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🆕 ENS community voting underway to select and fund Service Providers for Season II

The community is voting to select and fund Service Providers for Season II of the Service Provider Program, using a custom ranking system where only those ranked above a “NONE BELOW” line are approved, and extended budgets require basic budget approval. There are no reported community discussions, and voting is open on multiple platforms, with the outcome determining which projects receive funding and support.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Funding
🏷️ Proposal - Currently voting


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🆕 ENS DAO Proposal Seeks Delegate Input on Service Provider Funding for Season II

This is a proposal for ENS DAO delegates to rank and select service providers and their budgets for Service Provider Program Season II, determining which projects will receive funding and shape the ENS ecosystem. Participation is currently low, with a few projects receiving strong support, and the vote remains open for further delegate input before final funding decisions are made.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Funding
🏷️ Proposal - Currently voting


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🆕 Rocket Pool Opens Applications for Round 25 Bounties with Focus on Accountability and Efficiency

Rocket Pool is accepting applications for Round 25 bounties from May 7, 2025 to June 7, 2025, with a structured process and a preference for grants to improve accountability and efficient treasury use. There are no reported community reactions or next steps at this time.

🏷️ Grants - Grants Available
🏷️ Grants - Grant Program Update


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🆕 Proposal to Launch JUP Validator Network and Web3 Services on Solana with €1.46M Funding Request

This is a proposal to launch a JUP-branded validator network and Web3 services ecosystem on Solana, aiming to decentralize infrastructure, generate sustainable yield for JUP stakers, and strengthen Jupiter’s ecosystem, with a requested investment of €1.46 million and 1.21 million JUP tokens for 24 months of development and operations. The plan offers potential benefits like new DeFi opportunities and increased revenue, but faces risks such as SOL price volatility and adoption challenges; there has been no community feedback or next steps decided.

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🆕 Rocket Pool Opens Applications for Round 25 GMC Retrospective Awards, Prioritizes Grants Over Retrospective Funding

Rocket Pool is accepting applications for Round 25 GMC retrospective awards, recognizing completed work that benefits the protocol and community between May 7, 2025 and June 7, 2025, with a structured application and evaluation process and a preference for grants due to treasury constraints. The process aims to incentivize valuable contributions and improve transparency, but may limit retrospective awards and shift contributors toward pre-approved grants; there has been no community discussion so far.

🏷️ Grants - Grants Available
🏷️ Grants - Grant Program Update


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🆕 Proposal for XJup: Web3 Payment Platform for JUP, SOL, USDC Seeks €1.17M Funding

This is a proposal for XJup, a Web3 payment and rewards platform enabling seamless crypto payments (JUP, SOL, USDC) via mobile app and card, featuring gamified rewards, AI financial tools, strong security, and merchant/community integrations, with a funding request of €1.17M and 2.37M JUP for 24 months. The project aims to boost crypto adoption and JUP utility but involves significant costs and operational complexity; there has been no community feedback or next steps decided.

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🆕 Uniswap DAO Opens Applications for Season 4 Accountability Committee with Focus on Transparency and Security

The Uniswap DAO is renewing its Accountability Committee for Season 4, with a structured application and voting process designed to ensure fairness, transparency, and secure multisig operations, and Sov has applied, highlighting extensive DAO and grant management experience. There has been only one reply and no community discussion so far.

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🆕 ENS DAO considers ranked choice voting to prioritize SP program funding for sustainability and oversight

This discussion is about prioritizing funding for teams in the SP program using ranked choice voting to ensure DAO resources are allocated to the most strategically important and reliable projects, with a focus on sustainability and improved oversight. With only two replies, community reaction is limited, centering on the need for better communication and transparency, especially highlighted by feedback to Wildcard Labs.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Program Update


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🆕 Arbitrum STEP Update: Enhanced Transparency with Reporting, Analytics, and Yield Comparisons

This is an update on Arbitrum’s Stable Treasury Endowment Program (STEP) by steakhouse, highlighting enhanced transparency through detailed reporting, analytics, and yield comparisons, as well as the approval of STEP 2 application recommendations. There are no reported costs or community reactions, and no next actions have been set.

