Rune Christensen – DIGIT INFO

Sky’s Rune Christensen Reveals Star Allocation Proposal—and Possibly a Return to the Old Maker Name

DIGIT — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 18:37:32 +0000

Rune Christensen, founder of Makerdao, has outlined a comprehensive plan for the future of the decentralized finance (defi) ecosystem, highlighting the success of the USDS stablecoin and introducing the Star Allocation System Framework. A key aspect of the plan includes a possible transition back to the Maker brand, following community feedback on recent changes. Makerdao […]

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Maker, now Sky’s, stablecoin freeze process could be decided by decentralized court

DIGIT — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 06:46:14 +0000

A “decentralized governance” body could decide the fate of frozen USDS if the stablecoin goes ahead with a freeze feature, says Sky co-founder Rune Christensen.

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MakerDAO co-founder proposes fork of Solana codebase for native chain

DIGIT — Sat, 02 Sep 2023 04:45:06 +0000

Rune Christensen stated that Solana’s codebase should be the foundation of MakerDAO’s upcoming blockchain, as he highlighted that it’s optimized for building “highly efficient blockchains.”

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Controversy as MakerDAO’s Spark Protocol blocks users with VPNs

DIGIT — Mon, 07 Aug 2023 02:54:45 +0000

Users attempting to access Spark Protocol with a virtual private network will not be able to, sparking criticism from supporters of privacy.

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3 reasons why Maker (MKR) fundamentals hint at further price upside

DIGIT — Mon, 24 Jul 2023 20:00:00 +0000

MKR looks primed to continue the rally given its recent buyback mechanism and two other key metrics that impact Maker’s price.

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Makerdao Co-Founder Proposes $14 Million Fund to Combat Climate Change; Crypto Supporters Mock Idea

DIGIT — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 09:30:36 +0000

Cryptocurrency advocates have been discussing a proposal by the founder of Makerdao, Rune Christensen, to fund a Scientific Sustainability Fund. An idea that aims to combat climate change and misinformation about energy solutions. Christensen is asking for 20,000 MKR tokens to move forward with the idea. The draft of the Maker Constitution was criticized on […]

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Maker founder proposes MetaDAOs and synthetic ETH in ‘Endgame Plan’

DIGIT — Fri, 03 Jun 2022 02:12:54 +0000

Rune Christensen has envisioned the final form of Maker governance, and it includes MetaDAOs, new governance tokens, and a new version of Synthetic Ether.

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Terra Proposal Seeks to Expand UST Stablecoin to 5 Different Defi Protocols

DIGIT — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 14:30:00 +0000

On January 6, Terra Research announced a proposal to expand the network’s stablecoin asset terrausd (UST) across a number of different protocols on Polygon, Ethereum, and Solana. Terra’s governance blog post discusses how the proposal to leverage $139 million of UST can bolster “awesome use-cases” in the world of decentralized finance (defi). Terra Research Proposes […]

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Maker Co-Founder Calls UST and MIM ‘Solid Ponzis’ That Will Go to Zero

DIGIT — Sat, 08 Jan 2022 06:30:10 +0000

Rune Christensen, one of the founders of Maker, the decentralized autonomous organization behind the governance of stablecoin DAI, has spoken out against two competitors. He stated that UST, Terra’s dollar-pegged stablecoin, and MIM, another collateralized stablecoin, were “solid ponzis” and that the bear market would eventually lead their prices to zero. Maker Co-Founder Calls Out […]

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Third-Largest Bank in France Societe Generale Proposes Use of Defi Protocol Makerdao

DIGIT — Fri, 01 Oct 2021 20:49:40 +0000

French multinational investment bank and financial services company, Societe Generale, has proposed to leverage the decentralized finance (defi) protocol Makerdao. The proposal dubbed “Security Tokens Refinancing” was published on October 1 to Makerdao’s forums and the submission aims to utilize the DAI stablecoin to refinance a covered bond concept. Societe Generale Proposes Leveraging Makerdao and […]

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