Rune Christensen

MakerDAO Founder: Crypto Is a 'Force for Good'
MakerDAO Founder: Crypto Is a ‘Force for Good’
MakerDAO founder Rune Christensen weighs in on how DeFi projects can “interact with the real world economy” and do things like invest in real estate and renewable energy. Chri...
MakerDAO Founder: Crypto Is a 'Force for Good'

MakerDAO Founder on Upcoming Ethereum Merge
MakerDAO Founder on Upcoming Ethereum Merge
MakerDAO founder Rune Christensen discusses his plans for a major governance proposal ahead of Ethereum’s highly-ancitipated switch from the energy-intensive proof-of-work (Po...
MakerDAO Founder on Upcoming Ethereum Merge

MakerDAO Founder on Tornado Cash, Stablecoin DAI, Ethereum Merge
MakerDAO Founder on Tornado Cash, Stablecoin DAI, Ethereum Merge
The U.S. Treasury has sanctioned crypto mixer Tornado Cash, which could have a ripple effect across the industry. Rune Christensen, founder of Ethereum’s pioneering decentrali...
MakerDAO Founder on Tornado Cash, Stablecoin DAI, Ethereum Merge

MakerDAO Founder: US Ban of Tornado Cash is 'Useless' and 'Pointless'
MakerDAO Founder: US Ban of Tornado Cash is ‘Useless’ and ‘Pointless’
MakerDAO founder Rune Christensen discusses his take on the U.S. Treasury department’s sanction of crypto mixer Tornado Cash, explaining why it’s “useless and pointless” and g...
MakerDAO Founder: US Ban of Tornado Cash is 'Useless' and 'Pointless'

MakerDAO Founder: UST Was a 'Big Ponzi Scheme'
MakerDAO Founder: UST Was a ‘Big Ponzi Scheme’
In the aftermath of TerrUSD’s (UST) $14 billion collapse, Rune Christensen, founder of MakerDAO, a decentralized credit platform on Ethereum that supports the Dai (DAI) stable...
MakerDAO Founder: UST Was a 'Big Ponzi Scheme'

MakerDAO Founder on Regulating Stablecoins
MakerDAO Founder on Regulating Stablecoins
Following the crash of Terra’s algorithmic stablecoin UST, what—if any—regulation should be in place to prevent a similar disaster in the future? MakerDAO Founder Rune Christe...
MakerDAO Founder on Regulating Stablecoins

MakerDAO Founder on Biden Administration's Stablecoin Report
MakerDAO Founder on Biden Administration’s Stablecoin Report
A coalition of U.S. financial authorities under the Biden administration published its long-anticipated report and recommendations on the regulation of stablecoins last week.
MakerDAO Founder on Biden Administration's Stablecoin Report

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The CoinDesk 50: MakerDAO Is the Godzilla of DeFi
The $350 million MakerDAO protocol has become the most important project in DeFi, and DeFi has emerged as the most viable part of Ethereum.
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MakerDAO Foundation Plots Its Own Demise
The MakerDAO Foundation is getting serious about its planned obsolescence. A governance call Thursday laid out founder Rune Christensen's three pillars of full decentralizatio...
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MakerDAO's Multi-Collateral DAI Token Is Launching Nov. 18
From Nov. 18, borrowers of DAI tokens will be able to stake multiple types of cryptocurrency collateral, not just ETH.
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