DAO
How Lobster NFTs and a DAO Helped Give Crypto a Voice in Washington
NFT collectibles can rapidly create communities around a shared interest—or a cause. And the most pressing cause in cryptoland recently has been preparation for increased U.S. government regulation. That’s why one group took the millions of dollars it earned from NFT sales last month and gave it to a key crypto industry voice in Washington,…
DeFi DAOs Diversify Token Treasuries Seeking Long-Term Survival
Decentralized money market Rari Capital's DAO is the latest to look at diversifying its treasury, launching a governance proposal that pushes for a share of its native RGT token holdings to be converted into stablecoins.
Jam Session #9: What Makes Dao a Dao?
We are diving deep into DAO’s for this weeks Jam. Why are they so hot right now? Are they really a viable alternative to group funding? Big questions that our panel is here to answer! Stay tuned.
What Is a DAO? The Defiant Guide
Are DAOs the next trend in crypto? We’re taking a closer look into what DAOs are, how it works, how you can participate and get rewarded.
"Wall Street Bets Taught Me to Have Faith in the Collective Intelligence:" WSB Founder Jaime Rogozinski
In this week’s episode, I interview Jaime Rogozinski, founder of Wall Street Bets, the famous Reddit trading group which earlier this year organized to push up the price of heavily shorted stocks like Gamestop and AMC to create a short squeeze, which had the double benefit of amplifying the group’s gains and screwing over big hedge funds. Jaime goes…
Wintermute Wants to Become MKR Market-Maker Via Governance Vote
Market-making deals are usually sorted out in private, but DeFi might be making headway for transparency. Wintermute proposed a market-making deal with MakerDAO on Friday via the MakerDAO governance forum. It requested a loan of 10,000 MKR ($24M) from the DAO in order to provide market-making services for both DAI and MKR, across all kinds…
DAOs Accelerate Token Swaps in Push to Diversify Their Treasuries
DeFi DAOs have made some serious cash in 2021 — but generally only in their native tokens. Now they’re looking to diversify. Fueled by a combination of rising token prices and an explosion in fee revenues as DeFi continues to attract new users, the decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) that act as a management layer for…
"NFTs are Giving Way to The First Art Revolution Since the Internet:" SuperRare's John Crain
In this week’s episode, I speak with John Crain, the co-founder & CEO of SuperRare, one of the top NFT marketplaces. SuperRare wants to differentiate itself by being the NFT marketplace that best curates art, specifically. John believes the natural evolution for NFT platforms will be to specialize in verticals. For example, the interface for art should…
The Problem with Voting in DAOs
The first major blockchain conference I attended in person was this July at EthCC 4 in Paris. It was an amazing experience. I met so many people and learned about so many projects and gathered perspectives on where Ethereum is headed. But there was one common theme that concerned me — this notion that DAOs…
Uniswap Proposal Stirs Up Controversy in DeFi on DAO Fund Management
A Uniswap governance proposal riled up the DeFi community this week. The proposal, which has since been canceled, would have used yield generated from $25M in Uniswap treasury assets to pay employees at blockchain analytics platform Flipside Crypto. The payment would have been for Flipside to oversee a bounty program for pulling more users into…
