Governance


Markets

MakerDAO Members Support Founder's 'Endgame' Plan to Break Up into MetaDAOs, $2.1B of Transfers

Community members will move ahead with founder Rune Christensen's ambitious plan to break up the protocol into MetaDAOs.

(Unsplash)

Finance

With Crypto Governance in CFTC Crosshairs, SushiSwap Mulls Legal Shakeup

Outside lawyers have told Sushi to restructure around legal entities. In the wake of Ooki, will the DAO listen?

Sushi as been advised to break itself up. (Stefan Schauberger/Unsplash)

Layer 2

Student Organizations Pull Their Weight in DeFi Protocol Governance

Crypto-curious students find valuable hands-on experience and empowerment in policy elections, a typically low-participation area of the Web3 ecosystem

(DALL-E/CoinDesk)

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)

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)

Finance

Aave Companies Seeks $16M From DAO Funds to Pay Crypto Developers

Some $15 million of that amount has been earmarked for work performed directly by the team over the course of more than a year.

The development lab overseeing lending protocol Aave, which means "ghost" in Finnish, is seeking $16 million from the Aave community. (Unsplash)

Tech

Compound's Upgraded DeFi Lending Platform Targets Security, Scalability

Compound version 3 limits the protocol’s supported tokens and introduces governance changes.

Compound's DeFi protocol is getting an upgrade. (PixxelTeufel/Pixabay, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Is MakerDAO Becoming ‘a Company Run by Politics’?

A series of recent votes prompted the largest governance participation in Maker’s history, with VCs on one side and the founding team on the other.

MakerDAO CEO Rune Christensen image via CoinDesk archives

Opinion

Why Brands Should Adopt a ‘Hybrid DAO’ Model

Crypto allows brands to give customers a voice, leading to stronger communities and products.

(Roger Bradshaw via Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)