💡Hey DeXers, just 2️⃣ days remain until our DAO Talk with Stefen, Head of Growth at GovernHQ.
✅ We'll talk about the best way to govern DAOs. How to nurture and promote DAO contributions. And more.
🎲 Keep up with the tasks in Zealy related to this live talk so you can stay on the leaderboard and increase your chances to win a prize!
✅ We'll talk about the best way to govern DAOs. How to nurture and promote DAO contributions. And more.
🎲 Keep up with the tasks in Zealy related to this live talk so you can stay on the leaderboard and increase your chances to win a prize!
🔥Hey DeXers, the DAOist partnership proposal is getting traction.
It already got enough voting support at the discussion stage to move to the voting stage. That means: it's up for voting by DAO members like you right NOW. Yay/Nay? The decision is yours. We make this DAO work together.
PS. You can vote on either ETH or BSC.
✅Go cast your vote
It already got enough voting support at the discussion stage to move to the voting stage. That means: it's up for voting by DAO members like you right NOW. Yay/Nay? The decision is yours. We make this DAO work together.
PS. You can vote on either ETH or BSC.
✅Go cast your vote
📊State of the DAOs - July 4th
The number of DAO members is approaching 7M.
📝DAO News
▪️ApeCoin DAO’s Special Council Election passed its second stage.
▪️Rari DAO’s “delegate launch platform” hopes to attract more delegates and participation.
▪️CFTC’s Technology Advisory Board to discuss DAOs in its upcoming meeting.
▪️Uniswap is running a Snapshot poll on how to distribute its massive ARB allocation.
▪️Gitcoin DAO voted to withdraw its 3M USDC from the treasury.
▪️Azuki DAO wants to claw back around $39M of ETH from Azuki’s founder.
▪️Aave will reimburse many recognized on-chain voting delegates.
▪️“The Rise of Blus: A Nouns Movie” looks to be the first DAO-funded animated film.
👥DAO Proposals
Only 16 mid- and 37 low-importance proposals this week.
Most proposals deal with Parameters (22) and Team (18).
🔝Most Proposals by DAO ever
PancakeSwap - 2.8k
Decentraland - 2.2k
UXDProtocol - 919
DXdao - 918
Index Coop - 916
📖 Details (with stats, pics, and links) in the full article 👉 here
The number of DAO members is approaching 7M.
📝DAO News
▪️ApeCoin DAO’s Special Council Election passed its second stage.
▪️Rari DAO’s “delegate launch platform” hopes to attract more delegates and participation.
▪️CFTC’s Technology Advisory Board to discuss DAOs in its upcoming meeting.
▪️Uniswap is running a Snapshot poll on how to distribute its massive ARB allocation.
▪️Gitcoin DAO voted to withdraw its 3M USDC from the treasury.
▪️Azuki DAO wants to claw back around $39M of ETH from Azuki’s founder.
▪️Aave will reimburse many recognized on-chain voting delegates.
▪️“The Rise of Blus: A Nouns Movie” looks to be the first DAO-funded animated film.
👥DAO Proposals
Only 16 mid- and 37 low-importance proposals this week.
Most proposals deal with Parameters (22) and Team (18).
🔝Most Proposals by DAO ever
PancakeSwap - 2.8k
Decentraland - 2.2k
UXDProtocol - 919
DXdao - 918
Index Coop - 916
📖 Details (with stats, pics, and links) in the full article 👉 here
💡Hey DeXers - did you know that all of our DAO Talks are now available on all your favorite podcast platforms.
Now it's easier than ever to keep up with the latest in DAOs wherever you listen to podcasts, learning from DAO experts and staying ahead of the curve. You can always find all the platforms at this link
🔥Go check them out and subscribe so you don't miss the next one. And share with a friend or two ;).
🎓Let's educate the world about DAOs and create better DAO governance - together!
Now it's easier than ever to keep up with the latest in DAOs wherever you listen to podcasts, learning from DAO experts and staying ahead of the curve. You can always find all the platforms at this link
🔥Go check them out and subscribe so you don't miss the next one. And share with a friend or two ;).
🎓Let's educate the world about DAOs and create better DAO governance - together!
DeFining news: June 7th, 2023 📢
▪️Multichain Bridge drained for $120M. Poly network also hacked (via a compromised multisig).
