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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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🆕 Chaos Labs proposes 4,761,905 DYDX (~$3M) reward pool to incentivize genuine trading on dYdX Chain, with wash trading filters and pending governance vote

- Chaos Labs proposes distributing 4,761,905 DYDX (a $3,000,000 reward pool: $2,250,000 to traders by fees and $750,000 to traders using public UIs) from the dYdX Chain Community Treasury to reward genuine trading and encourage use of dYdX.trade and mobile apps, with wash trading filtered out via their methodology. \n- The cost is the 4,761,905 DYDX treasury allocation; implementation requires an on-chain governance vote sponsored by Chaos Labs, and there have been no community discussions to date.

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🆕 SafeDAO: OBRA initiatives complete and payouts processed; SEP‑37 cut to 37,000 USDC, SEP‑14 rescoped to 157,500 USDC, SEP‑12 revised to 32,430 USDC

All OBRA initiatives have completed their milestones and payouts have been processed, with material budget revisions: SEP 37 reduced to 37,000 USDC (from 75,000 USDC), SEP 14 rescoped to 157,500 USDC (from 180,000 USDC), and SEP 12 revised to 32,430 USDC (from 30,000 USDC) due to VAT; detailed breakdowns are available on the CES Hub. The changes improve delivery clarity, cost-efficiency, and compliance while enhancing transparency and accountability, and there have been no community discussions.

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🆕 MakerDAO Atlas Core Dev defines Sept 2025 payment process; funding requests (with signatures) due Sept 9 for Sept 18 executive

This is an official record of Atlas Core Development payments for the September 2025 monthly spell, outlining that eligible ADs, individuals, or teams must submit funding requests (including Ethereum payout addresses, SKY/USDS amounts, denoscriptions, and cryptographic signatures for new addresses) for Support Facilitator approval with Atlas Axis consultation to ensure aligned, secure payments. The process improves scheduling and payment authorization but may delay late submissions to the next month; community input is limited (contributors listed: BLUE and cloaky via adamfraser), and requests must be submitted by September 9th, 2025, EOD for inclusion in the executive scheduled for September 18th, 2025.

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🆕 Proposal to deploy Uniswap v3 on Ronin with $1M RON + $500k UNI matched incentives and migration of Katana liquidity

- This proposes deploying Uniswap v3 on Ronin, with Ronin offering $1,000,000 in RON incentives matched by $500,000 in UNI from the Uniswap DAO, migration of chain-owned liquidity from Katana, GFX Labs/Oku/Wormhole handling deployment/UX/bridging, and a 6-month co-incentive program weighted 75% to BTC/ETH/stable pairs and 25% to gaming token pools.
- Benefits: consolidates liquidity to make Uniswap v3 the canonical DEX on Ronin, accelerates DeFi–gaming integration, supports PHPC as a core stablecoin, and attracts LPs/traders via matched incentives; costs: $1,000,000 RON + $500,000 UNI in incentives and migration operational overhead; community reaction: Snapshot shows strong support (2,514,181.20 votes for vs 4,647.89 against) but quorum of 10,000,000 votes has not been reached.

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🆕 Gauntlet proposes $2.3M one‑year Compound Comet risk‑management renewal for up to 50 deployments — 70% paid in COMP, 30% held as refundable insolvency fund with 30% refund mechanism; no material insolvencies (unpaid debt $904.10)

Gauntlet proposes a one‑year renewal (2025-09-28 to 2026-09-28) to provide risk management for up to 50 Comet deployments—including 24/7 monitoring, parameter recommendations, IR curve tuning, COMP optimization campaigns, and strategic support—with a 30% insolvency refund mechanism and a track record of no material market‑risk insolvencies (unpaid debt $904.10 as of 2025-08-21). \nBenefits: stronger risk posture, capital‑efficiency and incentive optimization, and proven governance outputs; Costs/constraints: $2.3M fixed fee (70% streamed in COMP, 30% initial Insolvency Fund 50% USDC/50% COMP refundable only for market‑risk/oracle losses with exclusions and subject to governance), development/auditing are out of scope; there have been no community discussions to date.

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🆕 Proposal to use "Ask ChatGPT (with Web search API on)" to automate Gitcoin treasury payouts for DeSci and open source, promising faster low‑overhead grants amid skepticism about AI decisioning

vporton proposes using \"Ask ChatGPT (with Web search API on)\" to allocate Gitcoin treasury funds for DeSci and open source projects (Medium post published on 02 Sep 2025), aiming for weekly or monthly payouts, minimal grant prep, and a few days' dev work (mentions Cursor) to implement. Benefits claimed: faster, lower-overhead, standardized impartial allocations; costs/risks: skepticism about AI-led decisioning and potential dystopian outcomes; community reaction is limited and skeptical (one pointed comment noting it already feels \"dystopian (but hilarious)\").

