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Ethereum Foundation (EF) is a non-profit organization devoted to supporting Ethereum and related technologies. EF is an integral part of a vast ecosystem of organizations, individuals, and companies that support Ethereum. EF's purpose is to allocate resources to critical projects, to be a respected voice within the Ethereum ecosystem, and to promote Ethereum to the outside world.
Ethereum Protocol Fellowship Cohort 7 Applications Now Open, Deadline May 13
the Ethereum Protocol Support Team has announced the launch of Ethereum Protocol Fellowship Cohort 7 (EPF7). The application channel is now open, with a deadline of May 13th.This program is designed to cultivate engineers capable of participating in Ethereum core protocol development, focusing on the network's core attributes including censorship resistance, open-source nature, privacy, and security. Key areas of focus include client implementations, protocol specifications, testing, and cutting-edge research.EPF7 will adopt a "small-scale, high-density" model, reducing participant numbers to enhance the depth of mentorship and the quality of project contributions, while strengthening collaboration opportunities with the core development team. The project runs from June to November. Selected participants will receive mentorship support from the Ethereum core developer community. Some participants will also receive monthly grants to focus on protocol development work. The program goals include nurturing long-term contributors for the Ethereum core research and development team, and driving participants towards producing substantive results in client development and protocol research.It is reported that the EPF team will host an online information session on May 6th at 15:00 UTC to further introduce project details and answer application-related questions.
Ethereum Foundation Discloses Q1 2026 Ecosystem Grant List, Totaling Nearly $10 Million
According to the Ethereum Foundation’s official website, its Ecosystem Support Program (ESP) allocated a total of $9.856 million in Q1 2026, with funding concentrated on core infrastructure areas including cryptography, zero-knowledge proofs, security audits, and protocol research. Key funded projects this quarter include: - In the ZK domain: formal verification of zkVMs, GPU-accelerated R1CS witness generation, and intermediate representation optimization for LLZK; - In security: cryptanalysis of Poseidon, cross-platform canonical signing libraries for ERC-7730, and specification-compliance testing for ePBS; - In node and client development: Erigon zkEVM extensions, Besu HSM compliance integration, and the multi-node validator Vero; - Additionally, privacy tools (Kohaku SDK, Tor bridge extensions), continued operations of the Layer 2 transparency platform L2BEAT, and R&D for the Lighthouse client’s transition to the Fusaka fork. On ecosystem development, ESP simultaneously supported Ethereum developer events in Seoul, Hong Kong, Vancouver, and Buenos Aires, advanced updates to the Ethereum climate impact assessment, and backed policy research initiatives by the European Decentralization Institute (EDI).
Ethereum Foundation-funded wallet deposits 1,744 ETH to Kraken, worth approximately $4.03 million
According to on-chain analyst Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens), a wallet funded by the Ethereum Foundation deposited 1,744 ETH—worth approximately $4.03 million—into Kraken.
Ethereum Foundation wallet received 22.92 million USDC from Coinbase Prime
According to on-chain analyst Ember (@EmberCN), the Ethereum Foundation’s wallet received 22.92 million USDC from Coinbase Prime five hours ago. Ember noted that this transfer may be related to the payment for the Ethereum Foundation’s over-the-counter (OTC) sale of 10,000 ETH to Bitmine one week ago.
Arkham: Ethereum Foundation Unstakes $48.9M Worth of ETH, Market Awaits Potential Further Sales
on-chain analytics platform Arkham posted on X, stating that the Ethereum Foundation has unstaked approximately $48.9 million worth of ETH. Tracking data shows that the Ethereum Foundation has deposited WSTETH into Lido's unstETH contract and will receive the corresponding ETH once the unlocking process is complete.The market's focus is on whether the Ethereum Foundation will proceed to sell the ETH obtained from this unstaking. Previously, the Ethereum Foundation has sold ETH on multiple occasions for operational fund management, drawing ongoing market attention to potential selling pressure.
Ethereum Foundation Continues Selling ETH, Having Sold 3,750 ETH So Far for Approximately $8.3 Million
According to on-chain analyst Yujin (@EmberCN), of the 5,000 ETH planned for sale by the Ethereum Foundation, 3,750 ETH have already been sold, generating approximately $8.3 million in proceeds at an average sale price of $2,214 per ETH.
Curve Founder Calls on DeFi Industry to Establish Unified Security Standards to Reduce Centralized Single Points of Failure
Michael Egorov (@newmichwill), founder of Curve Finance, posted that recent security incidents in the DeFi space—triggered by centralized failure points—have occurred frequently and severely damaged the industry’s reputation. Citing examples such as Aave users being unable to withdraw funds following the rsETH exploit and the LayerZero cross-chain bridge hack, he emphasized that problems must be prevented *before* they occur—not addressed only after damage is done. He called on the industry to jointly establish DeFi security standards, proposing that the Ethereum Foundation and Solana Foundation take the lead in collaborating with projects across ecosystems, auditing firms, and risk-assessment teams to develop principles and specifications for secure system design—and suggesting that lessons could be drawn from traditional finance’s approaches to safeguarding centralized nodes.
