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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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🆕 SafeDAO launches Guardians of Gardens initiative for $SAFE governance and funding on Gnosis Chain

The Safe Guardians of Gardens is an open initiative on the Gardens platform that allows $SAFE holders to participate in governance, proposal creation, and milestone-based funding allocation of 80,000 $SAFE, with participation requiring staking and bridging to Gnosis Chain. The program aims to sustain and grow the Safe ecosystem through transparent, community-driven processes, but there has been no recorded community reaction or next steps as of now.

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🆕 ZKsync Proposes Capped Minter for Security Council, Cutting Costs by 53% and Adding Accountability

This proposal seeks approval for a capped minter to fund the ZKsync Security Council’s 2025–2026 operations with a maximum budget of $1,108,000 USD, reducing costs by over 53% and introducing mechanisms to prevent over-minting and enhance accountability. With only two replies, community feedback is limited but supportive, highlighting the proposal’s cost-effectiveness and improved transparency.

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🆕 Arbitrum DAO Proposes v1.7 Upgrade to Delegate Incentive Program with Stricter Requirements and Increased Compensation

This proposal upgrades the Arbitrum DAO Delegate Incentive Program to version 1.7, introducing stricter participation requirements, enhanced scoring and enforcement mechanisms, a business development push, and a 25% increase in Program Manager compensation for expanded duties. The community is strongly supportive, with nearly unanimous votes in favor and no significant opposition.

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🆕 Superfluid SIP #6 Proposes Allocating SUP Tokens to Ecosystem Campaigns Pending Quorum

This is a proposal (SIP #6) for the Superfluid community to allocate SUP tokens to 10 ecosystem campaigns, with voting determining which projects receive funding and how much. The process has seen strong engagement and clear preferences, but the quorum has not yet been reached, so continued participation is needed to finalize allocations.

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🆕 Rocketpool pDAO Treasury Report Details July 2025 RPL Transactions and IMC Payment Extension Proposal

The pDAO Treasury Report for 2025/07/03 to 2025/07/31 details key RPL transactions, ongoing payment schedules for IMC and GMC, and highlights the importance of transparent treasury management, with a proposal to extend IMC payments for 13 more periods. No community feedback or next actions have been recorded.

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🆕 Rocketpool GMC Treasury to Swap RPL for BOLD in Grant Payments, Aiming for Transparency and Efficiency

The GMC Treasury Report for 2025/07/01 to 2025/07/31 outlines financial activity and introduces a new process where RPL is swapped to BOLD for grant payments, aiming to increase transparency and efficiency while avoiding idle stablecoin reserves. This change may cause short-term RPL sell pressure and reduce long-term flexibility, and there has been no community discussion or next action determined.

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🆕 Scroll DAO establishes Ecosystem Growth Council with 2M SCR budget and six-month mandate

The Ecosystem Growth Council (EGC) is a five-member body with a 2 million SCR budget and a six-month mandate (from July 22, 2025, to January 22, 2026) to drive Scroll DAO’s ecosystem growth through program-level initiatives, with strong transparency, accountability, and conflict-of-interest safeguards. There have been no community discussions or next actions determined.

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🆕 4337 Superchain Data Standards Group launches public ERC-4337 analytics tools and data for 23 networks

The 4337 Superchain Data Standards Group was established after a grant on 13th August 2024 to create robust data standards, metrics, and public infrastructure for analyzing ERC-4337 (Account Abstraction) activity across 23 Superchain networks, culminating in the completion of all milestones and public release of data and tools by July 2025. This initiative improves transparency, data accessibility, and attribution for developers and analysts, with no reported community feedback or further actions planned.

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🆕 chaoslabs proposes distributing 2.38M DYDX tokens to 1,969 users for Surge Program Season 4, pending governance vote

chaoslabs proposes distributing 2,377,049 DYDX tokens from the dYdX Chain Community Treasury to 1,969 users for trading season 4 of the dYdX Surge Program, using transparent data and excluding artificial trading, with the final decision pending a community governance vote. There are no reported community reactions or next steps at this time.

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🆕 Celestia Ends Cohort 5 Delegation, Announces Stricter Cohort 6 Applications for 2025

The Celestia Foundation has ended the Cohort 5 Delegation program and announced that applications for Cohort 6 will open on October 1st, 2025, with stricter requirements to promote provider decentralization and improved validator assessment via the Mocha testnet. There are no reported community reactions or specified next actions.

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🆕 Arbitrum Gaming Ventures July 2025 Update: Transparency, Playtests, and New Appointments

The AGV Monthly Update for July 2025 details increased transparency, new playtest initiatives, media coverage, and key personnel appointments aimed at improving Arbitrum Gaming Ventures’ operations and community engagement. There are no reported costs or community discussions, and no next actions have been set.

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🆕 Uplink Working Group Reports First-Year Achievements and Continued Funding from Jupiter Exchange

This is a summary of Uplink Working Group’s first-year report, highlighting its achievements in boosting Jupiter Exchange’s visibility, supporting creators, and distributing over $150,000 in grants, with strong metrics across YouTube, Twitter, and NFT initiatives. The community response has been positive, praising Uplink’s impact and communication efforts, and Jupiter Exchange will continue funding Uplink for another year.

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🆕 Rocketpool IMC Reports Growing RPL Surplus and Budget Cuts in Period 39 Proposal

The IMC Period 38 Report and proposed Period 39 Budget detail ongoing budget cuts, a growing RPL surplus, and unspent allocations for cakepie and Hop, with the IMC considering future use of these reserves. No community feedback or next actions have been reported, and a similar budget with a ~20% surplus is expected for Period 39.

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🆕 Proposal to Develop iOS Widgets for Venus to Track Proposals and Votes

A proposal requests $600 to develop custom iOS widgets for Venus, enabling members to easily track proposals and votes from their home screens, with one year of support and a dedicated installation website. The initiative aims to boost voter participation and improve user experience, but there has been no community feedback or discussion.

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🆕 GMX finalizes Arbitrum GLP incident fund distribution; some users excluded due to eligibility criteria

The finalized plan for distributing recovered funds from the Arbitrum GLP security incident includes a split payout in WBTC, ETH, and stablecoins, a $2 million Treasury top-up, and $500,000 in incentives for holding GLV, but some users (notably Beefy users) may be excluded due to eligibility criteria. With only 6 replies, community feedback is limited but highlights concerns about the exclusion of certain user groups from the distribution.

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