rio: extract from 2024-02-13-futardio-proposal-engage-in-50000-otc-trade-with-ben-hawkins.md

- Source: inbox/archive/2024-02-13-futardio-proposal-engage-in-50000-otc-trade-with-ben-hawkins.md
- Domain: internet-finance
- Extracted by: headless extraction cron (worker 5)

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entities/internet-finance/ben-hawkins.md

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+---
+type: entity
+entity_type: person
+name: "Ben Hawkins"
+domain: internet-finance
+status: active
+tracked_by: rio
+created: 2026-03-11
+---
+
+# Ben Hawkins
+
+## Overview
+Ben Hawkins is a participant in the Solana DeFi ecosystem who engaged with MetaDAO's futarchy governance system through an OTC trade proposal in early 2024.
+
+## Timeline
+- **2024-02-13** — Proposed [[metadao-otc-trade-ben-hawkins]]: offered to purchase 1,500 META tokens for $50,000 USDC at $33.33 per token, proposal failed
+
+## Relationship to KB
+- [[metadao]] - proposed OTC trade with treasury
+- [[MetaDAOs Autocrat program implements futarchy through conditional token markets where proposals create parallel pass and fail universes settled by time-weighted average price over a three-day window]] - governance mechanism used

entities/internet-finance/metadao-otc-trade-ben-hawkins.md

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+---
+type: entity
+entity_type: decision_market
+name: "MetaDAO: Engage in $50,000 OTC Trade with Ben Hawkins"
+domain: internet-finance
+status: failed
+parent_entity: "[[metadao]]"
+platform: "futardio"
+proposer: "Ben Hawkins"
+proposal_url: "https://www.futard.io/proposal/US8j6iLf9GkokZbk89Bo1qnGBees5etv5sEfsfvCoZK"
+proposal_date: 2024-02-13
+resolution_date: 2024-02-18
+category: "treasury"
+summary: "Ben Hawkins proposed to mint 1,500 META tokens in exchange for $50,000 USDC to MetaDAO treasury at $33.33 per META"
+tracked_by: rio
+created: 2026-03-11
+---
+
+# MetaDAO: Engage in $50,000 OTC Trade with Ben Hawkins
+
+## Summary
+Ben Hawkins proposed an OTC trade where MetaDAO would mint 1,500 META tokens and send them to his address in exchange for $50,000 USDC to be deposited in MetaDAO's treasury. The proposal valued META at $33.33 per token. The proposal failed after a 5-day decision period.
+
+## Market Data
+- **Outcome:** Failed
+- **Proposer:** Ben Hawkins
+- **Proposal Account:** US8j6iLf9GkokZbk89Bo1qnGBees5etv5sEfsfvCoZK
+- **Proposal Number:** 6
+- **Created:** 2024-02-13
+- **Completed:** 2024-02-18
+- **Ended:** 2024-02-18
+- **Autocrat Version:** 0.1
+
+## Significance
+This proposal represents an early test of MetaDAO's futarchy-governed treasury operations, specifically the mechanism for OTC token sales to strategic participants. The failure suggests the market did not believe this trade would increase META token value at the proposed price point, demonstrating futarchy's ability to reject treasury dilution when terms are unfavorable.
+
+## Relationship to KB
+- [[metadao]] - treasury governance decision
+- [[MetaDAOs Autocrat program implements futarchy through conditional token markets where proposals create parallel pass and fail universes settled by time-weighted average price over a three-day window]] - governance mechanism used

entities/internet-finance/metadao.md

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 - **2026-03** — Pine Analytics Q4 2025 quarterly report published
 
 - **2024-02-18** — [[metadao-otc-trade-pantera-capital]] failed: Pantera Capital's $50,000 OTC purchase proposal rejected by futarchy markets
+- **2024-02-13** — [[metadao-otc-trade-ben-hawkins]] failed: Ben Hawkins proposed minting 1,500 META for $50,000 USDC at $33.33 per token, futarchy markets rejected the treasury dilution
 ## Key Decisions
 | Date | Proposal | Proposer | Category | Outcome |
 |------|----------|----------|----------|---------|

inbox/archive/2024-02-13-futardio-proposal-engage-in-50000-otc-trade-with-ben-hawkins.md

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 date: 2024-02-13
 domain: internet-finance
 format: data
-status: unprocessed
+status: processed
 tags: [futardio, metadao, futarchy, solana, governance]
 event_type: proposal
+processed_by: rio
+processed_date: 2026-03-11
+extraction_model: "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5"
+extraction_notes: "Routine treasury OTC proposal that failed. No novel mechanism insights or claims to extract. Created decision_market entity for the proposal, updated MetaDAO timeline, and created Ben Hawkins person entity. This is similar to the Pantera Capital OTC proposal that also failed, suggesting a pattern of market rejection for OTC trades at this price point during this period."
 ---
 
 ## Proposal Details
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 - Autocrat version: 0.1
 - Completed: 2024-02-18
 - Ended: 2024-02-18
+
+
+## Key Facts
+- MetaDAO proposal #6 created 2024-02-13, completed 2024-02-18
+- Ben Hawkins proposed minting 1,500 META for $50,000 USDC ($33.33 per META)
+- Proposal account: US8j6iLf9GkokZbk89Bo1qnGBees5etv5sEfsfvCoZK
+- Recipient address: GxHamnPVxsBaWdbUSjR4C5izhMv2snriGyYtjCkAVzze
+- Treasury address: ADCCEAbH8eixGj5t73vb4sKecSKo7ndgDSuWGvER4Loy
+- Autocrat version: 0.1