💡Hey DeXers, our next DAO Talk is on Tuesday, August 1st @ 14:00 UTC.

Joining us is Eyal Eithcowich, the CEO of DeepDAO.

✅ Eyal started DeepDAO - the top stats dashboard for DAOs - in part to help promote the creation of more active, participatory organizations. We'll talk about the crucial role of expertise in DAOs.

Join us on Tuesday and bring some questions!🔥

📊State of the DAOs - July 27th

Per DeepDAO, there are 20k+ DAOs and 7.2M members.

📝DAO News

▪️Lido DAO is considering a dual governance model to let stakers veto governance decisions

▪️Users unanimously approved Aave’s temperature check on a Peg Stability Module for GHO

▪️ApeCoin DAO failed to implement shielded voting with 70% voting against

▪️dYdX is increasing market maker rebates while decreasing LP rewards

▪️Gitcoin has elected its new 8-member Council

▪️MakerDAO’s token buyback went live, with MKR rising nearly 30%

▪️Bankless is delegating VITA token voting rights to DAOstewards.eth

▪️SuperRare DAO will dedicate over 60M RARE tokens to reward active users

👥DAO Proposals

There are 2 high-, 28 mid-, and 37 low-importance proposals, most dealing with Parameters (26) and Team (32)

🔝Most active members by DAO

Stargate Finance - 801.5k
SyncSwap - 220.9k
Arbitrum One - 188.4k
PancakeSwap - 129.6k
Optimism Collective - 88.7k

📖Details (with stats, pics, and links) in the full article 👉 here

🔥ETH CC in Paris brings much value to the DeXe DAO

For the DeXe core contributors attending ETH CC in Paris, it was time well spent. Also, while in Paris, our core contributor, Dmitro Kotliarov, talked to the audience at the DAOist event in Paris about DeXe’s bold vision for DAOs.

✅Meanwhile, with over 5,000 attendees from all over the world, ETH CC presented a number of great opportunities for DeXe contributors to have deep conversations with builders in the DAO space and DeFi in general. It should come as no surprise to see partnerships and other collaborations emerge for the DeXe DAO in the near future.

And DeXe contributors will be sure to attend more of them for continued learning, thought leadership, and strategic connections.

📖Details in the full article 👉 here

💡DeXe DAO July Update

DeXe’s DAO Talk Twitter Space is on 🔥🔥🔥. In July we had:

▪️Stefen from GovernHQ.
▪️Alisha of ENS Labs
▪️Phygital, who went from asking a question on Alisha’s episode to being an amazing expert guest
▪️Daniel Ospina of RnDAO and ex-Aragon.

✅All of our DAO Talks are available on the big streaming platforms.

Our DAO Talk host appeared on the MC²Fi-hosted DAOs and Economic Empowerment live show.

📌Offline, DeXe core team members went to ETH CC and several side events in Paris, presenting at the DAOist about DeXe’s bold vision for DAOs (a successful result of an earlier DAO member proposal to partner with the DAOist, btw). More on the Paris trip here.

📖There was an article about our DAO in Gagarin/news and one in Tse Crypto (UA). A DeXe team member wrote a substack article about DAOs becoming a great investment vehicle and an op-ed about barriers DAOs face. We also recapped weekly the State of DAOs.

🏆The Zealy social campaign is in full swing. And we’re ready for August!

💡How to launch a DAO: basic steps to follow

📍This is not a technical guide on creating a DAO using the DeXe protocol (that will come later). The purpose here is to give first-time DAO creators a simple, easy-to-follow guide to creating your first DAO whatever technical implementation you end up choosing. Your specific DAO may require extra steps. And many will seem pretty self-intuitive.

✅Still, let’s go through the process step-by-step. Let’s think through the DAO both in philosophical and practical terms, from the conceptual to the specific. We’ll raise a number of key questions to get you thinking about the kind of DAo you want to form. We’ll also offer some considerations, warnings, and - of course - ideas.

📖Read the full step-by-step guide in the full article 👉 here

🔥Hey DeXers - our Zealy challenge sprint just ended. And wow - what an active community! People really stepped up to tell the world about their favorite DAO. We all feel so proud to be part of this strong community.

✅Over 250 people participated, completing around 12,000 tasks and together helping many new people discover DeXe.

The sprint itself was full of energy, with many people completing nearly 100% of the tasks. D - dedication!

💡As a sweetener, here is the list of prize winners!

❕We'll send out the rewards within a week. Thank you for being committed to the DeXe DAO.

Of course, this is just one sprint, not the entire run. So keep an eye out for more ways to show the world why DeXe DAO has the best community in DeFi.

💡Hey DeXers, our next DAO Talk is on Tuesday, August 8th @ 17:00 UTC.

This one will be different since we have not one but 3(!) guests🔥 — because this one will be a panel. Topic: DAO Meritocracy and Motivation.