▪️OPNX’ oUSD “credit currency” will make it easier for crypto traders to use crypto as collateral.
▪️BarnBridge DAO is halting all work while it’s being investigated by the SEC.
▪️When Compound Finance’s CEO stepped down, the community seemed to rejoice.
▪️Some Ethereum developers are proposing a “circuit breaker” that would stop token outflows above a certain predefined limit to deter hackers.
▪️A new, BRC-69 bitcoin token standard aims to reduce Ordinals minting fees by 90%.
▪️Popular trading platform, dYdX, is launching a testnet of its own chain next week.
▪️Some senior executives of Binance have recently jumped ship. CZ seems unfazed.
▪️20 EU blockchain sandbox use cases have been revealed.
▪️TPS on Starknet’s Quantum Leap testnet are reaching triple figures.
📖For more details, see the full digest 👉 here
▪️Multichain Bridge drained for $120M. Poly network also hacked (via a compromised multisig).
▪️OPNX’ oUSD “credit currency” will make it easier for crypto traders to use crypto as collateral.
▪️BarnBridge DAO is halting all work while it’s being investigated by the SEC.
▪️When Compound Finance’s CEO stepped down, the community seemed to rejoice.
▪️Some Ethereum developers are proposing a “circuit breaker” that would stop token outflows above a certain predefined limit to deter hackers.
▪️A new, BRC-69 bitcoin token standard aims to reduce Ordinals minting fees by 90%.
▪️Popular trading platform, dYdX, is launching a testnet of its own chain next week.
▪️Some senior executives of Binance have recently jumped ship. CZ seems unfazed.
▪️20 EU blockchain sandbox use cases have been revealed.
▪️TPS on Starknet’s Quantum Leap testnet are reaching triple figures.
📖For more details, see the full digest 👉 here
💡Hey DeXers, our next DAO Talk is on Tuesday, July 11th @ 16:00 UTC.
Joining us is Alisha, the governance guru of ENS Labs - yes the one all of us can thank for our .eth domains!
✅ Alisha is passionate about DAO governance. Expect a deep and spirited conversation about delegation (she's a delegate), public goods, and why DAOs need to succeed both in their value to the community and in the market.
📍As before, there will be a $DEXE raffle among listeners and a Zealy Quest.
Join us on Tuesday and bring some questions!🔥
Joining us is Alisha, the governance guru of ENS Labs - yes the one all of us can thank for our .eth domains!
✅ Alisha is passionate about DAO governance. Expect a deep and spirited conversation about delegation (she's a delegate), public goods, and why DAOs need to succeed both in their value to the community and in the market.
📍As before, there will be a $DEXE raffle among listeners and a Zealy Quest.
Join us on Tuesday and bring some questions!🔥
💡Hey DeXers - good news for the weekend - our DAO has a new approved proposal.
The proposal to partner up with the DAOist for crypto events has passed the quorum threshold and was approved today.
❔What was this proposal all about? Refresh your memory here.
The proposal to partner up with the DAOist for crypto events has passed the quorum threshold and was approved today.
❔What was this proposal all about? Refresh your memory here.
📊State of the DAOs - July 12th
There are now over 7 million DAO members. Yay!!
📝DAO News
▪️Arbitrum’s AIP 1.1 is approved, locking 700B ARB in a 4-year vesting distribution.
▪️Grayscale Investments makes LDO 19% of its DeFi fund’s holdings.
▪️Index Coop report identifies problems in the on-chain structured products market.
▪️Multichain halted operations after $125M worth of outflows.
▪️BarnBridge DAO is also halting all work under SEC investigation.
▪️DeSo offered a $1M bounty to create a decentralized version of Reddit.
▪️Gitcoin DAO’s Quadratic Experimentation and Development Program (Q.E.D.).
▪️IMF sees DAOs as dangerous for the Marshall Islands.
👥DAO Proposals
4 high-importance proposals, 25 mid-, and 29 low-importance ones.
Most proposals deal with Parameters (24), Team (18).
🔝Most active members by DAO
Stargate Finance - 751.2k
SyncSwap - 220.9k
Arbitrum One - 155.5k
PancakeSwap - 129.1k
Optimism Collective - 88.7k
📖Details (with stats, pics, and links) in the full article 👉 here
There are now over 7 million DAO members. Yay!!
