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Hong Kong Presents Digital Currency Prototype, Project Aurum
24.10.2022
Financial authorities in Hong Kong have unveiled a prototype of the Chinese autonomous territory’s own central bank digital currency called Project Aurum. The two-tier platform features a wholesale interbank and a retail e-wallet system, participants revealed. Hong Kong to Issue Retail Tokens...
Eunoia – a Knowledge Community DAO Platform for Professionals
21.10.2022
PRESS RELEASE. DemandCircle is delighted to announce the official launch of Eunoia, Web 3.0’s very own decentralized business knowledge platform. With the goal of bringing industry professionals together in expertise-centric communities, Eunoia incentivises meaningful participation with rewards...
DAOs need checks and balances to have better governance
19.10.2022
Decentralized autonomous organizations would benefit from greater checks and balances that prevent influential minorities from seizing control
AFKDAO’s new protocol lends autonomous interest rate
14.10.2022
In its way and method, AFKDAO has a focussed and ambitious plan laid out in front of them in the form of creating the new age analytical and independently based protocol, which will contain within itself interest rate lending, something akin to the concept of Compound Finance. However, in this...
Coin Center Sues US Treasury Over Tornado Cash Ban — Lawsuit Says Government’s Action ‘Was Unlawful’
12.10.2022
The non-profit that focuses on policy issues facing cryptocurrencies, Coin Center, has filed a lawsuit against the Treasury department, the secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen, and the Office of Foreign Assets Control’s (OFAC) director Andrea Gacki. Coin Center’s court filing says...
Despite the Crypto Market Downturn, DAO Treasuries Grew by $700 Million Since January
1.10.2022
Since January 2022, the entire crypto economy has shed $1.36 trillion in value, as the market capitalization dropped from $2.34 trillion to today’s $979 billion. While the crypto economy is down in value, trade volumes are lower, and the value locked in decentralized finance (defi) has shed...
ECB Official Defends Amazon’s Role in ‘Autonomous’ Digital Euro
28.9.2022
Being independent in payments shouldn’t mean protectionism, central banker Jürgen Schaaf said
DAOs will never work without fixing governance
18.9.2022
Decentralized autonomous organizations have too many attack vectors that affect important projects. That needs to change for them to become practical governance models
Coin Center Says OFAC’s Tornado Cash Ban ‘Exceeds Statutory Authority,’ Plans to ‘Engage’ With US Watchdog
16.8.2022
On August 15, the non-profit that focuses on policy issues facing crypto assets, Coin Center, published a blog post that says the organization is looking at the legality of the recent Tornado Cash sanctions enforced by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC)....
ENS Domain Registrations Skyrocketed Last Month, Total Names Created Nears 2 Million
4.8.2022
The number of Ethereum Name Service (ENS) domains is nearing the two million mark as 1,888,209 ENS names have been etched into the Ethereum blockchain to date. The project recently detailed that July saw the largest monthly rise in revenue scoring 5,400 ether worth roughly $2.48 million during...
Aave DAO Approves the Launch of a Collateral-Backed Stablecoin Called GHO
1.8.2022
On Sunday, the non-custodial market protocol Aave announced that the Aave DAO has approved a new stablecoin for the ecosystem called “GHO.” Aave Companies proposed the stablecoin during the first week of July and the collateral-backed stablecoin will be pegged to the U.S....
Ethereum Community Conference 5: How can DAOs combat hostile takeovers?
19.7.2022
Web3 advisor Hilary Kivitz discussed countermeasures that DAOs can employ against hostile takeovers during her talk at the EthCC 5
100-Year-Old Pennsylvania-Based Bank Approved to Leverage Makerdao’s Stablecoin Vault
11.7.2022
Makerdao, the decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) that issues the stablecoin DAI, approved a governance vote that provides “collateral integration from a U.S.-based bank.” The Makerdao governance vote passed by a majority vote of more than 87%, and it allows the U.S. financial...
Legal battle avoided after YGG and Merit Circle DAO agree to a deal
15.6.2022
The passing of an investment proposal brought into question a legal agreement between the organizations and the Merit Circle DAO agreed to a counterproposal that would ensure a settlement
Decentralized Autonomous Organization Statistics Show $10 Billion Is Held by DAO Treasuries
10.6.2022
During the early years of the cryptocurrency space, decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) and smart contracts were discussed in theory. Nowadays many people consider The DAO, launched in 2016 by members of the Slock.it development team, to be the first smart contract-based DAO. In 2022...
New Zealand VC Launches $5 Million Web3 and Crypto-Focused Fund
6.5.2022
New Zealand-based venture capital firm Global From Day 1 (GD1) recently said it had launched a $5 million Web3 and crypto-focused venture capital fund to back local startups. The fund will invest in pre-seed to Series A companies across decentralized finance (defi), decentralized autonomous...
Ice Cube’s Big3 Professional Basketball League Sells Team to a DAO for 25 NFTs
30.4.2022
Decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) have been acquiring high ticket items over the last 12 months and on April 28, the Degods DAO revealed it acquired a Big3 professional basketball team called the “Killer 3s.” The Big3 professional basketball league was founded by...
Bitcoin & Gold ETP, Decentralized Autonomous Billions, Bybit's Options + More News
27.4.2022
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FTSE 100 Company, Entain, Deploys Syntropy to Improve Global Network Performance
7.4.2022
PRESS RELEASE. PALO ALTO – April 7th, 2022 — Syntropy, a transformative Web3 connectivity company, announces its new customer – the sports betting and gaming giant, Entain. The FTSE 100 company is leveraging Syntropy’s global relay network with its decentralized...
What the media is missing about decentralized autonomous organizations
2.4.2022
Many pieces from establishment media outlets seem to fundamentally misunderstand what DAOs are and how they may operate