Marshall Islands officially recognizes DAOs as legal entities
The Pacific Island state, long keen to adopt blockchain technology, recognizes decentralized autonomous organizations, or DAOs. The Republic of the Marshall Islands has moved to formally recognize decentralized autonomous organizations, better known as DAOs, as legal entities — a move that gives collectively owned and managed blockchain projects formal recognition on the global stage. DAOs, which are blockchain-based entities governed by self-organizing communities, have attained legal recognition in the Marshall Islands after the country passed the amended Non-Profit Entities Act 2021.....
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