Ooki DAO

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How Crypto Advocates Are Defending Ooki DAO
The case seemed bound to reach one specific conclusion, but not anymore!
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Seed Club Co-Creator: 'DAOs Aren't People. It's a Network'
Seed Club Co-Creator: 'DAOs Aren't People. It's a Network'
The CFTC should identify and serve the people it believes are responsible for Ooki DAO's alleged violations rather than the DAO itself as an entity, a community of lawyers cal...
Seed Club Co-Creator: 'DAOs Aren't People. It's a Network'

Attorney Stephen Palley, who co-authored an amicus brief arguing the CFTC should identify and serve the members of Ooki DAO rather than serve the DAO as an entity online. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)
DAOs Aren't People, Crypto Lawyers Tell Court in CFTC's Ooki Case
The CFTC should serve the people it believes are responsible for Ooki DAO's alleged violations rather than the DAO itself, LeXpunK Army argued Monday.
Attorney Stephen Palley, who co-authored an amicus brief arguing the CFTC should identify and serve the members of Ooki DAO rather than serve the DAO as an entity online. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam (Suzanne Cordeiro/Shutterstock/CoinDesk)
Crypto Venture Capital Fund Paradigm Also Wants CFTC to Serve Ooki DAO's Members
Paradigm has become the third entity to try and join the Ooki DAO case, arguing the CFTC should identify and serve its lawsuit against individual members rather than the DAO a...
CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam (Suzanne Cordeiro/Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

US Judge Rules Crypto Advocates Can Join Ooki DAO's Defense Against CFTC
US Judge Rules Crypto Advocates Can Join Ooki DAO's Defense Against CFTC
A federal judge ruled Wednesday that two groups of crypto advocates could argue that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) should not be able to serve Ooki DAO membe...
US Judge Rules Crypto Advocates Can Join Ooki DAO's Defense Against CFTC

CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam (Suzanne Cordeiro/Shutterstock/CoinDesk)
US Judge Allows Crypto Advocates to Join Ooki Defense Against CFTC
LeXpunK Army and the DeFi Education Fund asked for permission to argue the CFTC could not serve Ooki DAO members through website chat bot.
CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam (Suzanne Cordeiro/Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

CFTC Chair Behnam on Ooki DAO Case
CFTC Chair Behnam on Ooki DAO Case
The controversial case against Ooki DAO was “so egregious and so obvious” that the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) had to pursue it, said Chairman Rostin Behn...
CFTC Chair Behnam on Ooki DAO Case

CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
‘Fear’ May Be Keeping Ooki DAO From Mounting Defense Against CFTC
Time is running out for the DAO to respond to court filings in what could be a major test for crypto governance.
CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

CFTC Commissioner Summer K. Mersinger (CFTC/Shutterstock)
CFTC’s Regulation by Enforcement Needs to Change, Commissioner Says
Summer K. Mersinger told CoinDesk TV’s “First Mover" that Congress needs to establish clear rules for DAOs.
CFTC Commissioner Summer K. Mersinger (CFTC/Shutterstock)

CFTC Commissioner Mersinger 'Cannot Support' Agency's Approach in Ooki DAO Case
CFTC Commissioner Mersinger ‘Cannot Support’ Agency’s Approach in Ooki DAO Case
CFTC Commissioner Summer K. Mersinger expressed her dissent over the agency’s action against Ooki DAO, noting in a press release that “we cannot arbitrarily decide who is acco...
CFTC Commissioner Mersinger 'Cannot Support' Agency's Approach in Ooki DAO Case