 Is Having Its Moment" event at Consensus 2023. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Tech

Tensions Rise Between SushiSwap, Lido Over Return of Exploited Funds

Two decentralized finance projects are butting heads over a governance proposal that could see the recovery of 40 ETH stolen in Sushiswap's April hack.

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Finance

Crypto Perpetuals Exchange DYdX Considering the Launch of More SubDAOs

The conversation was initiated to promote more decentralization within the dYdX ecosystem ahead of its v4 upgrade.

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Learn

Crypto Philanthropy 101: What Donors and Organizations Need to Know

Giving crypto as a charitable donation or setting up a nonprofit to receive crypto isn’t hard, but there are some unique considerations to think about.

(Samuel Regan-Asante/Unsplash)

Opinion

Arbitrum Governance Fracas Reopens the Question: Why DAOs?

A messy governance dispute over a major Ethereum scaling system has some complaining about “decentralization theater.”

(Parker Johnson/Unsplash)

Finance

Investment DAO Hydra Ventures Raises $10M to Fund Other DAOs

Web3 investors such as 1kx, ConsenSys, Collab+Currency, Wicklow Capital and Seed Club were among the firms joining the investment round.

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Videos

Could DAOs Help Rebuild Trust?

Can DAOs transform crypto governance and rebuild trust in the crypto and TradFi industry? That story and other news shaping the cryptocurrency world in this episode of "The Daily Forkast."

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