DAO Sentinel Weekly — Mon Jun 08 2026

📰 Top stories

Optimism's Bedrock Upgrade Approved: The first major protocol upgrade for Optimism Mainnet, promising enhanced modularity and performance, has passed. Optimism, closed.
Optimism Renews Protocol Delegation Program: A program designed to integrate protocols into governance will continue for another season. Optimism, closed.
Optimism Funds Governance Accessibility Intent: A 3M OP budget was approved to improve governance accessibility within the Optimism Collective. Optimism, closed.
Optimism Allocates Funds for Technical Decentralization: A 1M OP budget passed to support missions focused on technical decentralization. Optimism, closed.
Optimism Renews Grants Council for Novel Applications: A budget to continue the Grants Council, focused on innovative applications, has been approved. Optimism, closed.

A single address cast 67.6% of votes on a Convex gauge weight proposal, significantly influencing FXN allocations.
Another Convex whale controlled 47.1% of votes on a separate gauge weight, impacting FRAX+USDe.
A whale in Aave DAO cast 36.1% of votes on a temperature check for deploying Aave V4 on Arc, indicating strong interest.
An Aavegotchi whale influenced 13.3% of votes on a proposal to elect DAO facilitators with reduced pay.

No significant Democracy Score movers this week.

Convex: Gauge Weight for Week of 4th Jun 2026 (June 9)
Convex: FXN Gauge Weight for Week of 4th Jun 2026 (June 9)
Aave DAO: [Temp Check] Deploy Aave V4 on Arc (June 9)
Decentraland: Reduce the VP threshold required for Governance Proposal (June 13)