📡 Update From the Grant Wire 📡
https://www.jupresear.ch/t/interim-report-trial-grant-gts-grant-talent-support/38523
https://www.jupresear.ch/t/interim-report-trial-grant-gts-grant-talent-support/38523
Jupiter Research
Interim Report - Trial Grant GTS (Grant & Talent Support)
Intro: Five weeks already, time flies when you’re working on something that genuinely excites you. Has the hypothesis we started with proven itself? Not yet, but that’s expected. Five weeks (with three more to go) is too short a window for firm conclusions.…
🆕 Proposal to Add Open-Source Voting Features to Arbitrum Governance Forum Seeks $206K
This proposal seeks $206,400 USD from Arbitrum DAO to integrate Live Votes, Voting Power Tags, and Proposal Notification Emails into the governance forum as open-source Discourse components, aiming to improve usability and engagement, with delivery and maintenance over two years. Community feedback is mixed, with some supporting the enhancements and cost, while others question the contract length and expense; only four replies indicate limited but thoughtful discussion.
🏷️ Grants - Grant Proposal / Application
🏷️ Proposal - Seeking feedback
🏷️ Newsworthy - Controversial
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This proposal seeks $206,400 USD from Arbitrum DAO to integrate Live Votes, Voting Power Tags, and Proposal Notification Emails into the governance forum as open-source Discourse components, aiming to improve usability and engagement, with delivery and maintenance over two years. Community feedback is mixed, with some supporting the enhancements and cost, while others question the contract length and expense; only four replies indicate limited but thoughtful discussion.
🏷️ Grants - Grant Proposal / Application
🏷️ Proposal - Seeking feedback
🏷️ Newsworthy - Controversial
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app.x23.ai
[Non-Constitutional] Let’s improve our governance forum with three proposals.app feature integrations | Arbitrum
This is a proposal for Arbitrum DAO to fund the integration of Live Votes, Voting Power Tags, and Proposal Notification ...
🆕 Proposal to Distribute 2.5M DYDX Tokens to 3,167 Surge Program Traders with On-Chain Verification
This is about a proposal to distribute 2,499,799 DYDX tokens from the dYdX Chain Community Treasury to 3,167 users who genuinely participated in trading season 2 of the dYdX Surge Program, with eligibility and allocations transparently verified on-chain. The benefits include incentivizing real trading and increasing trust in governance, while the main cost is the large token outlay; there has been no recorded community reaction.
🏷️ Proposal - Seeking feedback
🏷️ Grants - Grant Funding
🏷️ Newsworthy - Token Distribution
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This is about a proposal to distribute 2,499,799 DYDX tokens from the dYdX Chain Community Treasury to 3,167 users who genuinely participated in trading season 2 of the dYdX Surge Program, with eligibility and allocations transparently verified on-chain. The benefits include incentivizing real trading and increasing trust in governance, while the main cost is the large token outlay; there has been no recorded community reaction.
🏷️ Proposal - Seeking feedback
🏷️ Grants - Grant Funding
🏷️ Newsworthy - Token Distribution
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app.x23.ai
[DRC] - Surge Season 2 Incentive Distribution Proposal | dYdX
This is about a proposal by @chaoslabs to distribute 2,499,799 DYDX tokens from the dYdX Chain Community Treasury to 3,1...
🆕 Proposal to Fund Balancer OpCo Marketing Team with $122.5K for Q3–Q4 2025 Activities
This proposal seeks $122,500 to fund the Balancer OpCo Marketing Team for Q3–Q4 2025, aiming to support product rollouts, brand growth, and ecosystem engagement through targeted marketing initiatives. The vote has not yet started, so there is no community feedback or outcome at this time.
🏷️ Grants - Grant Proposal / Application
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This proposal seeks $122,500 to fund the Balancer OpCo Marketing Team for Q3–Q4 2025, aiming to support product rollouts, brand growth, and ecosystem engagement through targeted marketing initiatives. The vote has not yet started, so there is no community feedback or outcome at this time.
🏷️ Grants - Grant Proposal / Application
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app.x23.ai
[BIP-840] Fund OpCo Marketing Team (Q3–Q4 2025) | Balancer
The Balancer community approved a $122,500 budget for Q3–Q4 2025 to fund the OpCo Limited marketing team, supporting pro...
🆕 Rocketpool pDAO Treasury Budget Update Increases GMC Share, Adjusts Reserves for 2025
This is about an update to the pDAO treasury budget distribution for the period from 2025/05/08 to 2025/06/05, increasing GMC's share to 25% and reducing reserves to 25%, with payments executed on-chain as per proposal 3. The changes aim to improve transparency and operational capacity, with no reported community feedback or next steps.
🏷️ Grants - Grant Funding
🏷️ Grants - Grant Program Update
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This is about an update to the pDAO treasury budget distribution for the period from 2025/05/08 to 2025/06/05, increasing GMC's share to 25% and reducing reserves to 25%, with payments executed on-chain as per proposal 3. The changes aim to improve transparency and operational capacity, with no reported community feedback or next steps.
🏷️ Grants - Grant Funding
🏷️ Grants - Grant Program Update
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🆕 Optimism Grants Council Refines Process for Season 7, Prioritizing TVL Growth and Selectivity
This discussion analyzes the Grants Council’s shift from Season 6 to Season 7, highlighting a reduced council size, increased selectivity, and a narrowed focus on TVL growth, resulting in fewer approved applications and a more strategic, impact-driven grant process. Community reaction has been minimal, with only one member expressing appreciation and intent to reflect further on Season 7.
