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How DeFi protocols actually work

DeFi Protocol vs DAO What Actually Separates Them

Balancer's code stopped being worth much in November 2025, when roughly $128 million drained out of its v2 pools across several chains. The organization...

Felix Ndiaye • 6 min read
Sep 21, 2026

How DeFi Protocols Are Actually Governed

Changes to a live DeFi protocol are approved by a contract, not a company, and that contract executes whatever a token vote tells it to once a fixed delay...

Felix Ndiaye • 7 min read
Sep 18, 2026

Curve Just Hired the Team Behind a $9.6 Million Exploit to Manage Risk, and This Week's Other Governance Votes You Missed

Curve DAO's binding vote to appoint a new risk provider for crvUSD and Llamalend attracted 5.33 veCRV of opposition against roughly 621.2 million in favour,...

Noemi Vargas • 6 min read
Sep 14, 2026

Top 5 DAO Governance Strategies That Actually Work

With over $25 billion locked in DAO treasuries, governance isn't just a philosophical exercise—it's the mechanism that determines how massive pools of...

Noemi Vargas • 6 min read
Jan 19, 2026

How Whales Swing DAO Votes

In March 2023, a single wallet cast a vote worth $47 million in a contentious Uniswap governance proposal. Within hours, what seemed like a clear community...

Noemi Vargas • 6 min read
Jan 16, 2026

Top 5 DAO Governance Voting Strategies

In the world of decentralized finance, your governance tokens represent more than just financial assets—they're your voice in shaping the protocols you rely...

Felix Ndiaye • 7 min read
Jan 12, 2026

DAO Voting Power Explained

In May 2023, a single wallet cast a vote worth $47 million in governance tokens, single-handedly swinging a controversial Uniswap proposal from rejection to...

Damon Iverson • 21 min read
Jan 11, 2026

Top 5 Governance Token Voting Platforms Compared

As DAOs manage billions in treasury assets and make decisions affecting millions of users, the tools they use for governance have become critical...

Felix Ndiaye • 7 min read
Jan 7, 2026

How to Vote Like a DAO Whale

In the world of decentralized autonomous organizationshttps://ethereum.org/en/dao/, not all votes are created equal. DAO whales—addresses holding...

Damon Iverson • 7 min read
Jan 6, 2026

Yield Farming for Beginners

Welcome to the world of yield farming—one of the most exciting ways to put your crypto assets to work. If you've heard terms like "liquidity pools," "APY,"...

12 min read
Jan 4, 2026

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