Ethereum

2024

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The Ethereum Foundation (EF) spent over $8.4 million on crypto grants in the year’s second quarter. This comes amid the community scrutiny of the Foundation’s spending and budget in recent years. Sequel to the release, some users lauded the grants to impact the wider market and hailed the disclosure.&nbsp;
<h2 id="strong-ethereum-foundation-reveals-q2-grants-strong">Ethereum Foundation Reveals Q2 Grants</h2>
The Ethereum Foundation shared an Allocation Update for Q2 2023 with projects spanning community education, cryptography, zero-knowledge proofs, developer experience, protocol growth, staking, etc. In a new release, the Foundation revealed that over $8 million was spent on grants for the listed projects.&nbsp;
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 Grants that secured funding last quarter are in the spotlight <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/72x72/1f3af.png" alt="🎯" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;"> Check out our Allocation Update: Q2 2024 blog post for the full rundown! <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://t.co/ipKbstK4mE">https://t.co/ipKbstK4mE</a>
 — EF Ecosystem Support Program (@EF_ESP) <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/EF_ESP/status/1829547569518952667?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 30, 2024</a>
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The EF is responsible for the development and sustainability of the Ethereum network. Although its works have been hailed over the years, it came under scrutiny in recent weeks after the community questioned its allocations. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin wrote on X that the release throws more light on the kind of things EF spends money on.
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 “This is a good post to poke through if you want more details on “the kinds of things that EF spends money on” (at least as far as grants go; internal teams look different). $8.4m allocated to grants in Q2.”&nbsp;
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This week, <a href="https://coingape.com/ethereum-foundation-confirms-selloff-reason-eth-price-surge-at-risk/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">crypto users scrutinized</a> the foundation’s $100 million budget and its stance on decentralized finance (DeFi) highlighting increased community. Among the major issues flagged was the jump in budget allocation from $41 million in 2021 to $100 million in 2024 with Aya Miyaguchi, EF’s executive director disclosing that the figure is mostly made up of grants and salaries.&nbsp;
<h2 id="span-style-font-weight-400-strong-crypto-investments-surges-strong-span">Crypto Investments Surges&nbsp;</h2>
The grants provided by the Ethereum Foundation do not add to the increasing rate of web3 investments in the ecosystem. The increased allocation also highlights the present status quo as venture capitalist firms raised their investment this year.&nbsp;
Recent reports show a spike in crypto adoption in previous years leading to growing use cases and price upticks. Institutional investment in the sector this year was spurred by the approval of spot Bitcoin ETFs by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. This led to billions poured into the sectors and <a href="https://coingape.com/xrp-news-ripple-expands-bank-partnerships-amid-xrpl-growth-surge/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">traditional firms striking deals</a> with projects. 
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