Funding
December 10, 2021

FreeRossDAO Makes Winning $6M Bid for NFT Art by Silk Road Convict Ulbricht
A DAO devoted to appealing Ross Ulbricht's life sentences won the auction for his NFT artwork.
December 07, 2021

DAO Raises $5M for NFT Art by Silk Road Convict Ross Ulbricht
Ross Ulbricht, the incarcerated founder of the criminal darknet market Silk Road, has attracted millions of dollars worth of bids for his nonfungible token (NFT) art. The Ross Ulbricht Genesis Collection depicts four graphite pencil drawings and one oil canvas alongside essays and poems composed by Ulbrich, 37, during his imprisonment. The collection also includes…
November 30, 2021

Inspired by Aaron Swartz' Ideals New DAO Takes Aim at Academic Publishing Industry
A new DAO is forming that's devoted to the information liberation ideals of the late computer scientist Aaron Swartz.
November 23, 2021

Acala Network Wins Polkadot's Parachain Slot as Auction Shifts to Next Phase
Acala Network won the parachain slot on Polkadot as auction moves into new phase.
November 19, 2021

ConstitutionDAO Members Decry High Gas Fees After Narrowly Losing Auction
ConstitutionDAO lost its bid for a copy of the founding charter of the United States.
November 16, 2021

DAO Forms to Buy Original Print of the US Constitution for $20 Million
DAO raises $4.1M to buy US Constitution print.
November 12, 2021

Polkadot’s Parachain Auctions Aim to Fulfill Promise of Scalability
Polkadot's auction of parachains may drive innovation and scalability for a project aims to improve on Ethereum.
November 10, 2021

Trailblazer THORChain Accidentally Front-runs THORSwap Community in Latest Woe
THORChain's woes continued when its DEX accidentally front-runned its community.
November 08, 2021

New NFT Discovery Platform Raises $2M From Spartan and Sequoia
A new platform called Pulsr is designed to let NFT investors search the market with visual tools instead of text.
November 01, 2021

Avalanche Joins Layer 1 Funding Boom with $200M War Chest for Devs
Avalanche rises $200M developer fund in Layer 1 buildout boom.