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| type | entity_type | name | domain | status | parent_entity | platform | proposer | proposal_url | proposal_date | resolution_date | category | summary | tracked_by | created |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| entity | decision_market | Dean's List: Enhancing The Dean's List DAO Economic Model | internet-finance | passed | deans-list | futardio | IslandDAO | https://www.futard.io/proposal/5c2XSWQ9rVPge2Umoz1yenZcAwRaQS5bC4i4w87B1WUp | 2024-07-18 | 2024-07-22 | treasury | Transition from USDC payments to $DEAN token buyback model with 20% USDC tax retention | rio | 2026-03-11 |
Dean's List: Enhancing The Dean's List DAO Economic Model
Summary
The proposal restructured Dean's List DAO's payment model to charge clients in USDC, use 80% of revenue to purchase $DEAN tokens for citizen payments, and retain 20% DAO tax in USDC as treasury hedge. The model aims to create structural buy pressure on $DEAN while maintaining operational stability through stablecoin reserves.
Market Data
- Outcome: Passed
- Proposer: IslandDAO
- Resolution Date: 2024-07-22
- Baseline Metrics: $337,074 FDV, 500 USDC daily volume, 100M $DEAN circulating supply
- Projected Impact: 5.33% FDV increase (from $337,074 to $355,028)
Mechanism Details
The proposal introduced asymmetric treasury flows:
- Client payments: 2,500 USDC per dApp review
- DAO tax: 20% (500 USDC) retained in USDC
- Token buyback: 80% (2,000 USDC) used to purchase $DEAN
- Citizen payments: Distributed in $DEAN tokens
- Projected volume: 6 reviews/month = 15,000 USDC monthly revenue
The model assumes 80% of $DEAN recipients immediately sell, creating 448k $DEAN sell pressure against 560k $DEAN buy pressure, resulting in net positive price impact.
Significance
This proposal represents a novel DAO treasury architecture that separates operational stability (USDC reserves) from token price exposure (citizen compensation). The asymmetric tax retention creates a structural hedge while the buyback mechanism generates continuous buy pressure. The model passed MetaDAO's 3% TWAP threshold with projected 5.33% FDV increase, demonstrating how futarchy governance shapes economic model design around quantifiable price impact metrics.
Relationship to KB
- deans-list - parent entity 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
- token economics replacing management fees and carried interest creates natural meritocracy in investment governance - related economic model