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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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🆕 Scroll DAO Proposes SCR Token Rewards for Governance Contributors, Seeks Feedback Before June 2025 Vote

This is a proposal to retroactively and prospectively reward Scroll DAO governance contributors with SCR tokens based on specific activities and criteria, aiming to incentivize quality participation and establish transparent recognition, with the largest individual award exceeding $10,000 USD equivalent. Community feedback (across 9 replies) is generally supportive but suggests clarifying criteria, adjusting contribution cutoffs, expanding recognized activities, and refining the reward system before the formal vote scheduled for June 1, 2025.

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


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🆕 Jupiter Grant and Talent Support Opens Call for Project Collaboration in Jupiverse

This is an open call for individuals interested in joining the Jupiter Grant and Talent Support to connect, collaborate, and develop projects within the Jupiverse, aiming to foster talent and project growth. There are no costs or community reactions mentioned, and no next steps have been set.

🏷️ Grants - Grants Available


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🆕 daostrat.eth reviews and ranks 11 SPP2 proposals for ENS, prioritizing infrastructure and security enhancements

daostrat.eth reviewed and ranked 11 SPP2 proposals for ENS, prioritizing projects that improve infrastructure, security, governance, and identity, with budgets between $300,000 and $800,000. The proposed funding aims to enhance ENS reliability and features, but there has been no community discussion or next steps decided.

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


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🆕 Draft ENS proposal allocates 945,000 USDC and 100,000 ENS to Meta-Governance and Public Goods Working Groups through Oct 2025

A draft proposal seeks to transfer 945,000 USDC and 100,000 ENS to the Meta-Governance and Public Goods Working Groups to fund their operations through October 2025, with the Public Goods request reduced after forum feedback. There have been no community discussions or next actions determined.

🏷️ Proposal - Seeking feedback
🏷️ Grants - Grant Funding


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🆕 Arbitrum DAO Reports 2.5M ARB Profit in April 2025 Token Flow, Highlights Financial Sustainability

The April 2025 Token Flow Report for Arbitrum DAO details financial activities, showing a profit of 2.5M ARB after spending 1.3M ARB on development, grants, and delegate incentives, with 624 ETH collected in transaction fees and 30M ARB deployed for the Arbitrum Audit Program. The report highlights financial sustainability and resource allocation, but there has been no community discussion or next actions identified.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Funding
🏷️ Grants - Grant Program Update
🏷️ Security - Audit


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🆕 Arbitrum DAO Votes on Grant Misuse Bounty and ArbOS 40 "Callisto" Upgrade Proposals

Arbitrum DAO is voting on two proposals: a grant misuse bounty program requesting 400,000 ARB to incentivize reporting fund misuse, and an upgrade to ArbOS 40 “Callisto” to enhance network compatibility and security; voting for these occurs between May 15, 2024 and May 23, 2024. The proposals aim to improve accountability and technical capabilities, with no reported community feedback so far.

🏷️ Proposal - Currently voting
🏷️ Grants - Grant Funding
🏷️ Changes - Technical Change
🏷️ Newsworthy - Technical
🏷️ Security - Incident


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🆕 OpenZeppelin Security Partnership Q1 2025: Expanded Audits and Major Vulnerability Prevented in Compound Linea USDC Market

This is an update on the OpenZeppelin Security Partnership for Q1 2025, detailing expanded audits, monitoring, and the prevention of a major vulnerability in the Linea USDC Market, which improved protocol security and reduced risk. There are no reported costs or community reactions, and no next actions have been set.

🏷️ Grants - Grantee Update
🏷️ Security - Audit


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🆕 SafeDAO OBRA Wave 2 Proposes New Setup for Funding Requests Over $100k, Seeks Closer SEF Alignment

An update on OBRA Wave 2 outlines plans to create a new operational setup that allows funding requests above $100k, aiming for better alignment between SEF and SafeDAO and more comprehensive ecosystem support, though this will take longer than initially expected. There have been no community discussions or next actions determined.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Program Update


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🆕 Venus Protocol Proposes $10,000 XVS Incentive for USD1 Market Liquidity

The proposal requests $10,000 in XVS tokens from the Venus Protocol Treasury to incentivize liquidity for the new USD1 Market, aiming to boost adoption and supply-side participation. Community response is highly supportive, with a large majority of votes in favor and no opposition.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Proposal / Application
🏷️ Grants - Grant Funding
🏷️ Proposal - Result: Passed


