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title: "BizDev WG · Secure market-making & exchange-listing agreements"
url: "https://radix.wiki/ideas/dao-market-making-listings"
version: "1.0.1"
updated: 2026-07-11
license: CC-BY-4.0
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# BizDev WG · Secure market-making & exchange-listing agreements

| Status | 🔴 Discussion |
| --- | --- |
| Working Group | BizDev & Partnerships WG |
| Category | 🌐 Ecosystem |
| Governance Phase | Phase 2 – activity-triggered |
| Champion | Open (RAC to contract) |
| Origin | [TG thread – MM as core function](https://t.me/radix_dlt/995033) · [Strategic Council – Partnerships](https://radixtalk.com/t/rfc-radix-strategic-council/2266) |

Market making and exchange relationships were Foundation-managed and are named as a core DAO function to budget for (like network liveness). The DAO must take over these commercial relationships and contract professional market makers.

## Deliverables

- Inventory existing MM and exchange relationships inherited from the Foundation.
- Vote a dedicated market-making budget (single-purpose, 6–12 month).
- Contract market maker(s) through the DUNA's legal representation.
- Report liquidity/listing outcomes to the community.

## Dependencies & cross-references

- Governed by [Daffy's Radix DAO framework](https://github.com/Shadaffy/radix-dao) (repo `Shadaffy/radix-dao`); see the [Governance Framework Reference Repo](https://radixtalk.com/t/rfc-dao-governance-framework-reference-repo/2268) and [Charter (Round 1)](https://radixtalk.com/t/rfc-dao-documents-round1-the-charter/2269).
- Contracts signed under [the Legal Wrapper](/ideas/dao-legal-wrapper-representation); funded by [operating budgets](/ideas/dao-operating-budgets).

## Sources

- [Radix DLT Official – market-making as a budgeted function](https://t.me/radix_dlt/995033)
- [RFC: Radix Strategic Council (Partnerships)](https://radixtalk.com/t/rfc-radix-strategic-council/2266)