📝DAO News
▪️Arbitrum’s AIP 1.1 is approved, locking 700B ARB in a 4-year vesting distribution.
▪️Grayscale Investments makes LDO 19% of its DeFi fund’s holdings.
▪️Index Coop report identifies problems in the on-chain structured products market.
▪️Multichain halted operations after $125M worth of outflows.
▪️BarnBridge DAO is also halting all work under SEC investigation.
▪️DeSo offered a $1M bounty to create a decentralized version of Reddit.
▪️Gitcoin DAO’s Quadratic Experimentation and Development Program (Q.E.D.).
▪️IMF sees DAOs as dangerous for the Marshall Islands.
👥DAO Proposals
4 high-importance proposals, 25 mid-, and 29 low-importance ones.
Most proposals deal with Parameters (24), Team (18).
🔝Most active members by DAO
Stargate Finance - 751.2k
SyncSwap - 220.9k
Arbitrum One - 155.5k
PancakeSwap - 129.1k
Optimism Collective - 88.7k
📖Details (with stats, pics, and links) in the full article 👉 here
🔥Hey DeXers - ETH CC in Paris is the talk of the DeFi community and a few of our core contributors will be there July 19th - 20th — come say hi! It's the perfect chance to connect and talk DAOs.
📌And remember that proposal in our forum about partnering up with the DAOist for events? It's already bearing fruit as our team representative, Dmytro Kotliarov, will speak at the DAOist event on July 16th as part of ETH CC.
If you're around, definitely recommend it.
❕Who else is gonna be at ETH CC? Drop us a line and let's connect there for sure!
📌And remember that proposal in our forum about partnering up with the DAOist for events? It's already bearing fruit as our team representative, Dmytro Kotliarov, will speak at the DAOist event on July 16th as part of ETH CC.
If you're around, definitely recommend it.
❕Who else is gonna be at ETH CC? Drop us a line and let's connect there for sure!
💡Hey DeXers, our next DAO Talk is on Tuesday, July 18th @ 16:00 UTC.
Joining us is Phygital, a community member who spoke up during our previous live talk and asked a really tough question about member and delegate incentives. So how could we not invite him to talk about this important topic at length?
✅ Phygital calls himself "DAO curious" but that is just scratching the surface. Phygital loves deep and lively spaces, is passionate about Web3 tools and infrastructure, and has a particular interest in bridging the physical vs digital world divide via NFTs. We'll certainly have a lot to talk about.
📍As before, there will be a $DEXE raffle among listeners and a Zealy Quest.
Join us on Tuesday and bring some questions!🔥
Joining us is Phygital, a community member who spoke up during our previous live talk and asked a really tough question about member and delegate incentives. So how could we not invite him to talk about this important topic at length?
✅ Phygital calls himself "DAO curious" but that is just scratching the surface. Phygital loves deep and lively spaces, is passionate about Web3 tools and infrastructure, and has a particular interest in bridging the physical vs digital world divide via NFTs. We'll certainly have a lot to talk about.
📍As before, there will be a $DEXE raffle among listeners and a Zealy Quest.
Join us on Tuesday and bring some questions!🔥
The collapse of The DAO happened 7 years ago, but "investment DAOs" never made it to a high level. Or did they? Read our new article on how DAOs have come back to dominate investing 📈
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✅DeXe sharing a bold vision for DAOs at the DAOist in Paris
Our core contributor, Dmytro Kotliarov, spoke at The DAOist conference on July 16th, in Paris, about key tools for stronger, more sustainable DAOs.
📌Transparency is a crucial tool that is at the foundation of decentralization and that truly raises the level of DAO efficiency to another level.
Motivation is lacking in DAOs at this time, as is evident by a lack of activity and engagement with the governance process. Members must be properly and transparently motivated.
❕Lastly, all the tools need to be on one platform. It must be easy to build and govern a DAO in one place.
Dmytro Kotliarov discussed this in Paris with a number of people currently building DAOs. And the consensus is strong for making DAOs more transparent, easier to govern, and with better motivation mechanisms.
📖Details in the full article 👉 here
Our core contributor, Dmytro Kotliarov, spoke at The DAOist conference on July 16th, in Paris, about key tools for stronger, more sustainable DAOs.
