YOU ASKED — WE'RE BUILDING

Two new modules for XDAO crowdfunding are now in active development.

Mass Payout is one of the key challenges for any DAO after a successful crowdfunding campaign. Mass Payout solves it head-on: the DAO distributes funds to all LP holders proportionally to their share. Once a month, once a year — as many rounds as needed

Vesting is the feature you've been asking for. Vesting allows LP tokens to be released not all at once when the campaign ends, but gradually — with a delay and linear unlock. This is a game changer for founders: instead of instant token distribution, a structured schedule that retains participants and builds contributor confidence.

Both modules are independent of each other, installed through a DAO vote, and have zero impact on existing campaigns.

Stay tuned

XDAO — Create and Manage DAOs in Telegram

XDAO is an infrastructure for digital autonomous organizations on TON. Create a DAO, bring your community on board, and make decisions together — all without leaving Telegram.

Crowdfunding is the core of what we do. Any DAO can launch a campaign and collect contributions by issuing LP tokens — each token reflects a participant's level of involvement. Contributions in TON and stablecoins, soft/hard caps, whitelists for private rounds, multi-round campaigns, automatic refunds if the goal isn't met.

Over $55M has already been collected through XDAO on EVM chains. Now the same engine — rebuilt and expanded — is live on TON.

We've added a video walkthrough to the step-by-step Crowdfunding Setup Guide. Watch it, follow along, launch your first campaign in minutes.

⚠️ This post is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial, investment, or legal advice. Participation in DAOs and crowdfunding campaigns involves risks, including the potential loss of funds. Always do your own research (DYOR) before making any decisions.

Your DAO Can Now Raise Capital Directly Through Telegram — We're Launching the Crowdfunding Module on TON

XDAO is the first platform to deliver a full-featured crowdfunding tool for DAOs. Until today, nothing like this existed in the TON ecosystem.

How it works. Every contributor receives LP tokens upon participation — these tokens represent their share in the campaign. Payouts are then distributed through the same tokens, proportionally to each person's contribution. Fundraising for business ideas, investments, charitable initiatives — everything is transparent, built on smart contracts, with real-time notifications. This is where the true power of decentralized autonomous organizations comes to life — collective financial management by the community.

Battle-tested. The same module on EVM chains (Ethereum, BNB Chain, Polygon, Arbitrum, and others) has already proven its worth — communities across our DAOs have raised over $55M through crowdfunding. It's one of the most popular tools on the platform, and now it's available on TON.

We didn't just port the module — we significantly expanded its functionality. We poured in all the experience and every piece of feedback we've gathered from our users over the years. Capital management in the TON and Telegram ecosystem is entering a whole new level, and it matters to us that you'll be the first to experience it.

Months of development and testing — here's what we've built for you:

Raise funds by selling LP (Liquidity Provider) tokens — a new token type that reflects each participant's share of contribution
Contributions accepted in TON and stablecoins (USDT, USDe)
Flexible campaign configuration — with optional delayed start and end dates
Soft cap and hard cap, plus entry thresholds and per-participant limits
Automatic LP token minting proportional to contribution
Sub-Wallets — isolated wallets for each campaign
Whitelist mode for private rounds
Management fee — GP token holders receive their reward in LP tokens credited to the DAO's balance, aligning the interests of managers with those of participants
Multi-round fundraising on a single LP contract (Round 1 → Round 2 → Round 3…)
100% refund if the soft cap isn't reached — with zero platform fees
Source of Funds Certificate — a PDF document with the full campaign history
Notifications via bot directly in your Telegram community chat
All decisions are made through GP voting — nothing happens without consensus

�� Getting started. We've prepared a convenient Crowdfunding Setup Guide right inside the app — it will walk you through every step. You can find it on any DAO's page, as well as on the app's home screen.

Full details are in the documentation attached to this post. Everything is laid out clearly and step by step.

Your feedback matters. We're running at full capacity right now — try it out, test it, reach out to us. Every piece of feedback genuinely helps us make the product better.

Stay tuned — we'll be breaking down each element of the module in dedicated posts coming soon.

You know we're building something real and useful. And of course, you'll see it for yourselves ����

⚠️ Disclaimer. Always do your own research (DYOR) before participating in any crowdfunding campaign. By contributing funds, you are entrusting them to GP holders — the people who manage the DAO's treasury through multisig. Before contributing, make sure you know and trust these individuals. XDAO provides the infrastructure but bears no responsibility for the decisions of individual DAOs and their man

agers.

XDAO Crowdfunding: How It Works ��

The most anticipated and powerful tool in the XDAO ecosystem is in the final stages. We aren’t just adding a fundraising feature — we are implementing professional investment architecture directly within Telegram. This is a tool for long-term builders, not "one-day" projects.

How it changes the game:

⚙️ Automated Mechanics. The fundraising process is fully automated. General Partners (GPs) set round parameters via Consensus, and the smart contract handles the rest — from processing payments to minting LP (Liquidity Partner) tokens.

�� LP Tokens = Real Ownership. Investors contribute funds with a single tap and receive liquid LP tokens. This is on-chain proof of their contribution and rights to future profits. Everything is transparent and secured on the blockchain.