Ethereum Foundation Announces ETH Rangers Project Results: Over $5.8 Million in Assets Recovered or Frozen
The Ethereum Foundation announced that its jointly launched ETH Rangers program has completed its six-month run. The program aims to fund independent researchers who make public security contributions to the Ethereum ecosystem. Seventeen grantees achieved multiple accomplishments in areas including vulnerability research, security tool development, threat intelligence, and incident response—such as recovering or freezing over $5.8 million in funds, reporting or documenting 785+ vulnerabilities and client issues, identifying approximately 100 attackers, delivering security education content reaching over 209,000 users, and handling 36+ security incidents. Additionally, the program engaged over 800 teams in security challenges, produced over 80 technical talks and training sessions, and developed or improved seven or more open-source security tools. The Ethereum Foundation stated that these outcomes demonstrate that decentralized networks require “decentralized defense” to effectively enhance the overall security and resilience of the Ethereum ecosystem.
Ethereum Foundation: Key objectives of the Glamsterdam upgrade largely completed; consensus reached on 200 million gas limit floor
The Ethereum Foundation published a summary of the Soldøgn Interop work, stating that key objectives for the Glamsterdam upgrade have now been largely achieved. These include reaching consensus on a post-upgrade gas limit floor of 200 million, achieving stable operation of the external builder process for ePBS, and finalizing the gas repricing parameters defined in EIP-8037. The primary focus of the Glamsterdam upgrade is to safely increase the gas limit—thereby expanding Ethereum’s throughput capacity—while EIP-8037 aims to prevent unbounded state growth under high gas limits by increasing the cost of state creation. The Ethereum Foundation also noted that most clients have achieved stable operation on glamsterdam-devnet-2 and have successfully tested the full external builder workflow. Additionally, substantial progress has been made on FOCIL, native account abstraction, and the Hegotá upgrade. Over the coming weeks, core developers will continue strengthening clients, refining tests, and merging code; final parameters will be publicly confirmed at the AllCoreDevs meeting.
Ethereum Foundation Sells 10,000 ETH to Bitmine Again
The Foundation stated that the proceeds from this sale will support EF’s core operations and activities, including protocol development, ecosystem growth, and community grants.
Ethereum Protocol Fellowship Cohort 7 Applications Now Open, Deadline May 13
the Ethereum Protocol Support Team has announced the launch of Ethereum Protocol Fellowship Cohort 7 (EPF7). The application channel is now open, with a deadline of May 13th.This program is designed to cultivate engineers capable of participating in Ethereum core protocol development, focusing on the network's core attributes including censorship resistance, open-source nature, privacy, and security. Key areas of focus include client implementations, protocol specifications, testing, and cutting-edge research.EPF7 will adopt a "small-scale, high-density" model, reducing participant numbers to enhance the depth of mentorship and the quality of project contributions, while strengthening collaboration opportunities with the core development team. The project runs from June to November. Selected participants will receive mentorship support from the Ethereum core developer community. Some participants will also receive monthly grants to focus on protocol development work. The program goals include nurturing long-term contributors for the Ethereum core research and development team, and driving participants towards producing substantive results in client development and protocol research.It is reported that the EPF team will host an online information session on May 6th at 15:00 UTC to further introduce project details and answer application-related questions.
OKX Onchain OS Launches Agent Payments Protocol, Empowering AI Agent Commercial Capabilities
OdailyOdaily Planet Daily reports: According to official sources, OKX Onchain OS has launched the Agent Payments Protocol (APP), an open payment standard designed for the commercial activities of AI Agents. This protocol defines the payment methods for Agents in commercial scenarios, expanding their capabilities from single payments to complete business processes, and will support various payment modes including one-time payments, batch payments, usage-based payments, and escrow payments.It is reported that APP adopts a multi-chain open architecture, allowing any chain to implement its own version. Initial partners include the Ethereum Foundation, Uniswap, Aptos, Nansen, Paxos, MoonPay, Altlayer, Zerion, QuickNode, and others. OKX Onchain OS stated that the launch of APP will provide key payment infrastructure for the Agent economy, driving AI Agents from "executing payments" into a "commercial era."
Ethereum Foundation Discloses Q1 2026 Ecosystem Grant List, Totaling Nearly $10 Million
According to the Ethereum Foundation’s official website, its Ecosystem Support Program (ESP) allocated a total of $9.856 million in Q1 2026, with funding concentrated on core infrastructure areas including cryptography, zero-knowledge proofs, security audits, and protocol research. Key funded projects this quarter include: - In the ZK domain: formal verification of zkVMs, GPU-accelerated R1CS witness generation, and intermediate representation optimization for LLZK; - In security: cryptanalysis of Poseidon, cross-platform canonical signing libraries for ERC-7730, and specification-compliance testing for ePBS; - In node and client development: Erigon zkEVM extensions, Besu HSM compliance integration, and the multi-node validator Vero; - Additionally, privacy tools (Kohaku SDK, Tor bridge extensions), continued operations of the Layer 2 transparency platform L2BEAT, and R&D for the Lighthouse client’s transition to the Fusaka fork. On ecosystem development, ESP simultaneously supported Ethereum developer events in Seoul, Hong Kong, Vancouver, and Buenos Aires, advanced updates to the Ethereum climate impact assessment, and backed policy research initiatives by the European Decentralization Institute (EDI).
