{"id":46364,"date":"2025-09-03T07:54:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T00:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hbbgroup.net\/ethereum-foundation-to-sell-10k-eth-for-rd-grants-and-donations\/"},"modified":"2025-09-03T07:54:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T00:54:16","slug":"ethereum-foundation-to-sell-10k-eth-for-rd-grants-and-donations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hbbgroup.net\/zh\/ethereum-foundation-to-sell-10k-eth-for-rd-grants-and-donations\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethereum Foundation to sell 10K ETH for R&amp;D, grants, and donations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-gtm-locator=\"articles\" data-v-43e640e6>\n<article id=\"article-213307\" data-v-43e640e6>\n<p itemprop=\"description\" data-v-43e640e6> The roughly $43-million Ether sale will be one of the latest actions by the foundation following the rollout of its treasury policy in June. <\/p>\n<div data-v-43e640e6><picture><source media=\"(min-width: 1200px)\" ><source media=\"(min-width: 992px)\" ><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" ><source media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" ><img  loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=90,width=1434\/https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2024-12\/01941554-306b-7050-afc1-12020d130dc6\" alt=\"Ethereum Foundation to sell 10K ETH for R&#038;D, grants, and donations\"><\/picture><\/div>\n<div data-v-43e640e6>\n<div data-v-43e640e6>\n<p>The Ethereum Foundation (EF) has announced another sale worth about $43 million in Ether as part of efforts to fund research and development, grants, and donations related to the ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p>In a Tuesday X post, the foundation <a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ethereumfndn\/status\/1962969315717570910\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"null\">said<\/a> it planned to convert 10,000 Ether (<a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/ethereum-price\" title=\"null\">ETH<\/a>) using centralized exchanges \u201cover several weeks.\u201d The group said the conversion intended to fund its work \u201cwill take place over multiple smaller orders, rather than as a single large transaction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The sale comes after the foundation temporarily <a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/ethereum-foundation-pauses-open-grants-strategic-funding-shift\" rel=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/ethereum-foundation-pauses-open-grants-strategic-funding-shift\" target=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/ethereum-foundation-pauses-open-grants-strategic-funding-shift\" title=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/ethereum-foundation-pauses-open-grants-strategic-funding-shift\">paused open grant<\/a> applications applications on Friday as part of an effort to overhaul its grant process. As of the first quarter of 2025, EF <a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/ethereum-foundation-spent-32-6-m-on-education-community-initiatives-in-q1\" rel=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/ethereum-foundation-spent-32-6-m-on-education-community-initiatives-in-q1\" target=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/ethereum-foundation-spent-32-6-m-on-education-community-initiatives-in-q1\" title=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/ethereum-foundation-spent-32-6-m-on-education-community-initiatives-in-q1\">said it had distributed<\/a> more than $32 million in grants, including those for community and education.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/20zFEDQdKl8?start=\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The foundation supporting the Ethereum blockchain <a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/ethereum-foundation-new-treasury-policy-18-months-pivotal\" title=\"null\">released a treasury policy<\/a> in June, which laid out considerations for ETH sales. Specifically, EF said it would \u201cperiodically calculate the deviation of the treasury\u2019s fiat-denominated assets [&#8230;] and determine how much, if any, Ether will be sold over the next three months.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since announcing the treasury policy, the foundation has <a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/sharplink-gaming-buys-10-000-eth-from-ethereum-foundation-as-ether-reclaims-3k\" title=\"null\">sold about $25 million<\/a> worth of Ether to SharpLink Gaming and 2,795 ETH worth about $12.7 million in two transactions. One of EF\u2019s most significant sales of 100,000 ETH in December 2020 may have contributed to the price <a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/ethereum-foundation-sells-ether-kraken-eth-price\" title=\"null\">surging to then all-time highs<\/a> over months.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Related: <\/strong><\/em><a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/crypto-etp-inflows-2-48b-bitcoin-ether-etf-dominance\" title=\"null\"><em><strong>Crypto funds see $2.5B inflows despite falling BTC, ETH prices<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At the time of publication, ETH price was $4,326 according to <a href=\"https:\/\/app.nansen.ai\/token-god-mode?tokenAddress=0xeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee&#038;chain=ethereum\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/app.nansen.ai\/token-god-mode?tokenAddress=0xeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee&#038;chain=ethereum\">Nansen<\/a>, having surged more than 23% in the previous 30 days.<\/p>\n<h2>Buying and selling contributing to volatility?<\/h2>\n<p>In addition to EF\u2019s moves, the Yunfeng Financial Group <a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/yunfeng-financial-10000-eth-web3-expansion\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/yunfeng-financial-10000-eth-web3-expansion\">disclosed on Tuesday<\/a> that it had purchased 10,000 ETH \u201cin the open market.\u201d The investment did not appear to be related to the foundation\u2019s sale.<\/p>\n<p>Ether Machine also reported that it had secured 150,000 ETH on Tuesday as part of its plans to build an Ether treasury ahead of an anticipated Nasdaq listing. The company will hold more than 345,000 ETH, worth about $1.5 billion, following the deal. <\/p>\n<p><template data-ct-widget=\"buzzsprout\" data-buzzsprout-podcast-id=\"2040516\" data-buzzsprout-episode-id=\"17715136\"><\/template><\/p>\n<p>Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin <a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/consensys-founder-predicts-100x-ether-surge-as-wall-street-adoption-grows\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/consensys-founder-predicts-100x-ether-surge-as-wall-street-adoption-grows\">speculated over the weekend<\/a> that Wall Street\u2019s adoption of ETH could cause the token to flip Bitcoin (<a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/bitcoin-price\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/bitcoin-price\">BTC<\/a>) as a \u201cmonetary base.\u201d The token <a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/eth-hits-new-highs-as-fed-turns-dovish-ether-etf-inflows-resume\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/eth-hits-new-highs-as-fed-turns-dovish-ether-etf-inflows-resume\">hit an all-time high price<\/a> of more than $4,870 in August amid comments from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell suggesting \u201cadjusting [the US\u2019] policy stance\u201d on interest rates.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Magazine: <\/strong><\/em><a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/the-one-thing-these-6-global-crypto-hubs-all-have-in-common\/\" title=\"null\"><em><strong>The one thing these 6 global crypto hubs all have in common\u2026<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><template data-name=\"subscription_form\" data-type=\"markets_outlook\" label=\"Subscription Form: Markets Outlook\"><\/template><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt src=\"https:\/\/zoa.cointelegraph.com\/pixel?postId=213307&#038;regionId=1\" data-v-43e640e6><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The roughly $43-million Ether sale will be one of the latest actions by the foundation following the rollout of its [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46365,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[220],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tien-dien-tu"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hbbgroup.net\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hbbgroup.net\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hbbgroup.net\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hbbgroup.net\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hbbgroup.net\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hbbgroup.net\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46364\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hbbgroup.net\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hbbgroup.net\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hbbgroup.net\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hbbgroup.net\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}