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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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🆕 Aave DAO Funding Proposal Seeks 3M GHO Acquisition for Buybacks and Program Support Through Nov 2025

TokenLogic's June 2025 Funding Update proposes acquiring 3M GHO and allocating funds for AAVE buybacks, Merit, and Ahab programs to ensure the DAO's operational and incentive needs are met through November 2025. The proposal aims to maintain financial stability and program continuity, with no community feedback or next steps identified yet.

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🆕 Proposal: Lemon Seeks Grant to Integrate Morpho Vaults into Lemon Earn for Latin America Expansion

This proposal requests an initial $20,000 USD grant (with up to $55,000 USD in milestone-based grants) for Lemon to integrate Morpho vaults into its Lemon Earn product, aiming to boost Morpho’s adoption and liquidity in Latin America. The community response so far is positive but participation is very low, with only 14.71 votes cast out of the 500,000 required for quorum.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Proposal / Application
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🆕 Gitcoin Retrospective: Tunable Quadratic Funding Piloted for TEC Grants, Half Qualify for Retroactive Rewards

This is a retrospective analysis of the Token Engineering Commons grants program, which piloted Tunable Quadratic Funding and retroactive rewards to improve sybil resistance, accountability, and alignment with the OP Superchain, resulting in only half of initially funded projects qualifying for retroactive rewards. The approach increased funding effectiveness and targeted influence but may limit participation to projects aligned with the OP Superchain; there has been no community discussion or next actions determined.

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🆕 LEGO Council Approves $50k DAI Grant for Grandine, a Rust-Based Ethereum Consensus Client

A $50,000 DAI grant was approved by the LEGO Council to support further development and adoption of Grandine, a Rust-based Ethereum consensus client, aiming to improve client diversity and network security. With only one reply in the discussion, community reaction appears supportive, and no further actions have been specified.

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🆕 Jupiter Quarterly Update: Product Growth, Ecosystem Integration, and DAO Funding Request

This is a quarterly update from CAWG detailing progress on product growth, community engagement, regional initiatives, and ecosystem integration for Jupiter from March to May 2025, with responsible budget use and a request for more DAO funding to expand activities. The initiatives aim to boost adoption and community health, but there have been no recorded community discussions or next actions decided.

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🆕 Proposal Seeks 110,000 SCR for 12-Week Scroll Builder Activation Program to Incubate Privacy-Focused dApps

A proposal requests 110,000 SCR (about $30,000 USD) to run a 12-week online Builder Activation Program with Scroll, aiming to incubate 10 privacy- and autonomy-focused dApps, grow the builder community, and promote Scroll adoption through a structured, transparent process. The program outlines clear benefits for ecosystem growth and developer engagement, with no community feedback or next steps reported.

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🆕 Gitcoin GG23 Hypercerts For Nature Stewards round funds 29 projects with hybrid model and new tools

The GG23 Hypercerts For Nature Stewards round funded 29 global environmental projects with a $20,000 USDGLO match pool, using a hybrid model that combined public donations and verified impact, and introduced innovations like ImpactQF and Ecocert to improve accessibility and equitable fund distribution. The initiative increased participation from non-Web3 users, shifted funding toward high-impact projects, and highlighted the need for better onboarding and technical integration, with no community discussions or next actions reported.

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🆕 Optimism Collective Proposes $100M/Month Cross-Chain Goal for Season 8, Community Raises Transparency Concerns

The discussion is about setting Interoperability as the main goal for Season 8 of the Collective, with a $100 million/month cross-chain transfer target and large proposed budgets (up to 79M OP) for related projects, developer adoption, and TVL growth, funded through Retro Funding and Governance Fund Missions. With 8 replies, community reaction shows some concern over transparency, accountability, and the need for better metrics and reporting, but no specific next actions have been decided.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Funding
🏷️ Grants - Grant Program Update
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🆕 User redirected to Optimism Discord for 8 season grant support; post deletion not permitted

This discussion is about a user seeking help with their 8 season grant and being redirected to the Optimism Discord, with a follow-up about post deletion which is not allowed. There are minimal impacts, no costs or benefits discussed, and with only 3 replies, there is no notable community reaction.

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🆕 Proposal: Optimism DAO Grants Could Require Recipients to Buy and Burn OP Tokens for Sustainability

CaptMal proposed that Optimism DAO grants require recipients to use a small percentage of their revenue to buy back and burn OP tokens, aiming to improve grant sustainability, align incentives, and enhance OP tokenomics while offering flexibility to grantees. There have been no community discussions or next actions determined, and regulatory risks are considered manageable.

