DAOs Are Losing to Centralized Companies. Is It Over for Them?

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Token holders considering the Across equity conversion may not get the full picture until they self-certify. And the incentives to game the price beforehand are real. Felipe Montealegre of Theia and Ryan Yi of Onchain Group join Laura Shin to discuss what management teams can do to suppress token price before announcing a "premium" buyout — and why DAOs keep losing to centralized companies on execution. This clip is from a longer conversation on why token structures keep failing investors — and what the fix actually looks like. Full episode here: https://youtube.com/live/YsrlIVKQIIY Chapters: 00:00 🎯 Can management game the token price before a conversion deal? 01:20 📋 Why Across left out equity details, and what that means for holders 03:15 💰 How the market signals whether the equity offer is fairly priced 03:50 🔎 The Across deal structure: SPV vs. direct equity vs. USDC 05:55 🏛️ What DAOs are actually good at, and where they fall apart _______________________________________________________ #bitcoin #ethereum #crypto #cryptocurrencies ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Subscribe to our channel! Website → https://unchainedcrypto.com Unchained Daily Newsletter (FREE!)→ https://unchainedcrypto.beehiiv.com/subscribe/ Unchained X → https://x.com/unchained_pod Apple → https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1123922160?ls=1 Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/show/1cJrrfGY1SKBIRn5noKSAf?si=6SI4qIcRTEO7EhOe0V9n4w RSS Feed → https://feeds.megaphone.fm/LSHML4761942757 Unchained: Your no-hype resource for all things crypto!