MetaDAO introduces onchain treasury for post-token-sale funding

Most token launches follow a familiar script: project raises money, team gets the cash, investors cross their fingers. MetaDAO is rewriting that playbook with an onchain treasury model that keeps raised funds locked in a governed structure, releasing capital to project teams only through budgets and governance votes. The model, built on Solana, deposits all raised USDC into a market-governed treasury rather than handing it directly to founders. Teams receive a pre-defined monthly budget, and any request for larger allocations requires a governance proposal validated through conditional prediction markets, a decision-making framework known as futarchy. How the treasury model actually works When a project raises funds through MetaDAO, 100% of the USDC goes into the onchain treasury. The team can’t just withdraw it. Instead, they operate on a disclosed monthly budget. Need more than that? Submit a governance proposal. Want to issue new tokens? Same process. Every significant financial decision runs through the prediction market mechanism, where participants essentially bet on whether a proposed action will increase or decrease the token’s value. At launch, approximately 20% of the tot...