Rune Christensen

MakerDAO Founder on Regulating Stablecoins

Following the crash of Terra’s algorithmic stablecoin UST, what—if any—regulation should be in place to prevent a similar disaster in the future? MakerDAO Founder Rune Christe...

By CoinDesk Staff

May 19, 2022 at 2:24 p.m. UTC

May 19, 2022

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MakerDAO Founder on Biden Administration's Stablecoin Report

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Ethereum

MakerDAO Founder on Biden Administration’s Stablecoin Report

A coalition of U.S. financial authorities under the Biden administration published its long-anticipated report and recommendations on the regulation of stablecoins last week.

By CoinDesk Staff

Nov 10, 2021 at 3:04 p.m. UTC

Nov 10, 2021

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Makerdao

The CoinDesk 50: MakerDAO Is the Godzilla of DeFi

The $350 million MakerDAO protocol has become the most important project in DeFi, and DeFi has emerged as the most viable part of Ethereum.

By Brady Dale

May 10, 2020 at 1:06 p.m. UTC

May 10, 2020

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DISSOLUTION: MakerDAO's builders are beginning to chart out the two-year process of winding down. (Credit: Shutterstock)

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Decentralization

MakerDAO Foundation Plots Its Own Demise

The MakerDAO Foundation is getting serious about its planned obsolescence. A governance call Thursday laid out founder Rune Christensen's three pillars of full decentralizatio...

By Brady Dale

Apr 3, 2020 at 10:11 p.m. UTC

Apr 3, 2020

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