Dissecting the DAO: Web3 Ownership is Surprisingly Concentrated

Growth incentives Compound, an on-chain lending protocol, decentralized itself in June 2020, with its core developers turning over the network's operation and ownership. Community members had control over the protocol's reserve assets generated by borrowers in a Compound Governance DAO. This was (at the time) the highest revenue generated by an on-... See more

Currently, even some of the largest protocols are unable to generate enough revenue to cover operational expenses (audits, salaries/payments to contributors, marketing, etc.). Yearn, for instance, operates at a loss even after accounting for non-operating income from yield farming. As such, retaining protocol revenue alone is likely to be insuffici... See more

Outline the dilemma that DAOs face today: one the one hand, DAOs need to diversify their treasuries away from their native token concentration; on the other hand, they can’t simply sell their native tokens on the open market without moving the market or cause any negative perception by market participants or its community members. We will discuss s... See more