Period: January 26 – February 1, 2026
💼 January Payments Executed
Six payment transactions signed and executed (nonces 254-259), covering committee stipends, review fees, and four grant milestones. Final Gnosis Chain batch before mainnet migration.
🔗 PolySwap Grant Complete • Milestone confirmed
MFW confirmed objectives met Jan 29. First settlement on CoW Protocol based on Polymarket binary option outcome now live on Polygon. Forum Thread
💻 Bundle Optimization Grant Complete • PR merged
Sasha's swap.cow.fi performance work accepted. Shoom3301 signed off, MFW approved for payout. Forum Thread
📊 Bleu Performance Profiling Grant Approved • Snapshot passed
Grant approved via Snapshot vote (reduced from original $36K request). Work on performance profiling. Snapshot Vote
⚙️ Tycho Grant Delivered • Subcontractor replaced
Propeller Heads cut ties with original subcontractor, brought work in-house, and completed the CoW AMM and LP Tokens integration. Awaiting forum confirmation. Forum Thread
📊 Pipeline Tracker Updated
Sov completed full review of Notion pipeline. All grants now current with accurate stages and last update dates. COW Grants: Pipeline
📚 Value Distribution RFP
4-5 responses received. Sov completed first pass evaluations with scoring and recommendations. Next: interviews with top 3 teams, then notify declined applicants. Evaluation Doc
📚 Documentation Overhaul RFC
Draft updated based on meeting feedback. Key decision: scope to specify programmatic/AI-based approach (RAG systems with ongoing maintenance) versus open to long-form manual writing. Team consensus leans toward AI-assisted to reduce core team review burden and ensure maintainability. RFC Draft
⚙️ Shepherd Automation Grant