Key Points
- On June 19, the Solana DEX Jupiter announced that it pauses DAO votes until the end of 2025.
- Jupiter executive cited community fatigue, trust breakdown, and FUD cycles.
Jupiter (JUP) price holds above the $0.4 level on June 20, following an important announcement made by the Solana DEX Jupiter on June 19.
JUP Price Trades Above $0.4
At the moment of writing this article, JUP is trading above $0.4, following a previous drop to $3.9 levels.
JUP saw low price volatilty after the announcement made by the DEX Jupiter on June 19.
Jupiter Announced a Pause in DAO Voting
On June 19, Jupiter announced that it would pause all JUP DAO voting until the end of 2025, and it cited the following reasons for this decision:
- Community fatigue
- Trust breakdown
- FUD cycles
SolanaFloor shared a post via X, saying that the team stated that this move will allow more focus on growth, execution, and rethinking DAO governance in 2026.
Jupiter exec, Kash Dhanda, explained in a post via X that the Jupiter exchange is at the edge of an inflection point, and the window to define the future of DeFi is still open, but it will not remain like this for long.
He also said that Jupiter now has the best product suite, community, and the best vision for the future via Web4.
However, in such a critical period, the team must remain focused on growth via new products like Jupiter Lend, which helped new users onboard the ecosystem via Jupiter Mobile.
He also noted that over the past 16 months, the JUP DAO has been essential to:
- Boostrapping the community
- Activating hundreds of contributors
- Shaping the direction of the Jupiter ecosystem
On the other hand, the current DAO is not working as intended, with a breakdown in trust and FUD, triggering a negative loop.
He explained that over the next few months, all stakeholders, including the team, community, token holders, and contributors, have to remain locked in and aligned. These are the reasons for the decision to pause DAO voting.
Pausing DAO Voting to Focus on Jupiter & Jupiverse@JupiterExchange stands at the edge of an inflection point. The window to define the future of DeFi is open, but it won’t stay open for long.
Right now, we have the best product suite (Jup dot ag), the best community…
— Kash (🐱, 🐐) (@kashdhanda) June 19, 2025
What’s Next for Jupiter?
Meanwhile, the project will remain focused on three key elements:
- Growing Jupiter products and platforms
- Driving the Jupiverse forward as a productive global community
- Empowering the JUP community to create value together
It’s also important to highlight that all previously funded Work Groups will continue their operations as before, funded by the DAO Treasury. On the other hand, no new DAO-funded Work Groups and no additional JUP emissions will be created.
The Community Reserve will not be touched until governance votes resume in 2026 with a fresh approach that unifies instead of dividing.
Kash concluded by saying that this is not the end of governance, but a pause.
