Golden Finance reports that blockchain governance startup Agora is about to acquire its competitor Boardroom. The company sees the acquisition as a strategic move to strengthen governance within the broader Ethereum ecosystem, citing expectations for renewed growth in decentralized governance amid U.S. President Trump’s pledge to provide regulatory clarity for the blockchain industry. Boardroom was established earlier than Agora and has similar goals to Agora, but adopts a more horizontal blockchain governance approach. Boardroom has gradually transformed from an Agora-style DAO tool into a data feed – akin to the “Bloomberg” of crypto-governed data. Agora declined to disclose the price paid for Boardroom. Boardroom employees have been hired to Agora, and Boardroom founder Kevin Nielsen will continue to serve as an advisor. Agora co-founder Yitong Zhang said that there are "no plans to deprecate" Boardroom, and the Agora team will keep both platforms running and work with users to determine how to gradually integrate these tools.