# Axelar approves sharply higher governance proposal deposits

> Governance approved a 75-fold increase in the ordinary minimum deposit and an approximately 133-fold increase in the expedited minimum deposit, materially raising the capital required to initiate votes.

- URL: https://riadefi.com/on-chain/2026-07-25-axelar-governance-deposit-increase-proposal-493/
- Type: Governance
- Stage: Approved, not executed
- Evidence: confirmed
- Materiality: material
- Event date: 2026-07-25
- Version: 1, published 2026-08-22 (first published 2026-08-22)
- Follow-up: 2026-08-01
- Advisor-relevant: no
- Affects: Axelar (protocol)

## What happened

Axelar governance passed proposal 493 to raise the deposit required to open ordinary and expedited governance proposals.

## What changed

Governance approved a 75-fold increase in the ordinary minimum deposit and an approximately 133-fold increase in the expedited minimum deposit, materially raising the capital required to initiate votes.

## What did not change

The record does not independently prove that the new parameters became operative. Voting periods, quorum, thresholds, deposit ratio, and refund treatment were unchanged by the proposal.

## Confirmed

- The ordinary minimum deposit would increase from 2,000 to 150,000 AXL.
- The expedited minimum deposit would increase from 3,000 to 400,000 AXL.
- The proposal passed.
- Deposits remain returnable when a proposal passes or fails without a veto.

## Still open

- The effective parameter-update transaction or post-execution state is not supplied.
- The practical effect on proposer diversity and governance participation is not yet observable.

## What it means for an advisor

- Review the Axelar memo's governance-access and concentration assumptions because materially fewer holders may be able to originate proposals independently.
- Verify live governance parameters before treating the approved amounts as operative.
- Monitor whether the higher deposits reduce spam without materially narrowing credible proposer access.

## Sources

1. [Increase governance deposit: min_deposit to 150,000 AXL, expedited to 400,000 AXL](https://axelarscan.io/proposal/493) · Axelar on-chain governance · 2026-07-25


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