Rune Christensen

Rune Christensen (Original image by Trevor Jones for CoinDesk)
MakerDAO Founder Calls for Rebranding of DAI Stablecoin
Rune Christensen said on a call with community members DAI suffers from bad branding that could be slowing its growth.
Rune Christensen (Original image by Trevor Jones for CoinDesk)

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MakerDAO Constitution Would Fund Sustainability Efforts With 20K MKR Tokens From Reserves, Emissions
With “scientific sustainability” as a core principle, an early draft of the proposed Maker constitution would, if approved, play an active role in combating climate change by...
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MakerDAO Founder on Community Rejecting CoinShares’ Proposal
MakerDAO Founder on Community Rejecting CoinShares’ Proposal
MakerDAO founder Rune Christensen joins "First Mover" to discuss why the MakerDAO community rejected CoinShares' proposal to use up to $500 million in stablecoin USDC to inves...
MakerDAO Founder on Community Rejecting CoinShares’ Proposal

MakerDAO Community Rejects CoinShares Proposal to Invest up to $500M in Bonds
MakerDAO Community Rejects CoinShares Proposal to Invest up to $500M in Bonds
The MakerDAO community rejected a proposal to use up to $500 million in stablecoin USDC to invest in bonds with crypto investment firm CoinShares. MakerDAO founder Rune Christ...
MakerDAO Community Rejects CoinShares Proposal to Invest up to $500M in Bonds

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MakerDAO Members Support Founder's 'Endgame' Plan to Break Up into MetaDAOs, $2.1B of Transfers
Community members will move ahead with founder Rune Christensen's ambitious plan to break up the protocol into MetaDAOs.
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MakerDAO Founder: Crypto Is a 'Force for Good'
MakerDAO Founder: Crypto Is a ‘Force for Good’
MakerDAO founder Rune Christensen weighs in on how DeFi projects can “interact with the real world economy” and do things like invest in real estate and renewable energy. Chri...
MakerDAO Founder: Crypto Is a 'Force for Good'

MakerDAO Founder on Upcoming Ethereum Merge
MakerDAO Founder on Upcoming Ethereum Merge
MakerDAO founder Rune Christensen discusses his plans for a major governance proposal ahead of Ethereum’s highly-ancitipated switch from the energy-intensive proof-of-work (Po...
MakerDAO Founder on Upcoming Ethereum Merge

MakerDAO Founder on Tornado Cash, Stablecoin DAI, Ethereum Merge
MakerDAO Founder on Tornado Cash, Stablecoin DAI, Ethereum Merge
The U.S. Treasury has sanctioned crypto mixer Tornado Cash, which could have a ripple effect across the industry. Rune Christensen, founder of Ethereum’s pioneering decentrali...
MakerDAO Founder on Tornado Cash, Stablecoin DAI, Ethereum Merge

MakerDAO Founder: US Ban of Tornado Cash is 'Useless' and 'Pointless'
MakerDAO Founder: US Ban of Tornado Cash is ‘Useless’ and ‘Pointless’
MakerDAO founder Rune Christensen discusses his take on the U.S. Treasury department’s sanction of crypto mixer Tornado Cash, explaining why it’s “useless and pointless” and g...
MakerDAO Founder: US Ban of Tornado Cash is 'Useless' and 'Pointless'

MakerDAO Founder: UST Was a 'Big Ponzi Scheme'
MakerDAO Founder: UST Was a ‘Big Ponzi Scheme’
In the aftermath of TerrUSD’s (UST) $14 billion collapse, Rune Christensen, founder of MakerDAO, a decentralized credit platform on Ethereum that supports the Dai (DAI) stable...
MakerDAO Founder: UST Was a 'Big Ponzi Scheme'