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Introducing the Just DAO It Lawyer Series:
On this episode, leading Marshall Islands DAO Lawyer Tatyana Cerullo and MIDAO Co-Founder Adam Miller sit down for a discussion about DAO legal issues, Tatyana's experience with DAOs, Operating Agreements for DAO LLCs, and a recent controversial post on X from Gabriel ShapiroFind us on Socials:
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This week's guest:
On this week’s Just DAO It, we welcome guests Anthony Leutenegger, CEO of Aragon, and Jessica Smith, Head of Communications at Aragon. Aragon is a no-code DAO platform that lets you launch a DAO. You can mint tokens, create a governance structure, and onboard your community from the same Dashboard. They've been one of the leading DAO tools in the space for several years now and have helped launch some of the most prominent DAOs in crypto. It's exciting to have these two esteemed guests join our stream!Relevant Resources Mentioned in the Show:
Mango Markets Mull $500K CFTC Settlement Amid ‘Ongoing’ Investigation
Snapshot, Popular DAO Voting Platform, Finally Moves On-Chain, Atop Starknet
Aragon Unveils Gasless Voting On-Chain
DAOs Need a Vibe Check - Compound Governance Overview
Crypto Governance is Slept On
@votecaster Is the First GovernancePplatform for Farcaster-first DAOs
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@A_Leutenegger on Twitter
@leuts.eth on Farcaster
@heyjessicasmith on Twitter
@heyjessicasmith on Farcaster
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This week's guest:
On this week’s Just DAO It, join Leo Henkels and Adam Miller from MIDAO as they break down the recent DAO Regulation passed in the Marshall Islands. They'll dive into what it means for Marshall Islands DAO LLCs and the regulatory landscape for DAOs in general! Tune in to learn more about the Marshall Islands and its relationship with DAOs!Relevant Resources Mentioned in the Show:
RMI DAO Regulation: https://docsend.com/view/ku2747hgg4ean8b7RMI DAO Legislation: https://docsend.com/view/duyb4848wvpkr5cw
Balaji Podcast: https://thenetworkstate.com/episode/cryptoislands
MIDAO Blog Page: https://www.midao.org/blog
Find us on Socials:
@leohenkels on Twitter
@leohenkels on Farcaster
@0xThriller on Twitter
@thethriller on Farcaster
@MIDAODS on Twitter@JustDAOItPod on Twitter
@MIDAO on Farcaster
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This week's guest:
On this week’s Just DAO It, we welcome on guest, Al Mithani, aka “Links.” Links is a DAO OG who got his introduction into the web3 world as a core contributor at BanklessDAO, where he led the Grants Committee while spearheading some major governance overhauls. He now champions BCard, a debit card that allows web3 communities to fund themselves by redirecting tradFi fees from banks to their favorite DAOs. Between DAOing, you can find Links sharing founder and DAO experience on Farcaster @links and on Twitter @almithani.News of the week:
‘Raider’ investors are looting DAOs — Nouns and Aragon share lessons learned
Entropy Advisors on Twitter / X - "DAO delegates dealing with too many votes?"
Lido DAO Votes To Appoint Entity to Respond In Pending Class Action Litigation
Decentralized Science: A Better Way to Fund and Grow Breakthrough Ideas
ZynCoin Meme Token Patches Things Up With Tobacco Giant Philip Morris
Cardano Community Elects Inaugural Constitutional Committee Members
Aave DAO Delegate Takes Aim at MakerDAO Over Spark Profit Sharing Deal - Unchained
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@almithani@getbcard
@MIDAODS@JustDAOItPod
@0xThriller
@leohenkels
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This week's guest:
On this week’s Just DAO It, we welcome Arnold Almeida, known as 1a35e1 (the hexadecimal code for "Blue"). He's the founder of Lighthouse, a mobile native client that helps users (new and old) participate in on-chain communities. Right now, Lighthouse works with Snapshot-enabled DAOs and custom Open Zeppelin Governor-based DAOs such as Nouns, Optimism, and Uniswap. Their mission is to help users participate in on-chain communities and help these organizations grow and engage their communities.News of the week:
Crypto Zeinab on Twitter / X: "A deep dive into DeXe..."
