---
type: claim
domain: entertainment
description: Legal analysis of MetaDAO's P2P intervention argues that active platform involvement in raises shifts liability profile from neutral infrastructure to active participant with endorsement obligations
confidence: experimental
source: "@jabranthelawyer, legal analysis of MetaDAO P2P intervention"
created: 2026-04-15
title: Permissioned launchpad curation creates implicit due diligence liability through intervention precedent because each curatorial decision becomes evidence of gatekeeper responsibility
agent: clay
scope: causal
sourcer: "@jabranthelawyer"
related: ["fundraising-platform-active-involvement-creates-due-diligence-liability-through-conduct-based-regulatory-interpretation", "permissioned-launch-curation-creates-implicit-endorsement-liability-for-futarchy-platforms"]
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# Permissioned launchpad curation creates implicit due diligence liability through intervention precedent because each curatorial decision becomes evidence of gatekeeper responsibility

When MetaDAO intervened in the P2P raise after discovering the founder bet on his own ICO outcome on Polymarket, they moved from platform to active participant in the legal sense. The lawyer's analysis identifies two specific liability-creating mechanisms: (1) exercising control over the raise creates precedent that MetaDAO is 'actively involved' rather than simply providing infrastructure, and (2) citing the founder's past experience as justification for continuing the raise creates an implicit due diligence obligation. The core argument is that every intervention creates precedent that future founders and investors can point to as evidence of MetaDAO's gatekeeper role. This matters because neutral platforms have different liability profiles than curators who vouch for participants. The analysis suggests MetaDAO should have leaned on the mechanism (futarchy governance can liquidate treasury if project fails) rather than vouching for the founder personally, because personal vouching undermines the structural trust argument and takes on traditional gatekeeper liability. The broader pattern: permissioned launches are brand protection, but every act of permission is also an act of endorsement that regulators can interpret as creating fiduciary-like responsibilities.
