3 papers
cs.CY2025
Slaying the Dragon: The Quest for Democracy in Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs)
Stefano Balietti, Pietro Saggese, Stefan Kitzler +1
This chapter explores how Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs), a novel institutional form based on blockchain technology, challenge traditional centralized governance str…
cs.CE2025
The Economic Impact of DeFi Crime Events on Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs)
Stefan Kitzler, Masarah Paquet-Clouston, Bernhard Haslhofer
The Decentralized Finance (DeFi) ecosystem has experienced over $10 billion in direct losses due to crime events. Beyond these immediate losses, such events often trigger broader…
q-fin.GN2025
Towards Verifiability of Total Value Locked (TVL) in Decentralized Finance
Pietro Saggese, Michael Fröwis, Stefan Kitzler +2
Total Value Locked (TVL) aims to measure the aggregate value of cryptoassets deposited in Decentralized Finance (DeFi) protocols. Although blockchain data is public, the way TVL is…