Ethereum Foundation Cuts Budget 40% in Endowment Shift
A 40% spending cut this year is the number, but the real signal is Vitalik framing the EF as a 5%-spend endowment by 2030 while nine senior figures have walked out since January.
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A 40% spending cut this year is the number, but the real signal is Vitalik framing the EF as a 5%-spend endowment by 2030 while nine senior figures have walked out since January.
Ripple's RLUSD becomes one of the first major US dollar stablecoins cleared for EU distribution under MiCA, just as the bloc forces Tether's $175B USDT off licensed venues and hands share to USDC and…
The layoff lands as EF consolidates from a sprawling org into five clusters tied to its mandate. Departing staff get a severance floor at one month per year, plus transition grants.
The 54-person reduction lands alongside nine senior departures in six months and a separate institutional push led by SharpLink, BitMine, and Joseph Lubin, exposing fault lines inside the ecosystem's…
The Foundation is collapsing its old pods into five protocol-facing clusters plus an ops arm, a structural reset that lands as ETH trades under macro and competitive pressure.
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