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Swiss Stiftung vs Cayman Foundation Company: The Two Dominant DAO Legal Wrappers Compared
If you are founding a DAO or decentralised protocol foundation in 2026, your choice of legal wrapper will almost certainly reduce to two options: the Swiss Stiftung and the Cayman Islands Foundation Company. They represent different legal traditions, different regulatory environments, different cost structures, and different signals to the market. This analysis provides the definitive comparison.