Aragon Unveils New Tooling, Ushering in a New Era for Onchain Organizations to Accrue Value
Zug, Switzerland, March 20th, 2025, Chainwire
Aragon is unveiling a major evolution for onchain organizations with the launch of its new products for modular governance and token value accrual, a pledge to completely revamp the game for onchain organizations.
Imminent regulatory clarity will clear the path for crypto founders and institutional players to create and distribute value onchain, at scale. The new tooling empowers projects to create modular governance systems set to streamline decision-making, codify access control, and enable rapid value creation, all while ensuring real ownership, accountability, and sustainable growth. The launch comes as a major move in Aragon’s promise to accelerate the evolution of onchain governance beyond the monolithic frameworks that have existed to date, which have limited organizations’ abilities to scale without stifling innovation.
In contrast to the predominant token-based voting models–which have played a central role in controversy around the effectiveness and utility of DAOs–Aragon’s latest offering proposes effective governance models available out of the box, with a key focus on the long-term strategy of accruing and distributing value amongst stakeholders with skin in the game via gauges.
Highlights include:
- Modular organization builder for founders to design custom governance that meets their existing needs and adapts over time
- Customizable access control and permission management for security
- Out of the box, no-code, governance templates to save money and time, allowing projects to focus on their product
- Modularized veLockers to create long-term incentive alignment
- Gauges to improve resource allocation and ensure token value accrual
In line with today’s launch, Aragon’s innovation in value accrual tooling has already gained traction, with partners like Puffer, Mode, and Bedrock already adopting the technology to advance their infrastructure while improving resource allocation discipline on the organizational level and ensuring value accrues back to token holders.
Anthony Leutenegger, Aragon CEO, stated “2025 has often been referred to as the ‘year of the fee switch’ where fundamentals and value accrual back to tokens becomes a critical competitive advantage. So far this has been generally avoided, due to regulatory concerns and thus primitives around doing this thoughtfully have not been prioritized. With the new Aragon app and Aragon Value Accrual Toolkit, organizations are empowered to maximize the value they create and effectively distribute this value to those stakeholders most aligned long-term to help achieve their success.”
Aragon’s legacy has led the way for innovation in modern governance systems, with continued adoption from Lido, Curve, and Decentraland and recent launches with Polygon and Taiko proving strong growth for the project. The combined vision for Aragon’s latest release and developments in value accrual mark a significant step toward a better landscape for onchain and tokenomics-driven governance, providing greater opportunities for organizations to effectively manage their assets and further accelerate the industry’s sector.
To learn more about Aragon’s modular governance tooling, users can visit https://www.aragon.org/.
About Aragon
Aragon builds secure and modular onchain governance technology. Aragon deployed the first DAO framework in 2017 and has since powered the creation of over 7500 DAOs and secured over $35b in value for leading projects like Lido, Curve, Polygon, Taiko, and Puffer.