📌Transparency is a crucial tool that is at the foundation of decentralization and that truly raises the level of DAO efficiency to another level.
Motivation is lacking in DAOs at this time, as is evident by a lack of activity and engagement with the governance process. Members must be properly and transparently motivated.
❕Lastly, all the tools need to be on one platform. It must be easy to build and govern a DAO in one place.
Dmytro Kotliarov discussed this in Paris with a number of people currently building DAOs. And the consensus is strong for making DAOs more transparent, easier to govern, and with better motivation mechanisms.
📖Details in the full article 👉 here
❕Hey DeXers - love supporting your favorite DAO? Hope you're keeping up with our Zealy challenge. The perfect chance to let the world know about our community by performing simple social tasks. This challenge ends on July 31st so hurry up and get on the leaderboard!
Prizes for those who end up at the top. But the real prize is the growth of the DeXe DAO and the recognition of why it’s so cool.
✅So far, several hundred participants have together done over 10k tasks. But with over a dozen days to go, the race is wide open for someone to grab a place on the leaderboard.
There’s a $600 in $DEXE prize fund for the top 30 finishers.
Can you do it? Can you get 1k XP, 2k on the leaderboard and show the world that DeXe is the most active DAO community? Good luck!🔥
Prizes for those who end up at the top. But the real prize is the growth of the DeXe DAO and the recognition of why it’s so cool.
✅So far, several hundred participants have together done over 10k tasks. But with over a dozen days to go, the race is wide open for someone to grab a place on the leaderboard.
There’s a $600 in $DEXE prize fund for the top 30 finishers.
Can you do it? Can you get 1k XP, 2k on the leaderboard and show the world that DeXe is the most active DAO community? Good luck!🔥
📊State of the DAOs - July 20th
We’re at nearly 20k DAOs, though just 1.6% have 100+ active members.
📝DAO News
▪️Aave has launched its GHO stablecoin amid some concerns.
▪️BitDAO’s Mentle Eco(system)Fund is now official.
▪️Arbitrum DAO formed the Pluralistic Grants Program with a 3.971 ARB grant.
▪️ApeCoin DAO wants to expand into animated series and comic books.
▪️The Star Atlas blockchain game has its first DAO proposal.
▪️ShapeShift DAO has requested a $1M loan.
▪️Magic Internet Money DAO has decided to use Switzerland as its legal jurisdiction.
▪️Rari DAO is considering a delegate launch platform.
▪️Creative Vision DAO is trying to decentralize horror film production.
👥DAO Proposals
1 high-importance proposal, plus 13 mid- and 18 low-importance ones.
Most deal with Parameters (11) and Team (12).
🔝Most active members by DAO
Stargate Finance - 788.3k
SyncSwap - 220.9k
Arbitrum One - 182.2k
PancakeSwap - 129.1k
Optimism Collective - 88.7k
📖Details in the full article 👉 here
We’re at nearly 20k DAOs, though just 1.6% have 100+ active members.
📝DAO News
▪️Aave has launched its GHO stablecoin amid some concerns.
▪️BitDAO’s Mentle Eco(system)Fund is now official.
▪️Arbitrum DAO formed the Pluralistic Grants Program with a 3.971 ARB grant.
▪️ApeCoin DAO wants to expand into animated series and comic books.
▪️The Star Atlas blockchain game has its first DAO proposal.
▪️ShapeShift DAO has requested a $1M loan.
▪️Magic Internet Money DAO has decided to use Switzerland as its legal jurisdiction.
▪️Rari DAO is considering a delegate launch platform.
▪️Creative Vision DAO is trying to decentralize horror film production.
👥DAO Proposals
1 high-importance proposal, plus 13 mid- and 18 low-importance ones.
Most deal with Parameters (11) and Team (12).
🔝Most active members by DAO
Stargate Finance - 788.3k
SyncSwap - 220.9k
Arbitrum One - 182.2k
PancakeSwap - 129.1k
Optimism Collective - 88.7k
📖Details in the full article 👉 here
💡Hey DeXers, our next DAO Talk is on Tuesday, July 25th @ 13:00 UTC.
Joining us is Daniel Ospina, Organisation and Social System Designer at RnDAO.
