University of Canterbury Crypto Society DAO

Crypto Society DAO History

Founded at the University of Canterbury by Dean Franklet and other students passionate about Bitcoin, cryptocurrency, Blockchain, web3 and DeFi.
Established as a traditional USCA affiliated club to educate and unite students.
Founders laid the early foundations, Facebook page and initial presence at UC.

Founded at the University of Canterbury by Dean Franklet and other students passionate about Bitcoin, cryptocurrency, Blockchain, web3 and DeFi.
Established as a traditional USCA affiliated club to educate and unite students.
Founders laid the early foundations, Facebook page and initial presence at UC.

Led by Charlie Kavanagh and Andrew Franklet, focusing on education, community and merchant adoption.
Charlie becomes the first Kiwi to accept Bitcoin payments in the Gelato business.
Events hosted with Blueblock and Blockchain NZ, developing industry tendrils.
Awareness on campus continues to rise as Bitcoin becomes increasingly mainstream.

Led by Charlie Kavanagh and Andrew Franklet, focusing on education, community and merchant adoption.
Charlie becomes the first Kiwi to accept Bitcoin payments in the Gelato business.
Events hosted with Blueblock and Blockchain NZ, developing industry tendrils.
Awareness on campus continues to rise as Bitcoin becomes increasingly mainstream.

Led by Huge Reeves, focusing on social gatherings, education and fortnightly meetups.
Axia Labs's James Waugh and Callum Gladstone execute crypto careers events.
Dogecoin reaches parity with New Zealand Dollar during 2021 all time highs.

Led by Huge Reeves, focusing on social gatherings, education and fortnightly meetups.
Axia Labs's James Waugh and Callum Gladstone execute crypto careers events.
Dogecoin reaches parity with New Zealand Dollar during 2021 all time highs.

Annexed by Harry Satoshi, growth focus, infrastructure, and decentralization.
Primary objectives center around expansion, recruitment, community and education.
Weekly social core contributor meetings held surrounding plotting and education.
Collaborative events with the UC Investment Society, Easy Crypto, and Binance NZ.
Industry ties expanded, formal sponsorship activated alongside treasury management.
At the 2023 AGM, core contributors voted to adopt a decentralized, democratic structure, setting the stage for DAO transition.

Annexed by Harry Satoshi, growth focus, infrastructure, and decentralization.
Primary objectives center around expansion, recruitment, community and education.
Weekly social core contributor meetings held surrounding plotting and education.
Collaborative events with the UC Investment Society, Easy Crypto, and Binance NZ.
Industry ties expanded, formal sponsorship activated alongside treasury management.
At the 2023 AGM, core contributors voted to adopt a decentralized, democratic structure, setting the stage for DAO transition.

Whitepaper constructed, peer reviewed and published, replacing archaic, centralized, bureaucratic/lineal hierarchical former USCA affiliation approved constitution.
Transformed into New Zealand's first university club DAO, first in the Southern Hemisphere, second worldwide, built on Ethereum's Layer 2 (Optimism) using DAOHaus.
Token gated on-chain voting activates decentralized governance for key decisions.
Gnosis multisig safe established as treasury.
USCA rejects new DAO structure. 1890's UCSA club affiliation policy mandates hierarchical, centralized top down leadership power structure.
Epic ideological battle ensues for months, UC Crypto Soc ultimately wins approval, re-gaining access to facilities and re-affiliation, thus becoming the first decentralized on-chain club at University of Canterbury, New Zealand, and the Southern Hemisphere.
Major events hosted in collaboration with Cryptocurrency NZ & Crypto Consulting NZ.
Careers industry event held with Binance NZ.
Regular meetups help to continue DAO, education and community development.
UC Crypto Society wins 'Academic Institution of the year at Web3NZ + Blockchain 2024 awards. '

Whitepaper constructed, peer reviewed and published, replacing archaic, centralized, bureaucratic/lineal hierarchical former USCA affiliation approved constitution.
Transformed into New Zealand's first university club DAO, first in the Southern Hemisphere, second worldwide, built on Ethereum's Layer 2 (Optimism) using DAOHaus.
Token gated on-chain voting activates decentralized governance for key decisions.
Gnosis multisig safe established as treasury.
USCA rejects new DAO structure. 1890's UCSA club affiliation policy mandates hierarchical, centralized top down leadership power structure.
Epic ideological battle ensues for months, UC Crypto Soc ultimately wins approval, re-gaining access to facilities and re-affiliation, thus becoming the first decentralized on-chain club at University of Canterbury, New Zealand, and the Southern Hemisphere.
Major events hosted in collaboration with Cryptocurrency NZ & Crypto Consulting NZ.
Careers industry event held with Binance NZ.
Regular meetups help to continue DAO, education and community development.
UC Crypto Society wins 'Academic Institution of the year at Web3NZ + Blockchain 2024 awards. '

Club led as a decentralized collective,
Proposals continue to shape club decision making, onboarding and form.
Core developers Invited by UC Business school to teach the practical laboratory sessions of INFO-361 (S1) UC
UC Crypto DAO core contributors journey to 2025 Web3NZ Hackathon to develop the NZ P2P Crypto Marketplace v.2, winning the award for best UX and design.
DAO website is created in under 3 hours in a marathon effort by 3 legends.
UC Crypto Soc DAO members vote to exclusively accept payments in crypto.

Club led as a decentralized collective,
Proposals continue to shape club decision making, onboarding and form.
Core developers Invited by UC Business school to teach the practical laboratory sessions of INFO-361 (S1) UC
UC Crypto DAO core contributors journey to 2025 Web3NZ Hackathon to develop the NZ P2P Crypto Marketplace v.2, winning the award for best UX and design.
DAO website is created in under 3 hours in a marathon effort by 3 legends.
UC Crypto Soc DAO members vote to exclusively accept payments in crypto.