DAO Makes History, Raises $130 Million, Breaking All Records
The millennial generation is experiencing history in the making as they flock in amazing numbers - almost 5,000 members on the DAO slack channel - to fund one of the most promising decentralized autonomous organizations. Raising an incredible $130 million in just two weeks, with two more weeks to go, it makes the DAO the most well-crowdfunded project in history, and the most well-funded blockchain company. Universal Sharing Network. Breaking all expectations, almost 11 million Ether has been sent to the DAO smart contract, creating some 1 billion DAO tokens, to fund the creation of a....
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