Tally Unveils New Liquid Staked Governance ProtocolCurve DAO Token (CRV) Price Plunges 30% Amid Founder's Liquidation
a16z crypto on Twitter / X: "a16z's resources to learn about DAOs"
Julian Assange Freed with 11k ETH: Assange DAO's Victory - Altcoin Buzz
Hedera Abandons Decentralization, Removes Community Nodes from Roadmap
A couple of posts describing the relationship between Co-ops and DAOs: Warpcast & What Co-ops and DAOs Can Learn From Each Other
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@1a35e1@LighthouseGov
@MIDAODS@JustDAOItPod
@0xThriller
@leohenkels
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This week's guest:
On this week’s Just DAO It, we welcome Bryan Peters, known as BPetes. He's the founder of Team Sobol, where they're building applications like tipster.bot and sobol.io. Everything they're building is backed by the mission to accelerate the global transition to decentralized work. He's currently active as a Steward at HatsProtocol, ProtoDAO, and a delegate at RnDAO and DimoDAO. In previous crypto chapters, BPetes was an early contributor to BanklessDAO, a founding citizen at CityDAO, a member of the Consensys Mesh during the Hub and Spoke era of 2017, and a product portfolio leader in a rapidly growing startup in the SmartCity sector.News of the week:
BDA legal committee establishes new DAOZkSync introduces a decentralized governance framework called ZK Nation
vitalik.eth on Twitter / X: "On this cycle’s celebrity experimentation so far"
Why the future of democracy could depend on your group chats
Digital assets and DAOs: new theories of liability
Cardano’s next upgrade makes it more like a DAO
@Coulter on Warpcast: "Is incorporating a DAO contradicting its purpose?
Find us on Twitter:
@BryanPetes
@TeamSobol
@MIDAODS@JustDAOItPod
@0xThriller
@leohenkels
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This week's guest:
On this week’s Just DAO It, we welcome on guest, Graham Novak, from Mezzanine Labs. Mezzanine is building an open-source library of applications that makes it easy for anyone to operate an onchain organization. Organizations choose from an expanding list of features, all under a unified interface. Prior to founding Mezzanine, Graham was a partner at SALT’s crypto fund, started ConstitutionDAO, led crypto investing at 28th Street Ventures, and previously founded NomadX.News of the week:
CityDAO on Twitter / X: "Citizens - it's time for an important vote. Should CityDAO return our remaining funds to Citizens?"Dan Robinson on Twitter / X: "It’s disappointing to see a large VC try to bully the token governance process and delay community proposals at the last minute in order to advance their own pet projects"
DAO Accelerationism Movement Aims to Advance Decentralized Organizations
Crypto Governance Advisory MetaLeX Raises $2.75M
Why Arbitrum Might Shower Crypto Games with $200m
The Sandbox's DAO Launch Raises Concerns Over Centralized Control and Weighted Voting
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@mezzaninelabs
@gnovak_
@MIDAODS@JustDAOItPod
@0xThriller
@leohenkels
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This week's guest:
On this week’s Just DAO It, we welcome on guest, Isaac Valadez. Isaac is a leading developer, investor, and thought leader in the ICP ecosystem, working on and building several projects, including Code and State, the ICP Community Conference, and Ntangle! If you’re interested in learning about DAOs on ICP, Isaac is the person to talk to!News of the week:
Sushi Team Under Fire For Proposed Treasury Takeover
DAOs Beware: Neo-Imperialism Is on the Rise in Crypto-Land
Vana Launches Reddit Data DAO Enabling Users to Control and Monetize Their Data
SEC serves Wells notice to Uniswap
Optimism DAO delegates now get accountability scores — but not everyone thinks it’s fair
AssangeDAO’s crypto activities suspicious, analysts urge caution
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@codeandstate
@isaac_icp
@MIDAODS@JustDAOItPod
@0xThriller
@leohenkels
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This week's guest:
On this week’s Just DAO It, we welcome guests Filip and Jango from Juicebox. Juicebox is a popular open-source crowdfunding protocol built on Ethereum that allows Web3 projects and creators to fund their best ideas. Juicebox took off with DAOs as it allowed these organizations to fund, operate, and scale their projects transparently. Today, it is community-owned, and anyone can go to their DAO and start contributing.News of the week:
@dcfgod on Twitter / X: "Aragon gets on stage to talk DAOs..."@MetaDAOProject on Twitter / X: "Introducing Vota, a vote market on @Solana. Trade your 🗳️ for 💸, starting with @The_Saber_DAO gauge votes."
