The State of DAOs With Syndicate’s Ian Lee

Jan 26, 2022

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This episode is sponsored by Nexo, Abra and FTX US.

Today on “The Breakdown,” NLW is joined by Ian Lee, co-founder at Syndicate. Syndicate helps groups tap into Web 3 tools to transform investing and capital allocation. Today Syndicate announced their Web3 Investment Clubs that effortlessly turn any Web 3 wallet into an investment DAO. In this conversation, they discuss:

Ian’s background and how he got interested in DAOs
Why the tooling for DAOs wasn’t ready in 2018
Key 2021 milestones for DAOs
How DAOs interact with the existing legal structure
Why democratizing investing can transform the world
What’s coming for DAOs in 2022

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