DAOs

NFTs

Blockchain Bites: Scaramucci on GameStop and Bitcoin; Why Flamingo DAO Dropped $762K on an NFT

Daniel KuhnJan 27, 2021

Anthony Scaramucci sees recent GameStop price action as proving Bitcoin's larger thesis of decentralizing and democratizing finance.

NFTs

Early CryptoPunk Digital Collectible Sells for $762K in Ether

Zack SewardJan 23, 2021

Flamingo, a DAO for NFT investments, bought the ultra-rare “Alien” in a Saturday auction.

Venture Capital

Coinbase Ventures, Paradigm Invest $12M in Synthetix DeFi Platform

Daniel KuhnFeb 14, 2021

Three prominent venture capital firms bought tokens directly from the DAO's treasury.

DeFi

Lido Protocol Does Eth 2.0 Staking but With a DeFi Twist

Brady DaleJan 14, 2021

There's a new yield farm for those backing Ethereum 2.0.

Year in Review 2020

The Good, the Bad and the DAOs Only a Founder Could Love in 2020

Grace Rebecca RachmanyDec 18, 2020

Founder of DAO Leadership Grace Rachmany gives a rundown on the current state of the DAO landscape.

DAOs

Opinion

Ethereum Is Manhattan and Everyone Is Moving to the Suburbs

Luis Cuende

As things stand, only the most liquid, hyperconnected protocols will be able to thrive on Ethereum. That's why many protocols are heading to the "suburbs."

Internet 2030

DAOs Will Never Govern the World (at This Pace)

Grace Rebecca Rachmany

DAOs were meant to fix the broken democratic processes in today's society. They've come up against their own governance roadblocks.

Governance

Crypto VC Firm Assesses the ‘State of Blockchain Governance’

Brady Dale

Greenfield One, an early-stage venture capital firm, just published a comprehensive new resource on the topic of blockchain governance.

Podcasts

The Future for Unregulated Bitcoin Exchanges

Anna Baydakova

CoinDesk's Anna Baydakova talks to non-custodial p2p exchanges Hodl Hodl and Bisq about why we still want no-KYC bitcoin.

Ethereum at Five

Ethereum at Five: How CoinDesk Is Marking This Week’s Milestone

Elaine Ramirez

Meet "Ethereum at Five" – a cross-platform series featuring special coverage, a limited-run newsletter and live-streamed discussions.

StakerDAO

Tezos-Based DAO Goes Live With Launch of STKR Token

William Foxley

Tezos-based "tokenized hedge fund" StakerDAO is now live after distributing its STKR governance token to funding round partners.

Ethereum

OpenLaw Launches First ‘Legal DAO’ for Distributed VC Investments

William Foxley

OpenLaw’s LAO, or “Limited Liability Autonomous Organization,” opened Tuesday for investors looking to compliantly earn returns on the next wave of Ethereum-based projects.