��️ Rock-Solid Protection. Our smart contracts guarantee security for both parties. If the Soft Cap isn't reached, investors get their money back automatically. No "stuck" funds and no manual refunds.

⚡ Flexible Investment Rounds. Launch as many rounds as your project needs. Private sales for "whales" or public sales for the community — each with different entry prices and conditions. One DAO — infinite possibilities.

��️ Funds Under Consensus Control. No personal wallets. All investments flow directly into the DAO treasury via a dedicated sub-account for each project. Any movement of funds requires GP voting and approval.

We are finishing the final tests and getting everything ready for launch. The start is just around the corner ��

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, XDAO fam! ��✨

2025 is coming to an end, and we want to be honest with you. This year, together we launched the first DAO ecosystem on Telegram. The potential of this step is huge — and it's only beginning to unfold.

What's definitely coming soon:
�� Crowdfunding module. The ability to raise funds for your DAOs through a dedicated module. The feature everyone's been waiting for. It's on its way and will launch very soon.
�� New blockchains. We're already live on 40+ networks — and that's not the limit. More integrations are coming that will open XDAO to even more users.
�� New markets. The world beyond crypto is starting to understand the power of DAOs. We're preparing our product to become a bridge between Web3 and traditional business.

Now, about the token.
Yes, we know. You're waiting. We read every comment, every message — we hear you and deeply appreciate your loyalty, dear Community.

The team is closely monitoring the market and analyzing the global landscape. We want to choose the moment that brings maximum value to the entire community and the project. Thank you for your understanding and support.

Our goal is to make 2026 a breakthrough year for XDAO and for everyone who believes in the project.

What do we need from you?
Believe. Stay with us. The listing will happen. Thank you for being here. Thank you for believing in XDAO. The feeling is mutual ��

Happy 2026! ��

The First DAO for a Rice Paddy — in Japan ��

In May 2024, something unusual happened in the small town of Kofu: farmers, doctors, and entrepreneurs came together to form a DAO — to collectively manage a rice paddy.

The idea belongs to Dr. Shin Kasahara. He believes that human health begins with the soil. That's why the 20 DAO members don't just buy rice in advance — they vote on when to weed, which natural fertilizers to use, and even submit health tests to track how working the land affects their bodies.

For farmers, it's a lifeline: stable income instead of gambling on market prices. For Japan, with its aging rural population, it's a survival experiment.

No tokens for the sake of hype. Just 2,500 m² of land, collective decision-making, and pesticide-free rice.

The project caught attention at the national level: Minister for Economic Revitalization Yoshitaka Shindo — the architect of the "Digital Garden City Nation" program aimed at digitizing rural Japan — sent a video address to the rice planting ceremony, calling the DAO a model for the entire country.

One member has already moved to Kofu — to help the cooperative on the ground.

Sometimes the future smells like fresh soil... and rice ��

"DeFi didn’t survive every cycle just to share the spotlight with hype coins.
Real value doesn’t need noise to stay relevant"

— old crypto wisdom 👴🏻

DAOs are moving beyond DeFi and growing faster than any other non-financial segment �

According to fresh data, non-financial DAOs (media, gaming, content, creative projects) grew by +25% over the past year

Why this segment is booming:

Gaming. Players can actually own a piece of the project, vote on updates, and even share revenue — instead of being “just users”
Media & content. Teams use DAOs to produce content together, manage the project collectively, and distribute earnings transparently
Creative work. Artists, writers, and fans team up to create characters and entire universes — with IP owned collectively by the participants

Before: DAO = DeFi and protocols
Now: DAO = games, series, comics, content, and collective IP

AI companions are leveling up

Treasure DAO has introduced their AI agent $MIO, which already plays Monopoly and Minecraft alongside real players…
Next up is CS:GO, where the agent won’t just play — it will trade items online and tap into real Web2 economies

The key idea is cross-platform AI companions that can be linked to a DAO and launched across different games. These agents will be able to farm resources, collect loot, complete tasks, and even generate value for their owners �

Looks like “game bots” are turning into full-fledged digital assets that work for you — and are owned on-chain by a DAO

The total value of assets held across all DAOs has reached a new high of $24.5 billion �

Fresh data for 2025:

the average treasury size per DAO is ~$1.2M
top DAOs like Uniswap, Aave, Maker, Arbitrum, and Optimism each manage $500M+, holding the majority of the market
the sector has grown +30% over the past year

For comparison:

��in 2023, DAOs held only $10–12B
��in 2021, around $6B

That’s nearly a 4x increase in just a few years!

