MakerDAO members shoot down proposal for more centralization
MakerDAO members turned up in record numbers to preserve the principles of decentralization, setting new precedents for future DAO governance. In a major win for decentralization, members of MakerDAO, the lending protocol behind the Dai (DAI) stablecoin, have rejected a series of proposals that would have seen the protocol’s governance structure become more centralized. On June 27, the members of MakerDAO (MKR) showed up to consider three proposals that would have reorganized the leadership of the decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) into something that more closely resembles a....
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As the bear market trend is getting more intense, many protocols and other crypto-related firms are making moves for survival. On its part, MakerDAO plans on a minimal risk investment strategy to raise revenue. The DAO is taking steps into traditional investments using the native DAI stablecoin. Currently, MakerDAO is undergoing a proposal voting for […]
On March 16, the protocol engineer at Makerdao and co-founder of the software and design firm Bellwood Studios, Hexonaut, announced a proposal to use real world assets (RWAs) in order to scale the decentralized finance (defi) protocol Makerdao. Hexonaut insists the bull market was good, but “the time is passing” and he believes Makerdao needs “to take the next step and begin integrating with the real world at scale.”
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The Maker Protocol could extend yet another arm into the traditional finance space if a proposed integration with a Pennsylvania-based bank passes this week. MakerDAO is voting on a proposal that will bring a traditional bank into its ecosystem for the first time, allowing the bank to borrow against its assets using decentralized finance (DeFi).Currently 83% of voters are in favor of the proposal. Voting ends at 12pm ET on July 7.The proposal involves creating a vault with 100 million Dai (DAI) for Huntingdon Valley Bank (HVB) as part of a new collateral type in the Maker Protocol.This....
According to a post on the MakerDAO Forum, the financial service protocol could replace its governance token MKR with a new token called stkMKR. The proposal was introduced to address the criticism around MKR’s tokenomics. Related Reading | Will Ethereum Give In To Bears? New MKR tokenomics could supplement and improve on previous benefits and incentives. The proposal emphasized that stkMKR will preserve MKR’s current burn mechanism and will allow users to claim their reinvest dividends and other payouts without spending funds on gas while keeping its tax efficiency. On previous....
The proposal introduces a new stkMKR token which will act as a bonding asset for MKR staked in governance proposals. The community behind decentralized stablecoin platform MakerDAO is mulling over a major tokenomics shift that could replace its governance token, MKR.A proposal was made on the MakerDAO forum by community leader “monet-supply” on March 14, outlining an alternative token economic mechanism. If the proposal passes a full governance vote, the protocol could replace its current governance token, MKR, with a new token called stkMKR.There were many responses to the proposal within....