Sov's Crypto Grant Wire

📡 Update From the Grant Wire 📡 https://x.com/solanamobile/status/1971259454529372613

📡 Update From the Grant Wire 📡 https://x.com/ens_dao/status/1970558736600334467

📡 Update From the Grant Wire 📡 https://x.com/filretropgf/status/1969934851299299428

📡 Update From the Grant Wire 📡 https://x.com/ZecHub/status/1968025322525249694

🆕 Arbitrum: LimeChain benchmarks Stylus (Rust) vs EVM (Solidity) by reimplementing StarkEx on-chain STARK verifier — finds correctness parity and enables gas-cost benchmarking; budget split published, no community discussion LimeChain benchmarked Stylus (Rust) vs EVM (Solidity) by reimplementing StarkEx’s on-chain STARK verification pipeline (GpsStatementVerifier.verifyProofAndRegister), showing Stylus can faithfully port complex, computation-heavy zk-STARK verifiers with correctness parity while enabling practical gas-cost benchmarking and tooling improvements. \nBudget allocation: Milestone 1 17%, Milestone 2 20%, Milestone 3 18%, Milestone 4 35%, Milestone 5 10%; there have been no community discussions and no next actions have been determined. ⏩ More details

🆕 Scroll Council proposes 3‑month Community Grants Support Program with SCR 312,500 budget, $200–$10,000 awards, milestone USDC payouts and KYC for >$2,000 (apps Sep 22–Dec 19) The Community Council proposes a 3‑month pilot \"Community Grants Support Program\" to fund events, meetups, hackathons, and flex initiatives with a total budget of SCR 312,500 and per‑grant awards of $200–$10,000, aiming to drive adoption of Scroll products, discover high‑quality builders/dapps, and increase geographic diversity with measurable KPIs and milestone‑based USDC payouts (applications open 22 September to 19 December; all funded initiatives must complete by 31 January, 2026). Benefits include hands‑on onboarding, targeted hackathon tracks, and transparent reporting requirements (Luma registration, satisfaction ≥70%, final reports, KYC/KYB for grants >$2,000); costs/risks depend on execution and compliance, and there have been no community discussions to date. ⏩ More details

🆕 aura: Urgent proposal for phased Balancer v3 on Plasma EVM — initial control to Balancer Onchain Limited, checkpoints at 1/3/6 months, up to ~$40k DAO revenue by month 6 An urgent proposal seeks approval for a phased Balancer v3 deployment on the Plasma EVM chain, granting initial operational control to Balancer Onchain Limited, launching standard v3 pools aligned with Aave’s day-one liquidity, and tracking TVL/revenue/utilization checkpoints at 1/3/6 months to decide scale, pause, or wind-down. Benefits: early-mover liquidity anchoring, potential DAO revenue (up to ~$40k+ by month 6) and controlled risk via checkpoints and multisig safeguards; costs: no immediate treasury spend though future funding would require separate BIPs; community reaction: vote is ongoing with 0 voters and no visible support or opposition as of now. ⏩ More details

🆕 MakerDAO proposal by PhoenixLabs (Oct 2, 2025) raises supply caps, launches Spark Savings v2, cuts SparkLend USDC/USDT reserve factors to 1% and enables SPK staking - This is a multi-part Ethereum governance package proposed by PhoenixLabs to be executed on October 2, 2025, that raises supply caps (e.g., PT‑USDe→1B USDS, LBTC→10,000), launches Spark Savings v2 with capped yields and vault limits, adjusts SparkLend reserve factors (USDC/USDT 10%→1%), consolidates rewards into the Spark Liquidity Layer (SLL), sets conservative SLL/OTC transfer limits and SYRUP transfer caps, allocates treasury/grant transfers, and activates SPK staking (stSPK) with controlled operator roles. \n- Benefits: enables larger deposit growth, product expansion, and greater competitiveness (via lower reserve factors) while consolidating rewards and adding operational risk controls; Costs/risks: reduced immediate reserve revenue, higher protocol exposure from larger caps (mitigated by SLL rate limits and multisig controls), and reliance on prudent parameter settings; community reaction: no discussions reported. ⏩ More details

