Balancer token holders have approved a plan to wind down the DeFi protocol and rejected a proposal to launch an official fork. Pausable liquidity pools will become withdrawal-only on October 30, when bug bounty coverage is also scheduled to end, while withdrawals remain available during the transition. Balancer will then pause its V3 Vault on November 30. BAL holders will be able to exchange their tokens for a share of the protocol treasury through late May 2027. Holders and integrators should monitor official updates on liquidation schedules, treasury distributions and further pool closures.