Activist investment

Diogenes Casares (Teo Casares)
Activist DAO Investor Pivots to Building a Company
Diogenes Casares' new Stream Protocol is a trading platform he plans to eventually turn into a decentralized perpetual swaps exchange.
Diogenes Casares (Teo Casares)

FloorDAO traders were looking for a payout – and got it. (Edgar Degas/Metropolitan Museum of Art, modified by CoinDesk)
FloorDAO Sends $2.5M to Splinter Group After Months of Fighting Over Financial Commitments
The NFT-focused fork of OlympusDAO failed to follow through on critical promises about asset buybacks, according to investors.
FloorDAO traders were looking for a payout – and got it. (Edgar Degas/Metropolitan Museum of Art, modified by CoinDesk)

Jade Protocol (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
Jade Protocol Faces Calls to Liquidate $31M Token Treasury
A longtime member says the DAO “poses a major investment risk to all token holders,” and should shut down.
Jade Protocol (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Riot Pepe wearing noggles. (Story illustration by Danny Nelson;Hazard/Rook)
A $27M Crypto Loss Reveals a Toxic Mix of Money-Hungry Traders and DAO Idealists
It wasn't only the $90,000 spent on naming rights for a rare Ecuadorian frog species that turned off members of this decentralized blockchain-powered community project; some s...
Riot Pepe wearing noggles. (Story illustration by Danny Nelson;Hazard/Rook)

Nouns 646 is owned by DCFGod (nouns.wtf)
NounsDAO Barrels Toward Treasury Split After NFT Holders Rally for ‘Rage Quit’
The leading NFT project will soon lose a chunk of its treasury to disaffected investors.
Nouns 646 is owned by DCFGod (nouns.wtf)

(Aragon Association, modified by CoinDesk)
Aragon Mulled Sale of Crypto Project, Leaked Screenshot Shows
One of the biggest crypto projects building tools to support decentralized governance is trying to get out of its own governance pickle.
(Aragon Association, modified by CoinDesk)

Parrot Finance failed to catch fire despite raising over $90 million. (Parrot Finance)
Parrot Finance to Begin PRT Token Buyback on Monday, Capping Fiery Vote
Activist investors applied heavy pressure to Parrot’s developer team.
Parrot Finance failed to catch fire despite raising over $90 million. (Parrot Finance)

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For Crypto Investors Down Bad in Hector, the DAO Can’t Die Fast Enough
Hector Network will take six to 12 months to hold a liquidation. Token holders want their money back sooner.
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Costa Rica (Debora Tingley/Unsplash)
DeFi Project Parrot Holds Contentious Vote on Future of $70M Treasury
The redemption plan for the protocol appears to heavily favor employees and Parrot’s venture investors.
Costa Rica (Debora Tingley/Unsplash)

The debate is raging inside Hector Network (Кусмарцева Дарья / Getty Images)
Hector Network Fight Centers on Efficacy of DAO Governance
The Olympus DAO fork is debating whether to tack on some of the hallmarks of a conventional corporation – something critics view as antithetical centralization.
The debate is raging inside Hector Network (Кусмарцева Дарья / Getty Images)