The Ethereum Foundation disclosed a second 10,000 ETH sale via an over-the-counter (OTC) deal with Bitmine Immersion Technologies Inc., executed at an average price of $2,292.15 per ETH. The transaction comes exactly one week after the Foundation completed an identical 10,000 ETH OTC sale with Bitmine last Friday.

Bitmine is the world's largest Ethereum treasury company, holding over 5 million ETH in its portfolio and over 3.7 million of that ETH staked. The Ethereum Foundation cited funding for core operations as the reason for the sales, including protocol research and development, ecosystem development, and community grants. In Q1 2026 alone, the Foundation distributed $9.8 million in grants.

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• Ethereum Protocol Fellowship 7.

• Status to merge into Linea.

• USDm incentives on Aave V3.

• Ethereum Applications Guild (EAG).

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The Ethereum Foundation opened applications for the seventh cohort of the Ethereum Protocol Fellowship (EPF), an annual mentorship program aimed at helping developers dive into core protocol development. The application deadline is May 13, 2026, with the program running from June through November 2026. The program is designed for aspiring protocol developers looking to make meaningful contributions to Ethereum, spanning client development, testing, specifications, and research. The EPF team will host a town hall on May 6 at 15:00 UTC. Read more.

Status Network has announced plans to consolidate its technical work, liquidity, and community into Linea rather than launching as a standalone L2. The merge will bring Status Network's core innovations, including ephemeral accounts, free cover traffic, untraceable agents, and decoupled execution, to the broader Linea ecosystem. Pre-deposit vaults for the Status L2 are now closed and will be migrated to Linea mainnet, where users will be able to withdraw their principal, accrued yield, and liquid rewards. Read more.

Incentives are now live for USDm on the Aave V3 MegaETH market. The market supports both USDm and Ethena's USDe stablecoin, with USDe already seeing over $100 million in deposits. Users can supply USDe as collateral to borrow USDm, earning a promotional rate of about 3% APY. Over 342 million USDm has been deposited into the market so far. Aave is also planning to increase USDe deposit caps to a target of $500 million. MegaETH is a high-performance Ethereum-compatible chain launched in February 2026. Read more.

Ethereum Applications Guild (EAG) has launched as a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the innovation, adoption, and real-world impact of Ethereum-native applications. EAG operates on core principles of openness, transparency, decentralization, and a public goods-first approach. EAG is hosting the 2026 Global Application & Builder Initiatives, running from May to September 2026. Read more.

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Ethereum Applications Guild (EAG) has launched as a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the innovation, adoption, and real-world impact of Ethereum-native applications. EAG operates on core principles of openness, transparency, decentralization, and a public goods-first approach.

EAG is hosting the 2026 Global Application & Builder Initiatives, running from May to September 2026, with a focus on supporting developers in emerging and underrepresented regions. The launch follows a broader push for application-layer ecosystem support, including the Ethereum Foundation's Ecosystem Support Program Q1 2026 allocations.

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