MUNG Legal is the First Dedicated Blockchain Law Firm in Hong Kong founded in 2018. Their niche legal advisory lies in the sector of Blockchain, Cloud, AI and Data Technology, Biotechnology & Life Sciences, Art Auction, Art Frauds, and Art Tech, which includes NFT. MUNG has proven itself to be a valuable partner with tech, biotech and art tech entrepreneurs where they could grow from strength to strength with quality and strategic legal advice.

Monin Ung is an international lawyer who has practiced for over 20 years at magic circles and international firms. She is qualified in England and Wales as a Barrister, an advocate and solicitor in Singapore as well as a solicitor in Hong Kong. Having spent all her career at prestigious international firms, Monin has been well trained and seeded in diverse practice areas of corporate finance, initial public listings, private equity, cross-border mergers and acquisitions, trade disputes, patent litigation and intellectual property litigation. In 2018, she returned to Hong Kong to launch MUNG, a legal practice which thrives to make a difference, relevant to the future and impactful. Monin is also the Founder of Women in DAO, a space where she finds vibrancy and expressions.

Krause House is a Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) governed by a community of fans, basketball lovers, and purists. Their goal is to purchase & operate an NBA team as a DAO. Today, Krause House is the first DAO to buy a professional basketball team as owners of the Ball Hogs, an American men's 3-on-3 basketball team that plays in the BIG3 league.

Together, Krause House will write the consensus rules that will bring the first fan-governed team to the NBA. The collective of ambitious contributors whose goal is to own an NBA team describes the underlying mission of DAOs in its purest form: Difficult by one, achievable by many.

Bankless DAO was founded by David Hoffman and Ryan Sean Adams on May 4th, 2021, when they airdropped 35,000 BANK tokens to each Bankless premium subscriber. Following the true ethos of decentralization, they stepped back and let the DAO take shape. While their media company, Bankless LLC, continues to operate as its own media node, the Bankless brand is propagated through the DAO and its sub-DAOs. Now, the Bankless ecosystem as a whole creates user-friendly onramps for people to discover decentralized financial technologies through education, media and culture.

Their mission is to onboard 1 billion people to crypto. The nodes in their growing ecosystem collaborate to create user-friendly onramps for people to discover, use, learn, and enjoy the benefits of Web3.

The Dfinity Foundation is a nonprofit organization that was created to support and promote the development of the Internet Computer, a decentralized computing network. The Internet Computer aims to provide a secure and scalable platform for building and hosting applications, services, and websites without relying on traditional centralized infrastructure.

The Dfinity Foundation was founded in 2016 by Dominic Williams, who also serves as the chief scientist of the organization. It is based in Zurich, Switzerland. The foundation has played a central role in the development of the Internet Computer and has been responsible for coordinating the project's research, engineering, and community-building efforts.

The Internet Computer utilizes a blockchain-based protocol called the Internet Computer Protocol (ICP) to enable decentralized computation and data storage. It aims to provide a seamless and open internet environment where developers can create and deploy applications with ease. The protocol introduces concepts such as "canister," which represents an autonomous smart contract that can interact with other canisters and external systems.

Kleros is a decentralized dispute resolution protocol that uses blockchain technology to provide a transparent, efficient, and affordable way to resolve disputes. The protocol is built on the Ethereum blockchain and uses smart contracts and a decentralized network of jurors to arbitrate disputes.

With Kleros, anyone with an internet connection can submit a dispute and have it resolved quickly and fairly by a group of randomly selected jurors. They are particularly well-suited for resolving disputes in the digital realm, such as disputes over online transactions, smart contract disputes, and disputes related to digital identity and reputation. However, it can also be used to resolve disputes in the physical world, such as disputes between landlords and tenants or between buyers and sellers.

Overall, Kleros aims to provide a decentralized and trustworthy alternative to traditional legal systems, allowing people around the world to access justice in a fair and transparent way. They are also the winner of the Blockchains for Social Good Prize from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program.

Today’s guests are Steve Echtman and Elijah Spina who are both representing DAOPlanet. DAOPlanet holds the vision of greater representation for individuals within communities, organizations, businesses, and the entire world — achieved through the integration and proliferation of DAO principles and Web3 tools.
As demand increases for more autonomy and flexibility in where, when, and how people work, organizational structures will have to adapt to accommodate this new normal. DAOPlanet’s mission is to deliver access to strategies, tools, and practices that support greater individual productivity, flexibility, and representation within all organizations.

Visit our website for more info on this episode: https://podcast.citydao.io/daoplanet-daodenver-with-steve-echtman-elijah-spina

Kift DAO is a non-profit that aims to purchase real estate for the use and enjoyment of the Kift community. It is controlled by NFT holders, who select and vote on proposals, including which real estate properties to buy. Their mission is to create inclusive, community-owned gathering spaces for people who choose to live communally and work from anywhere. They are always looking for active community members to contribute to the development and management of the DAO.

Matt is one of the Co-Founders of Origami, which helps ambitious communities create the world’s most valuable DAOs. Origami supports these groups through their open and effective framework for growing DAOs. Matt and his Co-Founders got together to talk about crypto projects, fun NFT investments, and what would happen if networks could be owned and governed by people, instead of corporate giants. To organize their relationship, they formed a DAO called Orange. The early days were full of challenges, while complying with regulations, creating a scale system to ensure thousands more founders could join, and keeping their Discord from melting down to chaos.

As they overcame each challenge, Orange DAO grew to over 1,300 founders, raised $80 million, and invested in over 130 crypto projects. They even created a Fellowship program to educate future web3 entrepreneurs. As it all came together, other DAO creators asked for advice. They need guidance, introductions, documents, and user-friendly software. That’s why four of the DAO creators founded Origami. They realized that together, they had all the skills needed to help other communities create and grow their DAOs.