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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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🆕 Arbitrum DAO Moves to Reclaim 6.9M ARB from Event Horizon After Governance Shift

The proposal concerns whether to reduce, maintain, or end the 7,000,000 ARB delegation from the Arbitrum DAO treasury to Event Horizon, following its shift toward agentic governance; the community overwhelmingly supports reducing the delegation to 100,000 ARB, allowing limited continued experimentation while returning most ARB to the treasury. If this outcome is finalized, 6,900,000 ARB will be returned to the DAO, setting a precedent for handling pivots in funded initiatives.

🏷️ Proposal - Seeking feedback
🏷️ Grants - Grant Funding
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🆕 Arbitrum DAO Proposal Seeks to Reallocate $3.5M USDC to Restore Yield Without New Funds

This proposal recommends reallocating $3.5 million in USDC, redeemed from USDM, into yield-bearing assets within the STEP 2 budget of the Arbitrum DAO to restore an estimated $13,000 per month in lost yield, with no new funds required. Community response across 10 replies is limited but broadly supportive, with several members advocating for more efficient, administrative handling of similar reallocations in the future.

🏷️ Proposal - Seeking feedback
🏷️ Grants - Grant Funding


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🆕 Arbitrum and DApp World launch gamified courses with $10k grant, certify hundreds of developers

The Arbitrum DApp World initiative used a $10,000 grant to create and launch two intermediate-level, gamified Arbitrum courses on DApp World, resulting in hundreds of developer enrollments and certifications, thereby expanding the Arbitrum developer ecosystem and providing lasting educational resources. There have been no community discussions or next actions identified.

🏷️ Grants - Grantee Update


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🆕 MakerDAO: wbs Confirms Key Governance Actions Align with Atlas Protocols via Signed Messages

This is about wbs submitting and confirming, with cryptographically signed messages, that several key governance and operational actions align with Atlas protocols, including upgrades, funding, and compensation processes. There are no identified costs or community reactions, and no next actions have been set.

🏷️ Changes - Technical Change
🏷️ Grants - Grant Funding


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🆕 The GraphOps June 2025 Update: Subgraph MCP Launch, Kubernetes Improvements, Horizon Contract Support

This is a monthly update from the GraphOps team as of June 2025, highlighting the launch of Subgraph MCP for direct LLM-Subgraph interaction, infrastructure improvements via Kubernetes Launchpad, and enhanced network operations with Horizon contract support. The benefits include advanced data querying, improved reliability, and better user experience, with no reported community feedback or specified next actions.

🏷️ Grants - Grantee Update
🏷️ Newsworthy - Technical


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🆕 Celestia Foundation Opens Applications for Delegation Program Cohort 5 with Updated Rules

The Celestia Foundation has opened applications for Cohort 5 of its Delegation Program, offering 15 seats with updated rules that allow validators to be jailed once and place less emphasis on contributions, aiming to increase inclusivity and refresh the selection process. All applicants, including current delegates, must reapply, and there has been no recorded community reaction.

🏷️ Grants - Grants Available
🏷️ Grants - Grant Program Update


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🆕 The Graph Core Team Updates: Substreams Enhancements, New Blockchain Integrations, and Market Platform Improvements

This is an update on The Graph Core Team's recent achievements and upcoming plans, focusing on enhancing Substreams, expanding blockchain integrations (including TRON and Solana), and improving thegraph.market platform as of May 2025. These efforts aim to improve developer experience and platform accessibility, with no reported community feedback or specified next actions.

🏷️ Grants - Grantee Update


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🆕 Celestia Foundation Announces Six-Month Ecosystem Delegation Program for Validator Support

The Celestia Foundation is launching a six-month Ecosystem Delegation Program from 1 July to 31 December 2025 to support ten validators in user recruitment, developer outreach, or R&D, with structured milestones and penalties. The program aims to boost ecosystem growth and innovation, but there has been no community feedback or specified next steps.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Program Update


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🆕 MakerDAO Releases June 2025 Atlas Core Contributor Payment Guidelines with Added Security Measures

This is an official record outlining the process and requirements for Atlas Core Development contributors to request payments for June 2025, emphasizing clear deadlines, eligibility checks, and enhanced security through cryptographic signatures for new payment addresses. There have been no community discussions or reactions, and no further actions have been specified.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Funding


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🆕 ENS DAO Newsletter #88: Governance Updates, ENSv2 Progress, Legal Risks, and Funding Initiatives

The ENS DAO Newsletter #88, published on 06/3/2025, reports on recent governance decisions, technical progress (including ENSv2 and Namechain), legal risks related to Lido’s LSTs, and ongoing funding initiatives, with increased transparency and potential improvements in usability and adoption. No community discussions or next actions have been reported.

🏷️ Newsworthy - Technical
🏷️ Newsworthy - Affecting Governance
🏷️ Changes - Legal
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🆕 Debate on Retro Funding for Memecoins Raises Questions About Optimism’s Reward Criteria

The discussion questions whether memecoins and simple onchain apps should receive Retro Funding rewards, highlighting concerns that current metrics incentivize short-term, low-value engagement over long-term innovation and may undermine governance legitimacy. With only two replies, community feedback is limited but critical, emphasizing the need to reconsider reward criteria to better align with ecosystem growth and security goals.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Funding
🏷️ Proposal - Seeking feedback
🏷️ Newsworthy - Affecting Governance


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🆕 ENS Builders Portal grant process clarified; community confirms weekly reviews and active support

This discussion concerns a grant application to the ENS Builders Portal, where the applicant questioned delays in response and sought clarity on the process; community members clarified that the portal is active, reviews occur weekly, and encouraged participation in meetings and checking the FAQ. With only three replies, community reaction has been limited but generally supportive and informative, with no costs or next actions specified.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Proposal / Application


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🆕 ENS Proposal EP 6.10: $4.5M Annual Budget, Superfluid Payments, DAO Vote June 11

This is about preparing an executable proposal to implement EP 6.10, which increases the annual budget to $4.5M, updates provider allocations, and uses Superfluid for payments, with security measures limiting funding exposure and a DAO vote scheduled for June 11th. The benefits include streamlined payments, improved operational security, and continuity for service providers, with no community feedback reported so far.

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


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🆕 Gitcoin GG23 Onboarding Program Receives Positive Feedback, Highlights Need for Communication and Usability Improvements

The GG23 Onboarding & Education Program by Let’s GROW DAO for Gitcoin provided extensive multilingual support, explainer content, and live events to improve onboarding and education for builders, receiving strong positive feedback for its impact and organization compared to previous efforts. While praised for accessibility and responsiveness, the community suggested improvements in communication, outreach, and platform usability; no next steps have been set.

🏷️ Grants - Grantee Update


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🆕 Jupiter Grant Process Sees Improved Accessibility and Efficiency with New GTS Tools

The discussion reviews a five-week interim report on the Grant & Talent Support (GTS) initiative, highlighting improved accessibility and efficiency in the Jupiter grant process through new tools like the Curious Catalogue and Pounce On It Initiative, with early successes and growing community engagement. There are no significant costs mentioned, and community feedback has been supportive, as reflected in the 8 replies.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Program Update


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