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🆕 Arbitrum Releases May 2025 Delegate Incentive Results: $87k Distributed, Disputes Over Evaluation Criteria

The May 2025 Delegate Incentive Program results detail participation, compensation, and disqualifications (notably for missing the Security Council Elections vote), with $87,561.24 distributed among 24 eligible delegates across three tiers. Community reaction has been moderate, mainly consisting of five delegates disputing their scores and seeking clarification on evaluation criteria, especially regarding subjective assessments.

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🆕 Uniswap Proposal Seeks up to $4M Incentive Plan for USDS Adoption on Unichain, Faces Low Community Support

This proposal requests approval for a $1 million fixed and up to $3 million performance-based incentive plan to boost USDS and sUSDS adoption on Unichain via Uniswap and Sky Ecosystem partnerships, with 80% of funds for co-incentives and 20% for operations, overseen monthly by the community. Community response so far shows low turnout and majority opposition, so the proposal is unlikely to pass unless engagement and support increase before the voting period ends.

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🆕 Scroll proposes $30k pilot for Local Node in Nigeria to assess regional adoption and developer engagement

A $30,000, three-month pilot is proposed to launch a Scroll Local Node in Nigeria, aiming to assess regional adoption, engage local developers, and create a scalable engagement model for Scroll in Africa, with structured phases for ecosystem mapping, builder programs, and reporting. The initiative could validate demand for zkEVM solutions and inform future expansion, but there have been no community discussions or next steps decided.

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🆕 Optimism Season 8 Retro Funding Adds Data-Driven Evaluation, Monthly Rewards, and Governance Updates

This is about updates to Retro Funding in Season 8, including data-driven evaluation, monthly rewards, and governance changes where OpenSource Observer maintains Evaluation Algorithms with Optimism Foundation oversight, while community input is encouraged via GitHub. The benefits are more accurate and fair builder rewards, improved stability, and increased accountability, with no reported community reaction or next actions specified.

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🆕 Chaos Labs Proposes Early Renewal and Expansion of Risk Management Partnership with Aave DAO

Chaos Labs is proposing a 12-month early renewal of their risk management partnership with Aave DAO, expanding their scope to include more automated risk tools and enhanced monitoring, for a total value of $3,000,000 USD (85% in aEthLidoGHO, 15% in AAVE) streamed over the contract period from July 13, 2025, to July 12, 2026. Community response has been supportive with some feedback on payment structure, and the proposal will proceed to ARFC Snapshot for further consideration; with only 5 replies, community debate has been limited but generally positive.

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🆕 Optimism Shifts Retro Rewards to Prioritize High-Impact Contributions Over Voting

The Season 7 Retro Rewards in the Superchain ecosystem distribute approximately 26 million OP to recognize governance participation, but future rewards will focus solely on high-impact contributions rather than voting activity. Corrections were made to ACC reward allocations for accuracy, and with only 1 reply, there has been no notable community reaction.

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🆕 Dune Dashboard Launched for Onchain Tracking of ENS Public Goods Grants

A Dune Dashboard was created to provide transparent, onchain tracking of ENS Public Goods Grants, funded by a 0.25 ETH grant approved in April 2025, offering detailed statistics and open source data for community analysis. The main benefit is increased transparency and accountability in grant allocation, with no reported community feedback or next steps at this time.

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🆕 Proposal to Link Arbitrum Grants to ARB Buybacks Raises Concerns for Early-Stage Projects

This discussion is about a proposal to reform the Arbitrum DAO grant system by requiring grant recipients to use a portion of their revenue to buy back and burn ARB tokens, aiming to better align incentives and improve tokenomics, but concerns were raised that this could create friction for early-stage projects that typically do not generate revenue. Community reaction is limited, with maxlomu clarifying that most grants support early-stage development and suggesting that alternative models for DAO alignment are being explored.

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🆕 $5,000 Grant Proposal to Produce Spanish-Language Lido Educational Content for Latin America

This is a $5,000 USD grant proposal by KairosResearch to create Spanish-language educational content and community engagement initiatives about Lido for the Latin American audience, aiming to overcome language and accessibility barriers and increase adoption. Deliverables include newsletters, livestreams, a detailed report, and a video series, with no community feedback or next steps reported.

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