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According to CoinDesk, blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis stated that it organized the multi-day joint operation "Operation Beacon" in collaboration with crypto firms such as Binance and Coinbase, as well as law enforcement agencies from multiple countries, to investigate networks spreading child sexual abuse material using cryptocurrency. The operation is headquartered at the National Cyber-Forensics and Training Alliance in New York, with participating agencies including Europol, the Australian Federal Police, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and the UK's National Crime Agency.
According to The Block, the Ethereum Foundation has recently experienced another wave of talent attrition: researchers Carl Beek and Julian Ma announced their departures this Monday. Beek had worked at the Foundation for seven years and led the development of Ethereum’s Beacon Chain, making significant contributions to Ethereum’s transition to the Proof-of-Stake (PoS) consensus mechanism; Ma had been with the Foundation for approximately four years, contributing to mechanism design, cryptoeconomics, and protocol scalability, and co-authored EIP-7805—a proposal aimed at enhancing Ethereum’s censorship resistance. Earlier this year, in February, Co-Executive Director Tomasz K. Stańczak resigned; multiple other senior figures—including Josh Stark, Barnabé Monnot, and Tim Beiko—have also departed in succession.