{"id":15685,"date":"2025-03-01T20:16:46","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T20:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=15685"},"modified":"2025-03-01T20:16:46","modified_gmt":"2025-03-01T20:16:46","slug":"ethereum-foundation-picks-new-co-executive-directors-following-leadership-reshuffle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=15685","title":{"rendered":"Ethereum Foundation Picks New Co-Executive Directors, Following Leadership Reshuffle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The Ethereum Foundation (EF), the non-profit organization that supports the development and research of the Ethereum blockchain, <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ethereum.org\/2025\/03\/01\/leadership-announcement\" target=\"_blank\">shared in a blog post<\/a> on Saturday that they have selected Hsiao-Wei Wang and Tomasz Sta\u0144czak as their new co-executive directors.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The news follows Tuesday\u2019s announcement of Aya Miyaguchi <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/tech\/2025\/02\/25\/ethereum-foundation-s-aya-miyaguchi-leaving-executive-director-role\" target=\"_blank\">leaving that role to become<\/a> the EF\u2019s new president. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/tech\/2025\/01\/21\/ethereum-s-vitalik-buterin-goes-on-offense-amid-major-leadership-shake-up\" target=\"_blank\">leadership <\/a>shake-up follows intense debate among the community about the EF\u2019s role in the ecosystem, as <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/coinmamba\/status\/1880993216201420877\" target=\"_blank\">some have blamed the organization<\/a> and its leadership for the blockchain\u2019s token ether (ETH) price lagging behind other cryptocurrencies, while the blockchain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/tech\/2024\/12\/12\/solana-was-the-biggest-draw-for-new-crypto-developers-in-2024-electric-capital\" target=\"_blank\">attracted for the first time less new developers<\/a> than its competitor Solana.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Wang has been at the EF since 2017, where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/consensus-magazine\/2022\/12\/05\/vitalik-buterin-most-influential-2022\" target=\"_blank\">she helped do research<\/a> on concepts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/learn\/what-is-sharding\" target=\"_blank\">like shardin<\/a>g, as well as contributed to Ethereum\u2019s major overhaul <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/tech\/2022\/09\/15\/the-ethereum-merge-is-done-did-it-work\" target=\"_blank\">known as \u201cthe Merge.\u201d<\/a> Sta\u0144czak founded Nerthermind, one of the largest software or clients that operate the Ethereum blockchain.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the next few years, the Ethereum ecosystem needs to navigate the challenging transition from being an early-stage project serving a small number of enthusiasts to being a robust permissionless censorship-resistant base layer of the global finance and software stack,\u201d the Foundation said in their blog post.<\/p>\n<h2>More shuffling<\/h2>\n<p>In addition to Wang and Sta\u0144czak assuming their new roles, ex-EF researcher Danny Ryan shared that he would be joining Etherealize, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/tech\/2025\/02\/03\/ethereum-s-new-cheerleader-on-wall-street-a-q-and-a-with-vivek-raman\" target=\"_blank\">new project aimed at bringing ETH<\/a> to Wall Street. The firm was founded by former banker Vivek Raman, who shared previously with CoinDesk that one of the goals of Etherealize is to bridge the gap between Ethereum and the banks by educating institutions and marketing ETH as a serious crypto asset.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>In<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/dannyryan\/status\/1895851749514281212\" target=\"_blank\"> a post shared<\/a> on X, Ryan said that he intends \u201cto build a new Ethereum institution with Real World Ethereum as its north star.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe world is ready to come on-chain, and we\u2019re here to do the hard work necessary to make it happen,\u201d Ryan added.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/tech\/2025\/02\/25\/ethereum-foundation-s-aya-miyaguchi-leaving-executive-director-role\" target=\"_blank\">Ethereum Foundation\u2019s Aya Miyaguchi Leaving Executive Director Role<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ethereum Foundation (EF), the non-profit organization that supports the development and research of the Ethereum blockchain, shared in a blog post on Saturday that they have selected Hsiao-Wei Wang and Tomasz Sta\u0144czak as their new co-executive directors. The news follows Tuesday\u2019s announcement of Aya Miyaguchi leaving that role to become the EF\u2019s new president. 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