{"id":65156,"date":"2023-11-21T11:13:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T15:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/?p=65156"},"modified":"2023-11-21T11:13:04","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T15:13:04","slug":"aragon-dao-members-fund-legal-action-against-founders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/aragon-dao-members-fund-legal-action-against-founders\/","title":{"rendered":"Aragon DAO Members Fund Legal Action Against Founders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Aragon DAO members have expressed dissatisfaction with the founding team\u2019s recent move to dissolve its governing body and shut down its token, so they have voted to fund<a href=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/binance-considers-legal-action-following-checkout-com-split.html\"> legal action<\/a> against the founders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-81-1024x536.png\" alt=\"Aragon DAO Members Fund Legal Action Against Founders\" class=\"wp-image-65173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-81-1024x536.png 1024w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-81-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-81-768x402.png 768w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-81-18x9.png 18w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-81-750x392.png 750w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-81.png 1040w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Aragon DAO Members Fund Legal Action Against Founders<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Due to their decision to dissolve the governing body and distribute the majority of the organization's assets to tokenholders, the founding team of a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) is facing legal action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The organization responsible for Aragon declared the dissolution of the Aragon Association on November 2. Officials said that <a href=\"https:\/\/coinmarketcap.com\/currencies\/aragon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ANT token<span class=\"wpil-link-icon\" title=\"Link goes to external site.\" style=\"margin: 0 0 0 5px;\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"height:16px; width:16px; fill:#000000; stroke:#000000; display:inline-block;\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:svg=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><g id=\"wpil-svg-outbound-7-icon-path\" fill=\"none\" clip-path=\"url(#clip0_31_188)\">\r\n                            <path d=\"M9.16724 14.8891L20.1672 3.88908\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/>\r\n                            <path d=\"M13.4497 3.53554L20.5208 3.53554L20.5208 10.6066\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/>\r\n                            <path d=\"M17.5 13.5L17.5 16.26C17.5 17.4179 17.5 17.9968 17.2675 18.4359C17.0799 18.7902 16.7902 19.0799 16.4359 19.2675C15.9968 19.5 15.4179 19.5 14.26 19.5L7.74 19.5C6.58213 19.5 6.0032 19.5 5.56414 19.2675C5.20983 19.0799 4.92007 18.7902 4.73247 18.4359C4.5 17.9968 4.5 17.4179 4.5 16.26L4.5 9.74C4.5 8.58213 4.5 8.0032 4.73247 7.56414C4.92007 7.20983 5.20982 6.92007 5.56414 6.73247C6.0032 6.5 6.58213 6.5 7.74 6.5L11 6.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/>\r\n                        <\/g>\r\n                        <defs>\r\n                            <clipPath id=\"clip0_31_188\">\r\n                                <rect fill=\"white\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\"\/>\r\n                            <\/clipPath>\r\n                        <\/defs><\/svg><\/span><\/a> holders can substitute their tokens for Ether through the organization's treasury. The update will return approximately $155 million to its stakeholders in digital assets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Without consulting the DAO, the Aragon team deactivated the ANT token and dissolved its governing body, citing various reasons. This action has infuriated a segment of the community, vocalizing its profound discontent with the decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The DAO voted on November 21 to allocate 300,000 <a href=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/paxos-to-launch-usd-stablecoin-in-singapore.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">USD Coin <\/a>to Patagon Management, a Delaware-based organization owned by Diogenes Casares, to initiate legal proceedings against Aragon. In opposition to the Aragon team, the firm will lead the negotiations and litigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The proposal will guarantee &#8220;a proportionate return of deceased token funds to token holders who have redeemed them, rather than their removal.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regarding safeguarding the legal process, the approved proposal also grants Patagon the ability to determine a legal strategy and maintain confidentiality. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nevertheless, public reports will detail every financial transaction involving Patagon that is pertinent to the case. Patagon will also hold the funds in a bank account and a wallet address distinct from the organization's business accounts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aragon DAO members have expressed dissatisfaction with the founding team\u2019s recent move to dissolve its governing body and shut down its token, so they have voted to fund legal action against the founders. Due to their decision to dissolve the governing body and distribute the majority of the organization&#8217;s assets to tokenholders, the founding team [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":65173,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[17313,17312,14226],"class_list":["post-65156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-ant-token","tag-aragon-dao","tag-legal-action"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-81.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65156\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}