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🆕 Gitcoin launches Domain Operator Success Program (LuukDAO, MontyMerlin) to prep domains for Grants GG24 — operator curriculum, co‑funding, reduced fragmentation; proposals due Sep 8, vote from Sep 11, early reaction limited but positive

- This announces the Domain Operator Success Program led by LuukDAO and MontyMerlin to prepare and aggregate domains for Gitcoin Grants GG24 (Domain Preparation, Operator Curriculum, Mentorship, Support Resources, Attestations) so proposals are operationally viable, fundable, and less fragmented; domains under consideration include Ethereum Developer Tooling & Infrastructure, User Sovereignty, Open Data & Analytics, Public Goods R&D, and Targeted Development & Adoption. \n- Benefits: clearer scopes, co‑funding commitments, reduced fragmentation, and better appeal to funders/operators; costs/requirements: domain budgets including operator fees, concrete co‑funding (ideally in a Safe), and defined asks to Gitcoin (matching pool/support); proposals due on Monday, 8 September 2024 with final recommendations to enable a Gitcoin vote beginning on 11 September 2024, and community reaction so far is limited but positive.

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🆕 Scroll EGC proposes framework prioritizing builder onboarding, liquidity, PMF and treasury diversification into stablecoins

This is a strategic framework for the Ecosystem Growth Council (EGC) to prioritize builder onboarding, liquidity/economic infrastructure, user acquisition, and coordination with Community Council to align funding toward product-market-fit (PMF), real-world SCR uses, and measurable ecosystem outcomes; expected benefits are stronger founder pipelines, durable liquidity, reduced SCR sell pressure via treasury diversification, and more sustainable growth. It excludes pure token speculation and short-term farming (which may limit rapid user spikes), there have been no community discussions, and a Treasury Management vote will select a service provider to enable diversification into stablecoins.

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🆕 lochie2001 proposes performance-based funding for Jupiter WGs — aims to cut waste and boost accountability, risks defunding projects and lacks community discussion

lochie2001 proposes tying Work Group (WG) funding to measurable performance for JupiterExchange, posted at 8:50 PM on 1 Sep 2025, aiming to fund only WGs that “deliver real value” and to make budgets accountable and performance-driven, which could reduce waste and increase transparency and resource efficiency. The cost is potential defunding or pressure on underperforming WGs (changing incentives and risking lost projects or contributors), and there have been no community discussions.

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🆕 Tiza proposes Polygon grant of 5,000–10,000 POL to fund _Gideon5’s Twitter educational threads, infographics and guides promoting zkEVM, DeFi and gaming

Tiza proposes a Polygon Community Grant for Gideon5 to produce Twitter-based educational content (2+ Polygon-focused threads weekly, infographics, beginner guides, monthly analytics) to promote zkEVM, DeFi, and gaming, requesting 5,000–10,000 POL to cover research, design tools, and time, with willingness to collaborate if no direct grant. \nIf funded, expected benefits are increased awareness, user onboarding, and measurable community growth on Twitter; estimated cost is the requested 5,000–10,000 POL, and there have been no community discussions to date.

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🆕 DoDAO proposes KoalaGains: compliance-ready RWA fund blueprints and Scroll launchpad aiming to cut setup costs ~20×, seeks $125–135k with staged payments and no community discussion

DoDAO’s \"KoalaGains\" proposal aims to provide standardized, compliance-ready RWA fund blueprints, a launchpad on Scroll, and five pilot on-chain assets to cut setup costs by ~20× and time by ~10×, improve institution-readiness, increase TVL/DeFi collateral options, and deliver issuer/investor compliance dashboards. The request seeks USD 125,000–135,000 (breakdown: ~USD 50–60k external counsel, USD 25–30k KoalaGains legal/filings, USD 35k fixed fee, USD 10k buffer) with staged milestone payments, and there have been no community discussions.

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🆕 Morpho DAO publishes recorded Sept 4, 2025 governance call covering Grants and Association updates; no reported costs or community discussion

The Morpho DAO held a governance call on Thursday, September 4, 2025, 17:00–18:00 UTC covering Grants Update 1, an Association Update, and an Open Discussion (join link provided) that was recorded and published as “Morpho Gov Call September 2025.” Benefits include consolidated governance updates, increased transparency via the public recording, and broader participation through agenda thread posts; no direct costs were reported and there has been no community discussion in response.

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🆕 dYdX Grants proposes Designated Proposer Set (RHINO, Kiln, Kingnodes, Informal Systems…) to improve block propagation, finality and throughput; needs on‑chain approval and grant funding, no community discussion

dYdX Grants proposes appointing a Designated Proposer Set of validators (RHINO, Kiln, Kingnodes, Informal Systems, PRO Delegators, Crosnest, TTT VN, CryptoCrew X Defi Dojo) to improve block propagation, consensus finality, throughput, and the trading experience on dYdX. The change requires on-chain governance approval and dedicated grant funding for the proposers (a cost), and there have been no community discussions reported.

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🆕 ZKsync Foundation deposits ~$200k into ZK/ETH Uniswap pool on Ethereum mainnet to boost trading; no public community discussion yet

- The ZKsync Foundation deposited approximately $200,000 of liquidity into the ZK/ETH Uniswap pool on Ethereum mainnet to support trading activity and improve market depth, with the cost being the ~ $200k liquidity allocation. \n- There are no public community discussions so far, and the Foundation says more liquidity initiatives will be announced in future updates.

