Lane Rettig shares his take on how NEAR is rethinking capital deployment in crypto.

"We're not against grants or sponsoring events, but they haven't always produced the ROI that we wanted. The right thing to do is really double down on product."

💰 Lit Protocol Grants
by @litprotocol

Check it out at 👇
https://t.co/32hPZRCKaH

Early thinking: GG25 Under Two Core Constraints The Constraints 1. Keep burn low. Gitcoin must run GG25 in a way that preserves runway and limits direct spend. 2. Rebuild relevance and upside. Gitcoin needs to regain narrative relevance in the broader…

Solana Founder Seed Funding Pack: Grants & Accelerators

Discovering funding opportunities and accelerator programs that align with your vision typically consumes weeks of research.

I have gone through this path of getting seed funding with @nomadz_co, a…

community grants are here

$TROLL, $neet, $USDUC, $TRENCHER, $San & $TBC will each receive a $10,000 grant to fuel initiatives for holders & community members

which communities should receive grants next?

I agree wholeheartedly with Kevin's analysis around the shrinking of the PGF & funding mechanism space

The 2021-24 era (RPGF, QF, etc) were an aberration rather than norm that many of us were lucky to have experienced

I'll now call out specific incidents…

Crypto grants and funding news are scattered across dozens of sources, including Telegram channels, governance forums, and X.

The first round of approved xGov proposals just received retroactive funding for their projects built on the Algorand blockchain 🗳️

Head to the governance portal below for more on the proposals.

🎉 Celebrating activation of NU 6.1, which brings bold ecosystem funding changes to Zcash by launching a retroactive coinholder-driven grants program and empowering community governance for transparent, sustainable blockchain innovation.

We’re thrilled to announce our latest grant! 🚀

Lume Web – LBRY Integration: This grant integrates the P2P protocol with the Sia network providing a persistent storage layer.

Learn more about LBRY and other grants in progress at 🔗

https://t.co/4J0aBKVPXV

Thrilled to announce the launch of Pharos Foundation @Pharos_FDN: Building RealFi for Everyone!

Pharos Foundation will serve as the governance backbone and steward of public goods, ensuring the Pharos ecosystem grows with trust, transparency, and compliance…

If Optimism wants to compete again, the two best things that they can do are:

1. Start doing buybacks of OP tokens to show that they're long term invested into their growth

2. Completely revamp their grants program and focus on reducing the amount of intermediaries…

Podcasts are good. Videos are engaging. Meetups are valuable. Blog posts are nice. But sometimes, you just need a slide deck.

Endless Education Fund: Driving Construction Through Education

𝗘𝗧𝗖 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗗𝗔𝗢 (𝗘𝗚𝗗)

ETC Grants DAO, also called EGD, is a community group that helps grow the Ethereum Classic (ETC) ecosystem. It is a non-profit DAO that supports developers, tools, events, and new ideas on the ETC blockchain. EGD follows ETC’s core…

🚀 This week’s top picks from the CL Web3 Grants Hub:

> @0xMiden Pioneer Program — Up to $20K for ZK, DeFi, RWAs, stablecoins & privacy-focused products.
> @EndlessProtocol Education Fund — $200K for developers & creators building high-quality educational…

November's ending but we're not done shipping. We're excited to share Epoch 10: Best of the Best. 🥳🎊

This epoch is going to be our second-last epoch before we fully transition to v2.

So what's this epoch about and who's part of it? Let's get into it.
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Hanson’s Folly: How to (Actually) Achieve Futarchy

The results of the first quarterly Coinholder-Directed Retroactive Grants Program have been announced. Congratulations to everyone whose proposal was approved!

https://t.co/BjMaMpqLmA

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