Yuga Labs criticized ApeCoin DAO for inefficiency, politicization, and low‑impact spending

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Solano called the DAO “sluggish, noisy, and often unserious governance theater” that funds “vanity proposals and low-impact initiatives.”

“ApeCoin DAO was a bold experiment, but one born of a different era. What started with promise has devolved into sluggish, noisy, and often unserious governance theater,” wrote Solano in his post on the ApeCoin forums. “Too many resources have gone to vanity proposals and low-impact initiatives. That stops now.”