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🆕 Review of ENS SPP Applications Highlights Infrastructure Funding and Web3.bio’s SPP2 Proposal

This discussion reviews nick.eth’s evaluation of ENS SPP service provider applications, highlighting the potential benefits of funding key infrastructure and innovative tools, as well as the introduction of Web3.bio’s SPP2 application. Community response has been minimal, with only web3bio engaging to promote their platform.

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🆕 Proposal to Allocate Superfluid Tokens for Season 2 Community Activations and Referral Campaign on Base Network

polium proposes allocating Superfluid tokens to the Superfluid Foundation Marketing team for Season 2 Community Activations, aiming to incentivize new user actions, cross-app engagement, and support for smaller apps through one-off rewards and a new referral system, primarily on the Base network. The campaign introduces a fee to prevent abuse, with no reported community feedback or next steps decided.

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🆕 Rocket Pool Proposes Joining Balancer Alliance for rETH-WETH Liquidity and $10k Grant

This proposal aims for Rocket Pool to join the Balancer Alliance Program, requesting revenue sharing, a $10,000 BAL grant, and technical integrations to enhance rETH-WETH liquidity across mainnet and L2s. The community vote is ongoing with no feedback yet, and the main benefits are deeper partnership, increased incentives, and improved liquidity, with no stated costs beyond the grant request.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Proposal / Application
🏷️ Grants - Grant Funding
🏷️ Proposal - Currently voting


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🆕 Morpho Governance Call to Discuss Grants, Association, and Yearn Curation Methodology on May 8, 2025

The Morpho Governance Call on May 8, 2025, will cover updates on grants, association matters, and Yearn Curation Methodology, with the agenda open for community input and the session recorded for transparency. There are no reported community reactions or specified next actions.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Program Update
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🆕 Rocketpool GMC Cancels Inactive Bounties, Reviews Two Pending Community Feedback

The GMC has cancelled several outdated or inactive bounties to better focus resources, while two bounties (Liquid Stakers FAQs doc and Slashing Mitigator) are under review pending community feedback. There have been no community discussions or next actions determined.

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🆕 Proposal for Rocket Pool to Join Balancer Alliance Program Faces Low Participation

This proposal aims for Rocket Pool to join the Balancer Alliance Program, receive a $10,000 BAL grant, and share revenue from rETH-WETH pools, enhancing liquidity and collaboration between the two protocols. The main benefit is deeper integration and incentives for liquidity providers, but the proposal currently faces very low community participation, with the vote far from reaching quorum.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Proposal / Application
🏷️ Grants - Grant Funding
🏷️ Proposal - Currently voting


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🆕 Rocketpool pDAO Treasury Report Reduces pDAO RPL Inflation Share, Increases oDAO Share, Introduces Recurring IMC and GMC Payments

The pDAO Treasury Report details a budget reallocation, decreasing the pDAO share of RPL inflation to 27.5% and increasing the oDAO share to 2.5%, along with the initiation of recurring payments to the IMC and GMC for improved funding predictability and transparency. No community feedback or next actions have been reported.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Program Update
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🆕 Curve Quarterly Report: Crosschain Upgrades, Llamalend Features, and CHF 1.4M Spent on Development

This is a quarterly progress report for Curve (December 2024 to February 2025) detailing major software, governance, and ecosystem upgrades—including crosschain improvements, new Llamalend features, and expanded integrations—aimed at boosting functionality, user experience, and financial sustainability, with CHF 1,395,000 spent mainly on audits, support, and development. There has been no community discussion or next actions specified.

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


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🆕 Superfluid Payments & Distributions plans to expand crypto payroll tool with focus on adoption and reduced allocation

The \"Superfluid Payments & Distributions\" project, led by the Superfluid Foundation team, aims to expand its crypto payroll and payment tool in Season 2 by increasing unique claimers and adoption of Pure SuperTokens, while suggesting a smaller allocation to support more community campaigns. There are no reported community reactions or next steps, and the project incurs small stream fees but is eligible for OP’s Retroactive Funding.

🏷️ Grants - Grantee Update


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