K9 Finance DAO is a community-governed DeFi project built around liquid staking on Shibarium, founded by Buzz, that wound down its core protocol operations in early 2026 following a bridge exploit. K9 Finance DAO's Twitter Score is 11 out of 1000 as of August 2026, ranking #85,183 among 483,944 tracked accounts.
K9 Finance DAO launched in March 2024 as a liquid-staking provider on Shibarium, introducing its Bonecrusher protocol, which allowed users to stake BONE and receive the liquid-staking token knBONE for use across Shibarium DeFi. The project activated a validator on Shibarium's PuppyNet testnet and subsequently ran a Shibarium mainnet validator, establishing itself as an official Shib ecosystem partner. Previously, K9 Finance DAO was affiliated with MANTRA DAO and was formerly backed by the Google for Startups Cloud Program.
K9 Finance DAO encountered a significant setback when a Shibarium bridge exploit compromised approximately 25% of the total KNINE membership-token supply. The DAO voted on January 11, 2026 to discontinue Shibarium operations, citing the exploit, the absence of a committed compensation remedy, reduced treasury runway, and exhausted project funding. Bonecrusher was formally sunset on February 25, 2026, and on February 23, 2026, the Foundation announced it would discontinue involvement, urging knBONE holders to withdraw assets from Shibarium. A March 2026 community proposal sought to migrate the DAO to DogeOS and redesign its revenue model, and the DAO remained community-active through mid-2026 with ongoing forum discussions and governance proposals. KNINE functions as the DAO's membership and governance token, with on-chain voting power determined by token holdings. K9 Finance DAO has published 2,490 posts and has been mentioned by 56 accounts a total of 177 times.
Who follows K9 Finance DAO on X?
The accounts that follow K9 Finance DAO include 27 founders, 2 angel investors, 58 influencers and 7 VCs, among them Mario Nawfal, 0xMarioNawfal, Sibel, Minion, Outlier Ventures and Loshmi Coinfest.