🏷️ Grants - Grant Program Update
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This discussion analyzes the Grants Council’s shift from Season 6 to Season 7, highlighting a reduced council size, increased selectivity, and a narrowed focus on TVL growth, resulting in fewer approved applications and a more strategic, impact-driven grant process. Community reaction has been minimal, with only one member expressing appreciation and intent to reflect further on Season 7.
🏷️ Grants - Grant Program Update
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🆕 Gitcoin 3.0 to Fund Ethereum Challenges via Dedicated Domain Allocation and GTC Holder Voting
Gitcoin is shifting its strategy with Gitcoin 3.0 to focus on funding Ethereum’s most critical challenges through Dedicated Domain Allocation, involving community-driven infrastructure development and GTC holder voting on funding domains for GG24. This aims to increase grant impact and innovation while reducing internal costs, with no community feedback or next actions reported yet.
🏷️ Grants - Grant Program Update
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Gitcoin is shifting its strategy with Gitcoin 3.0 to focus on funding Ethereum’s most critical challenges through Dedicated Domain Allocation, involving community-driven infrastructure development and GTC holder voting on funding domains for GG24. This aims to increase grant impact and innovation while reducing internal costs, with no community feedback or next actions reported yet.
🏷️ Grants - Grant Program Update
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🆕 Proposal to Fund Balancer OpCo Marketing Team with $122,500 for Q3–Q4 2025 (BIP-840)
This is a proposal (BIP-840) requesting $122,500 to fund the Balancer OpCo Marketing Team for Q3–Q4 2025, aiming to boost Balancer’s marketing, support product launches, and strengthen its brand through a focused team and strategic spending. The community response so far shows strong support with low participation, and if approved, the budget will be used as detailed in the proposal.
🏷️ Grants - Grant Proposal / Application
🏷️ Proposal - Currently voting
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This is a proposal (BIP-840) requesting $122,500 to fund the Balancer OpCo Marketing Team for Q3–Q4 2025, aiming to boost Balancer’s marketing, support product launches, and strengthen its brand through a focused team and strategic spending. The community response so far shows strong support with low participation, and if approved, the budget will be used as detailed in the proposal.
🏷️ Grants - Grant Proposal / Application
🏷️ Proposal - Currently voting
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🆕 Gitcoin Grants GG23 Shifts to Conviction Voting, Raises $60k Amid User Experience Challenges
The Gitcoin Grants Garden GG23 Community Round marked a full shift from Quadratic Funding to Conviction Voting using Gardens v2, raising $60,659 to support 21 diverse communities, but faced technical and onboarding challenges that impacted user satisfaction (average scores 6.3–7.1/10). While the community sees conviction voting as a promising alternative for public goods funding, they request improvements in proposal workflows, mobile support, analytics, DAO integration, and multilingual features, with future rounds aiming to address these issues and innovate on tokenomics.
🏷️ Grants - Grant Program Update
🏷️ Newsworthy - Fundraising
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The Gitcoin Grants Garden GG23 Community Round marked a full shift from Quadratic Funding to Conviction Voting using Gardens v2, raising $60,659 to support 21 diverse communities, but faced technical and onboarding challenges that impacted user satisfaction (average scores 6.3–7.1/10). While the community sees conviction voting as a promising alternative for public goods funding, they request improvements in proposal workflows, mobile support, analytics, DAO integration, and multilingual features, with future rounds aiming to address these issues and innovate on tokenomics.
🏷️ Grants - Grant Program Update
🏷️ Newsworthy - Fundraising
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🆕 Arbitrum DAO Proposes $3.5M USDC Reallocation to Yield-Bearing Assets, Targeting $13K Monthly Return
This proposal reallocates about $3.5 million in USDC from the Arbitrum DAO treasury into three approved yield-bearing assets to maximize returns, with an expected yield of approximately $13,000 per month and no additional cost to the DAO. Community support is overwhelmingly positive, with over 99% of voting power in favor, and the final vote is scheduled for June 5th, 2024.
🏷️ Proposal - Currently voting
🏷️ Grants - Grant Funding
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This proposal reallocates about $3.5 million in USDC from the Arbitrum DAO treasury into three approved yield-bearing assets to maximize returns, with an expected yield of approximately $13,000 per month and no additional cost to the DAO. Community support is overwhelmingly positive, with over 99% of voting power in favor, and the final vote is scheduled for June 5th, 2024.
🏷️ Proposal - Currently voting
🏷️ Grants - Grant Funding
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🆕 Rocket Pool Opens Bounty Applications for Round 26 to Support Node Operation and Protocol Improvements
Rocket Pool is accepting bounty applications for Round 26 from June 7, 2025 to July 7, 2025, aiming to incentivize community contributions that support node operation, rETH usage, and protocol improvements, with a structured evaluation process to ensure cost-effectiveness and alignment with GMC goals. There have been no community discussions or specified next actions.
🏷️ Grants - Grants Available
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Rocket Pool is accepting bounty applications for Round 26 from June 7, 2025 to July 7, 2025, aiming to incentivize community contributions that support node operation, rETH usage, and protocol improvements, with a structured evaluation process to ensure cost-effectiveness and alignment with GMC goals. There have been no community discussions or specified next actions.
🏷️ Grants - Grants Available
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