Alabama has become the second US state after Wyoming to grant DAOs legal status under the DUNA Act. The legislation requires at least 100 members and provides full legal entity status, allowing DAOs to own property, enter contracts, and shield members from liability. a16z Crypto's Miles Jennings called it essential to crypto's future. https://cointelegraph.com/news/alabama-enacts-duna-act-grant-daos-legal-status #UPD8 #DAO #News #Legal #Alabama

Token voting in crypto is broken by low participation and whale dominance, a core problem for DAO governance. Decision markets now price conviction to fix these incentives. https://cointelegraph.com/news/token-voting-broken-incentive-system #UPD8 #DAO #News #Governance

Aave V4 launches on Ethereum after onchain governance vote approves deployment. The upgrade introduces modular design for onchain credit markets, including structured lending and tokenized asset-backed credit. Aave Pro and Chainlink integration will support the expansion. https://cointelegraph.com/news/aave-launches-v4-ethereum-after-onchain-vote-split-support #UPD8 #DAO #News #Governance #Aave

The Lido DAO has proposed a 20 million USD token buyback programme to support the LDO token price, which has fallen 95.9% from its all-time high. The proposal comes amid thin DeFi governance token liquidity. https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/03/30/lido-dao-proposes-usd20-million-ldo-buyback-to-boost-price-after-95-slide #UPD8 #DAO #News #DeFi #Lido

Aave, one of DeFi's largest lending protocols, faces a governance showdown over its future direction. The community pushes for a neutral, open platform while a faction warns the network is drifting toward a more coordinated model where key contributors shape products and capture revenue. Aave Labs CEO Stani Kulechov frames the moment as a necessary evolution, not a breakdown. https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2026/03/29/inside-aave-s-governance-battle-as-defi-giant-prepares-for-upgrade #UPD8 #DAO #News #Governance #Aave

Washington state has sued prediction market Kalshi, alleging the platform offers gambling products disguised as prediction markets. The lawsuit marks an escalation in state-level regulatory pressure against prediction markets. https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/03/28/washington-sues-kalshi-as-states-ramp-up-legal-pressure-against-prediction-markets #UPD8 #DAO #News #Regulation

Aave DAO has voted overwhelmingly to approve the deployment of V4 on mainnet. The near-unanimous Snapshot vote clears the way for the next major upgrade of the decentralised lending protocol. https://cointelegraph.com/news/aave-dao-backs-v4-deployment-near-unanimous-snapshot-vote #UPD8 #DAO #News #Governance

Aragon introduces Linked Accounts, enabling organisations to segment treasury funds into purpose-specific accounts while maintaining unified governance and visibility across operations, rewards and grants. https://blog.aragon.org/introducing-linked-accounts/ #UPD8 #DAO #News #Governance

DAOs may need to abandon pure decentralization to attract institutional capital, as the Across Protocol proposal shows. The protocol plans to transition from DAO to a private company, citing that the DAO structure hindered enterprise deals. https://cointelegraph.com/news/daos-ditch-decentralization-court-institutions #UPD8 #DAO #News #Governance #Across

DAO tooling provider Tally is shutting down after five years, citing a lack of sustainable business models for governance tooling. The platform served over one million users across hundreds of organizations and processed more than 1 billion USD in payments. #UPD8 #DAO #News #Tooling #Tally https://cointelegraph.com/news/tally-winds-down-citing-lack-of-viable-market-for-dao-tooling