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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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🆕 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.

🏷️ Grants - Grantee Update


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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.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Program Update


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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.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Funding
🏷️ Grants - Grant Program Update


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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.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Program Update


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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.

🏷️ Grants - Grantee Update
🏷️ Newsworthy - Technical


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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
🏷️ Changes - Compliance


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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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🆕 CoW Grants DAO Launches Volume-Based Integration Program with COW Token Incentives

The CoW Grants DAO Volume-Based Integration Program incentivizes new integrators to drive trading volume on CoW Protocol by offering COW token rewards for reaching specific volume milestones, with applications open until 30th September 2025 and rewards subject to a 12-month vesting schedule. The program aims to boost protocol adoption and integration quality, with no community feedback or next steps reported.

🏷️ Grants - Grants Available
🏷️ Grants - Grant Program Update


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🆕 Arbitrum DAO Considers $50K Investment in FundAlign to Streamline Grant and VC Funding for L2 Projects

This is a proposal to the Arbitrum DAO for a $50,000 investment in FundAlign, a platform designed to simplify grant and VC funding access for L2 and infrastructure projects, with the goal of attracting more developers to the Arbitrum ecosystem. The investment is part of a $250,000 pre-seed round using a SAFT, and there has been no community feedback or next steps identified.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Proposal / Application
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🆕 SafeDAO: OBRA Initiatives Near Completion with $1.05M Committed, Key Milestones Achieved

This is an update on OBRA initiatives as of May 5th, 2025, highlighting that most projects are nearly complete, with $1,050,000 in funding committed and significant progress made on key milestones. The successful delivery of these initiatives is expected to strengthen OBRA’s effectiveness and reputation, though there has been no community discussion or next actions identified.

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🆕 Proposal to Fund New Lido API for Validator Performance Metrics and EthSeer Integration

This proposal seeks $7,000 to develop and maintain a new API for Lido that provides comprehensive validator performance metrics, aiming to improve evaluation, transparency, and integration with EthSeer for CSM v2. With only 3 replies, community feedback is supportive and focused on integration and grant details, with no next steps decided yet.

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


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🆕 Flow State proposes $SUP allocation to expand Superfluid streaming funding platform with new features

Flow State is seeking a $SUP allocation to expand its Superfluid-based streaming funding platform with new initiatives like Flow Councils, Flow Splitters, and enhanced incentives, aiming to increase grantee participation, ecosystem collaboration, and transparency. With only 2 replies, community feedback has been constructive and focused on alignment and transparency, but overall reaction is limited.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Proposal / Application
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🆕 CoW Grants DAO Proposes COW Token Rewards for New Integrations Meeting Trading Volume Milestones

This is about a template for CoW Grants DAO that rewards new integrations with COW tokens based on specific trading volume milestones, with eligibility criteria and a 12-month vesting and achievement window to encourage sustained, organic growth. There are no costs mentioned for applicants, and there has been no community feedback or next steps identified.

🏷️ Grants - Grants Available
🏷️ Grants - Grant Program Update


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🆕 Proposal to Distribute 2.26M DYDX Tokens to 2,806 Users Based on Surge Program Trading Activity

A proposal by chaoslabs recommends distributing 2,265,379 DYDX tokens from the dYdX Chain Community Treasury to 2,806 eligible users based on verified trading activity in trading season 1 of the dYdX Surge Program, with measures in place to exclude artificial or wash trading. The distribution aims to ensure fairness and transparency, but there has been no recorded community discussion or determined next steps.

🏷️ Proposal - Seeking feedback
🏷️ Grants - Grant Funding
🏷️ Newsworthy - Token Distribution


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🆕 The Graph Geo Project April 2025 Update: Technical Improvements, UI Enhancements, GRC-20 Freeze Plans

This is a progress update on the Geo project as of April 2025, highlighting major technical improvements, new UI features for better news story usability, and preparations to freeze GRC-20 and onboard more users. The updates aim to enhance performance and user experience, with no reported community feedback or specified next actions.

🏷️ Grants - Grantee Update
🏷️ Newsworthy - Technical
🏷️ Changes - Technical Change


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