👨‍🔬 Governance Lab #097

Lab Report #097 - Aave's CDP for Uniswap V4, Sky's SP-BEAM Module, Scroll DAO Governance Recognition, and more

May 08, 2025

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welcome back to the Governance Lab, your weekly source for all things StableLab, DeFi, and DAO Governance. As always, we've filtered through the noise to bring you the governance signals (and drama) that matter.

At a Glance 👀
🤝 Aave Labs proposes specialized Uniswap V4 Position Manager with first-ever profit sharing integration
⚡ Sky deploys SP-BEAM module for faster, safer stability parameter adjustments
⏮️ Scroll DAO introduces Governance Contribution Recognition framework for retroactive rewards

Let’s dive in 🏊

CDP

Aave Labs proposes CDP for Uniswap V4 positions

Aave Labs has submitted an RFC proposing a specialized Uniswap V4 Position Manager that would enable GHO borrowing against LP positions, with plans to extend to additional assets through Aave V4 integration. The system would allow leveraging of Uniswap V4's liquidity positions while inheriting Aave's risk framework for collateral parameters and oracle feeds, creating new capital efficiency opportunities for liquidity providers.
The proposal introduces the first profit-sharing integration for Uniswap, with 50% of GHO borrow profit automatically deposited to the Uniswap protocol fee collector address. Based on current estimates, this could generate up to $22.6M for the Uniswap DAO, assuming 50% of usable TVL from Uniswap V3 is supplied to the new module.
To implement this integration, Aave Labs is requesting a grant of $3.3M in UNI tokens (distributed quarterly at $550K over 18 months), an ecosystem allocation of 1.1M UNI (split between Aave DAO governance participation and immediate liquidity incentives), and an adoption-based incentives fund of 1.2M UNI to be released in tranches as borrowing milestones are reached. The prototype is already feature-complete at 90% development, requiring only in-depth testing and security reviews, with a commitment to launch within six months of governance approval.

SP-BEAM

Sky deploys SP-BEAM module for efficient parameter changes

Sky Ecosystem has deployed the Stability Parameter Bounded External Access Module (SP-BEAM), developed with BlockAnalitica, to enable faster stability parameter adjustments. This replaces the previous system that relied on bi-weekly Executive Votes, which caused delays during market volatility.
The new governance process involves multiple stakeholders: Stability Advisors propose changes, Stability Facilitators review them, and approved SP-BEAM Operators execute updates, with all changes documented on the Sky Forum. The module includes bounded parameters with maximum/minimum rates, step limits, and time delays between updates.
Multiple safety features protect the system, including emergency shutdown capabilities without GSM Pause Delay, operator replacement mechanisms, and debt generation controls. Sky's parameter adjustments are guided by Internal System Health metrics, External Market Conditions, and Strategic Goals to maintain protocol stability and growth.

GCR

Scroll DAO introduces Governance Contribution Recognition

Scroll DAO has introduced a Governance Contribution Recognition (GCR) framework to financially reward meaningful governance participation. The proposal covers a 6-month retroactive period (October-April 2025) and acknowledges that "governance is work" deserving compensation.
The reward structure includes base payments for voting, call attendance and forum activity (300 SCR/hour), proposal bonuses (5,000 SCR per proposal reaching formal vote), and additional incentives for consistent participation. The maximum potential reward is approximately $10,000 USD (at $0.20 SCR/USD). Qualification requires only a single vote, though the authors note this initial approach rewards baseline activities that won't qualify in future iterations. The framework is explicitly temporary, with plans to redesign both work structures and compensation models as the DAO's organizational design evolves in coming months.

Proposal Tracker™️

💬 DISCUSSION | Arbitrum DAO - Constitutional Quorum Threshold Reduction

Summary: This proposal suggests reducing Arbitrum's constitutional quorum threshold from 5% to 4.5% of total votable tokens, addressing governance challenges as voter participation declined from 8% in early 2024 to 4-5% in early 2025. With approximately 4.3B ARB in votable tokens as of April 2025, this would decrease the quorum requirement by about 25 million ARB (from ~215M to ~190M). The proposal requires no smart contract upgrades, using an existing action contract to modify the quorum constant. Community responses are mixed: many delegates support the change as a practical solution to prevent governance paralysis, while others argue it treats symptoms rather than addressing root causes of declining engagement.

💬 DISCUSSION | Compound DAO - WOOF! <> Compound 2025

Summary: This proposal seeks to establish WOOF! as Compound Protocol's dedicated development team, requesting 2M USDC over 12 months and a 50,000 COMP delegation. Their mandate includes support (maintaining infrastructure, adopting new chains, improving documentation) and innovation (developing Compound v4, staked COMP, partial liquidations, Kill Switch, cross-chain lending). The proposal argues Compound needs a dedicated team to react to market trends and partnerships to regain market share lost since Compound Labs stepped away.

💬 DISCUSSION | Uniswap DAO - Hook Manager Framework – On-Chain Policy Orchestration for Uniswap v4

Summary: This RFC proposes a Hook Manager Framework for Uniswap v4 to coordinate policy-specific hooks and their execution. It addresses fragmentation and security risks through modular policy hooks, standardized interfaces, and governance-controlled upgrades. Built on existing v4 contracts without modifications, it maintains Uniswap's core principles while enabling support for institutional finance, real-world assets, and specialized DeFi use cases.

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