DAOs are accumulating capital faster than any other Web3 organizational model — and today’s numbers look more like a starting point than a peak

DAO mess up too sometimes �

A recent breakdown from DAO Times highlights an uncomfortable truth: many DAOs lose funds not because of hacks, but because of plain human sloppiness. Opaque grants, weak treasury oversight, and the absence of clear rules all turn into budget leaks, lost trust, and governance chaos

Typical scenarios:
— grants handed out “to friends,” with no clear criteria
— zero reporting, or no one actually reviewing it
— treasury scattered across random wallets with questionable access
— votes happen formally, but no one executes the decisions

In the end, the DAO technically exists, but money disappears into the void, and contributors burn out and quietly walk away

A solid legal foundation, clear rules, written agreements and transparency aren’t bureaucracy — they’re the only way to protect the treasury and maintain community trust. Especially when a DAO grows and the stakes go from $100 to millions $$$

Full breakdown here ����

Your DAO after you hit /create_charter:

Another $9.4M crypto fraud case resulted in a five-year federal sentence

The scheme promised mining and trading returns that did not exist

Cases like this demonstrate the importance of real governance and a robust legal structure in Web3

Legal DAOs provide accountability and transparency from day one btw

Anime in the hands of the community: what Japan DAO is doing �

Japan has launched an interesting platform where artists, writers, and fans come together to create new anime projects collectively

The mechanics are simple:
someone brings an idea for a character or universe → the community votes → the DAO allocates a budget and assembles a team → the IP is distributed among those who actually contributed

Professional artists and writers are already involved, and fans influence the process not just through voting but by choosing the direction: which characters should go into production, which universe to develop, what merch to release, and how the project should evolve. All of this is tied to holding tokens of specific projects

IP (Intellectual Property) means the rights to characters, worlds, merchandise, and licensing. Usually, studios keep full control of these rights, and creators receive only a tiny share of the profits

In Japan DAO, the IP belongs to the creators and the community that supported the launch, so a significant share of the profits goes not to the studio but to the people who actually contributed

DAO gets its first license in a real jurisdiction �

The Bermuda Monetary Authority has issued an official license to DerivaDEX — a derivatives platform fully governed by a DAO. This is the first license of its kind in the world

What this means in simple terms:

a government regulator has recognized a structure where decisions are made not by a CEO or a company, but by a community of tokenholders
DAOs have been given a green light to operate legally in an offshore jurisdiction
projects like this can now bring in institutional players, work with big companies, and not worry that “the regulator will shut everything down”

And one important clarification to avoid confusion: we’ve had DAO LLCs in Wyoming and the Marshall Islands, but in those cases the licenses were issued to legal entities created around a DAO. Here, the licensed entity is the platform directly governed by the DAO, without turning it into a traditional company. This is a fundamentally different level of recognition

In essence, this is the first case where a DAO-governed model has been tested against real-world legal standards — and officially approved. Not an experiment, but a fully recognized business format

we're sorry.

�� Important

The official XDAO token has not been launched yet. Any tokens with similar names ($XDAO, $DAO, etc.) currently appearing on third-party platforms are fake and scams

We haven’t launched or listed our token on Blum or any other platform ��‍♂️

Also, be careful — do not connect your wallets to suspicious websites!

MetaDAO said “no” to venture funds

MetaDAO is a project on Solana that builds a network of prediction markets where users bet on outcomes and earn rewards if they’re right. The entire governance process happens through a DAO

Recently, two venture funds approached the project with an offer to invest $6 million in $META tokens — but with a 30–40% discount and a stake large enough to influence decisions within the DAO ����‍♂️

At first glance, a standard VC deal. But within the community, a discussion started: why sell tokens below market value and give up part of the control to outside players if the project is growing steadily without it?

Most agreed that such terms created more imbalance than benefit

In the end, the DAO voted to reject the offer. A few days later, $META rose about 16%, and the case quickly spread across crypto Twitter as an example of how a decentralized community can preserve a project’s independence — even when millions are on the table

How to make your DAO an official organization?

A legal wrapper is a framework that turns a DAO into a legally recognized entity — without losing decentralization, but with the ability to operate in the real world

What it gives your DAO:

protection of members from personal and tax liability
ownership of assets, tokens, and intellectual property (brand, code, content)
the ability to sign contracts and work with companies
access to fiat payment rails and banking infrastructure
trust from investors and partners

DAObox is a full-stack legal and operational infrastructure for DAOs:

▪️ tailored legal structures based on each DAO’s governance model
▪️ ongoing management and compliance
▪️ independent directors and multi-sig signers
▪️ internal constitutions and legally enforceable rules

Now, with DAObox, DAOs created through XDAO can operate legally, securely, and just like any traditional company

If you want to make your DAO official, ➡️ fill out this short form

Check the first comment for useful links and guides from our partners: everything about legal wrappers, compliance, and DAO structure in one place ����

Liberland: a country as a DAO �

Not only cities can be governed through DAOs. Between Croatia and Serbia lies a tiny piece of land — just 7 square kilometers. In 2015, Czech libertarian Vít Jedlička declared it an independent state called Liberland

At first, it seemed like a joke. But over time, the project gained structure, citizens (now over 700,000 online) and even its own crypto-economy. Today, Liberland is being built as a decentralized republic, where governance and the economy are powered by blockchain

Every citizen can take part in voting, while the treasury and taxes are transparent and recorded in smart contracts. The goal is to move state processes into a DAO format, creating a “digital micro-nation” without bureaucracy

Liberland already has its own constitution, emblem, and “diplomats” around the world. Let’s see how this experiment unfolds