Liquidity is critical to the success of crypto-native financial markets. The LAO is building infrastructure to support DeFi protocols beyond just providing capital through venture-backed financing. Today we introduce the first steps towards pooling liquidity through a DAO structure. …

The LAO team is extending Moloch v2, with Raid Guild’s Minon framework, to create new structures that could open up the pathway towards unaccredited, for-profit DAOs. The era of DAOs is just beginning. With the creation of the Moloch v2 smart contracts, we’re nearing an ERC-20-like standard for blockchain-based organizations. …

Membership to join The LAO opens today, April 28, 2020 at 12 PM EST/ 9 AM PST / 6:00p CEST. Ethereum was started, in part, to rebuild the commercial world. In the wake of the Great Recession, it became apparent to many in the technology community that the world’s financial…

The LAO is launching tomorrow, April 28, 2020. Here, we have a breakdown and walkthrough on how you can contribute to and join The LAO. The post COVID — 19 the world is rapidly changing. Traditional assumptions are giving way to a new, more modern society. For the past twenty…

Foundations at Consensus: Distributed — The ICO and token boom of 2016–2018 demonstrated the power of blockchains to collect assets to fund innovation. It pointed towards a future of a permissionless, global Silicon Valley. The LAO, and other for-profit ventures, are the next steps towards this evolution. With Web2 we had Twitter and Reddit which…

Industrialization brought us the corporation and joint-stock companies. Web3 will be anchored by millions of DAOs, pooling capital and allocating it like water — with The LAO. …

The LAO releases a token curated registry, The LAO Scout, to enable the Ethereum and blockchain community to quickly identify and signal to The LAO projects to fund. We learned with Web2 the power of networks. Social networks like Twitter and Reddit brought communities together around the globe, creating digital…

Ethereum will rebuild the entire commercial world, including Silicon Valley. A first step in that direction is for-profit DAOs. On April 28, 2020, members will be able to join and contribute to The LAO. The future of finance is taking a step forward. The ICO and token boom of 2016–2018…

OpenLaw, and Moloch in conjunction with ConsenSys Diligence, have worked through ConsenSys Diligence’s audit report and made the major changes recommended by Diligence. The LAO is poised to be a game-changer in financing emerging Ethereum ventures. With The LAO, there will be a cohesive legal structure to enable members to…