ChainCatcher news, Gitcoin co-founder Kevin Owocki posted on social media that Gitcoin will close its main software development department, Grants Lab, and bid farewell to some outstanding team members. This is one of the hardest decisions since Gitcoin was founded.The decision is driven by changes in the ecosystem: the funding methods for public goods are evolving, the L2 ecosystem is maturing, collaborative mechanisms are continuously innovating, and new competitors are emerging. At the same time, key members of Grants Lab have left one after another, and the team currently lacks a clear and sustainable profit model, leading to financial expenditures exceeding manageable limits.Therefore, Grants Lab will no longer apply for the budget for the second half of 2025, and the remaining funds will be used to provide severance compensation for affected employees. Gitcoin stated that they will do their utmost to support the transition of departing employees in a respectful and caring manner.

ChainCatcher news, according to official news, the Ethereum Foundation announced that the application for the 2025 academic grant round must be submitted by March 16, and will provide $2 million in funding to support cutting-edge research in areas such as protocol design, client engineering, and human and cultural studies.

ChainCatcher News, the U.S. Department of Efficiency (DOGE) posted on X stating that today, the Department of Education has terminated 29 DEI training grants totaling $101 million.One of the grants aimed to train teachers "to help students understand/explore the complex history involved in oppression and to help students identify areas of privilege and power on both personal and collective bases."

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, Arbitrum's developer Offchain Labs announced at the CES 2025 conference that the Arbitrum Foundation has granted the largest developer subsidy in history to South Korea's Lotte Group. Lotte Group is a multi-billion dollar South Korean conglomerate known for its shopping malls, media companies, and entertainment asset portfolio. A representative from the company declined to disclose the specific amount of the grant "at this stage." According to Offchain Labs, this subsidy solidifies Arbitrum's position as the primary blockchain infrastructure provider for Lotte's metaverse gaming platform, Caliverse.

ChainCatcher message, according to the official announcement, the Eigen Foundation has granted 1 million EIGEN tokens to AltLayer. AltLayer stated that the tokens will be directly used to give back to the community, with the first batch of 500,000 EIGEN tokens starting to be distributed to reALT holders and stakers this week.The remaining 500,000 EIGEN tokens will be distributed when the V2 reward mechanism of Eigen Layer goes live on its mainnet in 2025.

ChainCatcher news, the options protocol Derive (formerly known as Lyra) announced a partnership with Ethena, officially joining the Ethena Network. As part of the collaboration, the Ethena Foundation provided Derive with a multi-million dollar grant, while sENA token holders will be eligible to receive 5% of the DRV token supply from Derive DAO.It is reported that Derive currently holds over 75% of the on-chain options market share, with a weekly trading volume of approximately $250 million and a total locked value exceeding $80 million, serving over 50,000 users.

ChainCatcher news, the Uniswap Foundation announced a grant of $1.2 million to Atrium Academy to expand the Uniswap Hook Incubator (UHI) project, further supporting the development of Ethereum v4 hooks.In March 2024, the Uniswap Foundation provided a $600,000 grant to Atrium Academy to launch UHI. In the first three batches, the program attracted over 1,200 applicants, with each batch drawing 100 to 150 developers from more than 50 countries/regions.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the Uniswap Foundation has granted $1.2 million to Areta for the Uniswap Foundation Security Fund, aimed at creating a competitive market for auditing and security services, enhancing the security and integrity of the Uniswap v4 hook developer community.The Uniswap Foundation Security Fund aims to change the way projects building Uniswap v4 hooks access security audits. By creating a market with vetted provider competition, the auditing process is streamlined, and overall costs are expected to decrease. The market will allow shortlisted projects to obtain audit quotes from whitelisted providers, ensuring transparency and competitive pricing. Projects will then select a provider, and the Uniswap Foundation will subsidize the full cost of the audit for eligible selected projects.

ChainCatcher news, the Web3 public goods protocol Gitcoin has announced the launch of Grants 22, running from October 23 to November 6, with funding applications now open, and the introduction of on-chain proof of minting and cross-chain donation features.This round of funding focuses on expanding open source software (OSS) and supporting digital public goods, with a total of $1 million allocated for 4 OSS rounds and $12,500 to $20,000 for 7 community rounds.

