Governance


Finance

Optimism community begins vote on OP token buybacks

The Optimism Foundation's proposal would link the value of the OP token more directly to the economic performance of the Superchain.

A seedling sprouts from a pile of coins.

Web3

Decentralized autonomous organizations need a rethink, Ethereum co-founder says

He called for a new wave of DAOs that focus on critical functions, like data maintenance and dispute resolution, with more sophisticated governance.

Vitalik Buterin

Finance

Zcash governance clash tanked the token. Here's why it may not be as big as it seems.

While Electric Coin Company’s development team departed to form a new company, it will still be working on Zcash.

Zcash chart (CoinDesk data)

Finance

Uniswap's token burn, protocol fee proposal backed overwhelmingly by voters

The proposal, which transforms UNI into a value-accruing asset, received more than 125 million votes in support with just 742 dissenting.

Stylized uniswap logo

Tech

‘Most important tokenholder rights debate’: Aave faces identity crisis

The Aave community has become sharply divided over control of the protocol’s brand and related assets, intensifying an ongoing dispute over the relationship between the DAO and Aave Labs.

person casting votes

Markets

Aave slides as community debates over who controls the brand

A dispute over who controls Aave’s brand and online assets has moved to a vote, sending the token sharply lower.

Stylized AAVE logo (CoinDesk)

Finance

Foundation behind restaking protocol EigenLayer plans bigger rewards for active users

An Incentives Committee would direct programmatic token emissions, focusing allocations on participants that secure AVSs and contribute to the EigenCloud ecosystem.

EigenLayer CEO Sreeram Kannan (University of Michigan, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

World Liberty Financial proposes using treasury funds to boost USD1 stablecoin growth

The team argues that targeted incentives are needed to sustain that momentum in what it described as an increasingly crowded stablecoin landscape.

World Liberty Financial leadership team

Tech

dYdX Governance Approves Buyback Increase to 75% of Protocol Revenue

The new proposal, which 59.38% of the community approved, charts a course to raise the buy-back allocation up from 25% of net protocol fees.

person casting votes

Finance

Curve Finance Pitches Yield Basis, a $60M Plan to Turn CRV Into an Income Asset

A Curve DAO proposal seeks to introduce Yield Basis, a protocol with a $60 million stablecoin mint that offers direct rewards to veCRV token holders.

Fee flow