---
type: source
title: "MetaDAO: The New Capital Formation Layer of The Internet"
author: "Shoal Research"
url: https://www.shoal.gg/p/metadao-the-new-capital-formation
date: 2026-02-00
domain: internet-finance
secondary_domains: []
format: article
status: unprocessed
priority: medium
tags: [metadao, capital-formation, ownership-coins, futarchy, DAO-LLC, performance-packages]
---

## Content

**Ownership Coin Structure:**
- Tokens are "ownership certificates conferring actual control over project assets and decisions"
- Funds locked in on-chain treasury
- Project IP (domain, code, social accounts) resides under a DAO LLC
- Team allocations locked in performance packages that only unlock at price milestones
- Not empty "governance tokens" but legally enforceable ownership

**Two Pillars:**
1. ICO launchpad to launch ownership coins
2. Governance model using decision markets (futarchy)

**Platform Mechanics:**
- Projects launch 4-day public sales
- Everyone pays the same price
- Founders set: mission, market opportunity, minimum raise, monthly budget
- No private rounds or auctioned allocations
- Pro-rata allocation when oversubscribed

**2026 Framing:**
"The real test arrives in 2026, when markets will judge which model proves more durable: flow-driven rapid turnover, or mechanism-driven deep selection."

## Agent Notes
**Why this matters:** The DAO LLC + IP lockup structure is the legal foundation that makes ownership coins "unruggable." This is how you tie digital ownership to real-world assets — the LLC holds the IP, the token represents ownership of the LLC, and futarchy governs the LLC's decisions.
**What surprised me:** The performance package detail — team tokens only unlock at PRICE milestones. This is exactly what our existing claim [[performance-unlocked-team-tokens-with-price-multiple-triggers-and-twap-settlement-create-long-term-alignment-without-initial-dilution]] describes. Good to see it implemented.
**What I expected but didn't find:** Revenue data from ownership coin projects. Are these projects generating actual revenue, or is the value purely speculative? The 2026 test — "flow-driven vs mechanism-driven" — needs revenue data to resolve.
**KB connections:** Strengthens [[MetaDAO is the futarchy launchpad on Solana]]. The DAO LLC structure validates [[Ooki DAO proved that DAOs without legal wrappers face general partnership liability making entity structure a prerequisite for any futarchy-governed vehicle]] — MetaDAO projects use legal wrappers. The performance package detail validates existing claims about TWAP-settled team tokens.
**Extraction hints:** The "capital formation layer" framing is worth considering as a positioning claim — MetaDAO as infrastructure vs application. Low priority for new claims, mostly validates existing ones.
**Context:** Shoal Research is a Solana-focused research outfit. The "two pillars" framing is useful for understanding MetaDAO's dual role.

## Curator Notes (structured handoff for extractor)
PRIMARY CONNECTION: [[MetaDAO is the futarchy launchpad on Solana where projects raise capital through unruggable ICOs governed by conditional markets creating the first platform for ownership coins at scale]]
WHY ARCHIVED: Confirms DAO LLC legal structure and performance package implementation — validates existing claims with implementation details
EXTRACTION HINT: Low priority for new claims; useful for enriching existing claims with implementation specifics
