Sov's Crypto Grant Wire

🆕 MakerDAO: Proposal for $5K Project Tracking Dashboard to Improve Transparency and Oversight Receives Limited Feedback BuildUnion proposes a $5,000 Project Progress Tracking Dashboard to centralize oversight, improve transparency, and enable risk management for Sky-funded initiatives, with features like real-time updates and ML-powered analytics. With only two replies, community reaction is limited but includes both support and concerns about making project progress public. ⏩ More details

🆕 Morpho Proposal MIP 112 Seeks 200,000 OP to Incentivize USDC Growth on Base This is about a proposal (MIP 112) to allocate 200,000 OP tokens to incentivize USDC growth on Base, aiming to increase TVL by $5M. The community is strongly supporting the proposal, with all votes so far in favor and the quorum already surpassed. ⏩ More details

🆕 BuildUnion Proposes $5,000 Progress Tracking Dashboard for Optimism-Funded Projects BuildUnion proposes a $5,000 Project Progress Tracking Dashboard for Optimism-funded initiatives to centralize oversight, improve transparency, and enable early risk detection with features like milestone tracking, automated alerts, and ML-powered risk analysis. There has been no community feedback or determined next steps as of now. ⏩ More details

🆕 BIP-860 Proposes 49,030 USDC for Balancer Ecosystem Event in Madrid to Foster Collaboration BIP-860 proposes allocating 49,030 USDC to fund a Balancer ecosystem ONsite event in Madrid from October 20 to October 24, 2025, aiming to boost collaboration, morale, and strategic alignment among 20 contributors. The community vote is ongoing with no feedback or votes recorded yet. ⏩ More details

🆕 Balancer DAO Proposal Seeks $49K USDC for Contributor Retreat in Madrid This is a funding proposal (BIP-860) requesting 49,030 USDC for a four-day Balancer DAO retreat in Madrid, Spain in Q4 2025, aiming to boost collaboration, productivity, and team cohesion among 20 contributors. The community vote is ongoing with no feedback or votes yet, and the proposal requires 2,000,000 votes to proceed. ⏩ More details

🆕 Proposal to Integrate Blackhole DEX with CoW Swap and Other Aggregators, Offering $8K Grant This is a proposal to integrate Blackhole, a ve3,3 DEX on Avalanche C-Chain, with major DEX aggregators like CoW Swap, offering an $8000 (USDC) grant as an incentive. The integration aims to boost Blackhole’s liquidity and trading volume, but there has been no community feedback or next steps decided. ⏩ More details

🆕 Optimism Season 7 Retro Funding allocates 8M OP to 200 Superchain projects, driving DeFi and multi-chain growth Season 7 Retro Funding allocated 8 million OP to 200 Superchain projects, prioritizing DeFi and multi-chain initiatives, resulting in significant growth in TVL, transaction volume, and user engagement, with improved funding efficiency compared to previous rounds. While the model shows promise, the analysis notes potential biases and outlier-driven results, and there has been no recorded community response or next steps as of July 2025. ⏩ More details

🆕 GMX DAO weighs GLP vulnerability fund distribution: GLV tokens vs. stablecoins, majority favor GLV The DAO is deciding how to distribute funds recovered from the Arbitrum GLP vulnerability, with options including GLV tokens (plus a $2 million treasury top-up and a $500k GLV holding incentive) or stablecoins (plus a $2 million top-up). Most community members currently support the GLV option, and the process aims to fairly compensate affected users and restore confidence. ⏩ More details

🆕 Proposal: $145,000 SAFE+Token Warrant Investment for Carroll Mechanisms DAO Governance on Scroll This proposal seeks a $145,000 SAFE+Token Warrant investment to develop Carroll Mechanisms, a new governance approach for DAOs that incentivizes honest information sharing and merit-based decision-making, with research and implementation planned from August 2025 to July 2026. The project aims to address current DAO governance issues, promises improved decision quality and potential new revenue streams, and has not yet received community feedback or defined next steps. ⏩ More details

🆕 Proposal for $2,999 Rocket Pool Grants Dashboard with Real-Time Tracking and ML Risk Detection Receives Limited Feedback BuildUnion proposed a $2,999 dashboard to improve transparency and accountability for Rocket Pool–funded grants by providing real-time tracking, automated alerts, and ML-powered risk detection, with integration into the governance forum. Community reaction has been limited, with only one constructive reply offering procedural guidance for submitting the proposal as a formal grant application. ⏩ More details

📡 Update From the Grant Wire 📡 https://dydx.forum/t/drc-dydx-foundation-grants-proposal

🆕 Superfluid DAO Proposes 25M SUP Allocation for Protocol Rewards Season 3 with Weighted Voting This is about a DAO proposal to allocate 25,000,000 SUP for Superfluid Protocol Rewards Season 3, using weighted voting to select and fund eligible ecosystem campaigns, with only those surpassing a 5% vote threshold receiving support. The process aims to ensure efficient SUP distribution and project accountability, with no significant additional costs to the Foundation and no recorded community feedback. ⏩ More details

🆕 dYdX Foundation Proposes $8M Grants Program Overhaul With New Entity and Treasury Request The dYdX Foundation proposes creating dYdX Grants Ltd. to manage a new grants program, requesting $8M in DYDX from the community treasury to fund ecosystem development for 12–18 months, with a focus on efficiency, strategic alignment, and transparency. The plan includes winding down the current DEP, transferring assets and obligations, converting some DYDX to stablecoins for stability, and has not yet received community feedback, with an on-chain proposal scheduled for August 4, 2025. ⏩ More details

📡 Update From the Grant Wire 📡 https://x.com/Ormosh97/status/1946955220925194585

📡 Update From the Grant Wire 📡 https://x.com/metagov_project/status/1947993552367313080

📡 Update From the Grant Wire 📡 https://x.com/EF_ESP/status/1948355699777720768

🆕 Arbitrum Delegate Incentive Program Rewards 20 of 79 Delegates, Suspends One, Spends $72k in June 2025 The Delegate Incentive Program for June 2025 evaluated and rewarded 20 out of 79 delegates based on voting, discussion participation, and extraordinary contributions, with a total cost of $72,234.34. The program aims to incentivize higher quality engagement and set standards for delegate conduct, including suspending a delegate for public accusations, but there has been no community discussion or next steps identified. ⏩ More details

🆕 CoW DAO Grants Committee Migrates to Custom HERD System, Processes 22 Grants, Plans Further Improvements The CoW DAO Grants Committee updated its governance and operational processes in the first half of 2025, including migrating to a custom HERD system, processing 22 grants, and addressing internal challenges, with further improvements planned for the second half of 2025. These changes aim to increase efficiency and grant quality, but some operational issues remain, and there has been no community feedback. ⏩ More details

🆕 MorphoAssociation Proposes 200,000 OP Incentive for USDC Growth on Base, Targeting $5M TVL Increase MorphoAssociation proposes allocating 200,000 OP tokens to incentivize USDC growth on Base, aiming to increase TVL by $5M as part of a two-phase, 500,000 OP grant, with all incentives going directly to users. There have been no community discussions or next actions determined. ⏩ More details

🆕 Lido LEGO Q2 2025 Report: DAI 151,000 in Grants Awarded, Q3 Budget Set at DAI 500,000 The LEGO Q2 2025 report details DAI 151,000 in grants awarded to projects aimed at improving Ethereum liquid staking, governance, and client diversity, with a Q3 2025 budget set at DAI 500,000 and updated allowance rules. There have been no community discussions or next actions determined. ⏩ More details