The Otonomist

On this last day of August and after a break in July, we resume our regular publishing schedule of The Otonomist, our monthly missive with free and premium content to help readers build a business on blockchain and invest in crypto. We start with a contribution on a new legal

I finally found time to read "The Dawn of Everything", ironically when I was in Peru and visited Machu Picchu. Dazzling and dazing in equal measure, Graeber and Wengerow's book left me with the hope of freedom, demonstrating that the course of human history does not

The strange landscape of DAO legal structures recently acquired a permutation of the DAO LLC: the Decentralized Unincorporated Non-Profit Association or DUNA. In what follows, we're doing a deep dive and weigh its pros and contras. The State of Entitylessness DAOs generally either do not make use of

On this last day of June, we post about whether to use a fund setup if you only trade proprietary capital, what to ask yourself when you choose a DAO for your project, and start with a post on DeSci. Finally we talk about the role of formation agents. Have

DAOs are major elements of the Web3 world. As funding tools and mechanisms for decentralised collaboration and consensus, they highlight the some of the most exciting possibilities of our industry. If, like us, you are interested in legal structures, the rise of DAOs is a fascinating challenge to and reworking

Simon Lang outlines how how decentralised funding mechanisms, web3 communities, and blockchain-based sharing are boosting science. In keeping with his theme, we begin with an abstract.... Abstract Science is a collaborative process, often across national borders.  At the same time competition exists between research groups striving to win kudos, recognition,

Are you a crypto proprietary  trader thinking of taking things to the next level by setting up a fund? Here is what you need to know. For a lot of us, the big appeal of proprietary trading is in the high ceiling. You can leverage your nous, experience, and analytical

Whether you’re looking to create a company in your home market or overseas, an incorporation agent could be a very wise choice for your business. Here’s why. The aim of any business in-house is to keep costs as low as possible. However, if cuts are made in the

We have used the month of May at Otonomos to diagnose why setting up an investment fund is still such a difficult delivery. In a first post, we are showing how OtoFunds, the dedicated funds portal we developed, is changing all that. We also share what we have seen works