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# Value Accrual

HumanDAO is at the crossroads of some major burgeoning markets:

* ***NFT** sales topped $10 billion in first half of 2021. NFTs are going mainstream as you read this.*
* ***Decentralized*** ***Finance** has hit $120B in total locked value, allowing anyone anywhere to lend, borrow, invest, and trade peer-to-peer instantly.*
* *The global **gaming** market alone reached a value of $180B in 2020 and was bigger than the movie industry and North American sports combined (this was before people owned the in-game assets or got paid to play games). The rise of blockchain gaming and virtual worlds has unlocked new gaming models (P2E).*

HumanDAO’s goal is to maximize the value of new crypto innovations like NFTs and P2E for its members. **HDAO is a gateway to the metaverse, functioning like a metaverse index**. The value of all activities in the humanDAO will be captured in the fully diluted market capitalization of HDAO governance tokens. Some examples of how HDAO Tokens may accrue value:

* Asset utilization
  * Lending—in game characters (i.e. Axies) are lent to members to earn rewards. Players receive 70% and the DAO 30%.
  * Renting—in the case of land, third parties can rent our assets to conduct economic activities (i.e., virtual shop) and pay a daily/monthly fee or a profit share.
  * Selling—assets can be sold to realize large gains and profits.
* *Token yield is generated by utilizing and staking tokens in DeFi protocols.*
* *The value of the humanDAO’s owned assets —tokens, NFTs, SAFTs, etc.*
* *New revenue streams from the metaverse talent network services/products.*
* *Stake HDAO to vote and participate in DAO activities.*
* *% of APY rewards generated from treasury’s DeFi farming activities.*
* *Stake HDAO for token rewards related to its overall activities.*
* *Use HDAO tokens to pay or fund services and projects in its network.*

**Game developers (as well as other web3 entities) will want to tap in and integrate with the humanDAO and our massive user base of built-in gamers and web3 users—creating favorable terms and conditions for the DAO.**

**By optimizing the DAO’s network of resources (community and treasury), and the value multiplier as the user base grows, we can facilitate a massive digital economy in the web3.**