Tagged: daos

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

October 9, 2022 @ 1:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Geode Finance, a liquid staking infrastructure provider for DAOs, has successfully deployed on Avalanche Mainnet, partnering with Yield Yak “to launch their own liquid staking solution and token, yyAVAX.” With Geode’s infrastructure, DAOs can “unlock new revenue streams and capture the full value of PoS… Read More

July 25, 2022 @ 3:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ShapeShift is pleased to announce the launch of “Alpha”, a new version of their open-source web app that “provides analytics and user input to the DAO so that we can continue to provide the best user experience.” This new version “utilizes Pendo and allows ShapeShift… Read More

July 16, 2022 @ 10:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Genesis Vault Capital, a digital asset fund, is pleased to launch Genesis Venture Studio (GVS). The mission of GVS is “to help founders validate, launch, and scale Web3 companies structured as Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs).” DAOs are “a new type of entity that is collectively… Read More

June 1, 2022 @ 10:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Waves Enterprise, a hybrid blockchain platform combining public and private chains, has announced its intention “to move to a decentralized governance model and open-source its entire codebase.” The Waves Enterprise stack and further development of WE ecosystem “will be managed not by a group of… Read More

May 14, 2022 @ 5:46 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last month, Tennessee became the second state to allow decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) to register as LLCs, following pioneer Wyoming. HB2645 and SB2854 provide that the Tennessee Revised Limited Liability Company Act applies to decentralized organizations. The legislation became law on April 20, 2022. Chris… Read More

May 2, 2022 @ 9:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset firm Okcoin is now offering MAGIC, which is the native crypto token of Treasure DAO. According to Okcoin, here’s what MAGIC and Treasure are all about, in simple terms: You can now deposit MAGIC on Okcoin. This offer is for all Okcoin clients… Read More

April 28, 2022 @ 2:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ondo Finance has finalized a $20 million Series A to accelerate the adoption of DeFi “among mainstream investors.” This latest investment round was led by Founders Fund, the venture capital firm founded by Peter Thiel, and Pantera Capital. The funding will “allow Ondo to build… Read More

April 21, 2022 @ 9:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Notifi, a messaging layer for Web3, has announced the launch of its SDK “to enable Web3 projects to drive communications at scale.” Solana’s SPL governance protocol is reportedly “the first to integrate and go live with the Notifi SDK, enabling DAO administrators to send real-time… Read More

April 2, 2022 @ 1:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

  Elastos, the provider of open-source solutions and developer of the first decentralized infrastructure for the Modern Internet (Web3), is pleased to confirm that its ecosystem DAO, Cyber Republic (CR), has now been incorporated into “a legal entity in the state of Delaware.” The filing… Read More

March 23, 2022 @ 8:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Lemonade Foundation, the nonprofit founded by Lemonade to “effect exponential social and environmental impact” via technology, has announced the “formation of the Lemonade Crypto Climate Coalition.” The coalition is being “constituted as a Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO), dedicated to building and distributing at-cost, instantaneous,… Read More

March 23, 2022 @ 8:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Katie Haun, a former federal prosecutor, is currently focused on cryptocurrency investing. Her VC company has acquired $1.5 billion in capital. Haun Ventures confirmed the launch of a $500 million early-stage fund and another $1 billion in funding for more established firms that are focused… Read More

March 21, 2022 @ 3:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Software startup Coinbooks, which is only 3 months old, has secured a total of $3.2 million in funding from investors including Y Combinator, Multicoin Capital, Lattice Capital Partners, Polygon Technology’s founders, Seed Club Ventures, and Orange DAO. Established by CEO Arnav Bathla, the firm intends… Read More

March 14, 2022 @ 6:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

KurateDAO, a database developed on the blockchain, recently announced the close of its $6.85 million seed funding round, which was reportedly led by Polychain Capital. KurateDAO’s mission is to “use economic incentives to curate the world’s information.” Established this year, KurateDAO sees today’s “one size… Read More

March 10, 2022 @ 9:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nexus Mutual will execute (what it claims to be) the “single largest” DAO treasury deposit on Bancor this week, joining other DAOs that have staked treasury funds on Bancor. The deposit of more than $2.2 million wNXM comes as an increasing number of DAOs and… Read More