Ethereum Is Facing A Critical Funding Gap, Says Ex-EF Member | Markets Outlook from Markets Outlook

Ethereum Is Facing A Critical Funding Gap, Says Ex-EF Member | Markets Outlook

18 minutes Posted Jun 25, 2026 at 5:46 pm.

Trent Van Epps Joins Markets Outlook

Why Trent Left the Ethereum Foundation

What Is Subtraction and Why It Matters

20% Workforce Cuts and the Funding Gap Explained

Options for Solving the Funding Crisis

Will Ethereum Lose Its First Mover Advantage?

What Happens If the Funding Doesn't Come?

What Institutions Should Replace the EF?

Ethereum’s Future

ETH the Asset: The Misconceptions and the Opportunity

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Does Ethereum have a funding crisis?

On today's Markets Outlook, Protocol Guild Organizer Trent Van Epps tells CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie why the Ethereum Foundation's subtraction philosophy is creating a critical funding gap for core developers, what it will take to fill it, and why he's still optimistic about ETH's future.

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This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie.

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