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🆕 Jupiter DevRel Work Group Proposes 5,000 USDC Grant for DAO Tooling, Sparking Debate Over Funding Model

The discussion is about the Jupiter DevRel Work Group’s efforts to improve developer support and DAO tooling, highlighted by the launch of Catalytics.pro and a 5,000 USDC grant request for further development, with milestones set for March 15, 2025. While the initiative is seen as beneficial for community engagement and governance, some community members are concerned that the “build-first” funding model may exclude experienced contributors who cannot work unpaid, and debate continues over what constitutes sufficient “proof of work.”

🏷️ Grants - Grant Proposal / Application
🏷️ Grants - Grant Funding
🏷️ Newsworthy - Affecting Governance


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🆕 wA11y launches accessible Web3 UX education for marginalized women, funded by Gitcoin Grants

wA11y is an initiative providing accessible Web3 UX education and scholarships for marginalized women, aiming to lower barriers to tech entry and foster diversity through free courses, hands-on modules, and adaptive learning tools, funded via donations and Gitcoin Grants. There are no reported community discussions or next steps.

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🆕 CoW DAO Issues RFP for Internationalization of CoW Swap App, Proposals Open Until July 2025

This is about an RFP to add internationalization (i18n) to the CoW Swap app, enabling multi-language support, a language switcher, and integration of translation tools, with proposals open until 1st of July 2025 and selection by the Grants DAO committee. The main benefit is increased accessibility for non-English speakers, with technical and maintenance costs involved; there has been no community discussion so far.

🏷️ Grants - Grants Available


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🆕 dYdX Treasury SubDAO April 2025 Update: Buyback Program Launch, Improved Staking, and Increased Transparency

The dYdX Treasury SubDAO’s April 2025 update details the launch and expansion of the DYDX Buyback Program, improved staking and cash flow management, and increased transparency, resulting in asset growth and enhanced governance. Community reaction has been positive, particularly regarding transparency and proactive program management, with no further actions specified.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Program Update
🏷️ Newsworthy - Affecting Governance


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🆕 Proposal to Fund Drosera’s Ironwood: Automated Incident Response for SafeDAO on Ethereum

This proposal seeks 150,000 USDC to fund Drosera’s Ironwood, a decentralized, real-time incident response module for Safe on Ethereum, aiming to automate risk management and enhance on-chain asset security using customizable, verifiable monitoring. Community feedback is limited but includes both strong support for the security benefits and concerns about timing, budget justification, and whether SafeDAO should fund the project directly.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Proposal / Application
🏷️ Grants - Grant Funding
🏷️ Proposal - Seeking feedback
🏷️ Security - Incident


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🆕 AaveLabs Proposes $750K GHO Budget for 2025 DeFi Events and Branding

AaveLabs has proposed a $750,000 (in GHO) budget for 2025 to fund major DeFi event participation, side events, and branded merchandise, aiming to boost Aave’s visibility, partnerships, and community engagement, with unspent funds rolling over and no allocation for travel or compensation. There has been no community feedback or determined next steps.

🏷️ Proposal - Seeking feedback
🏷️ Grants - Grant Funding


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🆕 Arbitrum Proposal: Quadratic Accelerator Seeks $1.05M ARB for On-Chain Grant Program

The discussion is about the Quadratic Accelerator (q/acc), a proposed web3 grant program for Arbitrum that uses on-chain mechanisms like bonding curves and quadratic funding to create sustainable token economies and reduce issues seen in traditional grants, with a funding request of $1.05M in ARB. Community reaction is limited but positive, with suggestions for operational improvements and risk management, and no next steps have been decided.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Proposal / Application


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🆕 Polygon Delegate Incentive Program Awards $60K in POL to 16 Groups, Continues for Q2

The Polygon Delegate Incentive Program (DIP) distributed $60,000 USD in POL to 16 delegate groups in Q1, rewarding active participation and raising governance visibility, with positive feedback from both delegates and the Polygon Foundation. The program will continue with the same evaluation criteria for Q2, aiming to further boost delegate engagement and governance activity.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Funding
🏷️ Grants - Grant Program Update
🏷️ Newsworthy - Token Distribution
🏷️ Newsworthy - Affecting Governance


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