✅ Daniel was previously the Head of Governance at Aragon and has seen firsthand the challenges faced by DAO creators and governors (and perhaps can offer some sage advice). This looks to be a deep conversation on governance and social system structures.
📍Yes, there will be a $DEXE raffle among listeners and a Zealy Quest.
Join us on Tuesday and bring some questions!🔥
Joining us is Daniel Ospina, Organisation and Social System Designer at RnDAO.
✅ Daniel was previously the Head of Governance at Aragon and has seen firsthand the challenges faced by DAO creators and governors (and perhaps can offer some sage advice). This looks to be a deep conversation on governance and social system structures.
📍Yes, there will be a $DEXE raffle among listeners and a Zealy Quest.
Join us on Tuesday and bring some questions!🔥
💡Hey DeXers, our next DAO Talk is on Tuesday, August 1st @ 14:00 UTC.
Joining us is Eyal Eithcowich, the CEO of DeepDAO.
✅ Eyal started DeepDAO - the top stats dashboard for DAOs - in part to help promote the creation of more active, participatory organizations. We'll talk about the crucial role of expertise in DAOs.
Join us on Tuesday and bring some questions!🔥
Joining us is Eyal Eithcowich, the CEO of DeepDAO.
✅ Eyal started DeepDAO - the top stats dashboard for DAOs - in part to help promote the creation of more active, participatory organizations. We'll talk about the crucial role of expertise in DAOs.
Join us on Tuesday and bring some questions!🔥
📊State of the DAOs - July 27th
Per DeepDAO, there are 20k+ DAOs and 7.2M members.
📝DAO News
▪️Lido DAO is considering a dual governance model to let stakers veto governance decisions
▪️Users unanimously approved Aave’s temperature check on a Peg Stability Module for GHO
▪️ApeCoin DAO failed to implement shielded voting with 70% voting against
▪️dYdX is increasing market maker rebates while decreasing LP rewards
▪️Gitcoin has elected its new 8-member Council
▪️MakerDAO’s token buyback went live, with MKR rising nearly 30%
▪️Bankless is delegating VITA token voting rights to DAOstewards.eth
▪️SuperRare DAO will dedicate over 60M RARE tokens to reward active users
👥DAO Proposals
There are 2 high-, 28 mid-, and 37 low-importance proposals, most dealing with Parameters (26) and Team (32)
🔝Most active members by DAO
Stargate Finance - 801.5k
SyncSwap - 220.9k
Arbitrum One - 188.4k
PancakeSwap - 129.6k
Optimism Collective - 88.7k
📖Details (with stats, pics, and links) in the full article 👉 here
Per DeepDAO, there are 20k+ DAOs and 7.2M members.
📝DAO News
▪️Lido DAO is considering a dual governance model to let stakers veto governance decisions
▪️Users unanimously approved Aave’s temperature check on a Peg Stability Module for GHO
▪️ApeCoin DAO failed to implement shielded voting with 70% voting against
▪️dYdX is increasing market maker rebates while decreasing LP rewards
▪️Gitcoin has elected its new 8-member Council
▪️MakerDAO’s token buyback went live, with MKR rising nearly 30%
▪️Bankless is delegating VITA token voting rights to DAOstewards.eth
▪️SuperRare DAO will dedicate over 60M RARE tokens to reward active users
👥DAO Proposals
There are 2 high-, 28 mid-, and 37 low-importance proposals, most dealing with Parameters (26) and Team (32)
🔝Most active members by DAO
Stargate Finance - 801.5k
SyncSwap - 220.9k
Arbitrum One - 188.4k
PancakeSwap - 129.6k
Optimism Collective - 88.7k
📖Details (with stats, pics, and links) in the full article 👉 here
🔥ETH CC in Paris brings much value to the DeXe DAO
For the DeXe core contributors attending ETH CC in Paris, it was time well spent. Also, while in Paris, our core contributor, Dmitro Kotliarov, talked to the audience at the DAOist event in Paris about DeXe’s bold vision for DAOs.
✅Meanwhile, with over 5,000 attendees from all over the world, ETH CC presented a number of great opportunities for DeXe contributors to have deep conversations with builders in the DAO space and DeFi in general. It should come as no surprise to see partnerships and other collaborations emerge for the DeXe DAO in the near future.