🆕 MakerDAO: GroveLabs proposes ~$50M ACRDX allocation for Apollo ADCF exposure — on‑chain daily NAV, ~2% fees, quarterly repurchase limits and ~16–17% fund leverage GroveLabs proposes allocating approximately $50 million to ACRDX, a Plume/Centrifuge‑issued token that feeds 100% into the Apollo Diversified Credit Fund (ADCF) to provide on‑chain, daily NAV accrual and exposure to a largely senior‑secured, floating‑rate credit portfolio managed by Apollo (portfolio ≈ $1.8bn as of July 31, 2025); benefits include institutional service providers and on‑chain recordkeeping, while costs and constraints include ACRDX fee 0.50% p.a. plus ADCF Class I fee 1.50% p.a., quarterly interval repurchase limits (≥5%–25%), KYC/whitelisted transfers, and typical fund leverage of ~16–17% that increases credit, liquidity and valuation risks. \n\nEarly community reaction is limited but positive on yield and access—misher cites returns of “7.7% or higher” and views the 0.5% fee as acceptable—while concerns remain about interval liquidity, redemption suspensions, and other credit/market risks. ⏩ More details

🆕 MakerDAO proposal: create non-profit "Star" Prime Agent to channel USDS→sUSDS yield for Accessibility Reward and anti-poverty funding, mixed community response (4 replies) This proposes creating a non-profit “star” (a Prime Agent) that channels yield via USDS→sUSDS on the Star’s frontend to fund the Accessibility Reward and other anti-poverty work, potentially letting users support the cause without losing yield. Benefits: aligns yield-generation with a social mission and a clear user flow; costs/risks: may divert organizational focus from profit-making and accountability concerns; community reaction across four replies is mixed, with concrete support for the mechanism, enthusiasm from stig and bluemorpho, and caution from misher. ⏩ More details

🆕 Arbitrum proposal to move 8,500 ETH to ATMC for yield (~204 ETH/yr at 2.43% APY), custody by Foundation; community asks for benchmarks and fee/risk transparency The proposal requests transferring 8,500 ETH from the DAO treasury to the Arbitrum Treasury Management Council (ATMC) to activate idle ETH for yield generation (estimated ~204 ETH/year at a 30‑day APY of 2.43%), diversify away from ARB without selling, and support ecosystem activity, with custody by the Arbitrum Foundation and OAT retaining granular approval; costs/risks include potential underperformance versus passive ETH staking, fees/operating expenses, liquidity and smart‑contract risk. \n\nThe community (5 replies) is generally supportive of activating idle ETH but requests clear benchmarking, transparent fee/risk breakdowns, justification for the 8,500 ETH sizing, and broader ecosystem allocations (including DVT suggestions); key dates: Forum Period September 16 to September 25, Snapshot September 25 to October 2, Tally move on October 6 and Tally voting October 9 to October 23, with deployments beginning after OAT approval. ⏩ More details

🆕 Reserve proposal: adjust eUSD FinTech revenue split to Ugly Cash 20.7% / Sentz 4.6% / stRSR 71.7% using bi-weekly onchain eUSD holdings - Proposal to adjust the eUSD FinTech revenue-share split from Ugly Cash 18.9% / Sentz 4.5% / stRSR 73.6% to Ugly Cash 20.7% / Sentz 4.6% / stRSR 71.7%, using bi-weekly onchain eUSD holdings to compute allocations based on current snapshot (eUSD market cap $24,414,489; Ugly Cash $5,063,634; Sentz $1,114,667). \n- Benefit: better alignment with governance intent and more accurate, timely allocations with minimal protocol risk due to 85% overcollateralization; cost: a small reduction in stRSR revenue share; community reaction: no discussions to date. ⏩ More details

🆕 Balancer proposes Q2 2025–Q2 2026 roadmap, requests 2.87M USDC and 166,250 BAL to fund five pillars and target 2x TVL market share by Q2 2026 - This is a unified, year-long roadmap and funding request (covering Q2 2025 through Q2 2026) for Balancer seeking 2,870,124 USDC in working capital and 166,250 BAL for contributor vesting to fund five pillars (Growth; Financial Sustainability; Innovation & Product; Ecosystem & Governance; Operational Excellence/UX) with KPIs such as 2x Balancer TVL market share vs Jan 1, 2025 and multiple revenue, product, grants, and veBAL participation targets by Q2 2026. - Benefits include clearer governance/accountability, improved capital efficiency and recurring DAO revenue, stronger decentralization and contributor retention; costs are the stated USDC and BAL ask plus ongoing operational budget lines, and the vote has not started so community discussion and sentiment are pending. ⏩ More details

