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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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🆕 Proposal for "ENS Vision": $9,000 Pilot to Boost ENS Governance Communication Through Biweekly Videos

This is a proposal by AadarshPYOR for a 3-month pilot of \"ENS Vision,\" a biweekly video and content initiative to improve $ENS governance communication and engagement, with a funding request of $9,000 and an offer to produce a free sample video for evaluation. The initiative aims to increase awareness and participation among $ENS token holders, with no community feedback or next steps determined as of now.

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🆕 ENS DAO Proposal Seeks 356,000 USDC to Fund Public Goods Working Group Through 2025

This proposal seeks 356,000 USDC from the ENS DAO treasury to fund the Public Goods Working Group through October 2025, supporting grants and a discretionary buffer for public goods initiatives. The community response is strongly positive, with all votes so far in favor and no opposition.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Proposal / Application
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🆕 Proposal to Establish Scroll Local Node in Argentina Led by SEEDGov, Citing Web3 Growth and Developer Activity

This is a proposal to establish a Scroll local node in Argentina, leveraging the country's strong Web3 adoption, active developer community, and recent hackathon successes, with SEEDGov (SEED Latam) applying to coordinate. The main benefits are fostering innovation and ecosystem growth, while challenges include inflation and regulatory uncertainty; community feedback has been positive, and the next step is to submit a detailed proposal by April 23rd, 2025 for further review and endorsements.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Proposal / Application
🏷️ Proposal - Seeking feedback


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🆕 eth.limo Q1 2025 Update: Security, Decentralization, and Usability Improvements for ENS

This is an update on eth.limo's Q1 2025 technical and operational progress, highlighting advancements in security, decentralization, and usability, such as improved client-side verification, bot protections, and steps toward on-chain dWebsite content delivery. There are no reported costs or community reactions, and no next actions have been set.

🏷️ Grants - Grantee Update
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🆕 Proposal to Define Jupiter DAO Structure, Funding, and Independence Draws Community Discussion

This discussion is about Kash's draft proposal to define the Jupiter DAO’s structure, funding ($10m USDC, 100m JUP, and future access to reserves), and progressive independence over two years, aiming to establish the DAO as the legislative body of the Jupiverse with clear separation from the Jupiter Team. With 17 replies, the community shows both support for the vision and concerns about long-term financial sustainability, checks and balances, and the DAO’s ability to operate independently after initial funding.

🏷️ Proposal - Seeking feedback
🏷️ Newsworthy - Affecting Governance
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🆕 Optimism Voting Cycle #36 Guide Details Governance, Grants, and Retro Funding Schedule

This is a guide for Voting Cycle #36, outlining key dates and processes for governance, grant applications, and Retro Funding Missions focused on increasing TVL across the Superchain, with no proposals currently pending and no community discussions reported. The structured schedule aims to enhance participation, transparency, and ecosystem growth, with flexible upgrade processes for protocol improvements.

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🆕 Proposal to Establish Scroll Local Node in Brazil to Boost Adoption and Community Growth

The proposal is about establishing a Scroll Local Node in Brazil, leveraging the country's strong crypto adoption, regulatory clarity, and ModularCrypto’s leadership to drive ecosystem growth through education, events, and partnerships. Benefits include strengthening the Ethereum and Scroll communities and increasing real-world adoption, with costs involving requested budget, coordination, and visibility support from Scroll; there has been no community feedback or next steps decided.

🏷️ Proposal - Seeking feedback
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🆕 Proposal Seeks 1,740 UNI to Fund UniVision Content Series for Uniswap Governance Transparency

A proposal suggests funding UniVision, a 3-month biweekly content series to improve Uniswap governance transparency and engagement through explainer videos, research reports, and social media posts, with a total cost of 1,740 UNI. The community has not yet discussed or reacted to the proposal, and no next steps have been set.

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🆕 Proposal for Aave Chan Initiative to Lead Growth and Governance Coordination with 3M aEthLidoGHO Budget

This is a proposal for the Aave Chan Initiative (ACI) to continue as Aave DAO’s Growth and Governance Coordination provider for 12 months with a 3M aEthLidoGHO budget, aiming to boost Aave’s DeFi loan market share to 80% through product innovation, partnerships, and infrastructure expansion. Community response has been strongly supportive but limited, with no next steps decided yet.