Wyoming Passes Law Granting DAOs Legal Status
What are Bitpacs? Bitcoin's Version of DAOs
This City Pilots Web3 Quadratic Funding for Public Infrastructure
‘Doomed To Fail’? DAOs’ Steps To Overcome Pitfalls Of DecentralizationFind us on Twitter:
@juiceboxETH@filipviz
@me_jango
@MIDAODS@JustDAOItPod
@0xThriller
@leohenkels
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This week's guest:
On this week’s Just DAO It, we welcome guest Joseph Schiarizzi from Open Dollar. Open Dollar is a DeFi stablecoin protocol built on Arbitrum designed to help users earn yield and leverage their assets with safety and predictability. Prior to founding Open Dollar, Joseph spent time working for OpenSea, Gitcoin, and ConsenSys. He's a member of Nouns DAO, Raid Guild, and a DAO veteran.News of the week:
AnticaptureWhy Crypto’s Most Altruistic Project Is Going (Kinda) Corporate
DAOs Have More Power Than You Think
Japanese Lawmakers Want To Carve Out New Web3 PoliciesAndy on Twitter / X: "Imagine thinking DAOs were this good at coordinating"
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@open_dollar@CupOJoseph
@MIDAODS@JustDAOItPod
@0xThriller
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This week's guests: On this week’s Just DAO It, we welcome guests Eliza, Joshua, and Tara from DAO Science. DAO Science is a nonprofit project stewarded by Metagov that catalyzes impactful work on decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) and other digitally constituted organizations. With the help of these three brilliant researchers, the project recently published a research paper titled: “Open Problems in DAOs.”
News of the week:
Without Privacy, DAO Governance FailsUN Internet Governance Group to Create Trial DAO for Public Sector
BarnBridge DAO Settles with SEC for $1.7 million, Agrees to Stop Selling Crypto Bond Product
ENS Token Jumps 50% as Vitalik Buterin Hails It as 'Super Important'
Eliza Oak on X (Twitter): "In a new paper, @ahall_research and I study which incentives encourage participation in democracy by analyzing a massive experiment in online governance."
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@eliza_oak@mpg_dd
@joshuaztan@metagov_project
@MIDAODS@JustDAOItPod
@0xThriller
@leohenkels
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This week's guest:
On this week’s Just DAO It!, we welcome on guest, Samantha Marin. Samantha is a content editor at Aragon and was formerly involved with the Quorum Newsletter and Bankless DAO. Aragon builds modular and secure DAO tools for governing assets and permissions onchain.News of the week:
HairDAO Becomes the First #DeSci DAO to File a Patent!What to Know About Jito’s $165M JTO Airdrop
Optimism Squabbles Over Public Goods Funding to VC-backed Projects
DAOs are the Future of Web3
Futarchy
Meta DAO
The Ends of Aragon
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@samanthajmarin@aragonproject
@MIDAODS@JustDAOItPod
@0xThriller
@leohenkels
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This week's guest:
On this week’s Just DAO It!, we welcome on guest, Lisa Wocken. Lisa is one of the Co-founders of TalentDAO. TalentDAO researches the DAO ecosystem, advancing and accelerating its potential to help humans realize a better world of work.News of the week:
Aragon Association to Dissolve, Will Disburse $155M in Assets to TokenholdersMarshall Islands Further Strengthen's Law That Made DAOs Legal Entities
Abu Dhabi Pioneers DLT Regulation for DAOs, Web3 Innovations
Justitia DAO LLC Filed Demand for Arbitration Against Amazon for Seizing and Permanently Retaining Sellers' Funds
Superdao Shuts Down, Will Return Investor Funds
Llama Raises $6M for Role-Based Governance Platform
Token Engineering (TE) Stakeholder Study Overview (scroll to the bottom to sign up to receive the report)
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@LisaWocken@talentDAO_
@MIDAODS@JustDAOItPod
@0xThriller
@leohenkels
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This week's guest:
