Two major decentralized autonomous organizations ceased to exist last month, raising existential questions about the DAO model of governance.
ACX plunged over 10% amid allegations of DAO manipulation and insider trading involving a Binance listing and the Across Protocol team.
A new proposal from HOT Protocol, a decentralized group operating on the NEAR Protocol, has called for a significant reduction in the AI crypto project‘s token inflation rate. On June 24, the decentralized organization submitted a plan to slash NEAR’s annual inflation rate from 5% to 2.5%. The proposal aims to enhance the long-term sustainability […]
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Jupiter DAO, which governs the Solana-based DEX aggregator Jupiter Exchange, has paused all governance votes until early 2026.
Solana’s largest decentralized exchange aggregator, Jupiter, has decided to halt all community voting through next year and keep its governance Treasury sealed until 2027, citing community burnout and a need to prioritize building new products. The move temporarily disables one of the main utilities for Jupiter’s native token, JUP, which powers governance proposals and decisions […]
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The XRP Ledger has entered a new phase of community participation with the upcoming launch of XAO DAO, marking the network’s first decentralized autonomous organization (DAO). This launch signals a shift toward deeper decentralized governance in XRPL’s future, offering users a structured way to engage in critical decisions, fund initiatives, and support real-world blockchain adoption. […]
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Yuga Labs has proposed dissolving the ApeCoin DAO and replacing it with a new governing body, ApeCo. This would mark a decisive shift in the management structure of one of Web3’s most recognizable token communities. Filed as an AIP proposal on June 5, the plan would sunset the DAO and transfer all major assets, including […]
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The proposal from CEO Greg Solano would dissolve ApeCoin’s DAO, transfer its multibillion-token treasury to a new Yuga Labs-controlled vehicle and double down on ApeChain, Bored Apes and Otherside.
Bitcoin-native DeFi protocol Liquidium has passed a major governance proposal introducing a new staking model tied to the platform revenue. The protocol’s native token LIQ has climbed over 73.3% since the proposal was approved earlier this week. It was trading at roughly $0.25 as of press time, based on CoinGecko data. Liquidium introduces staking On […]
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The Trump family’s World Liberty Financial (WLFI) has approved a community proposal to airdrop its USD1 stablecoin to eligible token holders, according to a May 15 statement. The governance vote, which ran from May 6 to May 13, received near-unanimous support, with 99.96% of participants backing the initiative. In total, around 7 billion tokens were […]
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Lido’s governance community is reviewing a new proposal to give staked Ethereum (stETH) holders more influence in protocol decisions. The May 8 proposal, dubbed Lido Improvement Proposal 28 (LIP-28), introduces a Dual Governance framework. Presently, only LDO token holders can vote on changes to the Lido protocol. This gives them complete control over decisions that […]
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Around $11.6 million of Arbitrum's treasury will now be allocated to Franklin Templeton's FOBXX, Spiko's USTBL, and WisdomTree's WTGXX.
World Liberty Financial (WLFI), the DeFi project partly owned by the Donald Trump family, has opened a community vote to decide whether to proceed with an airdrop of its new stablecoin, USD1. As of press time, 99.98% of voters backed the proposal, representing roughly 4 billion WLFI tokens. Only a small fraction, equating to 0.02% […]
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A recent vote-buying incident within Arbitrum DAO has raised concerns about the viability of decentralized governance as investors exploit on-chain mechanisms to acquire influence through borrowed voting power. According to an April 8 report by crypto analyst Ignas, a user identified as hitmonlee.eth spent 5 Ethereum (ETH), approximately $10,000, to obtain 19.3 million ARB tokens’ […]
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Venus Labs requested $1.7 million paid in BTC, BNB, ETH and USDT for work it did in the last two quarters of 2025.
Uniswap DAO has voted to continue its “treasury delegation program” in a preliminary decision that will now move onchain.
Curetopia has secured $1.77 million in funding to expedite treatments for rare diseases through a decentralized biotech model leveraging Solana. The fundraising effort, supported by more than 1,000 individual contributors, highlights growing momentum in the decentralized science (DeSci) sector, particularly amid a sustained US freeze on traditional funding sources like the National Institutes of Health […]
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The proposal hinted at a potential 15% token allocation to Aave DAO, raising concerns about diluting the existing AAVE token’s value.
The deal, proposed by Gauntlet, has drawn some criticism for essentially sidelining Compound and potential conflicts of interest.
Gnosis, the crypto ecosystem behind some of crypto’s most used and most foundational tools, could help launch a VPN within two years.
Ava Labs’ bid to bring the automated market maker Balancer onto Avalanche appears set to go through, according to a vote snapshot on Monday.
Jito's Andrew Thurman proposes using protocol fees to potentially pay for JTO token buybacks that have been "bartered" with other DAOs.
The move comes amid a series of proposals part of Aave’s “GHO cross-chain strategy" aimed at driving the stablecoin's adoption.
The program, instituted last year, will pay approved delegates based on their voting participation rates and community engagement.
The proposal builds on a temp check, approved in August 2024, to adopt a fee switch to return some of the platform's excess revenue to users.
Team members from Coinbase, Google, ai16z, and other major players have joined forces to launch Aiccelerate, a new Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) that aims to accelerate the convergence of crypto and artificial intelligence (AI). According to a Jan. 9 announcement, the DAO will focus on fostering decentralized, open-source AI development and supporting high-potential projects across […]
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Polygon, one of the largest Ethereum layer-2 networks, has accused the DeFi lending platform Aave of adopting monopolistic practices. This dispute arises from a proposal to allocate locked bridge funds to yield-generating strategies, which Aave opposes. Tension escalated after the lending protocol threatened to withdraw its deployment from Polygon’s network. The controversial proposal has been […]
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The VC firms sued in a California case were active in DAO management, much like general partners, said the court. They could face hefty lawsuits.
Prediction markets like Polymarket can be more than just a platform to bet on elections. They can be a powerful tool with the “potential to create better implementations of social media, science, news, governance, and other fields,” Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin wrote in his blog. Buterin calls this “info finance.” This is how he defines […]
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