Substantial institutional funding with an undisclosed origin
Anonymous 2021 MIRI cryptocurrency donor
An unnamed long-term supporter whose 3,001 MKR gift MIRI reported liquidating for $15,592,829.
What the records establish
An unnamed long-term supporter whose 3,001 MKR gift MIRI reported liquidating for $15,592,829. This record describes the disclosed gift, not an inferred identity. Its public spending restrictions can be examined without guessing who supplied it.
Anonymous 2021 MIRI cryptocurrency donor → Machine Intelligence Research Institute: reported 2021 mkr gift. MIRI reports $15,592,829; sale proceeds from the 2021 gift. Recipient-reported proceeds; $2.5 million annual spending cap in 2021–2024, remainder available in 2025. No donor identity or MakerDAO corporate-donor conclusion.