ChainCatcher news, the Drift Foundation announced on social media the launch of the GAS Ecosystem Program, aimed at promoting the development of the Drift ecosystem.The program will be organized around three core pillars: Grants, Attention, and Support. By leveraging these pillars, it will support existing builders in developing the Drift ecosystem, and GAS will also strengthen Drift's core products.About Grants: The V2 Grants program is built on the success of V1 and will have two key initiatives:Ecosystem incentive support utilizing FuelFocused Request For Grants (RFG) programAbout Attention: Drift can leverage existing distribution channels to attract attention to ecosystem projects:Joint marketing campaignsEnhanced announcement disseminationGeneral visibility of ecosystem teamsAbout Support: Drift will proactively assist ecosystem teams in various possible ways.

ChainCatcher message, the official governance page shows that the Compound community has voted to approve the proposal regarding the update of the Compound Grants Program (CGP). The proposal suggests extending the budgeted $1.375 million Compound Grants Program (CGP) for an additional 12 months.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, FLock.io announced that it has received funding from the Ethereum Foundation Academic Grants Round 2024, with the specific amount not disclosed.It is reported that the funds will be used for research on the incentive mechanisms of its blockchain-based machine learning solutions.

ChainCatcher news, Sei announced that it will provide grants and ecological support for the ICC Camp S1 startup program Star Symphony and Dragon Ninja. As a Layer 1 blockchain that combines the advantages of Ethereum and Solana, Sei integrates Ethereum's mainstream development standards with Solana's high-performance features. The V2 update of Sei has made it the first parallelized EVM, offering players and game developers a faster and smoother gaming experience.Star Symphony and Dragon Ninja joined the ICC Camp's first phase startup camp focused on the Web3 Gaming track in March this year, and successfully completed the content learning and visiting program of the startup course by the end of April.Star Symphony is a Rhythm Battler game built on blockchain. By integrating music and blockchain, it creates a unique and immersive user experience. Dragon Ninja is a role-playing adventure game where players will explore as ninjas in the game.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, Gitcoin Grants 21 has officially launched and will run until August 22, 7:59 AM Beijing time. The theme of this round of grants is to collaborate with partners and enhance the capabilities of external communities.It is reported that this round includes Celo and Arbitrum ecosystem rounds as well as 9 community rounds. Users no longer need to collect Passport stamps, as Gitcoin Grants Stack provides technical support.

ChainCatcher news, ETC Grants DAO posted on social media that it is currently discussing the possibility and feasibility of launching an Ethereum Classic (ETC) ETF/ETN with ETF issuer VanEck, although achieving this long-term goal may take some time.It is reported that ETC Grants DAO is a non-profit decentralized autonomous organization aimed at providing funding for ETC developers.

ChainCatcher news, Scroll announced on social media the launch of Level Up with Scroll, a platform that allows developers to apply for ecosystem grants and learn skills like Solidity through a series of beginner-friendly challenges.The initial Scroll grant program will offer two different Tracks:Starter Track: up to $10,000 per project;Launch Track: up to $100,000 per project.Applications are now open, with a deadline of August 8, 2024, at 8:00 AM.

ChainCatcher news, Gitcoin has launched the Gitcoin donation event Gitcoin Grants 2024 strategy and updates, which points out that due to time constraints, only three rounds of GG competitions will be held in 2024, including:GG20 has ended from April 23 to May 7;GG21 will be launched from August 7 to 21, with a total of 10 rounds of community activities, no open source software (OSS) rounds, and matching funds of $125,000 for the first 5 rounds of community rounds;GG22 is planned to start at the end of October, with specific dates to be announced in the coming weeks, and an open source software OSS program (4 rounds) with a matching fund pool of $1 million.

ChainCatcher news, Gitcoin announces the launch of the Grants Program Canvas, aimed at simplifying the creation of Web3 funding programs. The Gitcoin Grants Program Canvas is a free tool co-developed by Gitcoin and partners such as Arbitrum, Optimism, Uniswap, and Polygon. It adopts a visual and modular approach, taking on the complex task of planning grant programs and simplifying it into four key stages: Define, Design, Execute, and Learn.