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# Ben Hawkins
## Overview
Ben Hawkins is a participant in the Solana DeFi ecosystem who proposed an OTC trade with MetaDAO in February 2024. Limited public information available beyond this governance interaction.
Ben Hawkins is a participant in the Solana DeFi ecosystem who engaged with MetaDAO's futarchy governance system in early 2024, proposing an OTC trade for META tokens.
## Timeline
- **2024-02-13** — Proposed $50,000 OTC trade with MetaDAO to mint 1,500 META tokens at $33.33 per token; proposal failed
- **2024-02-13** — Proposed $50,000 USDC OTC trade to MetaDAO for 1,500 META tokens at $33.33/token; proposal failed
## Relationship to KB
- [[metadao]] - proposed OTC trade

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proposal_date: 2024-02-13
resolution_date: 2024-02-18
category: "treasury"
summary: "Proposal to mint 1,500 META tokens in exchange for $50,000 USDC to MetaDAO treasury at $33.33 per META"
summary: "Ben Hawkins proposed minting 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
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# MetaDAO: Engage in $50,000 OTC Trade with Ben Hawkins
## Summary
Ben Hawkins proposed to mint 1,500 META tokens to his address in exchange for sending $50,000 USDC to MetaDAO's treasury, valuing META at $33.33 per token. The proposal failed after a 5-day voting period.
Ben Hawkins proposed to mint 1,500 META tokens to his wallet in exchange for sending $50,000 USDC to MetaDAO's treasury, valuing META at $33.33 per token. The proposal was rejected by the futarchy markets.
## Market Data
- **Outcome:** Failed
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- **Proposal Account:** US8j6iLf9GkokZbk89Bo1qnGBees5etv5sEfsfvCoZK
- **Proposal Number:** 6
- **Created:** 2024-02-13
- **Completed:** 2024-02-18
- **Ended:** 2024-02-18
- **Price per META:** $33.33 USDC
- **Total Value:** $50,000 USDC
- **META to Mint:** 1,500
## Significance
This was an early OTC treasury deal proposal on MetaDAO's futarchy platform, testing whether the community would approve direct token sales to individual buyers. The failure suggests either the price point was unfavorable, the buyer was not strategically valuable, or the community preferred alternative treasury management approaches. This contrasts with the later Pantera Capital OTC proposal (also failed), indicating MetaDAO's futarchy governance was selective about treasury dilution even in early stages.
This represents an early OTC treasury trade proposal on MetaDAO's futarchy platform. The market rejection suggests either unfavorable pricing ($33.33/META) or concerns about direct token minting for treasury funding. This proposal preceded a similar failed proposal with Pantera Capital, indicating MetaDAO's futarchy markets were actively filtering treasury deals during this period.
## Relationship to KB
- [[metadao]] - treasury governance decision
- [[futardio]] - platform where proposal was executed
- [[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
- [[metadao]] - governance decision
- [[futardio]] - platform used for decision market

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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: Proposal to mint 1,500 META for $50,000 USDC ($33.33/META) rejected by futarchy markets
- **2024-02-13** — [[metadao-otc-trade-ben-hawkins]] failed: Ben Hawkins proposed $50K USDC for 1,500 META at $33.33/token, rejected by futarchy markets
## Key Decisions
| Date | Proposal | Proposer | Category | Outcome |
|------|----------|----------|----------|---------|

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processed_by: rio
processed_date: 2026-03-11
extraction_model: "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5"
extraction_notes: "Factual governance proposal data with no novel claims. Created decision_market entity for the failed OTC trade proposal, updated MetaDAO timeline, and created minimal entity for Ben Hawkins as proposer. No mechanism insights or arguable propositions beyond the factual outcome. This is similar to the Pantera Capital OTC proposal (also failed), suggesting a pattern of MetaDAO rejecting early OTC treasury deals."
extraction_notes: "Factual proposal data with no novel mechanism insights. Created decision_market entity for the proposal, updated MetaDAO timeline, and created Ben Hawkins person entity. No claims extracted as this is purely transactional data with no arguable propositions about futarchy mechanics or governance dynamics beyond what's already captured in existing claims about MetaDAO's OTC trade patterns."
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## Proposal Details
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## Key Facts
- MetaDAO proposal #6 created 2024-02-13, ended 2024-02-18
- Ben Hawkins wallet address: GxHamnPVxsBaWdbUSjR4C5izhMv2snriGyYtjCkAVzze
- MetaDAO treasury address: ADCCEAbH8eixGj5t73vb4sKecSKo7ndgDSuWGvER4Loy
- Ben Hawkins proposed minting 1,500 META for $50,000 USDC on 2024-02-13
- Proposal valued META at $33.33 per token
- Proposal failed and completed on 2024-02-18
- Proposal account: US8j6iLf9GkokZbk89Bo1qnGBees5etv5sEfsfvCoZK
- DAO account: 7J5yieabpMoiN3LrdfJnRjQiXHgi7f47UuMnyMyR78yy
- Proposer account: HfFi634cyurmVVDr9frwu4MjGLJzz9XbAJz981HdVaNz
- Autocrat version: 0.1
- Target wallet: GxHamnPVxsBaWdbUSjR4C5izhMv2snriGyYtjCkAVzze
- Treasury wallet: ADCCEAbH8eixGj5t73vb4sKecSKo7ndgDSuWGvER4Loy