And DeXe contributors will be sure to attend more of them for continued learning, thought leadership, and strategic connections.
📖Details in the full article 👉 here
For the DeXe core contributors attending ETH CC in Paris, it was time well spent. Also, while in Paris, our core contributor, Dmitro Kotliarov, talked to the audience at the DAOist event in Paris about DeXe’s bold vision for DAOs.
✅Meanwhile, with over 5,000 attendees from all over the world, ETH CC presented a number of great opportunities for DeXe contributors to have deep conversations with builders in the DAO space and DeFi in general. It should come as no surprise to see partnerships and other collaborations emerge for the DeXe DAO in the near future.
And DeXe contributors will be sure to attend more of them for continued learning, thought leadership, and strategic connections.
📖Details in the full article 👉 here
💡DeXe DAO July Update
DeXe’s DAO Talk Twitter Space is on 🔥🔥🔥. In July we had:
▪️Stefen from GovernHQ.
▪️Alisha of ENS Labs
▪️Phygital, who went from asking a question on Alisha’s episode to being an amazing expert guest
▪️Daniel Ospina of RnDAO and ex-Aragon.
✅All of our DAO Talks are available on the big streaming platforms.
Our DAO Talk host appeared on the MC²Fi-hosted DAOs and Economic Empowerment live show.
📌Offline, DeXe core team members went to ETH CC and several side events in Paris, presenting at the DAOist about DeXe’s bold vision for DAOs (a successful result of an earlier DAO member proposal to partner with the DAOist, btw). More on the Paris trip here.
📖There was an article about our DAO in Gagarin/news and one in Tse Crypto (UA). A DeXe team member wrote a substack article about DAOs becoming a great investment vehicle and an op-ed about barriers DAOs face. We also recapped weekly the State of DAOs.
🏆The Zealy social campaign is in full swing. And we’re ready for August!
DeXe’s DAO Talk Twitter Space is on 🔥🔥🔥. In July we had:
▪️Stefen from GovernHQ.
▪️Alisha of ENS Labs
▪️Phygital, who went from asking a question on Alisha’s episode to being an amazing expert guest
▪️Daniel Ospina of RnDAO and ex-Aragon.
✅All of our DAO Talks are available on the big streaming platforms.
Our DAO Talk host appeared on the MC²Fi-hosted DAOs and Economic Empowerment live show.
📌Offline, DeXe core team members went to ETH CC and several side events in Paris, presenting at the DAOist about DeXe’s bold vision for DAOs (a successful result of an earlier DAO member proposal to partner with the DAOist, btw). More on the Paris trip here.
📖There was an article about our DAO in Gagarin/news and one in Tse Crypto (UA). A DeXe team member wrote a substack article about DAOs becoming a great investment vehicle and an op-ed about barriers DAOs face. We also recapped weekly the State of DAOs.
🏆The Zealy social campaign is in full swing. And we’re ready for August!
💡How to launch a DAO: basic steps to follow
📍This is not a technical guide on creating a DAO using the DeXe protocol (that will come later). The purpose here is to give first-time DAO creators a simple, easy-to-follow guide to creating your first DAO whatever technical implementation you end up choosing. Your specific DAO may require extra steps. And many will seem pretty self-intuitive.
✅Still, let’s go through the process step-by-step. Let’s think through the DAO both in philosophical and practical terms, from the conceptual to the specific. We’ll raise a number of key questions to get you thinking about the kind of DAo you want to form. We’ll also offer some considerations, warnings, and - of course - ideas.
📖Read the full step-by-step guide in the full article 👉 here
📍This is not a technical guide on creating a DAO using the DeXe protocol (that will come later). The purpose here is to give first-time DAO creators a simple, easy-to-follow guide to creating your first DAO whatever technical implementation you end up choosing. Your specific DAO may require extra steps. And many will seem pretty self-intuitive.
✅Still, let’s go through the process step-by-step. Let’s think through the DAO both in philosophical and practical terms, from the conceptual to the specific. We’ll raise a number of key questions to get you thinking about the kind of DAo you want to form. We’ll also offer some considerations, warnings, and - of course - ideas.
📖Read the full step-by-step guide in the full article 👉 here