🆕 Optimism Token House approves 4.44M OP Seasons 8/9 budget, streams payments via Superfluid/OPx; council cuts and reduced Security Council transparency noted This reports that the Token House approved a 4,440,000 OP operating budget for Seasons 8/9 (4,520,000 OP including an 80,000 OP Budget Board infrastructure add), transferred to Safe 0x27426F2bd5120Df4ea6570546474b7313ea0c0AB and streamed via Superfluid/OPx with proportional council reductions totaling 17,840 OP and specific allocations (e.g., Grants Council ~485,505 OP, DAB ~484,772 OP, Milestones & Metrics ~492,350 OP, Security Council ~1,510,250 OP); all Season 8 streaming payments will be complete on December 24, 2025 and Season 9 budgets provide stability through May 2026. Benefits include improved transparency, real-time payment visibility, and operational stability, while costs/risks are constrained council budgets due to cuts and reduced public transparency for privately processed Security Council payments; community reaction is limited but generally positive and constructive with minor corrections noted. ⏩ More details

🆕 Jupiter DAO debates including JupDAO members in Meteora $MET event with minimum-stakes or time-weighted allocations This concerns questions about how JupDAO members will be included in the Meteora $MET token generation event scheduled for October, with a proposal to use a minimum stake (e.g., 500 $JUP) and equal allocations or time-weighted allocations to improve fairness for non-whales but possibly dilute focus from Meteora users and create tension between staking vs. LP incentives. Community reaction across four replies is mixed—some favor broad inclusion and time-weighting or minimum thresholds, while others insist $MET should prioritize Meteora users, so consensus has not been reached. ⏩ More details

🆕 ENS Public Goods grants Argot $75k (plus $25k conditional) to fund independent collective to maintain core Ethereum tooling and refactor Core Solidity ENS Public Goods (PG) Working Group is granting Argot an initial 75,000 USDC plus a contingent 25,000 USDC released via a tranche-based model to fund an independent collective spun out of the Ethereum Foundation that will maintain core Ethereum tooling (Solidity, Fe, Sourcify, ethdebug, Act, hevm) and refactor Core Solidity by moving hard-coded compiler features into a community-stewarded standard library. \nThis aims to reduce key-person and commercial-capture risk and improve long-term security and development velocity, with the main cost being the 100,000 USDC commitment (75,000 USDC now, 25,000 USDC conditional) and delivery risk mitigated by transparent milestones and generally supportive community/stakeholder responses. ⏩ More details

🆕 Gnosis DAO vote: $10k bounty for cergyk after disclosure of Nethermind consensus discrepancy that could have caused chain split - Proposal to award a one-time $10,000 bounty to cergyk for responsibly disclosing a Gnosis Chain consensus discrepancy — fixed in Nethermind on 17 March 2025 (PR #8376) — that could have caused a chain split by allowing a proposer to set coinbase to a contract created-and-self-destructed in the same block; benefit: prevented a potential critical split and large staking losses and recognizes a white-hat contribution, cost: $10,000 if approved. - Vote is ongoing with 14 voters and 15,196.36 votes For (0 Against, 0 Abstain), quorum of 75,000 not yet met, so community members are urged to vote and, if passed, the DAO will pay $10,000 to cergyk. ⏩ More details

🆕 ENS DAO proposal to reimburse eth.limo $109,818.82 for legal/compliance costs to maintain eth.limo/eth.link free ENS gateway - This requests ENS DAO reimburse eth.limo $109,818.82 to cover ongoing legal and compliance fees for operating the eth.limo/eth.link free ENS gateway, which eth.limo says is critical public-goods infrastructure providing 24/7 support for Ethereum-native dApps and content. \n- Benefits: sustains the gateway, eases legal/compliance burden on a small team, and supports ENS representation in legal contexts; Costs: the $109,818.82 payout; Community reaction is limited but uniformly supportive across three replies. ⏩ More details

🆕 Gnosis pilot: $40K Growth Fund via GNO conviction voting on Gardens to fund community-led initiatives; Gardens Core to operate setup free A pilot proposes seeding a Gnosis Growth Fund with $40,000 in GNO-controlled conviction voting on Gardens (a Gnosis Gardens community, three governance pools, customizable parameters) to fund small community-led ecosystem initiatives—$10,000 upfront plus $30,000 streamed over three months—with Gardens Core handling setup and operations at no charge while asking Gnosis DAO to provide the $40,000, amplify announcements, and give feedback. Benefits: increases GNO holder agency, funds diverse small-scale growth initiatives, and tests conviction voting and sybil-resistant participation with low overhead; cost: $40,000; community reaction: vote has early support (28 voters, For 5.90, Against 0, Abstain 0) but is far from the 75,000 quorum. ⏩ More details

📡 Update From the Grant Wire 📡 https://x.com/solana/status/1968323959423963613