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According to the official page, the WLFI governance staking system proposal opened for voting on March 8, with a support rate currently reported at 99.31%. Voting will close on March 13. According to the proposal, in the future, using unlocked WLFI tokens to participate in governance voting will require staking, with a minimum lock-up period of 180 days.The system will introduce a tiered node structure: ordinary stakers can earn approximately 2% annual rewards; users who stake 10 million WLFI (about 1 million USD) can become nodes and enjoy 1:1 exchange rights for stablecoins such as USDT and USDC with USD1; users who stake 50 million WLFI (about 5 million USD) can become super nodes and gain direct cooperation opportunities with the WLFI team.The proposal requires a quorum of 1 billion WLFI voting tokens to be valid, and the voting period is 7 days. If approved, implementation will be carried out in three phases.

Aave DAO is currently voting on a significant proposal that would allocate up to $42 million to Aave Labs, including $25 million for ongoing product development and a $17.5 million milestone bonus. As of Friday evening, the support votes are leading with a narrow margin of 52%, and the voting will conclude on Saturday.The controversy centers around Aave Labs' original plan to compress the development space for v3 and force users to migrate to the yet-to-be-launched v4 version. This move has sparked strong backlash, with the main contractor Bored Ghosts Developing announcing they would not renew their contract and criticizing the proposal as nearly absurd. This week, Aave Labs made concessions, promising not to enforce migration, and v3 will continue to operate.Critics, represented by Marc Zeller, argue that the requested funds are too high, accounting for 31% of the DAO's reserves, and demand that the proposal be split into multiple independent votes, but Aave Labs insists on pushing for an overall vote. Currently, Aave v3 has deposits exceeding $26.3 billion, accounting for over 97% of the total deposits in the protocol.

WLFI has proposed a governance staking system aimed at encouraging more users to participate in governance. According to the proposal, in the future, using unlocked WLFI tokens to participate in governance voting will require staking, with a minimum lock-up period of 180 days.The system will introduce a tiered node structure: ordinary stakers can earn approximately 2% annual rewards; users who stake 10 million WLFI (about 1 million USD) can become nodes and enjoy 1:1 exchange rights for stablecoins such as USDT and USDC with USD1; users who stake 50 million WLFI (about 5 million USD) can become super nodes and gain direct cooperation opportunities with the WLFI team. The proposal requires a quorum of 1 billion WLFI voting tokens to be valid, with a voting period of 7 days. If approved, implementation will be carried out in three phases.

The voting on Jupiter's proposal to "reduce the net release of future tokens to zero" officially ended today at 19:00, with the community passing the proposal with a 75% support rate.Previously, Jupiter initiated a new proposal to reduce the net release of JUP to zero in the foreseeable future. The proposal mainly targets the three major sources of JUP releases at present ------ Jupuary airdrop, team share unlock, and Mercurial quota unlock. The specifics are as follows:First, the Jupuary airdrop will be indefinitely postponed, and all 700 million JUP will be returned to the community multi-signature cold wallet for future use. The usage amount and staking snapshot at the current time will be retained. When the market environment, token status, and market sentiment are more suitable, this matter will be re-discussed with the DAO.Second, the release of tokens to team members will be indefinitely suspended. As an alternative, team members will receive JUP in the form of Jupiter's balance sheet debt. If any member wishes to sell their allocated tokens, they will be directly purchased by Jupiter's balance sheet. This move will further strengthen JUP reserves while demonstrating the team's commitment to the future of the JUP token.Third, the selling pressure from Mercurial stakeholders will be fully hedged, which will accelerate the unlocking process, and an equivalent amount of tokens will be purchased through Jupiter's own balance sheet to absorb any impact from potential token sales.

Jupiter DAO has opened a governance vote on the "zero net emissions" proposal for the JUP token, which will last until February 22. The proposal aims to improve the current price performance of JUP, which is at a historical low, by canceling the Jupuary airdrop event in 2026 to avoid further dilution of the token.The vote consists of two options: Option One is to proceed with the Jupuary airdrop as originally planned, which will launch an airdrop query tool and distribute 200 million JUP about a week after the voting ends, while continuing the existing team allocation and Mercurial incentive program; Option Two is to indefinitely postpone the Jupuary airdrop, returning the prepared 700 million tokens to the community's cold multi-signature wallet, while suspending the release of the team's reserve allocation. If Option Two is approved, Jupiter will use balance sheet funds to buy back tokens released in the market to offset the selling pressure from Mercurial holders.

Team member Vibhu from the Solana Foundation stated on the X platform that Solana achieved two milestones during last week's market fluctuations: Solana's daily non-voting transaction volume reached 148 million, setting a record for the highest activity, which is 30% higher than Cardano's historical cumulative transaction total.Last week was Solana's highest activity week in history, with network transaction volume nearing 1 billion, and the average non-voting TPS maintained at 1505. The total number of transactions for that week was approximately equal to the total transaction volume of Ethereum over the past two years.

