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#ConstitutionDAO puts the museum world on notice

Crypto investors failed to buy the U.S. Constitution, but they succeeded in showing the power of Web 3.0

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Jason Steinhauer
Nov 21, 2021
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One of the many Internet memes created while #ConstitutionDAO raised $40M+ to purchase a copy of the U.S. Constitution.

This week I, essentially, watched my book play out in real time as a pool of crypto investors raised more than $40 million in an effort to purchase a copy of the U.S. Constitution. Though the bid failed, the spectacle put the museum and…

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