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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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🆕 ENS Public Goods Working Group grants $50k to Vyper, matched by Ethereum Foundation, to improve smart contract language

The ENS Public Goods Working Group is granting $50,000 USDC to Vyper, with matching funds from the Ethereum Foundation, to support improvements in this key Ethereum smart contract language, aiming to enhance security, diversity, and developer accessibility across the ecosystem. There have been no community discussions or next actions determined.

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🆕 Optimism Grants Council formalizes structure and procedures for Season 8 to improve transparency and efficiency

The Optimism Grants Council is formalizing its structure and procedures for Season 8 to make the grants process more transparent, efficient, and accountable, while reducing delegate workload. There are no reported costs or community reactions, and no next actions have been set.

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🆕 Rocket Pool Opens Applications for Round 28 GMC Bounty Awards with Structured Criteria

Rocket Pool announced the application process and schedule for Round 28 GMC bounty awards, running from August 7, 2025 to September 7, 2025, with structured templates and clear evaluation criteria to incentivize contributions that support protocol and community goals. There are no reported community reactions or next actions at this time.

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🆕 Uniswap Proposes $540k Delegate Reward Initiative with Stricter Eligibility Criteria

The Uniswap Delegate Reward Initiative - Cycle 4 proposes $540,000 USD in UNI over 6 months to incentivize active delegate participation, with new eligibility requirements including a 1,000 UNI minimum holding and a refined points system for selection and rewards. Community response is limited but generally supportive, with some feedback on clarifying eligibility to avoid excluding certain stakeholders; no next steps have been set.

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🆕 Proposal to Schedule Aavegotchi Rarity Farming Seasons 11 and 12 on Base Network with 1.5M GHST Rewards Pending Quorum

This proposal aims to schedule Aavegotchi Rarity Farming Seasons 11 and 12 on the Base network, distributing 1.5 million GHST per season to the top 7,500 Gotchis, with funding from the DAO Foundation Rewards wallet. The majority of the community supports scheduling both seasons to ensure reward continuity during the network transition, but the vote has not yet reached the required quorum of 7.2 million votes.

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🆕 Rocket Pool GMC Opens Grant Applications for Round 28 to Support Node Operation and rETH Projects

Rocket Pool’s GMC is accepting grant applications for Round 28 from August 7, 2025 to September 7, 2025, aiming to fund projects that enhance node operation, rETH usage, and overall protocol quality, with a structured evaluation and award process. There are no reported community reactions or next steps at this time.

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🆕 Data Analysis of Retro Funding Rounds Reveals Shift Toward Impact-Focused OP Allocations and Declining Badgeholder Engagement

This is a data-driven analysis of Retro Funding (formerly RetroPGF) Rounds 1–7, showing a shift from broad, balanced participation to more impact-focused OP allocations, with declining badgeholder engagement and increased competition leading to more unfunded projects. The benefits include greater value creation for high-impact projects, while costs involve reduced diversity in decision-making and potential discouragement for new or smaller projects; there has been no community discussion or next actions identified.

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🆕 Morpho Proposes 135,000 MORPHO Token Distribution on Arbitrum to Boost Engagement and Liquidity

This proposal authorizes distributing up to 135,000 MORPHO tokens on Arbitrum over four weeks, initially using a flexible framework before transitioning to the Optimistic Rewards Framework for ongoing governance. The initiative aims to boost engagement and liquidity, and has received unanimous and strong support from the community, with the quorum met.

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🆕 Optimism Season 8 Grants Council Introduces Transparent, AI-Assisted Grant Review Process

This is about the Internal Operating Procedures for the Season 8 Grants Council, which define a structured, transparent, and community-engaged process for reviewing and approving grant proposals to increase interop-ready TVL and transaction fees on the Superchain, using AI and GovNERDs in the review pipeline. The benefits include improved efficiency, transparency, and fairness in grant allocation, with no costs or community reactions mentioned.

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🆕 Rocketpool Opens Centralized Thread for Round 28 Grant, Bounty, and Award Applications

A centralized discussion thread for round 28 grant, bounty, and retrospective award applications aims to streamline the review process and improve clarity for applicants and reviewers, with potential benefits of increased transparency and organization. There have been no community discussions or next actions determined.

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🆕 Rocket Pool Opens Applications for Retrospective Awards Recognizing Work Supporting Node Operators and rETH Adoption

This is a call for applications to Rocket Pool’s retrospective awards for work completed between August 7, 2025 and September 7, 2025, with awards given based on how much the work furthers GMC’s goals such as supporting node operators and rETH adoption. The process is transparent and structured, with no reported community feedback or next steps at this time.

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🆕 DevNTell Podcast Boosts Arbitrum Project Visibility and Developer Engagement

The DevNTell Podcast, a weekly Developer DAO show hosted by narbs, highlights Arbitrum ecosystem projects and has seen strong growth in viewership, social media presence, and developer engagement, supported by grant funding for equipment and outreach. The podcast benefits the Arbitrum community by increasing project visibility and fostering developer collaboration, with no reported community discussions or next steps identified.

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🆕 Compound Grants Program stalls Compensator project over retroactive requirements, raising governance concerns

The Compensator grant project has been stalled since March 2025 due to the Compound Grants Program imposing retroactive requirements not in the original agreement, leading the project lead to consider arbitration and making the repository private to protect stakeholders. This situation risks undermining trust in the grant process and DAO governance, with no community discussion or next steps identified.

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🆕 $50K Gitcoin grant proposed for open-source tools to counter AI-enabled cognitive telemetry threats

A $50K Gitcoin grant is proposed to develop open-source tools and guidelines that help users detect and defend against AI-enabled cognitive telemetry threats, such as GHz and ultrasonic-based extraction of sensitive information, with the aim of protecting privacy for at least 170,000 affected individuals. The tools will be open-source, but there are no reported community reactions or next steps yet.

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🆕 MakerDAO Proposal Seeks 80,000 USDS to Integrate Precog with Sky Protocol, Minimal Community Response

This proposal seeks 80,000 USDS to integrate Precog Protocol with Sky Protocol, making USDS the default stablecoin for prediction markets, improving onboarding for all users, and establishing Precog as the first external Halo Agent, with future privacy and fiat onramp features planned. Community response has been minimal, with one user expressing enthusiasm but suggesting more prominent market events for greater engagement.

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