

#93: Asset Management & Financial Reporting for DAOs with Jack Gale from kpk (formerly karpatkey)
kpk is redefining crypto treasury management with secure, transparent, fully on-chain systems. In this episode, I speak with Jack Gale, core contributor at kpk (formerly Karpatkey), managing over $1.8B for top DAOs like Gnosis, Aave, ENS, and dYdX.
We dive into why an Investment Policy Statement (IPS) is essential for DAOs, how kpk builds trust with crypto-native reporting, and a case study with Beefy Finance using Octav for on-chain data tracking.
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Topics Covered:
(0:00) Coming Up
(2:19) Investment Policy Statement (IPS) for DAOs
(5:31) How to start IPS
(7:49) IPS for Ethereum Foundation
(12:52) Public IPS examples with ENS, Balancer
(13:21) kpk services for asset management & financial reporting
(16:46) kpk’s early beginnings
(18:19) kpk scaling strategy
(20:31) Get 2 months for free with Request Finance
(22:12) kpk as on-chain agent
(27:58) onchain permissions in practice
(30:07) Zodiac Roles Modifier for onchain permissions
(33:09) kpk’s open-source toolkit
(33:47) Live demo of kpk
(35:35) kpk’s DeFi treasury platform
(41:09) Inside Beefy Finance Financial Report
(45:08) Using Octav to build financial reports of Beefy Finance
(51:09) Does Beefy use traditional accounting softwares?
(52:55) Final thoughts for DAO contributors & founders
(55:36) Jack’s quote
(56:24) Reach out to Jack or kpk