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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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🆕 Uniswap Foundation Forms Feedback Group to Oversee $165.5M Allocation, Focuses on Transparency Over Enforcement

The Uniswap Foundation Feedback Group (FFG) has been established by the Uniswap Accountability Committee to improve oversight and communication regarding the use of approximately $165.5 million allocated to the Uniswap Foundation for grants, operations, and incentives from March 11, 2025 to March 11, 2027, with the FFG serving as an observer group rather than an enforcement body. The main benefits are increased transparency and accountability, while the main limitation is the FFG's lack of enforcement power; there has been no community reaction or next steps identified.

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🆕 MakerDAO: BA Labs Launches SP-BEAM and Upgrades Sky and Spark Ecosystems in April 2025 Review

This is a review of BA Labs’ risk and analytics work for April 2025, highlighting the launch of SP-BEAM, technical upgrades in the Sky and Spark ecosystems, new dashboards, and ongoing research to improve risk management and transparency. There are no reported costs or community reactions, and no next actions have been set.

🏷️ Grants - Grantee Update
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🆕 Rocketpool GMC Treasury Report April 2025: Financial Activity, Cost-Saving Measures, and Grant Reviews

The GMC Treasury Report for April 2025 outlines financial activity, highlights cost-saving measures, and notes ongoing reviews of grants and bounties to stabilize the treasury and improve transparency. No community feedback or next actions have been reported.

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🆕 StreamingFast April 2025 Update: Substreams, Firehose, and The Graph Ecosystem Improvements

This is about StreamingFast's April 2025 update detailing improvements to Substreams, Firehose infrastructure, expanded blockchain support, and user experience alignment with The Graph brand, aiming to enhance developer productivity and broaden ecosystem adoption. There are no reported costs or community reactions, and no next actions have been set.

🏷️ Grants - Grantee Update
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🆕 Proposal: WOOF! Seeks $2M USDC and 50,000 COMP to Lead Compound Protocol Development

This is a proposal for WOOF! to become the core development team for the Compound Protocol, requesting 2,000,000 USDC and 50,000 COMP over 12 months to provide maintenance and develop new features aimed at regaining market share and improving protocol efficiency. The proposal offers clear benefits in accelerating innovation and support but involves significant costs, and there has been no recorded community reaction or next steps as of now.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Proposal / Application
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🆕 Pinax Reports Technical Progress and New Blockchain Integrations for The Graph

Pinax reported significant technical and community engagement progress for The Graph, including new blockchain integrations, infrastructure upgrades, and expanded analytics, with benefits expected in reliability, scalability, and broader adoption, especially in Asian markets. No costs or community reactions were mentioned, and no next actions have been set.

🏷️ Grants - Grantee Update
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🆕 TheGraph: Semiotic open sources graphdoc, enhances LLM workflows, expands data verification for Arbitrum and Solana

The Semiotic April 2025 Update announces the open sourcing of graphdoc under Apache 2.0, technical improvements to LLM workflows, enhanced testing infrastructure, and expanded data verification for Arbitrum and Solana, while halting verifiable querying development. These changes aim to boost development efficiency and system reliability, with no reported community feedback or specified next steps.

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🆕 A41 Releases Post-Pectra Network Dashboard for Live Ethereum Validator and Network Health Data

The Post-Pectra Network Dashboard, developed by A41 and funded by the Ethereum Foundation, provides live empirical data on the P2P effects of Ethereum’s Pectra upgrade, particularly tracking validator consolidation and network health metrics. The tool offers transparency and research opportunities with no reported community feedback or specified next steps.

🏷️ Grants - Grantee Update
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🆕 Wonderland and Core Dev Collaborate on Knowledge Graph Improvements for The Graph

This is about Wonderland's April collaboration with the Core Dev team to improve the Knowledge Graph and The Graph ecosystem, focusing on storage layer research, architectural analysis, and MVP feature planning. Benefits include potential scalability, cost efficiency, and better governance, with no community feedback or next actions reported.

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🆕 Arbitrum GCP April 2025 Update: Scaling Investments, Grants, and Team Growth

The GCP Monthly Update for April 2025 reports significant progress in scaling investments, grants, and team growth, with a robust pipeline of projects and new hires to support expansion and transparency. There are no reported community reactions or next actions at this time.

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🆕 Gitcoin Grants GG23 OSS Program Distributes $600k to 30 Projects Using Metrics-Based Funding System

The GG23 OSS Program Mature Builders Retro Funding round distributed $600,000 to 30 top open-source projects on Gitcoin Grants using a transparent, metrics-based system that combined expert and community input, with funding split equally and by impact scores. The approach was generally well-received for its transparency and data-driven methodology, sparked debate on impact metrics, and invites further community feedback for future improvements, with no specific next actions set.

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🆕 Clarifying Uplink DAO's Project Selection Criteria for Jupiter-Related Proposals

This discussion is about clarifying the criteria Uplink DAO uses to select projects, aiming to increase transparency and help applicants better align their proposals. With only two replies so far, community engagement is limited but focused on understanding and improving the selection process; no costs or next actions have been identified.

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🆕 Proposal to Allocate 5,000 wFRAX/Week to CRV/frxUSD Pool on Curve (Fraxtal) for Liquidity and Utility Boost

This proposal suggests allocating 5,000 wFRAX per week as incentives to the CRV/frxUSD pool on Curve (Fraxtal) to boost frxUSD utility, liquidity, and Curve-Frax alignment, with a 30-day review period to assess impact. There are no reported community reactions or specified next steps, and the main cost is the incentive allocation.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Funding
🏷️ Proposal - Seeking feedback


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🆕 The Graph: April 2025 GraphOps Update Details Technical Upgrades and Infrastructure Improvements

This is a summary of pilar's April 2025 update on multiple GraphOps workstreams, highlighting technical upgrades, new features, and enhanced infrastructure reliability, with ongoing efforts to improve user and Indexer experience and encourage community engagement. There have been no reported community discussions or determined next actions.

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🆕 MakerDAO Introduces Accessibility Rewards Primitive to Incentivize USDS Adoption via Referral-Based Rewards

This is about the Accessibility Rewards Primitive in the Sky Ecosystem, which incentivizes projects and integrators to adopt and distribute USDS by offering a share of rewards based on net USDS deposits tracked via referral codes, with transparent, open source distribution and some compliance requirements. There are no reported community reactions or next steps as of now.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Funding
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🆕 LoveRippleGirl seeks Compound developers for DeFi-powered social impact platform

LoveRippleGirl is seeking developers with Compound experience and potential grant support to build a platform for deploying resources to vulnerable community members, aiming to use DeFi tools for social impact. There are no community discussions or next actions determined, and no costs or benefits have been specified yet.

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🆕 MakerDAO Atlas Core Development Opens May 2025 Payment Request Thread with Eligibility and Transparency Guidelines

This is an official forum thread for Atlas Core Development contributors to submit payment requests for the May 2025 monthly spell, with clear eligibility criteria, deadlines, and transparency measures to ensure accurate and accountable compensation. There has been only one reply and no community discussion so far.

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