🔄 Diversification: Don't Hold Only Native Tokens
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Knowing you SHOULD diversify is easy. Actually doing it is hard. Selling native tokens creates downward pressure. Token holders see it as betrayal ("Why is the DAO dumping on us?"). But without diversification, bear markets kill treasuries. Here's how to diversify responsibly and the methods DAOs actually use.
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See how diversification protects treasury value during market crashes. Compare concentrated vs diversified portfolios.
High concentration amplifies losses. Your treasury lost 45% despite stablecoin buffer.
🛠️ Diversification Methods
OTC Sales
Sell large token blocks off-market to avoid price impact
Negotiate with VCs/whales to buy native tokens at discount (5-10%) in exchange for stablecoins
- • No market impact
- • Immediate execution
- • Large size possible
- • Predictable pricing
- • Requires buyers
- • Discount to market
- • Complex legal
- • Takes time to arrange
Example: Uniswap sold 1% treasury ($20M UNI) to Pantera Capital for USDC, 10% discount
On-Chain Swaps
Use DEX liquidity to convert tokens to stables/ETH
Execute swaps on Uniswap/Curve in smaller chunks over time to minimize slippage
- • Permissionless
- • Transparent
- • No counterparty
- • Market rate
- • Price impact on large sizes
- • Slippage costs
- • Public selling pressure
- • Limited by liquidity
Example: Many DAOs use CoW Protocol to batch swaps with minimal MEV/slippage
Liquidity Mining
Deploy treasury into protocol-owned liquidity positions
Pair native token with stables/ETH, deposit into AMMs, earn trading fees
- • Earn yield
- • Improve liquidity
- • Price stability
- • Capital efficiency
- • Impermanent loss risk
- • Smart contract risk
- • Complexity
- • Locked capital
Example: Olympus DAO pioneered protocol-owned liquidity (POL) with bonds mechanism
Token Streaming
Gradually sell tokens over months using automated streaming
Set up Sablier/Llamapay streams to DCA sell native tokens into stables over 12-24 months
- • Time diversification
- • Reduces timing risk
- • Predictable
- • Automated
- • Still vulnerable to downtrends
- • Slow execution
- • Complexity
- • Gas costs
Example: Several DAOs use Hedgey for scheduled token sales reducing market impact
💡 Key Insight
Diversification is politically difficult but mathematically necessary. Token holders hate seeing "the DAO selling on us"—but 90% concentration in a volatile asset is financial suicide. Smart DAOs communicate clearly: "We're securing runway, not abandoning the token." They diversify gradually (1-2% per quarter), use OTC to minimize impact, and time it during strength (not panic). The goal isn't zero native exposure—it's risk-adjusted exposure that survives bear markets.