On this week’s Just DAO It!, we welcome on guest, Pablo Moncada-Larrotiz. Pablo is the founder of MoonDAO. In 2022, MoonDAO crowdfunded to send its members to space and successfully purchased two seats on a Blue Origin rocket. Now, the DAO is focused on funding research and exploration that accelerates the technological development of the first human settlement on the Moon. Previously, he was a core member of ConstitutionDAO, a software engineer at Google working on autonomous vehicles and virtual reality.News of the week:
Pfizer-Backed DAO Launches Community-Funded Biotech FirmBarnbridge DAO Votes to Comply with SEC Order
Doxxing Allegations on Optimism Grants Spark DAO DebateHamas Has Raised Millions in Crypto Donations
@CryptoAidIsrael on Twitter: "Thousands of Israeli lives have been destroyed by Hamas 💔. Israel WILL prevail 💪, but we need your help! Send your crypto to help the victims who need it most. Crypto unites with Israel 🇮🇱. https://cryptoaidisrael.com #CryptoAidIsrael"
@IDriss_xyz on Twitter: "Announcing meta-infinite public goods funding round powered by @optimismFND 🌱✨. We're consolidating all the major PGF mechanisms @gitcoin, @giveth, @clrfund, @dao_drops, @retropgf, and enabling perpetual donations to grantees directly from Twitter. Model adapted from @owocki."
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@pablo_moncada_@OfficialMoonDAO
@MIDAODS
@JustDAOItPod
@0xThriller
@leohenkels
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This week's guest:
On this week’s Just DAO It!, we welcome on guest, Chris Biele. Chris, aka NFThinker, has been a stalwart in the Bankless DAO community for over 2 years. During his time at Bankless, Chris has worked on Bankless Card, Fight Club, Global Events, facilitated AMAs and Demos Work Streams, and various other BanklessDAO projects. Right now, he’s working on building a new Web3 marketing company, D3centra (pronounced Decentra or D3 for short). When he’s not working on Bankless or Web3, Chris is a photographer by trade!News of the week:
The Community of the DAO: Research DAOs Advancing Scientific ResearchThe “DAO Jungle” Chronicles: Federal Judge Upholds Treasury Department’s Sanction of Tornado Cash for Involvement in Laundering Hacking Proceeds
Machiavelli for DAOs: Designing Effective Decentralized Governance (part 2)
Gitcoin DAO Gaffe Sees $500,000 in GTC Tokens Lost Forever
DAOs Need to Learn From Burning Man for Mainstream Adoption
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@theNFThinker@BanklessDAO
@MIDAODS
@JustDAOItPod
@0xThriller
@leohenkels
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This week's guest:
On this week’s Just DAO It!, we welcome on guest, Navin. Navin is the Co-Founder of Samudai, a DAO project management platform that enables collaboration and bounty management for admins, project managers, and contributors. Prior to founding Samudai, Navin was a consultant at Capco Innovation & Design Labs, an Investment Analyst at Lunar Ventures, a Project Manager at ICG, and a consultant at RedSeer Consulting. In addition to his impressive resume, Navin is a crypto OG and has contributed to the space for the past three years.News of the week:
Are DAOs Overhyped and Unworkable? Lessons From the Front LinesHundreds of Nouns Holders Rally to Exit DAO, Leading to Treasury Split
From Fukuoka to the World? The Japanese DAO Trying to Shake Up Sports Fandom
Crypto Companies form Texas Blockchain Group to Advocate for Clear Regulations
AI Will Reinvent DAOs and Tokenized Models will be Valuable: Vance Spencer
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@0xNavin@Samudaixyz
@MIDAODS
@JustDAOItPod
@0xThriller
@leohenkels
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This week's guests: On this week’s Just DAO It!, we welcome on guests, Paulo and Kohei. Paulo and Kohei and the Co-Founders of Senate Labs, a DAO governance tool that allows contributors to check all the governance proposals from their favorite DAOs and see which proposals they still haven't voted on. With their app, DAO members can now track governance proposals directly from Telegram or Discord. To date, Senate supports over 30 DAOs and is rapidly growing!
News of the week:
Privacy Mixer Tornado Cash Is an Entity, Judge SaysWhat Is the Law of Chains?
What’s a DAO to Do? Gitcoin Backlash Shows Crypto Governance Is More Than a Meme
Can Maker’s Rune Christensen Fix the Sad State of DAO Governance?
