DAO Sentinel Weekly — 2026-08-24

📰 Top stories

• Arbitrum Security Program (Arbitrum) — 803 votes, active
• Gitcoin DAO 2026 Budget Request: Second Tranche (Gitcoin) — 367 votes, active
• [ARFC] Aave Governance Emergency Guardian: Signer Rotation (Aave) — 81 votes, closed
• [ARFC] Liquidation Protocol Fee Increase for WBTC, WETH, and wstETH on Aave V3 Ethereum Core (Aave) — 68 votes, closed
• [ARFC] Onboard PAXG to the Global Dollar Hub in Aave V4 Ethereum (Aave) — 67 votes, closed

🐳 Whale activity

• 🐳 Whale vote on Synthetix: 50.0% VP
• 🐳 Whale vote on Synthetix: 100.0% VP
• 🐳 Whale vote on Arbitrum: 10.1% VP
• 🐳 Whale vote on Decentraland: 31.4% VP

📊 Democracy Score movers

• Balancer: 37 → 25 (-13)
• Gnosis: 33 → 30 (-3)
• SushiSwap: 7 → 6 (-2)
• Gitcoin: 15 → 16 (+1)
• Synthetix: 49 → 48 (-1)
• Arbitrum: 19 → 19 (-0)

📅 Coming up

• Gitcoin DAO 2026 Budget Request: Second Tranche (Gitcoin) — ends 2026-08-24
• [Curve] Ownership DAO Vote ID: 1491 (Aladdin DAO) — ends 2026-08-25
• BIP-922 Recover unclaimed legacy LM MerkleRedeem funds to BizDev Safe (Balancer) — ends 2026-08-25
• BIP-923 Next Phase Decision for Rescued Funds Distribution from Balancer v2 November 2025 Attacks (Balancer) — ends 2026-08-25
• [BIP-925] Unwind Timeless ve8020 BAL Grant (Balancer) — ends 2026-08-25