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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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🆕 ARDC V2 Research Process Reviewed on Arbitrum; Community Call Scheduled to Discuss Six-Month Extension

Entropy reviewed ARDC V2’s research process, noting improved scoping, budget efficiency, and actionable outcomes compared to V1, but identified issues with fixed-term commitments and unclear deliverable expectations; a community call is scheduled for June 18th, 2024, at 15:00 UTC to discuss these findings before deciding on a six-month extension. No community feedback has been recorded yet.

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🆕 CowDAO Grant Proposal: PolySwap Automated DeFi Swaps Triggered by Prediction Markets on Polygon POS

This is an updated grant proposal for PolySwap, a DeFi protocol enabling automated swaps triggered by prediction market conditions, with initial deployment on Polygon POS and plans for open source development and future expansion. The proposal outlines technical milestones and costs, but with only 2 replies and no community discussion, there is limited feedback so far.

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🆕 Arbitrum Updates STEP Portfolio: Enhanced Yield Reporting and USDM-to-USDC Conversion

This is an update on Arbitrum’s STEP portfolio as of May 2025, highlighting enhanced transparency through detailed yield reporting and the full conversion of USDM holdings to USDC following Mountain Protocol’s acquisition by Anchorage Digital. The changes improve risk management and performance benchmarking, with no community feedback or next steps noted.

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🆕 Arbitrum DAO May 2025 Report: Increased Fees, 13M ARB Profit, Diversified Treasury Inflows

The Regen Financial May 2025 Token Flow Report for Arbitrum DAO shows increased net transaction fees, a profit of 13M ARB, and diversified treasury inflows, with major spending on grants, delegate incentives, and security initiatives. There are no reported community reactions or next actions.

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🆕 Rocketpool IMC Reports Surplus, Increased RPL Balance, and Stable rETH Liquidity for Period 36

The IMC Period 36 Report and proposed Period 37 Budget highlight a significant RPL balance increase, budget surplus, and stable rETH liquidity, giving the IMC flexibility for future initiatives and resource reallocation. No community discussions or next actions have been reported.

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🆕 Gitcoin Grants 2024 Framework Introduces Structured, Community-Driven Funding for Ethereum Challenges

The Gitcoin Grants 2024 Strategic Sense Making Framework proposes a structured, community-driven process to identify and fund Ethereum’s most urgent and solvable problems, emphasizing genuine impact and long-term solutions through Dedicated Domain Allocation and rigorous validation. Community reaction has been limited so far, with one supportive comment and a clarifying question about domain eligibility.

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🆕 Polygon Quadratic Accelerator Season 2: Four Projects Tokenized, Achieve Growth Despite Market Downturn

The Quadratic Accelerator (q/acc) Season 2 Impact Report reviews the successful tokenization and growth of four projects, with each receiving $50k POL and achieving strong market cap growth, trading volume, and positive returns for buyers, even during a market downturn. The program enabled small-to-medium protocols to launch liquid token economies and fostered cross-ecosystem participation, with no reported community discussions or next actions.

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🆕 Entropy publishes third quarterly transparency report on 1-year partnership with Arbitrum DAO

Entropy released its third quarterly transparency report on its 1-year exclusive partnership with Arbitrum DAO, offering detailed updates on activities, achievements, and finances to improve trust and accountability. There have been no community discussions or next actions identified.

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🆕 Optimism Announces S8 Retro Funding Missions to Reward Superchain and OP Stack Contributions in 2025

The S8 Retro Funding Missions, launching in 2025, will reward impactful contributions to Superchain growth, developer tooling, and OP Stack dependencies through data-driven evaluation and monthly rewards, aiming to boost usage, support open source tools, and fund critical infrastructure. Community reaction is limited but positive, with appreciation expressed for specific initiatives like Uniswap Hook Builders.

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🆕 Optimism S8 Governance Fund outlines missions and metrics to boost developer adoption and interop-ready TVL

This is about defining the missions, eligibility, and metrics for the S8 Governance Fund’s Grants Council, Developer Advisory Board, and futarchy experiments, with a focus on increasing interop-ready TVL, transaction fees, and developer adoption; budgets are pending Budget Board decisions. The benefits include incentivizing growth, improving allocation mechanisms, and accelerating developer adoption, with no community feedback or next actions reported.

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🆕 Morpho Governance Call on June 12 to Share Updates, Solicit Input, and Publish Recording

The Morpho Governance Call on June 12, 2025, will provide updates on grants and association matters, encourage community input, and increase transparency by making the recording public. There have been no community discussions or next actions determined.

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🆕 Proposal Seeks $60K from Arbitrum DAO for Governance Forum Feature Upgrades and Maintenance

This proposal requests $60,000 USD from Arbitrum DAO to add three open-source features—Live Votes, Voting Power Tags, and Proposal Notification Emails—to the Arbitrum governance forum, aiming to boost transparency, usability, and engagement, with 12 months of maintenance included. The community response is strongly positive, with a large majority supporting the initiative and minimal opposition.

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