The product lead of X and Solana advisor Nikita Bier initiated a vote titled "Are you happy or sad about closing the X Community?" The voting content is: "If the X Community is closed, will you be happy or sad?" It is reported that the vote will end in 23 hours, with the current sad ratio at 53.9% and the happy ratio at 46.1%.

The Byvote voting channel on Bybit opened for just 10 minutes, and the total number of votes has quickly surpassed 128 million, with over 4,000 participants.It is reported that this round of the Byvote prize pool is as high as 1,500,000 PENGUIN, and users only need to hold USDT and other designated assets to qualify for voting. After the project successfully lists, all users who participated in the voting will share the huge PENGUIN prize pool. Voting is still in full swing, and community participation is high.According to previous news from ChainCatcher, a new round of ByVotes on Bybit has begun, and users can gain voting rights by holding eligible assets on Bybit, with voting determining the listing of PENGUIN on the Bybit spot trading platform.

Decentralized AI Intelligent Network DGrid AI announces the official launch of its revolutionary product DGrid AI Arena today. This is a community-driven anonymous AI model battle platform designed to allow global users to participate in evaluating and defining the true quality of AI models in a fair and transparent "blind test" manner.DGrid AI Arena encompasses three core modules: AI Battle, Points System, and Rewards Section. Users can accumulate points by completing daily AI model voting tasks and inviting valid users. Points can not only be directly exchanged for USDT rewards but also participate in the weekly points leaderboard to share in an exclusive prize pool.In the AI Arena, users will see two anonymous models (displayed only as "Model A" and "Model B") answering the same question. Without knowing the identity of the models (which could be GPT-4o, Claude 3.5, or any other model), users vote for the winner purely based on the quality of the answers. The model names will only be revealed after voting. Each vote not only determines the battle outcome but also helps the DGrid decentralized network become smarter, more coordinated, and more transparent.DGrid AI is a decentralized AI intelligent network aimed at providing low-cost, highly available, and verifiable decentralized AI capabilities for Web3 developers and AI applications.

According to DL News, a proposal requiring the Optimism Foundation to use 50% of its Superchain network revenue each month to buy back OP governance tokens has opened for voting on Thursday. There are divisions within the DAO community regarding this. Opponents argue that using hard assets for buybacks is an inefficient use of capital, especially when the foundation still needs to net sell OP through grants and other means. Another major point of contention is that the buyback will be executed through over-the-counter transactions, which will not directly affect the public market price, and some representatives are concerned it may become a channel for insiders to unlock tokens.Supporters, on the other hand, believe that the buyback mechanism can clearly convey the value of network growth to the market and is the "right direction." As of now, the voting shows overwhelming support, with over 3.8 million votes in favor and about 19,000 votes against. Voting will end on January 28.

The governance proposal IIP-617 for Injective has passed with an overwhelming majority, with 99.89% of community members voting in support, officially launching the next phase of development for the INJ token.This proposal has taken effect immediately and will significantly reduce the total supply of INJ tokens, making INJ one of the most deflationary assets in the crypto market.

Vitalik Buterin stated that the current practices of DAOs in the crypto industry have deviated from the original vision, and it is necessary to rethink and construct "different and better DAO designs." Vitalik pointed out that Ethereum's initial concept was heavily inspired by decentralized autonomous organizations, but today DAOs are often simplified to "treasuries controlled by token voting." While they may function in form, they are inefficient, easily manipulated, and fail to truly alleviate the issues arising from human political games.Vitalik emphasized that DAOs remain an indispensable infrastructure, with application scenarios including: improving oracle designs, implementing on-chain dispute arbitration, maintaining various critical lists, quickly launching short-term collaborative projects, and supporting long-term project maintenance after the original team exits. He believes that the current problem lies not in the motivations of participants, but in the governance and system designs, such as oracles, which are still inadequate.In terms of governance frameworks, Vitalik introduced an analysis perspective of "concavity and convexity problems," arguing that different types of issues require different governance structures: scenarios leaning towards consensus and robustness should emphasize broad participation and resistance to manipulation; while scenarios requiring decisive decision-making should allow for leadership, balanced by decentralized mechanisms.Vitalik further pointed out that for DAOs to truly function, they must address two major challenges: privacy and decision fatigue, and can leverage privacy technologies such as zero-knowledge proofs (ZK) and multi-party computation, as well as AI and consensus-based communication tools to alleviate governance burdens. He emphasized that AI should not replace human judgment but should serve as a tool to amplify and assist human intentions.Finally, Vitalik stated that future DAO designs need to consider governance mechanisms, privacy technologies, and communication layers as core components rather than auxiliary modules, to ensure that the decentralization and robustness of Ethereum's underlying infrastructure are sustained in its upper-layer applications.

Paulson hinted that she agrees with the mainstream view that there is no rush to cut interest rates again. Paulson will become a voting member on interest rates this year, and she supports the Federal Reserve's decision to lower rates in the last three meetings.She stated that she expects meaningful progress towards the central bank's 2% inflation target by the end of this year, but she is satisfied with maintaining interest rates steady at the upcoming Federal Reserve meeting on January 27-28. She believes that rates are still sufficiently high, slightly above the neutral level that neither stimulates nor suppresses growth, and indicated that maintaining this level is appropriate to help achieve the goal of reducing inflation.At the same time, Paulson mentioned that she may lean towards a moderate rate cut later this year, provided that either the inflation data confirms her expectations—indicating that price pressures are easing—or there is evidence showing that the labor market is unexpectedly deteriorating.

