The Ethereum Foundation allocated nearly ten million US dollars in Q1 to support protocol, security, and ZK research.

CoinFeed reported on April 29th that, according to the official blog, the Ethereum Foundation allocated approximately $9.856 million to projects across multiple sectors through its Ecosystem Support Program in the first quarter of 2026. The funding primarily supports infrastructure development, including protocol research, security, and zero-knowledge proofs. Funding covers clients and development tools such as EthereumJS, Lighthouse, Erigon, and Besu; data and dashboards such as L2BEAT and Pectra post-state monitoring; privacy-focused projects like Kohaku, Tor integration, and RPC load balancing; and research projects such as the Poseidon series of cryptographic analysis projects and zkVM formal verification. The Foundation also funded the Hong Kong Strategic Forum, developer events, and policy research institutions to promote global dialogue on the Ethereum ecosystem and regulation.