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type: decision
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entity_type: decision_market
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name: "Ranger: Liquidate Ranger Finance"
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domain: internet-finance
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status: passed
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parent_entity: "[[ranger-finance]]"
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platform: "futardio"
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proposer: "Group of RNGR tokenholders"
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proposal_url: "https://www.metadao.fi/projects/ranger/proposal/DPATwR2HLcGZCBZCTffzagV4r7dp5FF2C9aJmiuCDUpS"
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proposal_date: 2026-03-02
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resolution_date: 2026-03-05
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category: "liquidation"
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summary: "Tokenholders voted to liquidate Ranger Finance citing material misrepresentations about revenue and product-market fit — treasury USDC returned to holders, IP returned to team"
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tracked_by: rio
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created: 2026-03-24
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# Ranger: Liquidate Ranger Finance
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## Summary
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Group of RNGR tokenholders proposed full liquidation of Ranger Finance, alleging the team made material misrepresentations about business metrics to entice investment. Key allegations: co-founder stated "$5B volume → $2M revenue" for 2025, but on-chain analysis showed ~$2B volume and ~$500K revenue, with volume and revenue down 90%+ between ICO announcement (Nov 2025) and the presentation (Dec 2025). Activity dropped to near-zero post-ICO announcement, indicating users were points farmers not organic users. The proposal nullified the prior 90-day buyback cooldown.
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## Market Data
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- **Outcome:** Passed
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- **Proposal Account:** DPATwR2HLcGZCBZCTffzagV4r7dp5FF2C9aJmiuCDUpS
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- **Duration:** 2026-03-02 to ~2026-03-05
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- **Treasury USDC:** ~$3.5M
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- **Expected book value:** $0.75-$0.82 per RNGR
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- **Eligible tokens:** ~5.8-6.4M RNGR (excludes locked team, out-of-range LP, buyback tokens)
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## Liquidation Structure
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1. Remove all RNGR/USDC liquidity from futarchyAMM
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2. Snapshot vested token balances 1 week after voting ends
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3. Calculate book value per token from treasury USDC + LP USDC
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4. Open redemption for tokenholders at book value
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5. Return all IP, trademarks, source code to Glint House PTE. LTD
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6. Unclaimed USDC after 18 months at MetaDAO team's discretion
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## Significance
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Third futarchy-governed liquidation on MetaDAO (after mtnCapital and Hurupay), but the first contested liquidation where tokenholders allege material misrepresentation. This is the strongest test of futarchy-governed investor protection: the market mechanism allowed investors to force full treasury return when they believed the team broke trust. The proposal explicitly overrode the 90-day cooldown from the previous buyback proposal, demonstrating that futarchy can override its own prior decisions when new evidence emerges.
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The detailed on-chain evidence (Dune queries, Discord screenshots, timeline analysis) presented in the proposal shows the level of due diligence possible when governance is transparent and data is on-chain.
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## Relationship to KB
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- [[ranger-finance]] — parent entity, liquidation event
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- [[futarchy-governed liquidation is the enforcement mechanism that makes unruggable ICOs credible because investors can force full treasury return when teams materially misrepresent]] — strongest evidence
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- [[futarchy can override its own prior decisions when new evidence emerges because conditional markets re-evaluate proposals against current information not historical commitments]] — overrode 90-day cooldown
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- [[ownership coins primary value proposition is investor protection not governance quality because anti-rug enforcement through market-governed liquidation creates credible exit guarantees that no amount of decision optimization can match]] — liquidation as investor protection
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## Full Proposal Text
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*Source: metadao.fi, tabled 2026-03-02. Authors: Group of RNGR tokenholders.*
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Since the ICO concluded, it's become clear that: (1) the Ranger team made material misrepresentations about their business, and (2) the business was predicated on points farming, not organic activity.
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Key evidence: In a presentation, Ranger co-founder FA2 stated "Current stats: we are close to doing $5 billion in volume this year and next year we are targeting to do $100 billion in volume" with a slide showing "2025: $5b volume → $2m revenue". On-chain analysis shows volume was ~$2B and revenue ~$500K, with volume/revenue down 90%+ between ICO announcement and presentation. Multiple team members repeated the $2M revenue figure without correction.
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Activity across perps and spot declined to near-zero following the ICO announcement, indicating "users" were points farmers not organic users.
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Proposed plan: remove LP, snapshot vested balances, calculate book value, open redemption. Treasury USDC: ~$3.5M. Expected book value: $0.75-$0.82. Return all IP to Glint House PTE. LTD.
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