MakerDAO


Finance

MakerDAO to Offer Optional MKR Conversions for New Governance Token

MakerDAO hopes the new governance token will increase governance participation.

MakerDAO co-founder Rune Christensen (Trevor Jones)

Finance

Asset Manager Grayscale Introduces Crypto Fund for MakerDAO's MKR

The company unveiled similar single-asset trusts for TAO and SUI and a fund that invests in a basket of decentralized artificial intelligence-focused tokens over the past month.

Grayscale ad in NYC (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Finance

MakerDAO's $1B Tokenized Treasury Investment Plan Draws Interest from BlackRock's BUIDL, Ondo, Superstate

MakerDAO's competition to allocate funds will open next month, and would give a big boost for the $1.8 billion tokenized real-world asset space.

(Ryan Quintal/Unsplash, Modified by CoinDesk)

Consensus Magazine

Rune Christensen Explains Why He Wants to Remake Maker and Kill DAI

The MakerDAO creator discusses the motivation behind the ambitious Endgame proposal in a wide-ranging interview.

MakerDAO co-founder Rune Christensen (Trevor Jones)

Consensus Magazine

What to Expect at Consensus 2024: Spotlight on Blockchain Tech

The three-day conference (May 29-31) features a host of big-name speakers from the realm of blockchain tech, including Sergey Nazarov, Casey Rodarmor, Joe Lubin, Emin Gün Sirer and Rune Christensen. Here is a preview of everything on offer.

Cosmos co-founder and Informal Systems CEO Ethan Buchman is scheduled to speak on the "bitcoinization of Cosmos" at Consensus 2024. (Bradley Keoun)

Consensus Magazine

Rune Christensen Is Making Digital Assets Real

The co-founder of MakerDAO says his biggest achievement this year was bringing real-world assets, like U.S. Treasuries, on-chain and at scale.

Image of Rune Christensen, co-founder of MakerDAO

Markets

MakerDAO’s MKR Nears 16-Month High as Whales Accumulate, Crypto Hedge Fund Sets Bullish Price Target

Crypto hedge fund Ouroboros Capital says the token could test the $1,600 price level as protocol profits grow.

MKR price today (CoinDesk)

Tech

MakerDAO Should Use Solana’s Code to Build Its New Blockchain, Co-Founder Says

Some community members have already pushed back against the idea.

Rune Christensen (Trevor Jones)

Markets

MakerDAO’s MKR Token Jumps 10%, Defying Crypto Market Slump

The rally occurred amid improving fundamentals of Maker, as the protocol has returned to make profits, Messari analyst Kunal Goel said.

MKR price over the past 24 hours (CoinDesk)

Markets

Default of Tokenized Loans on Centrifuge Puts MakerDAO’s Investment at Risk

MakerDAO has lent $1.84 million of DAI stablecoin to the tokenized credit pool under distress.

Bitcoin ETFs lost  $836 million to outflows last week. (Unsplash)