Governance

Governance

Layer 2

Student Organizations Pull Their Weight in DeFi Protocol Governance

Crypto-curious students find valuable hands-on experience and empowerment in policy elections, a typically low-participation area of the Web3 ecosystem

(DALL-E/CoinDesk)

Opinion

Lessons From a DeFi DAO Divorce

The marriage between the FEI and RARI token communities was an early experiment in sharing economic incentives. Now TribeDAO is splitting up, after a bitter period of governance disputes.

(Kelly Sikkema/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

Near Protocol Forms Working Group to Promote DeFi Governance

The Near Digital Collective is a self-governance initiative aimed at further decentralizing the Near ecosystem’s decision-making by moving it to a blockchain.

Illia Polosukhin, Co-Founder, NEAR Protocol (Stephen Lovekin/Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Finance

Aave Companies Seeks $16M From DAO Funds to Pay Crypto Developers

Some $15 million of that amount has been earmarked for work performed directly by the team over the course of more than a year.

Ghost (Unsplash)

Tech

Compound's Upgraded DeFi Lending Platform Targets Security, Scalability

Compound version 3 limits the protocol’s supported tokens and introduces governance changes.

Compound's DeFi protocol is getting an upgrade. (PixxelTeufel/Pixabay, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Is MakerDAO Becoming ‘a Company Run by Politics’?

A series of recent votes prompted the largest governance participation in Maker’s history, with VCs on one side and the founding team on the other.

MakerDAO CEO Rune Christensen image via CoinDesk archives

Opinion

Why Brands Should Adopt a ‘Hybrid DAO’ Model

Crypto allows brands to give customers a voice, leading to stronger communities and products.

(Roger Bradshaw via Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Tech

Polkadot Chief Gavin Wood Announces Blockchain Governance Upgrade

The platform's “Gov2” is set to launch on Kusama “imminently,” following a final professional audit of its code, he said.

Polkadot founder Gavin Wood (Parity Technologies)

Tech

Solana DeFi Platform Votes to Control Whale Account in Bid to Avoid Liquidation 'Chaos'

Solend users voted to "grant emergency power to Solend Labs to temporarily take over the whale's account."

Solana Hacker House en Miami, abril del 2022. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Layer 2

MakerDAO Cuts Off Its AAVE-DAI Direct Deposit Module

MakerDAO is temporarily stopping DAI from being minted and deposited in Aave’s crypto lending platform.

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