PANews reported on September 17 that according to official news, Arthur Hayes' family office Maelstrom announced that it has awarded the first grant of its Bitcoin Developer Program to contributor Rkrux. The funds will support Rkrux to work full-time on Bitcoin Core. The specific amount of funding has not been disclosed. Maelstrom recently launched a funding program to encourage more full-time developers to improve and promote Bitcoin's core infrastructure.