Governance

Governance

MakerDAO Set to Increase DAI Fees Above 15% in Bid to Stabilize Stablecoin

MakerDAO token holders have voted again to increase issuance fees on dollar-backed stablecoin DAI.

Tech  ·  25 April 2019
Governance

Aragon Vote Aims to Restrict Ethereum App from Funding Polkadot Blockchain

Ethereum project Aragon is getting ready to vote on whether to expand operations to include blockchain interoperability platform Polkadot.

Tech  ·  19 April 2019
Governance

Zooko Wilcox Envisions ‘Ambitious’ Changes for Zcash Cryptocurrency

Founder and CEO of the Electric Coin Company Zooko Wilcox envisions zcash to change radically over the next five years, starting with "an ambitious scalability improvement."

Tech  ·  12 April 2019
Governance

The RadicalxChange Movement’s Crypto-Cypherpunk Appeal

CoinDesk looks at the appeal of the RadicalxChange movement and its dream of "reinventing institutions to fix problems" such as inequality.

Markets  ·  26 March 2019
Governance

MakerDAO Votes to Increase Fees 4% on Ethereum Stablecoin DAI

Users of the dollar-backed stablecoin DAI have staked MakerDAO governance tokens in favor of supporting a 4 percent raise to stablecoin fees.

Tech  ·  21 March 2019
Governance

Welcome to Athens: Tezos Completes ‘Historic’ First Blockchain Vote

Tezos – one of the 25 ranking cryptocurrencies by market capitalization – has just concluded its first round of on-chain governance voting.

Tech  ·  20 March 2019
Governance

Privacy Cryptocurrency Grin Votes to Fund Third Full-Time Developer

The community behind privacy-focused cryptocurrency Grin has recently decided to fund its third full-time developer.

Tech  ·  14 March 2019
Governance

MakerDAO Token Holders Approve Fee Increase for Ethereum Stablecoin

Votes have been cast in overwhelming support of increasing borrowing fees to the dollar-backed stablecoin dai.

Tech  ·  7 March 2019
Governance

Ethereum Foundation Director Sets New Vision for Blockchain Non-Profit

The Ethereum Foundation may shift its role toward propelling – as opposed to creating – a larger, more decentralized ethereum ecosystem.

Markets  ·  3 March 2019
Exchanges

What QuadrigaCX Says About Institutional Crypto Investment

Noelle Acheson looks at the lessons learned for the crypto market following the collapse of the QuadrigaCX exchange.

Policy & regulation  ·  15 February 2019
Governance

Resisting the Threat of Blockchain Recentralization

In an op-ed written exclusively for CoinDesk, Chelsea Palmer argues that defining blockchain governance must be a priority for 2019.

Markets  ·  2 January 2019
Governance

Humans on the Blockchain: Why Crypto Is the Best Defense Against AI Overlords

The strategic use of blockchains will be essential in enabling humans to become meaningful long-term stakeholders in the future of governance, argues entrepreneur Santiago Siri.

Business  ·  18 December 2018
Governance

Decred Is Turning Its Entire $21 Million Crypto Treasury Over to Investors

Decred is handing control of its $21 million treasury and all aspects of the protocol, from consensus through staffing, over to token holders.

Markets  ·  16 October 2018
Governance

Vote Buying Scandal Stokes Fears of EOS Governance Failure

The world's fifth-largest crypto is being rocked by allegations the process by which its transaction history is determined is vulnerable to collusion.

Tech  ·  4 October 2018
Governance

This Meme Marketplace Uses Dummy Tokens to Draw Users in a Bear Market

Even before its protocol is live, District0x's Meme Factory has engaged its community in blockchain governance with a meme contest and fake tokens.

Tech  ·  30 September 2018