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🆕 Proposal: 4–6 week Polygon educational campaign to explain zkEVM, DeFi, gaming and infrastructure — low funding requested, sustainability concerns

- A content creator proposed a 4–6 week \"Educational Content & Community Growth for Polygon\" program to produce regular educational threads, custom infographics, and active social engagement to explain zkEVM, DeFi, gaming, and infrastructure. \n- Benefits: improves onboarding, clarity, and shareability for Polygon with minimal immediate funding requested; costs/risks: limited scale or sustainability if grants are unavailable and no community discussions have occurred yet.

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🆕 Gitcoin: "Citizen Grants GCP" — vporton seeks 1,000 USDC MVP to use GPT-5 to auto-allocate weekly ETH grants; community asks audits, human oversight over AI integrity and GEO/prompt-injection risks

vporton proposes \"Citizen Grants GCP — Distribute Funds by AI\": an MVP TypeScript Node.js service using GPT-5 and web search to allocate weekly ETH payouts to verified users (OAuth via ORCID/GitHub), asking for 1,000 USDC for a 30-day MVP (800 USDC + 200 USDC) and 3,400 USDC for a 30-day alpha (3,000 USDC + 400 USDC); claimed benefits are automated, frequent support for many small free-software/DeSci projects and reduced donor confusion, while costs/risks include AI integrity, prompt-injection, GEO bias, gaming, and ongoing manual review overhead. \nCommunity reaction is limited (3 replies) but constructive: calls for explainability, independent audits/pilot (100% double-check), human oversight and an appeals process; the proposer recommends randomized/meta-prompting, averaging with edge removal, targeted manual checks of top earners, and anti-GEO/prompt-injection measures.

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🆕 manas_1991 proposes $1,000 Gitcoin localization pilot to translate Passport, Citizen Grants, Governance FAQ into Hindi and Odia

manas1991 proposes a small localization pilot to translate Gitcoin’s core onboarding guides (Passport, Citizen Grants, Governance FAQ) into Hindi and Odia to improve accessibility and inclusion for India’s non-English-speaking, grassroots builders. The pilot requests roughly a $1,000 budget and so far there have been no community discussions or determined next actions.

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🆕 Balancer roadmap seeks 2.87M USDC and 166,250 BAL to consolidate SPs, fund 18 FTEs and KPI-driven Q2‑2025–Q2‑2026 plan

A unified, ecosystem-wide roadmap and funding proposal for Balancer covering Q2-2025 (retroactive) through Q2-2026 consolidates fragmented SPs into a single plan with measurable KPIs (growth, financial sustainability, product innovation, governance, and operations), requests 2,870,124 USDC working capital plus 166,250 BAL for vesting, budgets 18 FTEs at an average $9,828.70/month, and pledges adherence to BIP-702. Benefits include clearer accountability, streamlined execution, and targeted product and revenue goals (e.g., v3 adoption, fungible concentrated liquidity), while costs/risks include significant funding and headcount commitments, retroactive budget adjustments, and dependence on hitting revenue/KPI targets; community reaction so far is limited but supportive, with endorsements from Marcus and juani.

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🆕 Paladin proposal asks DAO to assume $411,641 Credix/Trevee Earn bad debt, repay with 50% revenues and 10% yield fee, prioritizing $295K Wildcat loan

MithrasLabs proposes the DAO assume $411,641 of bad debt from the Credix hack affecting stkscUSD via Trevee Earn—protecting depositors, preserving protocol continuity, and allowing recovered compensation to return to the DAO. \nThe plan funds repayment by dedicating 50% of DAO revenues plus a 10% yield fee on stkscUSD/stkscETH, prioritizing a $295,000 Wildcat loan then vault exposure, which constrains treasury resources and there have been no community discussions.

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🆕 ethDYDX holders stuck after ETH–dYdX bridge auto-closed by governance proposal, ask for reopening or migration path

Many ethDYDX (ERC-20) holders are unable to convert or migrate their tokens after the ETH–dYdX bridge was closed by an automatically executed governance proposal, leaving funds effectively stuck and prompting requests to dYdX Foundation/ops/grants for an alternative conversion or a temporary reopening to restore access. Community reaction is limited (3 replies) but supportive of reopening or providing a migration path to recover tokens; benefits would be restored access to funds, while any specific costs or trade‑offs of reopening/migration have not been specified.

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🆕 celebrimbor.eth: Optimism risks long-term irrelevance unless OP gains real utility, grant reform and Superchain profitability

celebrimbor.eth warns that Optimism’s ecosystem risks long-term irrelevance because OP lacks real utility, the token economy relies on endless emissions and grant-selling that depress price and engagement, Superchain may be economically unsustainable, and contributors/projects are misaligned with little skin in the game. \nIf Optimism implements real utility for OP (staking, fee sharing), reworks grant distribution, and ensures Superchain profitability, it could restore value accrual and user stickiness; if it does not, continued emissions and short-term incentives will likely drive price weakness, disengagement, and Mainnet irrelevance — there have been no community discussions.

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