PANews reported on January 27 that, according to an announcement from the Ethereum Foundation, the EF Ecosystem Support Program disbursed over $7.38 million in funding in the fourth quarter of 2025. The funding covered multiple areas including ZK technology, consensus mechanisms, community education, development tools, and protocol research, supporting dozens of projects and individuals such as @axiom_xyz, @ChainSafeth, @Nethermind, and @WalletConnect, continuously driving the development of the Ethereum ecosystem.