The 3 guests are:

▪️Ben West from Gitcoin
▪️Deepa Chaudhary of Impact DAO
▪️E. Stefen Deleveaux of GovernHQ

✅ All three guests have already been on our DAO Talk and have really impressed with their insights on what makes DAOs work (and what not so much). This is a chance for them to debate several very specific topics and answer audience questions while diving deep into what motivates DAO members to act in a way that most benefits the DAO and whether meritocracy is the way to incentivize the best outcomes.

📍Listeners will get a POAP

Join us on Tuesday and bring some questions!🔥

📊State of the DAOs - August 3rd

Check out this must-hear interview with the CEO of DeepDAO.

📝DAO News

▪️The Curve Finance hack is leading its founder to sell CRV cheap on OTC to cover a massive $100M in loans. Curve DAO voted to disable rewards in the hacked pools.

▪️The Israeli government is seeking public input on DAO regulation.

▪️Balancer DAO allocates 100k USDC for its launch on Avalanche.

▪️Sushi DAO has partnered with Gresham International for creating the best legal entity for their needs.

▪️Decentraland DAO will sell some of its treasury’s LAND tokens.

▪️Aave DAO has adjusted its veBAL voting weight to accommodate its GHO liquidity pools.

👥DAO Proposals

Only 17 mid- and 25 low-importance ones.

Most proposals deal with Parameters (15) and Team (15).

🔝Most active members by DAO

Stargate Finance - 801.5k
SyncSwap - 220.9k
Arbitrum One - 189.8k
PancakeSwap - 130.3k
Optimism Collective - 88.7k

📖Details (with stats, pics, and links) in the full article 👉 here

🙋Hey DeXers - want to get even more Zealy quest rewards? We have several cool and quick new tasks added.

🤷‍♀️ And some time to do them in since there is a bit of a delay with a bridge for sending out the rewards for the previous Zealy quest (don't worry, they will be sent once the bridge is working).

Let's use the delay to open up the quest for a bonus round with new tasks— so you can get even more rewards 🎉. A bonus opportunity for you, yay. 😉

👉 The extra round starts today, on August 7th. Take advantage of this extra round on Zealy now.

💡Hey DeXers, our next DAO Talk is on Tuesday, August 15th @ 16:00 UTC.

Joining us is Crews Enochs of Index Coop.

✅ Index Coop is one of the most successful and most active DAOs in history. This DAO's product essentially brought index investing to DeFi. They seem to be making not just DeFi but DAOs simple and accessible. And Crews will give us an insider look.

📍Listeners will get a POAP plus a Zealy Quest.

Join us on Tuesday and bring some questions!🔥

🔥Hey DeXers - missed the DAO panel last night? It was a highly engaging one about Meritocracy and Motivation. Ben from GitCoin and Deepa from Impact DAO gave a deep, thoughtful answer to every question the host asked. Check out the recording 👉 here

📌Btw, all of our live spaces are available on major streaming platforms. Details 👉 here

📊State of the DAOs - August 10th

Arbitrum is back on top, while overall DAO membership grows.

📝DAO News

▪️Curve Finance recovered 73% of stolen funds.

▪️MakerDAO’s Spark Protocol apparently blocks VPN users.

▪️Aave DAO proposal incentivizes delegates with regular and predictable rewards.

▪️Decentraland DAO’s grants program now has a Community Builders category.

▪️ApeCoin DAO voted to give free ApeCoin NFT shields to some ApeCoin holders and all its NFT holders for brand awareness in virtual worlds.

▪️1inch DAO’s amendment spotlights and encourages lower voting weight delegates.

▪️Spool DAO has integrated the digital custody provider, Fireblocks.

👥DAO Proposals

23 mid- and 36 low-importance proposals, most about Parameters (23) and Team (24).

🔝Most active members by DAO

Stargate Finance - 801.5k
SyncSwap - 220.9k
Arbitrum One - 192.8k
PancakeSwap - 130.4k
Optimism Collective - 88.7k

📖 Details (with stats, pics, and links) in the full article 👉 here

💡DAO is a revolutionary technology and not only as a mechanism for better decision making via consensus among token holders, but also in changing the legal features of each country.

However, there are still many questions about the legal specifics of DAO. In our new article on Substack, we decided to explore this issue in more detail

📖 What happened? Read at the link below 👇👇👇

https://open.substack.com/pub/daoism/p/legal-features-of-the-dao-everything?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

💡Hey DeXers - security is everything. And that's why the new proposal just posted to our Snapshot is important for you to take a look at. It's for auditing the DeXe Protocol smart-contracts — which are, of course, the essential building blocks of any blockchain product. Strong independant audits now reduce the risk of exploits later.

📌Check out and vote for the audit proposal by the link below 👇👇👇

https://snapshot.org/#/dexe.network/proposal/0x36d68f11efe71210e88bd5e17bedbe3a8513d4a0e34460633267b55a8676c60b

💡Hey DeXers, our next DAO Talk is on Tuesday, August 22nd @ 18:00 UTC.

