At least eight senior Ethereum Foundation researchers and leaders have left the organization, prompting fresh community discussions about how the foundation is structured — and whether it should be. Some community leaders are now pushing for a new, well-funded organization specifically tasked with boosting ETH's price, a mission the foundation's original design never prioritized.
The departures
The exodus includes researchers and leaders who had been key to Ethereum's technical direction. Their exits have been gradual but concentrated enough to trigger talk of a broader restructuring. The foundation itself hasn't commented on the departures directly, but the timing has reignited long-simmering debates inside the Ethereum community about the foundation's role.
A new price-focused organization?
Community advocates are now rallying behind the idea of a separate entity — well-funded and narrowly focused — whose job would be to drive ETH's price higher. Supporters argue that the Ethereum Foundation, with its research-first mandate, has never been equipped to act like a marketing or market-making arm. The proposal is still in the discussion phase, but it's gaining traction among vocal community members who see price appreciation as essential to Ethereum's long-term health.
Foundation's original mission
Critics of the new push point out that the Ethereum Foundation was set up to support the network's development and research, not to manage its token price. They say chasing price targets could distort priorities and pull resources away from technical work. The foundation's original charter didn't include a price-boosting mandate, and many longtime contributors argue that's a feature, not a bug.
The question now is whether the community can agree on a new structure — and whether the foundation itself will back it. No formal proposal has been submitted yet.
