Name: Modular Crypto (Organization)
Wallet Address: 0xcE209502C6661b496c740Ce44927BF3D12D9fA0F
Website: https://www.modularcrypto.xyz
Twitter: https://x.com/ModularCrypto
Tally Profile URL: https://www.tally.xyz/profile/0xce209502c6661b496c740ce44927bf3d12d9fa0f
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Improving Governance participation
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IRL Arbitrum community gatherings
We are Brazil’s leading hub for Web3 media, education, and governance, serving as a bridge between the crypto ecosystem and the real world.
We combine technical content, talent development, and in-person experiences to accelerate Web3 adoption across Latin America. Our governance expertise positions us as active contributors in protocol discussions, DAO decision-making, and ecosystem coordination, ensuring that local perspectives are represented in global frameworks.
Our work includes hosting large-scale events with thousands of attendees, organizing hackathons, leading thoughtful online activations, leading acceleration programs, and publishing daily news, articles, and technical training.
Over the past 12 months, we have reached more than 1.5 million people and built an engaged community of over 25,000 members.
We are connecting Arbitrum and the broader Ethereum ecosystem with local talent, projects, and communities across Brazil and Latin America.
Modular has been closely following Arbitrum since its early days, consistently bringing this journey to the community through initiatives in Portuguese such as the State of Ethereum live series. For over two years, this weekly livestream covered the latest developments in the Ethereum ecosystem, always featuring relevant updates from Arbitrum.
We also participated as a grantee in Arbitrum DDA 2.0 and are now part of DDA 3.0, reinforcing our ongoing involvement within the Arbitrum ecosystem. Importantly, Modular was the first project to introduce Arbitrum to Brazil, both online and IRL, acting as a pioneer in bringing visibility, education, and engagement around the protocol to the local community.
Our metrics:
At the beginning of 2025, Octant supported a series of Modular Crypto initiatives, including one of the first quadratic funding rounds focused on Brazilian projects. This proposal was born from our commitment to expanding access to funding in Brazil, especially for projects working on education, infrastructure, and public goods within the Ethereum ecosystem.
We organized the round in Gitcoin with the support of Octant and Nouns, creating a direct bridge between projects and a funding mechanism based on reputation and community. In total:
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10 Brazilian projects supported, most of them focused on education and onboarding;
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Over US$ 2,000 in funding distributed directly to initiatives;
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Modular provided full support, ensuring visibility for projects through social media, community engagement, and events.
This experience positioned us as impact capital facilitators for the Ethereum ecosystem in Brazil, proving that it is possible to activate the local community around public goods with transparent criterias and strong engagement.
We are currently active delegates in several DAOs, since their early governance cycles, maintaining consistent participation in voting, strategic discussions, and most importantly, proposing pathways for the ecosystem’s sustainable growth.
We were one of the first organizations to introduce and lead a proposal for a Scroll Local Node, with Brazil as the selected country. The Scroll Local Node Brazil, approved by the Scroll DAO, is now one of the most robust regional expansion initiatives within Scroll, with tangible deliverables such as:
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An acceleration program focused on local projects;
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IRL events in Brazilian cities;
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Production of technical articles and community education in Portuguese.
We have contributed structural feedback to improve DAO processes, from reward model suggestions to ROI evaluations for regional proposals, always with a critical, constructive, and long-term vision.
We believe that a strong DAO is built on presence, consistency, and delivery, and that’s exactly how we keep building.
Sample Voting Issue 1:
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Uniswap planned to use Flipside to attract new users to Uniswap through bounties. Although the program outline and funding was fine, the proposal was contentious because it gave Flipside crypto too much control over allocating UNI to bounties and oversight of the entire program.
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For instance, Flipside had 3/7 seats on the allocation committee and 1/3 seats on the Oversight committee. There was also concern since none of the other analytics service providers were involved in the proposal.
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This proposal flew under the radar but at the 11th hour got very heated. Large votes from university clubs supported the proposal since they would get a seat on the allocation committee. However, Dune and Leshner spoke up about the issue because of the centralization of power and favor of one service provider.
Prompts to Answer:
How would you vote?
Against. While the goals of the proposal (onboarding new users through bounties) are valuable, the execution model concentrates too much power in a single service provider without sufficient checks and balances. This undermines the spirit of decentralization central to Uniswap governance.
What amendments would you make to the proposal if any?
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Rebalance the governance structure by reducing Flipside’s dominance on both the allocation and oversight committees. Seats should be distributed among diverse community stakeholders, including neutral analytics providers, DAO contributors, and independent delegates.
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Open the program to other analytics platforms through an RFP or open grant process to encourage pluralism and competitive proposals.
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Add reporting and transparency requirements, including public dashboards on bounty outcomes and clear criteria for grant distribution.
Sample Voting Issue 2:
Issue Overview:
FEI RARI Hack Reimbursement: In April 2022 Rari was hacked for 80M, a vote was passed to reimburse those affected. Then in May 2022 another vote to refund the Rari hacked was brought forward this time it was not passed.
Prompts to Answer:
Outside the flipping of the vote, how would you choose to handle this situation?
i.e should parties be reimbursed for an exploit or not? (Please choose one of the below options and then elaborate upon your reasoning)
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Full Reimbursement
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No Reimbursement
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Split ReimbursementPlease elaborate on what instances you believe it is right to refund and which are not.
Split Reimbursement
We believe that reimbursements in DAOs should be assessed based on three core principles: the DAO’s level of responsibility, the collective impact of the event, and the need to preserve community trust. In the case of the Fuse hack, the Tribe DAO holds a significant degree of systemic responsibility — the affected pools were tightly integrated into the DAO’s ecosystem, and many users relied on the DAO’s infrastructure as “secure by design.”
However, we also recognize that full reimbursement may be economically unsustainable, especially if it risks depleting the treasury or setting an overly broad precedent. That’s why a partial reimbursement using both stablecoins and DAO tokens (TRIBE) is a more balanced approach: it acknowledges the losses, provides some immediate liquidity, and still aligns users with the long-term success of the DAO through token ownership.
When reimbursement is justified:
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When the protocol/DAO has direct responsibility (via product design, formal partnerships, or branding).
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When there is a systemic security failure that the DAO did not properly mitigate.
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When broader community users are affected, not just large players — especially if trust in the ecosystem is at stake.
When reimbursement may not be appropriate:
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In cases of misuse, individual negligence, or external failures unrelated to the DAO.
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When compensation creates moral hazard, discouraging security diligence among users and integrators.
The split reimbursement model presents a balanced solution that acknowledges harm without compromising the DAO’s future. Combining TRIBE and stablecoins enhances the sense of fairness and utility, while the waiver of liability adds clarity and institutional confidence to the process.
Languages I speak and write: Portuguese, English and spanish.
Disclosure of Conflict(s) of Interest:
At Modular Crypto, we’re committed to transparency, autonomy, and integrity across all of our contributions. While we actively engage in multiple Web3 ecosystems, including governance, public goods, and education initiatives. We currently identify no conflicts of interest that would compromise our participation. We also maintain dedicated teams for each governance process, ensuring independence and minimizing potential overlaps. That said, we remain fully vigilant and open to disclosing any potential conflicts should they arise. Our north star is always to ensure that our work strengthens the communities we’re part of and aligns with the long-term health of the decentralized ecosystem.