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The Ethereum Foundation ecosystem support project teams announced the list of funded projects and individuals for Q4 2025. The total funding amount granted in the previous quarter reached $7,385,528.84. The funded projects and individuals mainly involve areas such as: protocol growth and support, overall growth and support, developer experience and tools, execution layer, cryptography and zero-knowledge proofs, consensus layer, community and education, and others.

DeSci & AI Asset Protocol Orama Labs announced the establishment of a $5 million ecological fund to support the development of cutting-edge technology projects. The first batch of Grants has officially been issued, with Kingnet AI receiving $1 million in $PYTHIA token incentives, and the space intelligence project ZENO receiving $200,000 in $PYTHIA token incentives.It is noteworthy that the ZENO project is pushing "space intelligence" from theory to practice, and its constructed mirror world platform responds to the industry judgment made by Stanford AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li that "the next wave of AI is space intelligence."Kingnet AI, as an AI-driven game creation engine, significantly reduces game development costs through natural language technology, and this reward will deepen the cooperation between the two parties in terms of technology and ecology.The Orama ecological fund will continue to select projects with innovative technologies and clear business models, providing funding, resources, and full-chain support, with a focus on cutting-edge fields such as DeSci, AI, and DEPIN.

According to The Block, the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee has released a draft legislation for regulating the cryptocurrency industry, granting new powers to the CFTC.Previously, the House had passed the Digital Asset Market Transparency Act in July, and the Senate subsequently began drafting its own related legislation. The draft proposed by the Republican-led Senate Banking Committee aims to delineate the jurisdiction between the SEC and the CFTC, introducing the new concept of "ancillary assets" to clarify which cryptocurrencies do not fall under the category of securities. Given that the Senate Agriculture Committee has jurisdiction over the CFTC, the draft it proposed is particularly crucial. This 155-page draft defines digital commodities and establishes a regulatory framework for the CFTC.Draft author Cory Booker stated that more work needs to be done, particularly concerning concerns about CFTC's insufficient resources and potential regulatory arbitrage due to bipartisan committee issues, as well as issues related to public corruption and the adequacy of regulatory measures. The Agriculture Committee's draft provides new funding sources for the CFTC, indicating that the CFTC should charge unspecified cryptocurrency entities. The parentheses in the draft reflect "unresolved issues" that still need to be negotiated by both sides. Additionally, Democrats face obstacles related to conflicts of interest in Trump's cryptocurrency business, and the Agriculture Committee's draft already includes provisions regarding conflicts of interest.

On October 31, the U.S. SEC granted a temporary exemption for several compliance dates of the National Market System Rules (Regulation NMS). This exemption provides a precedent for exchanges that enforcement actions should be paused when rules are in flux and regulators cannot provide clear guidance, until the regulators establish practical standards.The announcement mentioned the interruption of funding and the need to "facilitate orderly market operations" after the court dismissed the request for a stay. Cryptocurrency exchanges such as Coinbase, Kraken, and Binance may also apply the same logic.

ChainCatcher message, the Ethereum Foundation (EF) tweeted that it plans to exchange 1,000 ETH for stablecoins through CoW's TWAP feature to fund research, grants, and donations.

ChainCatcher news, Arthur Hayes' family office Maelstrom announced a one-year Bitcoin development grant to Spherostrat, which will focus on P2P network privacy, block validation optimization, and the development of DLEQ proofs for Silent Payment addresses.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, the Ethereum Foundation announced on the X platform on Tuesday that it plans to sell 10,000 Ethereum through centralized exchanges in the coming weeks. The proceeds will be used to support research and development work, ecosystem funding, and related donations; these Ethereum will be exchanged in multiple small orders rather than a single large transaction.Previously, the Ethereum Foundation announced a new funding management policy in early June, stipulating an annual operating expense cap of 15%, establishing a multi-year reserve buffer, and setting a long-term gradual reduction in spending pace. In July, the foundation sold an additional 10,000 ETH to SharpLink Gaming, making it the first publicly traded company to purchase ETH from the Ethereum Foundation.

ChainCatcher message, the communication platform Towns Protocol announced the following token economics: the total supply of TOWNS tokens is 10 billion, with over 10% of the tokens to be airdropped to early users, partners, and collaborators on August 5.In previous news, Binance Alpha will launch Towns (TOWNS) on August 5.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, Paraguayan law enforcement has disclosed that three Chinese nationals have been expelled for illegal entry and one Paraguayan suspect has been arrested. This group is suspected of attempting to steal from the cryptocurrency mining site of Teratech SA in Coronel Bogado. The prosecution stated that the three expelled individuals had no legal entry records and are suspected of entering illegally through the borders of Brazil or Bolivia.Paraguayan prosecutor Irene Rolón pointed out that the arrested Paraguayan suspect, Nahun María Velázquez Garcete, has now been charged with serious theft, and the case is still under further investigation.It is reported that the mining site is located near the Itaipu Hydroelectric Power Plant, which attracts many cryptocurrency mining operations due to its abundant hydroelectric resources.The prosecution is verifying the specific relationship between the three expelled individuals and the involved company. The specific details of the case's losses and the suspects' injuries have not yet been disclosed.

