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When you start designing the tokenomics for a project, or when you’re looking at a project’s tokenomics, one important question is how the tokens are going to get into people’s hands. The way tokens are released into the wild can have a significant impact on the long term success of the project, so it’s not something you want to overlook. And if... See more

Nevertheless, DAOs are not without their challenges. The ideal design of DAOs is still being explored, exposing challenging governance questions which may ultimately stymie their growth and development. DAOs are not formally recognized and do not fit neatly into existing forms of business associations, making it difficult for DAOs to interact with... See more

On June 7, Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) unveiled the long-awaited 69-page draft of the Lummis-Gillibrand Responsible Financial Innovation Act (“Act”). The Act is meant to create a regulatory framework for digital assets, pioneer legal reform and regulation across various regulatory entities, and update current... See more

When I look at present-day neumorphism I see it as a modern-day inheritor of the Mannerism of Venturi and Scott-Brown. Like them, it seems digital designers working today have felt their expression limited by the fixed rules of Flat Design and so have begun to test its limits. Fleshing out those sheets of glass into 3D surfaces, pulling elements... See more

DAOs – decentralized autonomous organizations – are an essential tool in achieving the self-empowering benefits of web3, including more equitable ownership among stakeholders, reduced censorship and greater diversity.

In this post, I’ll introduce the emerging phenomenon of “User-Generated Capital”. This pertains to communities, creators, and other individuals utilizing blockchains to create their own digital assets, digital money, or other stores of value that are both specific to their community and can be owned and utilized independent of platforms.