Weekly governance outlook - 2026-10-11

1. Gearbox Protocol is voting on extending VIBES fund usage (ends in 1 day), while Derive proposes raising $DRV buybacks from 35% to 50% of fees (ends in 2 days). 2. Nouns DAO is considering funding offline AI research for Android, with voting closing in 1 day.

Gitcoin's proposal to upgrade its Governor is active, ending in 4 days, while Compound votes today on renewing security providers for 2026-2027. Balancer's proposal to wind down operations and distribute its treasury is active, ending in 3 days.

Lido is voting on a proposal to authorize contingent market-making for LDO on centralized exchanges, with the decision closing in 2 days. Meanwhile, 1inch DAO’s active proposal to establish a Security Council and rotate multisig signers for its treasury concludes today.

Nouns DAO is voting on Camp operational costs for 2026/2027 (pending, ends in 2 days), while Injective's OLP Reward Disbursement for Epoch 62 is active and closing soon. Yearn Finance's YFI-Backed Credit proposal for the treasury has closed.

Injective has two active proposals: one to update CosmWasm code upload permissions (ends today) and another to modify SEDA oracle feeds on dApps (ends in 1 day). Compound is voting on renewing ScopeLift as its governance interface provider through 2027.

Nouns DAO is voting on "Fake World Assets" (ends today) and closed a proposal to cancel the Endaoment stream. Balancer's active proposal BIP-927 seeks to revoke unused V2 vault permissions (ends in 3 days), addressing deprecated relayers.

Gitcoin DAO's 2026 budget request second tranche is voting now, ending in 2 days, while SushiSwap's active proposal (ending in 3 days) seeks to restructure SUSHI tokenomics with reserve updates, buybacks, and liquidity deployment to Robinhood Chain. Injective's ongoing proposal aims to update tickers for TRADFI and TTI perpetual markets on its exchange dApps.

Frax Finance is voting on two proposals, FIP-450 and FIP-451, to integrate Gearbox Institutional RWA Market and Royco SLP into sfrxUSD strategies, both ending in 2 days. Meanwhile, Nouns DAO is considering a pending proposal to manage its USDC treasury, with voting concluding in 5 days.

Injective's Epoch 61 OLP rewards will be disbursed in 3 days, while its Store Ninjucks swap interface proposal ends tomorrow. Ethena's fifth-term Risk Committee elections are pending and conclude in 1 day.

Convex Finance has three active DAO votes (ID 1470-1472) on Curve ownership decisions, all ending today. Participants should review and cast their votes promptly to influence these critical governance outcomes.

Injective proposes updating hourly funding rate caps for RWA and equity perpetuals on its exchange dApps, both currently active. Uniswap’s temp check for "Four for V4" is live, ending in one day, signaling potential upcoming changes to V4.