Joining us is Sarah Hodsdon.

✅ Sarah is an artist, author, and inventor, among many other talents. She is a strong voice advocating for creatives to embrace blockchain tech for the benefit of not just their art but also of their collectors. We'll talk about how creatives can build their community under the DAO umbrella and why it matters.

📍Listeners will get a POAP plus a Zealy Quest.

Join us on Tuesday and bring some questions!🔥

💡DeXe passes a security audit from Ambisafe

DeXe is happy to report that we passed the first of two planned audits from Ambisafe, a company that has audited some of the biggest organizations in blockchain.

📌Per ambisafe’s findings:

“There are no known compiler bugs for the specified compiler version (0.8.9), that might affect the contracts’ logic. There were 3 critical, 3 major, 14 minor, 32 informational and optimizational findings identified in the initial version of the contracts. All the minor and above severity findings were addressed and were not found in the final version of the code, while a few of the optimizations and notes remain acknowledged in favor of code readability and design choices.”

✅You can read their full audit 👉 here.

This first audit will be followed by a second, “diff” audit, which will evaluate the changes we’ve made since submitting for their initial one.

📖 Details in the full article 👉 here

📊State of the DAOs - August 17th

For the first time, over 40% of DAO members tracked by DeepDAO are active users.

📝DAO News

▪️Aave DAO members are discussing converting its 2.7 ARB allocation into stablecoins or ETH

▪️Illuvium’s peer and self evaluation process proposal has been approved

▪️Sandbox cofounder’s interview about the Elvis Legacy Council DAO

▪️Silo DAO voted to swap 1M USDC for LUSD

▪️Per this screenshot, Aragon was trying to sell itself

▪️TRON DAO Ventures has acquired $2M worth of CRV

▪️SHIB Doggy DAO got an investment firm as an advisor

▪️MakerDAO founder gave an interview to CoinDesk about DAO voter participation and MakerDAO’s endgame

👥DAO Proposals

There are 24 mid- and 23 low-importance ones, most on Parameters (14) and Team (22). Aave and Osmosis are especially active

🔝Most active members by DAO

Stargate Finance - 858.1k
SyncSwap - 220.9k
Arbitrum One - 195.9k
PancakeSwap - 130.4k
Optimism Collective - 88.7k

📖 Details (with stats, and pics) in the full article 👉 here

💡Hey DeXers, our next DAO Talk is on Tuesday, August 29th @ 16:00 UTC.

Joining us is Mischa0X, a Contributor of Popcorn DAO.

✅ Popcorn is a yield-optimization protocol with a very good twist: funding public goods. We'll talk about how DAOs can combine revenue-generating business with a mission of funding public goods.

📍Listeners will get a POAP plus a Zealy Quest.

Join us on Tuesday and bring some questions!🔥

📊State of the DAOs - August 24th

Treasuries are down while active membership is rising.

📝DAO News

▪️Yuga Labs is blocking OpenSea for dropping mandatory royalties. Meanwhile, ApeCoin DAO passed a proposal to spend $5,750 to design a mascot.

▪️Up to $126M in tokens is about to be unlocked by Avalanche, Lido DAO, and Space ID.

▪️1inch DAO rejected a proposal to lower the voting quorum.

▪️Decentraland’s proposal to redistribute the budget in light of the Community Builder grant category failed.

▪️Teia NFT marketplace began distributing its tokens.

👥DAO Proposals

Only 22 mid- and 17 low-importance proposals this week, most re: Parameters (10) and Team (19).

🔝Most active members by DAO

Stargate Finance - 889.3k
SyncSwap - 220.9k
Arbitrum One - 198.6k
PancakeSwap - 130.7k
Optimism Collective - 88.7k

📖Details (with stats, pics, and links) in the full article 👉 here

✅We already know that DAO is a very agile organization that enables many processes to work better. But if we take an even broader view? For example, how DAOs affect our everyday processes.

💡What would happen if we told you that a DAO could be used to regulate family travel or charitable giving much more conveniently?

📖 Interesting? Read our new article on Substack: Exploring the Unconventional: Five Unique Uses of DAO in Everyday Life

🔥Hey DeXers - our latest Zealy challenge sprint just ended. Such an amazing community — love it! People completed tasks with speed and accuracy for three weeks, showing the world why each of us is so proud to be part of the DeXe community.

💡Who won the challenge? DeXe did, of course - thanks to your active participation, our community is stronger than ever. Plus, here is the list of prize winners!

❕We'll send out the rewards this time via the BSC chain within a week from now. Thank you for your active involvement in the DeXe DAO.

📌And, of course, this is not the end of DeXe community activities. As long as we have such great members, there's bound to be something to look forward to. So stay tuned.