- The Optimism Foundation provided a grant of $42.5 million to the Kraken exchange for the creation of a new layer two network based on OP Stack.

- Layoffs affected Consensys and dYdX, adding turbulence to the crypto industry.

- Research showed that the development of Bitcoin Core heavily relies on volunteers and short-term grants.

- The Nillion project raised $25 million for the development of "blind computing" technology.

- Emory University invested over $15 million in bitcoin through the Grayscale Bitcoin Mini Trust.