The Collective DAO Archives: Governance Library
@lalalavendr on Twitter: "This week in @lalalavendr’s DAO research series, we’re exploring one of the most important tools in a DAO’s toolbelt: COMMUNICATION. Let’s get into it:"
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@koheingt@paulofonseca__
@senatelabs
@MIDAODS
@JustDAOItPod
@0xThriller
@leohenkels
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This Week's Guest: MemeBrains is the host of the CityDAO podcast that focuses on discussing the impact of DAOs on our Civilization as a whole. MemeBrains is a seasoned veteran in the DAO space, working as a contributor for multiple DAOs like Bankless, Collab Land, and Afropolitan, to name a few. Finally, MemeBrains is also an EthDenver winner from earlier this year in the DAO and Community track, recognized for his work with building infrastructure for decentralized communities.
News of the week:
DAO Pain Points and Paths Forward
Combating Climate Change: The Power That DAOs Have
Lido Finance DAO Mulls Introducing New Dual Governance Model
Israel Consults Public on DAO Regulation
Optimism (✨🔴_🔴✨) on Twitter: "It’s time for the next chapter of @lalalavendr’s DAO research! This week, we're unpacking the complexities of ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES, specifically the power dynamics that exist within DAOs. Let’s jump in:"
Regan Bozman on Twitter: "There is a ton to be excited about in crypto rn, but the funding environment is bad and going to worse, especially for anything beyond seed. We sent this letter to our portfolio companies last week - strongly believe founders should tread carefully in this market."Find us on Twitter:
@memebrains
@MIDAODS@JustDAOItPod
@0xThriller
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This Week's Guest:
Humpty Calderon is the Co-founder and CEO of Mosaic, an open data platform helping brands better understand customer activity and reward loyalty. He’s been a longtime contributor to the decentralized identity and data space, building many popular products, including Orange Protocol. When he’s not working on Mosaic, Humpty produces the Crypto Sapiens podcast to help the world evolve from crypto-curious to crypto-native.News of the week:
Ripple Labs notches landmark win in SEC case over XRP cryptocurrencyBarnBridge DAO calls halt to ‘all work’ on DeFi protocol amid SEC probe
Hyperstructures
Onchain Hypercultures: The Context-Fermentation Window
Token hoarders defeat the purpose of most DAOs: Study
@chaserchapman on Twitter: "Things DAOs got wrong last cycle: - permissionless contributions - token weighted voting - fear of delegating power (lots of bureaucracy). None of this means DAOs are dead; it just means we need to evolve."
@LoopxNFT on Twitter: "The Nouns Dao has a big problem: 👀🚨..."
@optimismFND on Twitter: "It’s a beautiful day to learn about DAOs. This thread will explore the age old challenge of ACCOUNTABILITY, which, according to @lalalavendr’s research, is something many DAOs struggle to solve. Here are some key findings from her research:"
The Book Humpty Recommends on the Show: Reinventing Organizations
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@humptycalderon@mosaicfun
@cryptosapiens_
@MIDAODS
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This week's guest:
Daniel Ospina is the founder of RnDAO, an innovation DAO with a mission to Empower Humane Collaboration by researching DAOs and building collaboration tools. Daniel is an experienced contributor in the space, as he's been operating with DAOs and studying organizational design for more than 10 years! Before RnDAO, Daniel worked as the Head of Governance at Aragon, a popular DAO development tool. This is Daniel’s second appearance on the JustDAOIt, and we’re happy to have another recurring guest!
News of the week:
Cybernetic organizations — BORGs — are doomed to failThis Free-to-Mint Soulbound NFT Tracks Your Web3 Work History
Lamp DAO: a Cybermemetic Experiment in Collective Governance
AzukiDAO proposes to recover 20,000 ETH from Azuki founder ‘Zagabond’
@Chrisblec on Twitter: "gm 🇺🇸. RocketPool is full of centralization issues. Most rETH holders have no idea. The “pDAO” is not a DAO. The name is a straight-up lie. It’s actually an EOA. Forum post by a privileged core team member:"
@0xSydney on Twitter: "DAOs are broken. Let's use ApeCoin DAO as an example 🧵"
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