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| type | entity_type | name | domain | status | parent_entity | platform | proposer | proposal_url | proposal_account | proposal_number | proposal_date | resolution_date | category | summary | key_metrics | tracked_by | created | ||||||||||
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| entity | decision_market | Sanctum: DeFiance Capital CLOUD Token Acquisition | internet-finance | failed | sanctum | futardio | DeFiance Capital | https://www.futard.io/proposal/CFZzTU9YBc2ESa9jXeiYsq1sbN2vg346gUunA5NC3iCj | CFZzTU9YBc2ESa9jXeiYsq1sbN2vg346gUunA5NC3iCj | 3 | 2025-10-22 | 2025-10-25 | treasury | DeFiance Capital proposed acquiring 13.7M CLOUD tokens (5% of community reserve) at $0.12 per token for $1.644M USDC |
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rio | 2026-03-11 |
Sanctum: DeFiance Capital CLOUD Token Acquisition
Summary
DeFiance Capital proposed to purchase 13.7 million CLOUD tokens (5% of Sanctum's community reserve) at $0.12 per token (30-day TWAP at proposal submission) for $1.644M USDC. The proposal emphasized DeFiance's multi-year partnership history since 2021 and committed to ongoing strategic support including institutional promotion, DAT integration facilitation, and strategic advisory. The proposal failed after a 3-day voting period.
Market Data
- Outcome: Failed
- Proposer: DeFiance Capital (Arthur Cheong)
- Proposal Account: CFZzTU9YBc2ESa9jXeiYsq1sbN2vg346gUunA5NC3iCj
- DAO Account: GVmi7ngRAVsUHh8REhKDsB2yNftJTNRt5qMLHDDCizov
- Duration: 2025-10-22 to 2025-10-25 (3 days)
- Autocrat Version: 0.3
Proposal Terms
- Amount: 13.7M CLOUD tokens (5% of community reserve supply)
- Price: $0.12 per token (30-day TWAP at initial submission)
- Total Value: $1.644M USDC
- Payment Destination: Sanctum Community Reserve
- Pricing Rationale: 30-day time-weighted average price at proposal submission
Partnership History Cited
- 2021: Initial investment in Sanctum with strategic introductions to major funds
- Ongoing: LST partnership development, facilitated introductions between Sanctum and Solana DATs
- Market Exposure: Encouraged team presentations at industry events, refined pitch for institutional investors
- Strategic Advisory: Ongoing guidance on positioning and growth strategy
Proposed Future Value
DeFiance Capital committed to:
- Institutional Promotion: Active promotion to crypto funds and traditional finance institutions
- DAT Integration: Facilitate integration with all major Digital Asset Treasuries
- Strategic Advisory: Continue product development, partnership, and market positioning guidance
Significance
This proposal represents an attempt by an established crypto investment firm to acquire treasury tokens directly through futarchy governance rather than secondary markets or private deals. The failure suggests community resistance to direct treasury sales to institutional investors, even with multi-year partnership history and commitments to ongoing support. The pricing mechanism (30-day TWAP) and the 5% allocation size may have been factors in rejection.
Relationship to KB
- sanctum — parent entity, governance decision
- defiance-capital — proposer entity
- MetaDAO — futarchy platform provider (Autocrat v0.3)
- Tests institutional participation in futarchy-governed treasury management
- Example of treasury token sale proposal structure and market rejection