ChainCatcher news, according to the official blog of the Ethereum Foundation, the total amount of funding grants for the first quarter of 2025 is $32.647 million, covering several key areas including community and education, consensus layer, cryptography and zero-knowledge proofs, developer tools and experience, execution layer, protocol growth and support, etc.

ChainCatcher news, Gitcoin co-founder Kevin Owocki posted on social media that Gitcoin will close its main software development department, Grants Lab, and bid farewell to some outstanding team members. This is one of the hardest decisions since Gitcoin was founded.The decision is driven by changes in the ecosystem: the funding methods for public goods are evolving, the L2 ecosystem is maturing, collaborative mechanisms are continuously innovating, and new competitors are emerging. At the same time, key members of Grants Lab have left one after another, and the team currently lacks a clear and sustainable profit model, leading to financial expenditures exceeding manageable limits.Therefore, Grants Lab will no longer apply for the budget for the second half of 2025, and the remaining funds will be used to provide severance compensation for affected employees. Gitcoin stated that they will do their utmost to support the transition of departing employees in a respectful and caring manner.

ChainCatcher news, according to official news, the Ethereum Foundation announced that the application for the 2025 academic grant round must be submitted by March 16, and will provide $2 million in funding to support cutting-edge research in areas such as protocol design, client engineering, and human and cultural studies.

ChainCatcher News, the U.S. Department of Efficiency (DOGE) posted on X stating that today, the Department of Education has terminated 29 DEI training grants totaling $101 million.One of the grants aimed to train teachers "to help students understand/explore the complex history involved in oppression and to help students identify areas of privilege and power on both personal and collective bases."

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, Arbitrum's developer Offchain Labs announced at the CES 2025 conference that the Arbitrum Foundation has granted the largest developer subsidy in history to South Korea's Lotte Group. Lotte Group is a multi-billion dollar South Korean conglomerate known for its shopping malls, media companies, and entertainment asset portfolio. A representative from the company declined to disclose the specific amount of the grant "at this stage." According to Offchain Labs, this subsidy solidifies Arbitrum's position as the primary blockchain infrastructure provider for Lotte's metaverse gaming platform, Caliverse.

ChainCatcher message, according to the official announcement, the Eigen Foundation has granted 1 million EIGEN tokens to AltLayer. AltLayer stated that the tokens will be directly used to give back to the community, with the first batch of 500,000 EIGEN tokens starting to be distributed to reALT holders and stakers this week.The remaining 500,000 EIGEN tokens will be distributed when the V2 reward mechanism of Eigen Layer goes live on its mainnet in 2025.

ChainCatcher news, the options protocol Derive (formerly known as Lyra) announced a partnership with Ethena, officially joining the Ethena Network. As part of the collaboration, the Ethena Foundation provided Derive with a multi-million dollar grant, while sENA token holders will be eligible to receive 5% of the DRV token supply from Derive DAO.It is reported that Derive currently holds over 75% of the on-chain options market share, with a weekly trading volume of approximately $250 million and a total locked value exceeding $80 million, serving over 50,000 users.

ChainCatcher news, the Uniswap Foundation announced a grant of $1.2 million to Atrium Academy to expand the Uniswap Hook Incubator (UHI) project, further supporting the development of Ethereum v4 hooks.In March 2024, the Uniswap Foundation provided a $600,000 grant to Atrium Academy to launch UHI. In the first three batches, the program attracted over 1,200 applicants, with each batch drawing 100 to 150 developers from more than 50 countries/regions.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the Uniswap Foundation has granted $1.2 million to Areta for the Uniswap Foundation Security Fund, aimed at creating a competitive market for auditing and security services, enhancing the security and integrity of the Uniswap v4 hook developer community.The Uniswap Foundation Security Fund aims to change the way projects building Uniswap v4 hooks access security audits. By creating a market with vetted provider competition, the auditing process is streamlined, and overall costs are expected to decrease. The market will allow shortlisted projects to obtain audit quotes from whitelisted providers, ensuring transparency and competitive pricing. Projects will then select a provider, and the Uniswap Foundation will subsidize the full cost of the audit for eligible selected projects.