---
type: decision
entity_type: decision_market
name: "MetaDAO: VC Discount Rejection"
domain: internet-finance
status: rejected
parent_entity: "[[metadao]]"
platform: metadao
proposal_date: 2026-03
resolution_date: 2026-03
category: treasury
summary: "$6M OTC deal offering VCs 30% META discount rejected via futarchy; 16% price surge followed"
tracked_by: rio
created: 2026-03-18
---

# MetaDAO VC Discount Rejection

## Proposal
A $6M OTC deal that would have offered VC firms a 30% discount on META tokens.

## Outcome
- **Result:** Rejected via futarchy governance
- **Market reaction:** 16% surge in META price following rejection
- **Significance:** Demonstrates futarchy working as designed to prevent value extraction by insiders

## Analysis
This decision provides strong empirical evidence for futarchy's ability to prevent minority exploitation. The market literally priced in "we rejected the extractive deal" as positive, with a 16% price surge following the rejection. This shows that:

1. Smaller participants successfully blocked a deal that would have benefited large holders at their expense
2. The conditional market mechanism made the extractive deal unprofitable to pursue
3. The community recognized and rejected value extraction through the futarchy process

This was also a CONTESTED decision with meaningful engagement, providing counter-evidence to the pattern documented in [[MetaDAOs futarchy implementation shows limited trading volume in uncontested decisions]] — when stakes are high enough, participation follows.

## Related
- [[decision markets make majority theft unprofitable through conditional token arbitrage]]
- [[futarchy-governed permissionless launches require brand separation to manage reputational liability because failed projects on a curated platform damage the platforms credibility]] — the VC discount rejection occurred on the curated MetaDAO platform, not futard.io
