Blockchain governance startup Agora is set to acquire rival Boardroom. The company sees the acquisition as a strategic move to strengthen governance within the wider Ethereum ecosystem, citing expectations that decentralized governance will grow again as U.S. President Trump promises regulatory clarity for the blockchain industry. Boardroom was founded earlier than Agora and has similar goals, but with a more horizontal approach to blockchain governance. Boardroom has gradually shifted from an Agora-style DAO tool software to a data feed – a sort of “Bloomberg” for crypto governance data. Agora declined to disclose the price of the acquisition of Boardroom. Boardroom’s employees have been hired to Agora, and Boardroom’s founder Kevin Nielsen will continue to serve as an advisor. Agora co-founder Yitong Zhang said 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 the tools.