Aragon project updates: August 2020
Aragon Network DAO, Curve is powered by Aragon, more liquidity rewards, Conviction Funding, and much more!
Hey everyone!
August was one of the most action-packed months in Aragonβs history.
Major roadmap updates, novel governance experiments, and a new aragonOS release to name a few.
Letβs jump right in!
The Aragon Network DAO is coming! π¦
The Aragon Network is the cornerstone of the Aragon project. And itβs almost here!
ANT liquidity rewards, part deux π€
Following the smashing success of the first round on Uniswap, this time we are using Balancer to help mitigate slippage and improve the UX for receiving the rewards. Read more β
New Aragon DAO AUM record: $350M π
More and more DeFi protocols are calling Aragon home!
Curve DAO π
One of the most highly anticipated DeFi DAOs launched on Aragon: CurveDAO. Curve does over $100M in trading volume every day. Curve has parameters that can be governed by its users to improve the protocol and adjust to changing market conditions.
Conviction Funding π³
This is a Big Deal. Conviction funding is a truly novel way for open, permissionless communities to allocate resources for various purposes fairly. We put up 9k ANT, about $75,000, requesting proposals from the community and having ANT holders vote on their favorites. So far, two proposals have been accepted of the 17 proposals, with more proposals rolling in every day. About 5 more weeks to go! Read more β
New ANT controller π
ANT has been updated to be safer as we move closer to the Aragon Network DAO governing the whole Network. Read more β
aragonOS 5 released π¦Ύ
After two years, we announced a new release of aragonOS. With it, comes a new flavor of Disputable apps that seamlessly integrate with Aragon Court and Agreements. Check it out β
Aragon Network Agreement community review π
The Aragon Network Agreement that will define the subjective rules of the Aragon Network was released for community review before being approved (or not) by ANT holder vote. Read more β
Technical details of the Aragon Network π
While subjective rules make the Aragon Network unique, they are complemented by objective rules, encoded in and enforced by smart contracts. Read more β
Exchange listings π±
In less than a day, ANT was listed on Binance, Huobi, and OKEx.
25k ANT holders π¦
Total addresses holding ANT sharply rose this month from around 23.5k to 25.9k!
Aragon Experts π©βπ¬
DAO experts are in high demand, so Aragon Experts are as well. We launched the Aragon Experts program so projects looking to engage with skilled experts can make their ideas come to life. Read more β
ANT FCAS βοΈ
ANT receives highly coveted rating from FCAS.
ANT hits all time high π
Surpassing its all-time-high from 2017.
Aragon China πΌ
Aragonβs community in China is rapidly growing, with hundreds of DAO enthusiasts flocking to WeChat groups to discuss and build on Aragon. Among their creations is a localized version of the Aragon client that allows for some of the fastest DAO creation flows weβve ever seen.