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Foundation Companies Act

The Cayman legislation enabling foundation companies, widely used for DAOs, token projects and ownerless structures.

Regulatory Bodies & Instruments

Foundation Companies Act (As Revised)

October 17, 2026

The Foundation Companies Act enables the establishment of foundation companies; bodies corporate that combine the separate legal personality of a company with features of a civil-law foundation, and which can be structured to have no members and to pursue defined objects or purposes. The Act has made the Cayman Islands a leading jurisdiction for DAO, protocol and token-project structures, as well as for philanthropic and ownerless holding arrangements.

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Tax Information Authority · Statement of Guidance

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