Governance


Tech

Mango DAO Embraces SOL, Rejects BTC With $1M Treasury Investment

The governing body behind Solana’s Mango Markets overwhelmingly rejected calls to invest even a sliver of its nearly $700 million treasury in bitcoin.

Sliced mango served up on a table (Desirae Hayes-Vitor/Unsplash)

Opinion

We Voted on It and You’re Fired: Welcome to the New World of DAOs

DAOs will increase transparency in businesses and other organizations, and improve governance.

DAOs will fundamentally change how organizations operate. (Michal Parzuchowski/Unsplash)

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Juno's Proposal 16 Vote Is a Watershed for Blockchain Governance – For Better or Worse

The proposal to cut a whale's token balance, which narrowly passed, highlights the complexity and risks of on-chain governance.

Implementing Proposal 16 would require a hard fork. (Juno, modified by CoinDesk)

Opinion

We Can Vote Away Your Money for Free: The Implications of Juno Prop 16

The proposal appears to be the first major instance of a blockchain community potentially voting tokens out of the hands of a fellow holder.

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Opinion

AssangeDAO Raised $56M and Quickly Split Up. Was It Still a Success?

The WikiLeaks founder is still behind bars while the DAO works to release him by “any means necessary.”

(Alisdare Hickson/Wikimedia)

Videos

What Is a DAO and How Can It Intersect With Government?

Scarlett Arana and Scott Spiegel of the Miami DAO project explain to “Community Crypto” host Isaiah Jackson what the definition of a DAO is and how it supports local governance in a community.

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Tech

Tron’s Justin Sun Accused of ‘Governance Attack’ on DeFi Lender Compound

Crypto think tank GFX Labs says a prominent whale may be attempting to swing a vote in his favor.

Tron founder Justin Sun

Tech

How Did a Former Quadriga Exec End Up Running a DeFi Protocol? Wonderland Founder Explains

As the Wonderland DAO votes on whether QuadrigaCX co-founder Michael Patryn should remain treasurer, Daniele Sestagalli breaks down how we got here.

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Videos

Is Tezos ‘More Democratic than the United States?’

Tezos Co-founder Kathleen Breitman breaks down the blockchain’s unique governance system where token holders can propose amendments to the software, promoting “digital equality.” Plus, Breitman explains how the Tezos democratic update infrastructure compares to that of centralized programs like Google Chrome.

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Tech

Pay-to-Play Governance Builds Steam as Bribe Raises $4M

Is the future of DeFi governance rule by the highest bidder?

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