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Promote with Leviathan NewsUniswap’s governance community has opened an onchain vote on whether to wrap the Uniswap DAO in a new Wyoming legal structure called “DUNI”, short for a Decentralized Unincorporated Nonprofit Association (DUNA). The proposal, spearheaded by the Uniswap Foundation, would register Uniswap Governance as a Wyoming DUNA and designate “DUNI” as its legal embodiment, while explicitly leaving the Uniswap protocol, UNI token economics, and existing voting mechanics unchanged. The vote follows Uniswap’s standard governance parameters: a two-day timelock preceding a one-week voting window and a 40 million UNI “for” quorum, with voting accessible through governance frontends such as Agora and Tally. Wyoming’s DUNA statute, enacted in 2024, allows DAOs to gain legal personality—own property, sign contracts, and obtain indemnities—without converting into a traditional corporation or allowing profit distributions, aligning the structure with nonprofit status. The Uniswap Foundation frames DUNI as a “credibly neutral” legal interface that can execute what the DAO votes on, handle tax and compliance obligations, and shield active participants from personal legal and tax liability, while not introducing new discretionary powers. Under the plan, the Foundation becomes DUNI’s Ministerial Agent, limited to carrying out passed governance proposals, while Wyoming-based firm Cowrie, founded by DUNA statute co-author David Kerr, serves as Administrator for filings and compliance. The proposal also requests $16.5 million in UNI to pre-fund a legal defense and tax reserve, plus a separate UNI grant of $75,000 for Cowrie’s one-time fee, positioning Uniswap Governance as one of the first and largest DAOs to operationalize Wyoming’s DUNA framework at scale.
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