INDEX-USD (Index Cooperative Governance Token) — Research Summary as of 2026-08-24

Overview

INDEX-USD is the governance token of Index Cooperative (Index Coop), a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) that builds structured DeFi products and strategy tokens, essentially bringing the concept of traditional index funds to the decentralized finance ecosystem [3][8]. The token represents a stake in the organization's future activities and governance decisions [9]. It is important to note that INDEX is a relatively small-cap DeFi governance token — not a traditional equity — and thus carries fundamentally different risk characteristics than publicly traded stocks.

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