Ethereum Zuri 2026

Ownership Tokens - A New Framework for Assessing Control and Value
2026-04-10 –, Limmat (Y15-G-60)

Tokens have continued to decrease in price, en-masse, as investors have lost confidence in the actual value that they hold. As the life blood for most web3 projects this puts them at risk of being underfunded and less secure. The reality is, most tokens have no value because they have no control over value creation or distribution. They are simply a memecoin. At Aragon we have recently launched a new framework defining ownership tokens and providing transparency to the industry on which tokens provide token holders with rights and which do not.


In this 20 minute talk I will breakdown what an ownership token is, why it is so vital to restore confidence for investors, and how it will have a net-positive effect on the entire industry. We will briefly look at what onchain control is and thus what a token "owns" onchain, why this can be superior to offchain "ownership", and finally how misaligned incentives have led us to this current state that needs fixing.

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CEO of Aragon