Period: December 15 – December 22, 2025


🆕 New Developments

💻 Shepherd Automation Infrastructure MFW's 38K EUR WASM-based automation infrastructure to replace hardcoded watch-tower approved via Snapshot (133% quorum). Replaces TWAP and Ethflow monitoring with programmable WASM modules. MFW abstained per conflict policy. Forum

💻 Viem & Wagmi Migration Bleu grant to remove Web3React, migrate to Viem/Wagmi, and clean up Ethers.js/TypeChain debt approved via Snapshot (166% quorum). 10-week timeline starting Jan 5. Shoom3301 assigned as reviewer. Forum

💼 2026 Grants Program Renewal Renewal proposal live on cow.eth Snapshot as of Dec 15. Requests top-up to 500K xDAI (no additional COW needed), with quarterly disbursements through Jan 2027. Currently at 40% quorum with vote ending after weekend. Snapshot Vote

💻 Bundle Optimization Grant Crutch12's swap.cow.fi bundle optimization grant missed quorum (33.3%, 1 vote) due to holiday timing. Initially declined, reconsidered after Shoom3301 (core team) review. Reduces initial JS bundle from 7.8MB to 4.41MB (~1.5x faster first paint). Will resubmit in January. Forum

🔨 Value Distribution RFP v2 NotSoFormal finalized RFP with weighted deliverables, removed task force scenario. Committee to oversee with NotSoFormal as steward. Pending marketing push and committee approval before applicant outreach.


🚧 In Progress

💻 Prerender HTML Grant Crutch12's prerender HTML grant initially declined, reconsidered after Shoom3301 review. Improves first paint via SSG-style prerendering. Pending Snapshot vote in January. Forum

💻 Playground Offline Mode Lgahdl (Bleu) submitted final PR to MFW with offline development environment running on chain ID 1 using mainnet deployment addresses. No changes required to services repo. GitHub PR

⚙️ Tycho Grant (CoW AMMs) Milestone deadline was Dec 15. Committee awaiting final status update from Markus on CoW AMM LP token support in Tycho.

🔗 CCXT Integration MFW reviewing code quality issues with tests not properly testing intended functionality. Additional concerns about CCXT maintainers requesting partner fees for PR merge. Committee exploring options including publishing patches to strip partner fees if needed.

🛡️ Stop Loss App • Bleu investigating reported issues User reported stop loss app issues. Bleu confirmed they will investigate early next week.

Renewal CIP Quorum Currently at 40% quorum. Committee and core team to promote vote before Christmas closure. Vote ends after weekend.


📅 This Week Priorities

  1. Reach quorum on 2026 Renewal CIP - by Dec 24
  2. Get Tycho completion status from Markus - by Dec 22