Galaxy's research director Alex Thorn posted on platform X analyzing the upcoming vote on the cryptocurrency market structure bill by the U.S. Senate Banking Committee. He noted that the current Senate seat distribution is 53 to 47, but typically a bill requires 60 votes to pass, meaning the Republicans still need 7-10 Democratic senators' support for the bill to be approved.Alex Thorn further stated that the cryptocurrency market structure bill is significant, as it involves the classification of DeFi under anti-money laundering rules, the handling of stablecoin reserve earnings, protections for non-custodial developers, and the SEC's authority to authorize or restrict token issuance. If passed, it would become a major bullish catalyst for the adoption of cryptocurrencies. If it fails to advance, although the overall impact on the fundamentals of the crypto industry may be relatively small, it could lead to negative market sentiment.

According to the official announcement, the Gate 2025 Year-End Community Gala: Peak Streamer & Content Creator Year-End Selection has entered the voting support phase. The voting period is from December 30, 2025, 10:00 to January 20, 2026, 10:00 (UTC+8).During the event, users can participate in supporting their favorite streamers and quality content creators by voting, and also enter a lottery to win prizes such as the iPhone 17 Pro Max, exclusive Gate merchandise, and other generous rewards. The final TOP 20 streamers and content creators selected will receive the annual honor title, over $10,000 in cash and merchandise rewards, as well as an exclusive custom honor trophy and year-round community traffic support.

WLFI posted on platform X that the WLFI governance vote has officially begun.The proposal authorizes the use of a portion of the unlocked WLFI treasury funds to accelerate the adoption of USD1 through targeted incentives. Community members will vote to decide how to proceed with development to shape the next phase of growth for USD1 and WLFI.

Aave founder and CEO Stani.eth stated on the X platform that the recent DAO vote has concluded, raising important questions about the relationship between Aave Labs and $AAVE token holders. This has been a productive discussion, crucial for the long-term healthy development of Aave. While the process was somewhat chaotic, debate and disagreement are inherent features of decentralized governance.Stani.eth pointed out: "I am committed to clarifying the economic interests between Aave Labs and $AAVE token holders. Our explanations in this regard have not been sufficient, and we will strive to improve in the future. Additionally, one point that was overlooked in this discussion is that the DAO has generated $140 million in revenue this year, surpassing the total revenue of the past three years, and $AAVE token holders have control over these funds.In the future, we will more clearly articulate how the products developed by Aave Labs create value for the DAO and $AAVE token holders." Regarding the community's heated discussion about the $15 million spent to purchase $AAVE tokens, Stani.eth clarified: "These tokens were not used to vote on the recent proposal; that was never my intention. This is my lifelong career, and I support my beliefs with my own funds."Previously, the proposal regarding the ownership of Aave brand assets was rejected, with over 55% voting against it and 41% choosing to abstain.

The founder of Aave, Stani.eth, stated that tomorrow's "Transfer of Brand Asset Control to Token Holders" ARFC proposal vote is completely legitimate. Discussions have been held over the past 5 days, and a timeline for the ARFC proposal has been established, with the snapshot also meeting the governance framework requirements. Voting is the best way to resolve issues and is the ultimate path for governance.The leading lending protocol Aave is caught in a whirlwind of public opinion, with its community recently engaged in intense debates over the revenue distribution mechanism and brand ownership. The price of AAVE has dropped 8.9% in the past 24 hours, currently reported at $161.According to previous reports, the Aave community will open the "Transfer of Brand Asset Control to Token Holders" ARFC proposal vote on Snapshot tomorrow at 10:40, with voting continuing until December 26. The proposal includes clearly defining the ownership and usage rights of Aave's brand assets and intellectual property (domain names, social media accounts, naming rights, etc.), and granting the DAO control over these matters.

The Uniswap protocol fee switch proposal UNIfication has reached the threshold of 40 million votes in favor and is expected to officially take effect later this week. As of Monday morning, nearly 62 million votes have been cast, with voting set to end on December 25. Uniswap Labs CEO Hayden Adams stated that once the vote passes, it will enter a two-day time lock phase, during which the Uniswap v2 and v3 fee switches on the Unichain mainnet will be activated, triggering the destruction of UNI tokens.The proposal includes the destruction of 100 million UNI tokens from the Uniswap Foundation treasury and the implementation of a protocol fee discount auction system to enhance liquidity provider returns. As a result, UNI has risen approximately 25% since the voting began, with the current price at $6.18.

The Aave community will open the "Transfer of Brand Asset Control to Token Holders" ARFC proposal vote on Snapshot tomorrow at 10:40, which will last until December 26.The proposal includes clarifying the ownership and usage rights of Aave brand assets and intellectual property (domain names, social media accounts, naming rights, etc.), as well as granting the DAO control over these rights.