Tagged: daos

January 21, 2025 @ 11:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Open Campus, the community-led decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) building an on-chain education network, announced it has launched the EDU Chain mainnet, a Layer 3 blockchain on Arbitrum Orbit. EDU Chain is designed for consumer-facing education apps and on-chain education finance (EduFi), “powered by the EDU… Read More

December 27, 2024 @ 10:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Nomic DAO Foundation announced the official launch of a fee-free on-and-off ramp for Bitcoin (BTC) on Osmosis, the “decentralized” exchange (DEX) within the Cosmos ecosystem. Approved by the Nomic DAO and Osmosis DAO through a revenue sharing agreement, Osmosis and Nomic have created a… Read More

March 10, 2024 @ 8:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon recently signed a bill into law that allows for the development of a complete legal framework for the establishment and management of so-called decentralized autonomous organizations or DAOs. The latest bill has reportedly been sponsored by the legislature’s Select Committee focused… Read More

March 4, 2024 @ 10:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

IntoTheBlock, a provider of on-chain analytics has announced the integration of the TRON network into its Market Intelligence suite. Via a collaboration with TRON DAO, these advanced indicators “will be available for free to the TRON DAO community.” The TRON network, which is reportedly “known… Read More

August 22, 2023 @ 8:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Anthony Leutenegger, Head of Growth at Aragon, the DAO (decentralized autonomous organization) platform that grows with you and allows users to mint tokens, set governance, and easily onboard members, recently shared his views and insights with Crowdfund Insider. Anthony Leutenegger of Aragon discussed the launch… Read More

August 4, 2023 @ 5:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Onfido, which claims to be the global leader in automated digital identity verification, today announced that they have partnered with 0xKYC, an innovative startup bringing zero-knowledge proof identity solutions to Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs). 0xKYC, which is currently in its seed round of investment, is… Read More

July 4, 2023 @ 12:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Decentralization theatre: We’ve heard it time and time again in recent months as several projects have struggled to commit to the underlying ideological tenets of blockchain amid growing skepticism of the space. Others have fared relatively well, though — from the community-initiated vote for the… Read More

June 25, 2023 @ 12:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MakerDAO, which claims to be the “longest-standing” DeFi lending protocol and creator of DAI, the original decentralized stablecoin, has announced that it has “completed the purchase of an additional $700 million worth of US treasuries, bringing the value of its total bond allocation to $1.202… Read More

June 3, 2023 @ 10:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

IOST is pleased to announce a collaboration with Professor Emil Chan, a Fintech visionary and digital transformation professional. Together, they will create NextEduDAO, a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) dedicated to improving higher education “through innovation.” Their mission is “to establish a leading global education DAO… Read More

May 21, 2023 @ 7:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Beanstalk, which claims to be the “pioneering” monetary experiment built to address the inefficiencies of hard money, announces a series of protocol improvements voted in by the DAO. With the upcoming series of Mayflower Updates, the protocol and its DAO are focused on the task… Read More

May 16, 2023 @ 7:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Across Protocol and ShapeShift are now using oSnap for optimistic governance execution. After successfully passing through Snapshot governance voting rounds, the two projects “have integrated the UMA-powered solution.” With oSnap, the Across and ShapeShift DAOs can now “execute on-chain governance decisions optimistically based on off-chain… Read More

May 14, 2023 @ 4:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Aragon, the platform for building and running decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), has implemented a number of safeguards to protect its treasury in response to a coordinated attack focused on draining value from the project. In the wake of the attack and in order to mitigate… Read More

April 30, 2023 @ 5:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As Web2 social media platforms continue to grapple with concerns about data privacy, misinformation, and content moderation, many users are turning to alternative forms of social media. Among these alternatives are Web3 social media platforms, which are built on decentralized networks and feature community-driven governance,… Read More

March 29, 2023 @ 9:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

MakerDAO, which claims to be the longest-standing DeFi lending protocol and creator of DAI, the original, “decentralized” stablecoin, has announced the approval of the Maker Constitution. Succeeding in a Governance Poll on the MakerDAO forum, The Maker Constitution will gradually “change the operations of MakerDAO,… Read More

November 30, 2022 @ 11:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) are gradually gaining traction in the Web3 space and beyond as many are beginning “to explore possible ways of contributing to one.” While DAOs have significant operational benefits such as organizational transparency, decentralization, and ability “to utilize a wide variety of… Read More

November 3, 2022 @ 9:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) Game7 and MetaMask announce HyperPlay, which is described as “an open-source desktop application where interoperability is the default for Web3 games.” HyperPlay claims it is “the world’s first Web3-native game launcher, built to make the user experience free of friction for… Read More

November 1, 2022 @ 10:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sei, a first sector specific Layer 1 specialized for trading and fastest chain to finality, joins together with Alpha Venture DAO, a Web 3.0 venture builder, “to deliver the most competitive incubation program, ‘Alpha Incubate Batch 2’ to DeFi builders.” They are collaborating to give… Read More

October 30, 2022 @ 10:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ConsenSys, a blockchain technology company, announced the launch of MetaMask Grants DAO. This employee-led, fully-funded Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) structure issues grants “to developers outside of ConsenSys, who are building impactful experiences within the MetaMask ecosystem.” It is “open to any meaningful project that adds… Read More

October 27, 2022 @ 9:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Upside, a Web3 focused Investment Decentralized Autonomous Organisation (DAO), announced it has raised $5 million in capital “to deploy in support of the best Web3 startups, with a focus on Australia.” To that end, Upside DAO is also “announcing the first recipients of its investment… Read More

October 23, 2022 @ 4:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As most of their users might know, ShapeShift transitioned to a DAO (decentralized autonomous organization) in July last year. This has “proven to be an amazing journey, allowing us to offer so much more to [their] users, such as more options for buying, trading, investing,… Read More