Vitalik: Suggests Chinese Builders Combine Hardware Advantages with Open-Source AI to Explore New Cross-Disciplinary Ventures
Odaily News The opening ceremony for the ETH HK Hub (Hong Kong Ethereum Community Hub), supported by the Ethereum Foundation, was held today in West Kowloon, Hong Kong. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin and Ethereum Foundation Chairperson Aya Miyaguchi attended the event and participated in a fireside chat with Hong Kong Legislative Council member Duncan Chiu.In his keynote speech, Vitalik suggested that Chinese builders return to Ethereum's core principles, fully leverage hardware advantages, open-source AI talent, and ZK technology to explore new cross-disciplinary ventures.Vitalik pointed out that the emergence of each new wave of technology presents an opportunity for a new generation of developers to return to the same starting line as global leaders. The Chinese-speaking community can maintain forward-thinking in an accelerating world and drive the development of the entire ecosystem through innovative solutions.The launch of the ETH HK Hub continues the Ethereum Foundation and the Ethereum ecosystem's emphasis on the Asia-Pacific community and also marks Hong Kong's crucial significance within Ethereum's global landscape.
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Ethereum Foundation: Key objectives of the Glamsterdam upgrade largely completed; consensus reached on 200 million gas limit floor
The Ethereum Foundation published a summary of the Soldøgn Interop work, stating that key objectives for the Glamsterdam upgrade have now been largely achieved. These include reaching consensus on a post-upgrade gas limit floor of 200 million, achieving stable operation of the external builder process for ePBS, and finalizing the gas repricing parameters defined in EIP-8037. The primary focus of the Glamsterdam upgrade is to safely increase the gas limit—thereby expanding Ethereum’s throughput capacity—while EIP-8037 aims to prevent unbounded state growth under high gas limits by increasing the cost of state creation. The Ethereum Foundation also noted that most clients have achieved stable operation on glamsterdam-devnet-2 and have successfully tested the full external builder workflow. Additionally, substantial progress has been made on FOCIL, native account abstraction, and the Hegotá upgrade. Over the coming weeks, core developers will continue strengthening clients, refining tests, and merging code; final parameters will be publicly confirmed at the AllCoreDevs meeting.
Ethereum Foundation Sells 10,000 ETH to Bitmine Again
The Foundation stated that the proceeds from this sale will support EF’s core operations and activities, including protocol development, ecosystem growth, and community grants.
Ethereum Foundation Sold Approximately $47 Million in ETH to Bitmine Within a Week
The Ethereum Foundation has sold another 10,000 ETH (approximately $23 million) to Bitmine, adding to a transaction of equal scale a week ago, bringing the total sale amount to approximately $47 million.The foundation stated that the funds will be used for core operations, including protocol research and development, ecosystem development, and community grants.Data shows that after completing the acquisition, Bitmine has been continuously increasing its staking and has currently staked approximately 4.19 million ETH (about $9.5 billion), accounting for roughly 83% of its total holdings.
Ethereum Foundation-funded wallet deposits 1,744 ETH to Kraken, worth approximately $4.03 million
According to on-chain analyst Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens), a wallet funded by the Ethereum Foundation deposited 1,744 ETH—worth approximately $4.03 million—into Kraken.
Ethereum Foundation wallet received 22.92 million USDC from Coinbase Prime
According to on-chain analyst Ember (@EmberCN), the Ethereum Foundation’s wallet received 22.92 million USDC from Coinbase Prime five hours ago. Ember noted that this transfer may be related to the payment for the Ethereum Foundation’s over-the-counter (OTC) sale of 10,000 ETH to Bitmine one week ago.
Ethereum Protocol Fellowship Cohort 7 Applications Now Open, Deadline May 13
the Ethereum Protocol Support Team has announced the launch of Ethereum Protocol Fellowship Cohort 7 (EPF7). The application channel is now open, with a deadline of May 13th.This program is designed to cultivate engineers capable of participating in Ethereum core protocol development, focusing on the network's core attributes including censorship resistance, open-source nature, privacy, and security. Key areas of focus include client implementations, protocol specifications, testing, and cutting-edge research.EPF7 will adopt a "small-scale, high-density" model, reducing participant numbers to enhance the depth of mentorship and the quality of project contributions, while strengthening collaboration opportunities with the core development team. The project runs from June to November. Selected participants will receive mentorship support from the Ethereum core developer community. Some participants will also receive monthly grants to focus on protocol development work. The program goals include nurturing long-term contributors for the Ethereum core research and development team, and driving participants towards producing substantive results in client development and protocol research.It is reported that the EPF team will host an online information session on May 6th at 15:00 UTC to further introduce project details and answer application-related questions.