🏷️ Proposal - Seeking feedback
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🆕 NameStone Q1 2025 Update: Improved Developer Tools and Network Support for ENS Subnames

This is a Q1 2025 update on NameStone, a subname provider for ENS, highlighting improved developer tools, expanded network support, and a more user-friendly admin panel, all aimed at increasing adoption and usability. There are no reported costs or community reactions, and no next actions have been set.

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🆕 Gitcoin DeepGov Phase 3: AI Politicians Compete for Stewardship of $25k Grants Pool

This is about Phase 3 of the DeepGov experiment, where three AI politicians, each trained on Gitcoin community values, propose and compete for stewardship of a $25,000 matching pool in Gitcoin Grants 23, with voting open to eligible users until April 25th, 2024. The initiative aims to explore AI-assisted, value-aligned public goods funding and governance, but there have been no recorded community discussions so far.

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🆕 Arbitrum Proposal Seeks to Reallocate $89,980 in Unused Funds to Hackathon Continuation Program

This is about a proposal to transfer $89,980 USD in leftover funds from the Season 1 Domain Allocator to the Hackathon Continuation Program to address a funding shortfall and ensure the program can proceed as planned, with unused funds to be returned to the DAO or Arbitrum Foundation. The proposal aims to use existing resources efficiently and maintain compliance, and there has been no community feedback or next steps identified.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Funding
🏷️ Proposal - Seeking feedback
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🆕 Proposal to Revoke Uniswap Growth Initiative's $250k Discretionary Budget Due to Unused Funds, Transparency Concerns

This is about a proposal to revoke the Uniswap Growth Initiative’s authority to allocate up to $250,000 in surplus UNI funds for co-incentive campaigns due to lack of transparency and unused funds, requiring all future funding to go through standard governance. There has been minimal community response, with clarification that the discretionary budget has never been used and suggestions invited for improving transparency.

🏷️ Proposal - Seeking feedback
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🆕 Arbitrum Delegate Incentive Program Awards $107K to 67 Delegates, Adds Feedback and Dispute Features

The Delegate Incentive Program for March 2025 rewarded 67 qualifying delegates with a total of $107,005.28 for their participation in voting and discussions, using a tiered compensation and bonus system to encourage engagement and professionalization. New features include a feedback reporting system, mandatory 1:1 calls for new applicants, and a dispute process, with no recorded community discussions or next actions specified.

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🆕 Proposal for 3-Month dYdXVision Pilot to Boost Governance Engagement with Biweekly Content

This is a proposal for a 3-month, 9,000 USDC-funded pilot called \"dYdXVision\" to produce biweekly content and research that makes dYdX governance more accessible and engaging for token holders, with benefits including improved participation and awareness. There have been no community discussions or next actions determined.

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🆕 Morpho DAO Proposes 2024 Contributor Grants, Awaiting Quorum for Approval

This is a proposal for the Morpho DAO to approve 2024 contributor grant allocations, aiming to fund and incentivize contributors while maintaining transparency and community oversight. The proposal currently has unanimous support from a small number of voters but has not yet reached the required quorum of 500,000 votes for approval.

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🆕 Morpho Proposal Seeks $500K Token Incentives on Plume, Contingent on $1.5M Reciprocal Incentives and Loan Volume Targets

This proposal would allocate $500,000 in MORPHO tokens as incentives on Plume if Plume provides $1.5 million in incentives to Morpho and Morpho Protocol on Plume achieves specific loan volume targets, aiming to boost activity and liquidity for both ecosystems. Community engagement is currently low, with only 2 voters participating and turnout below the required quorum.

🏷️ Proposal - Currently voting
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🆕 Arbitrum Creative Hub in Nigeria surpasses goals, boosts dApp development and developer training

The “Arbitrum Creative Hub” initiative in Nigeria, led by Larkim, successfully exceeded its goals by significantly increasing dApp development, developer engagement, and training focused on Arbitrum Stylus, while empowering underrepresented creatives. The program laid a foundation for future growth through planned educational and incubation efforts, with no reported community feedback or next actions determined.

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🆕 Lido Proposal Seeks to Raise Easy Track Transfer Limit for Liquidity Observation Lab Multisig to 6,000 stETH

This proposal seeks to raise the Easy Track transfer limit for the Liquidity Observation Lab multisig to 6,000 stETH every 6 months, enabling the Lido Ecosystem BORG Foundation to access grant funds more efficiently and streamline treasury operations. The community response is strongly positive, with all votes in favor and quorum achieved.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Funding
🏷️ Proposal - Result: Passed


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