What is it? BLAZE is a new initiative for Arbitrum builders. The Arbitrum DAO, through a dedicated committee, will deploy and manage a pool of liquidity to support early stage projects aligned with the Crypto Cities thesis (real-world economy integrations)…

More builders funded through Retro9000 🔺

Four projects have just been awarded retroactive grants, with over $125K in total funding from the $40M pool.

Build. Deliver impact. Get rewarded.

Just dropped the latest Crypto Grant Wire weekly update

(link below)

The full stack

Public goods funding should be sustainable and rewarded. 💧

During @Superfluid_HQ Season 4, over 1.2M $SUP will flow to donors supporting public goods on Giveth across the next 3 months.

Recurring support + aligned incentives = impact that lasts.

The District Flywheel: $1M Builder Fund

1/ Spent some time talking with various foundations, labs, and core contributors about how they are thinking about builder strategy leading into the new year.

Glow is how the XRPL community says thank you. ✨Introducing the first wave of Glow retroactive grant recipients : 8 contributors who are marking the XRPL stronger for everyone!
Let's celebrate their impact! 🧵👇
Check out https://t.co/ZqFqmw2LrD.

A new way to fund Ethereum: introducing StreamVote

I curated a list of 100+ #Web3 grants.
Like ❤️Repost🔁
Link: https://t.co/eBh2K2m7HD

Every developer wants simple deployments, fast testing, and less overhead 🙌

@inferiaAI, the first team supported through our Grants Program, shows how teams can use Nosana to create better deployment flows for AI models.

Read this blog to learn more: h…

💥 Weekly #DeFi Snapshot — JustLend DAO @DeFi_JUST

The momentum inside the TRON lending ecosystem is accelerating, and this week’s data once again proves why #JustLendDAO remains one of the most influential DeFi pillars on TRON.

📊 Metrics

✅TVL: $6.62B…

As 2025 comes to a close, the Stacks Treasury Committee met to align ahead of the new year on governance, treasury stewardship, and long-term ecosystem sustainability.

Approved: $27M 2026 operating budget & a separate allocation of 25M STX for DeFi working…

Curve DAO’s latest funding proposal seeks 1 million $CRV to support a “Liquidity Incentives Committee.” 💰
Voting began 14 December 2025 and ends 19 December, with a quorum of 15 million $CRV and 50% majority required to pass 🪙
https://t.co/lslKVeDNyu

We just shipped a new feature on the Arbitrum Portal - Live Incentives

Find all active incentives across the ecosystem including DRIP by @EntropyAdvisors and opportunities from @aave, @Dolomite_io, @eulerfinance, @0xfluid, @Morpho, @SiloFinance

DRIP today…

Our Foundation Grants and Social Engagement Lead, @SunnyOsahn delivered our product keynote @SolanaConf a few hours ago, showing how the largest DePIN on Solana is growing:

Landmark immersive art, new AI-3D tools, and the launch of Dispersed AI compute network.…

We recently announced our Q4 2025 Btrust Developer Grant recipients at this year’s #BtrustDeveloperDay 🚀

We’re celebrating six exceptional Bitcoin open‑source developers from across Africa who are driving forward decentralization, privacy, and scalability…

I couldn't sleep so I read up on the Aave DAO vs. Aave Labs debate

Both sides are right.

Token vs. equity is a dilemma and creates conflicts of interest, & incents info asymmetry.

OTOH, DAOs as *originally conceived* are not companies! They can't own…

Preamble From the early days of Curve’s development in 2020 to the creation of the Curve DAO later that year, the project has grown into one of the defining pillars of decentralized finance. Swiss Stake AG has been part of this journey from the start, driving…