The Ethereum Foundation is at it again with their shady moves. Why does everyone have such a bad impression of the Ethereum Foundation? Because EF, aside from previously gathering a bunch of virtue signalers and freeloaders around Vitalik to create a little cult-like inner circle, has been constantly selling, selling, selling. Every year, they sell way more than what they need for normal operations, especially dumping during bad market conditions. The latest move that sparked public outrage happened during AAVE's DeFi crisis. While the entire DeFi ecosystem was working together to save itself, with founders from Lido, Aave, and EtherFi donating ETH, EF decided to go in the opposite direction. Not only did they fail to step up and lead, they didn’t even actively participate. Instead, they cashed out 10,000 ETH at a not-so-great price of $2,387. And to top it off, they smugly pointed out that this time they didn’t directly crash the market—it was done OTC. Like, seriously, do they want applause for that? Their tweet triggered widespread ridicule. Especially when so many projects responded to AAVE’s "DeFi United" initiative by pitching in to help, and even @StaniKulechov opened fundraising channels for retail investors, @ethereumfndn pulling this kind of stunt is just glaringly tone-deaf. A foundation that already lacks credibility has further deepened the industry’s negative perception of them. Well done. Might as well disband sooner rather than later.