teleo-codex/decisions/internet-finance/metadao-burn-993-percent-meta.md
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type entity_type name domain status tracked_by created last_updated parent_entity platform proposer proposal_url proposal_date resolution_date category summary tags
decision decision_market MetaDAO: Burn 99.3% of META in Treasury internet-finance passed rio 2026-03-11 2026-03-11 metadao futardio doctor.sol & rar3 https://v1.metadao.fi/MetaDAO/trade/ELwCkHt1U9VBpUFJ7qGoVMatEwLSr1HYj9q9t8JQ1NcU 2024-03-03 2024-03-08 treasury Burn ~979,000 of 982,464 treasury-held META tokens to reduce FDV and attract investors
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MetaDAO: Burn 99.3% of META in Treasury

Summary

Proposal to burn approximately 99.3% of treasury-held META tokens (~979,000 of 982,464) to significantly reduce the Fully Diluted Valuation. Passed on Autocrat v0.1. The high FDV was perceived as discouraging investors and limiting participation in the futarchy experiment. Post-burn treasury: ~4,500 META valued at ~$4M plus ~$2M in META-USDC LP at the time ($880/META). Total META supply after burn: ~20,885.

Market Data

  • Outcome: Passed (2024-03-08)
  • Autocrat version: 0.1
  • Key participants: doctor.sol & rar3 (authors), Proph3t (executor)

Significance

One of the most consequential early MetaDAO governance decisions. The burn fundamentally changed MetaDAO's token economics — eliminating the treasury's ability to pay in META and forcing future operations to use USDC or market-purchase META. This created a natural scarcity signal but also meant the DAO would eventually need mintable tokens (which the proposal explicitly noted as a future possibility). The burn set the stage for the later token split and elastic supply debates.

The proposal also reveals early futarchy dynamics: community members (not founders) proposed a radical tokenomics change, and the market approved it. This is a concrete example of futarchy enabling non-founder governance proposals with material treasury impact.

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