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Crypto Grant Wire is an update feed detailing the happenings across Web3 grants, DAO Governance, insightful thoughts, and tools we think you might find interesting.

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🆕 Arbitrum DAO Votes on Proposals for Hackathon, Treasury, and Governance Initiatives

The Arbitrum DAO community is voting on several proposals, including a Hackathon Builder Continuation Program, Treasury Management, ARDC elections, a Governance Bootcamp, and a Domain Allocator Offerings Grant Program, with potential benefits like fostering innovation and enhancing financial oversight, but also challenges in managing large budgets. Community reactions are mixed, with support for innovation and governance initiatives, but concerns about budget management and oversight.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Program Update
🏷️ Proposal - Currently voting
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🆕 Morpho DAO Launches 200k MORPHO Grants Program to Boost Ecosystem Growth

The Morpho DAO has initiated a grants pilot program with a 200k MORPHO pool to fund projects benefiting the Morpho ecosystem, requiring applications by January 1, with funding decisions made by community votes and structured payments based on project metrics. The program supports both non-profit and for-profit projects, potentially leading to significant ecosystem advancements, though there have been no community discussions or next actions determined.

🏷️ Grants - Grants Available
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🆕 Uniswap Deployment with UNI Incentives: Balancing Transparency and Speed with Onchain Governance

The guideline by alicecorsini for deploying Uniswap v2/v3 with UNI incentives involves a structured process overseen by the Uniswap Accountability Committee, requiring an onchain governance vote for financial support, which could slow deployment but ensures transparency and potential increased adoption. The suggested UNI incentives range from $125k to $1M, impacting the DAO's resources, and there have been no community discussions or next actions determined.

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🆕 Gitcoin Aims for $30M Funding Distribution in 2025 with New Initiatives and Product-First Strategy

The Gitcoin team's meeting on December 11, 2025, focused on strategic planning for 2025, aiming to increase funding distribution to $30 million and launch initiatives like GrantsLab and AlloLab to enhance partnerships and developer adoption, with a shift to a \"product-first\" approach. The projected costs are $7.5 million with a revenue goal of $2 million, and there has been no community reaction or determined next actions.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Program Update
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🆕 CoW DAO Faces $5.1M Funding Request for Nomev Labs with High Stakes and Uncertain Outcomes

The CoW Improvement Proposal by Kowrigan requests $5,100,000 from the CoW DAO for Nomev Labs, Lda in 2025 to enhance CoW Protocol-related services, with a total budget of $7.6 million and a focus on network expansion and smart contract development. While the funding could boost user engagement and trading volumes, it also poses financial risks if outcomes are not met, and there has been no community discussion or determined next actions.

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🆕 Reserve Protocol Launches $300k RSR Reward Campaign to Boost Ecosystem Growth

The Reserve Protocol's onboarding program, introduced by baptistg, aims to boost user engagement and ecosystem growth through a $300,000 RSR reward campaign, targeting a 15% increase in stRSR and a 5% rise in price-adjusted TVL within 90 days, using Merkl for reward distribution. The community is generally positive, drawing comparisons to successful initiatives like Aave's Merit program, and is encouraged to provide input for refining the proposal.

🏷️ Grants - Grants Available
🏷️ Proposal - Seeking feedback


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🆕 Compound Growth Program's $16M Renewal Faces Scrutiny Amid "Humpy Situation" Concerns

The proposal by AlphaGrowth seeks a $16 million budget for the Compound Growth Program's renewal, aiming to increase TVL, attract institutional capital, and expand market development, but faces community concerns over budget allocation and strategy. While the program promises growth and strategic partnerships, financial challenges like the \"Humpy situation\" and the need for careful execution of new strategies are noted, with mixed community reactions and calls for separate votes on budget requests.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Proposal / Application
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🆕 Proposal to Integrate Ethereum Beacon Chain Data into Dune with $50k Grant

The proposal to integrate Ethereum mainnet Beacon Chain data into Dune aims to enhance transparency and analysis by providing detailed validator performance data, with a grant of 50k USDC distributed over two years starting on December 15, 2024. There have been no community discussions or determined next actions regarding this initiative.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Funding
🏷️ Proposal - Seeking feedback


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🆕 Arbitrum's Questbook DDA: $4M in Grants, Innovation Boosted, but Scams Loom

The Questbook Domain Allocator (DDA) program allows DAO-elected Domain Allocators to distribute grants up to $50,000 to various projects, with $4 million allocated so far, and has positively impacted innovation and community growth, though it faces challenges like scams and the need for clearer guidelines. Community reactions are mixed, with success stories and concerns about management and unpaid contributors, highlighting areas for improvement in support and communication.

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🆕 Recognised Delegates Scheme to Enhance Governance in CowDAO with Intro Post Requirement

The Recognised Delegates Scheme aims to boost governance participation by requiring individuals to submit an introduction post for review by the GrantsDAO committee, potentially leading to more informed decisions and higher accountability. There have been no community discussions or next actions determined.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Proposal / Application
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🆕 Uniswap Proposal: Fast-Track Funding Risks Future Planning for Quick Gains

A proposal by alphagrowth, PGov, and AranaDigital suggests using the UAC's $2,936,333 surplus to quickly fund co-incentive campaigns, like matching $250,000 for EtherFi on Uniswap, by shortening the decision process to a few days with internal approval. While this could enhance onchain liquidity and capitalize on timely opportunities, it risks less thorough proposal vetting and potential depletion of funds needed for future initiatives, with no current community discussions or next actions noted.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Proposal / Application
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🆕 Optimism's $8M Retro Funding Proposal for Dev Tools Needs More Votes to Pass

The proposal aims to integrate Retro Funding for Dev Tooling into Optimism's Mission Framework, offering up to 8 million OP tokens to support developers in creating open-source toolchain software for onchain applications, potentially enhancing innovation and efficiency on the Superchain. While the community's initial response is positive, with all three votes in favor, the proposal has not yet reached the required quorum of 30 votes, necessitating further community engagement and approval from the Citizens’ House for the mission's scope and budget.

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🆕 Optimism's Retro Funding Initiative Eyes 8M OP for Cross-Chain Innovation, Faces Low Community Engagement

The "Retro Funding: Onchain Builders" initiative under the Optimism Collective aims to reward projects enhancing cross-chain interoperability and Superchain growth, with a proposed budget of up to 8 million OP tokens for Season 7. While the initiative could drive innovation and increase TVL, community engagement is currently low, with only three favorable votes and a quorum of 30 votes needed for approval.

🏷️ Grants - Grants Available


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🆕 Devcon Scholars Propose Data-Driven Enhancements to Gitcoin's Quadratic Funding, But Beware of Biases

The study from the Devcon Scholars Program aims to improve Quadratic Funding for public goods in the web3 ecosystem by using data-driven tools to provide objective evaluations of OSS grantees, enhancing transparency and accountability. While the approach empowers grantee discovery and introduces metrics like Impact Efficiency Per Contributor, it may also introduce biases and overlook qualitative factors; community reactions and next steps are not specified.

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🆕 Gitcoin's Cookie Jar: Monthly ETH Perk for Employees with Decentralization on the Horizon

Gitcoin's Cookie Jar, developed by Allo Lab, allows full-time Gitcoin employees to claim 0.0069 ETH monthly for activities supporting Gitcoin, with initial funding of 0.05 ETH by owocki and plans for future decentralization of oversight. The community is engaging positively, with suggestions for expansion and donations, though there is a risk of fund misuse being monitored.

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