governance

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Arbitrum Governance Fracas Reopens the Question: Why DAOs?
A messy governance dispute over a major Ethereum scaling system has some complaining about “decentralization theater.”
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Arbitrum Foundation Pledges New Votes, No 'Near-Term' ARB Sales Amid Community Revolt
Arbitrum will hold a standalone vote on its 750 million token allocation.
Vote voting black box (Unsplash)

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Arbitrum Foundation Sold ARB Tokens Ahead of 'Ratification' Vote; ARB Falls
The Foundation would be “severely damaged” without blank-check grantmaking powers, according to a blog post.
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Arbitrum booth at ETHDenver (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
Arbitrum’s First Governance Proposal Turns Messy, With $1B ARB Tokens at Stake
The Arbitrum Foundation would get to side-step community governance when issuing “special grants.”
Arbitrum booth at ETHDenver (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Crypto Exchange Aggregator 1inch Proposes Diluting Some Insiders' Voting Power
A proposed governance shakeup would greatly reduce the amount of voting power accumulated by core contributors, investors and other insiders.
Hand of a person casting a vote into the ballot box during elections

Bug Found in Decoy Algorithm for Privacy Coin Monero
Solana-Based Crypto Exchange Raydium Proposes $2M Bug Bounty Fund
The proposal is part of a broader effort by Raydium to boost its community’s participation in protocol governance.
Bug Found in Decoy Algorithm for Privacy Coin Monero

Mango (Desirae Hayes-Vitor/Unsplash)
Crypto Exchange Mango Markets Considers Raising Interest Rates for Popular Tokens
Only the pool for borrowing and lending SOL tokens would be affected by the proposed changes.
Mango (Desirae Hayes-Vitor/Unsplash)

Rune Christensen
Lending Platform MakerDAO Approves ‘Constitution,’ Moves Forward With ‘Endgame’ Plan
The proposal sets a new foundation for the largest decentralized lending protocol’s major restructuring, called “Endgame.”
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Stablecoin issuer Circle is launching a new token backed by the euro in the U.S. (Sandali Handagama/ CoinDesk)
Stablecoin Issuer MakerDAO Votes to Retain USDC as Primary Reserve Even After Depeg
The decision follows a turbulent period during which USDC temporarily lost its dollar peg after key banking partner SVB collapsed.
Stablecoin issuer Circle is launching a new token backed by the euro in the U.S. (Sandali Handagama/ CoinDesk)

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Arbitrum Daily Transaction Count Hits Record High Ahead of Token Airdrop
Arbitrum is decentralizing by launching its governance token ARB.
Arbitrum's daily transactions chart (Arbiscan)