The Ethereum Foundation has been hit by another wave of departures. Two core members Carl Beek and Julian Ma have announced their departure.

According to CoinDesk, the Ethereum Foundation is facing doubts about a new wave of departures. On Monday local time, well-known contributors Carl Beek and Julian Ma announced their departure from the foundation, further exacerbating community concerns about the flow of staff at the foundation.<br /> In the past few months, many core researchers and protocol coordinators, including Barnabé Monnot, TimBeiko, TrentVanEpps, and AlexStokes, have left or faded out. In addition, co-executive director TomaszStańczak, who joined in 2025, also left earlier this year.<br /> Reported that this wave of departures occurred after the Ethereum Foundation issued a new mission statement earlier this year. The declaration attempts to redefine the foundation's role in the ecology, emphasizing that it is not the "owner" or central authority of Ethereum, but one of many supporters.