Top 7 important DAO proposals/discussions to follow in the last 7 days. 🧠🧵

@aave DAO is discussing an annual budget of $50M for an AAVE Buybacks program. Weekly buybacks: $250K–$1.75M (flexible based on market/liquidity).

@aave acquired @GetStableApp. Stable is a high-yield stablecoin savings account. It provides peer-to-peer lending markets, earning 25x more than traditional savings accounts.

@arbitrum DAO introduced DIP 2.0, expanding delegate rewards into a full governance incentive system. It adds: - Per-proposal rewards for voting + public rationale - Peer-recognition bonuses for standout contributors - “Nudge Seasons” paying for key pro-governance actions Participation goes through a vouch-gated Peer Assembly, with funding from ~7M ARB left in the old DIP multisig. Vote planned for Oct 23, program launch on Nov 1, 2025.

@zksync DAO is voting on a proposal to activate a capped minter with 37.5M ZK (~$1.9M USD at $0.05/ZK) to trial $ZK staking rewards over 6 months with up to 10% reward rate for participation in the pilot.

@gnosisdao DAO proposed to replace the current subgraph-based GNO strategy with a set of strategies that read state directly onchain and from the Beacon Chain.

@VeloraDEX DAO approved a proposal to engage Octav for treasury transparency and reporting at a cost of $8K/year.