According to dYdX Foundation, an on-chain governance vote is live asking whether to approve updating the affiliate whitelist by removing low-engagement affiliates, with voting scheduled to end on Oct 24, 2025 at 01:15 UTC. Source: dYdX Foundation on X dated Oct 20, 2025. The measure is listed as Proposal 298 on the dYdX Chain, confirming the active on-chain vote tracking and timeline. Source: Mintscan dYdX Proposal 298. Additional context is available in the dYdX Forum post titled Whitelist new affiliates and remove inactive affiliates in the VIP tier — Oct 15, 2025, which outlines whitelisting new affiliates and removing inactive VIP-tier affiliates. Source: dYdX Forum.