According to Foresight News, the Ethereum Foundation's Protocol Support team, led by Tim Beiko, has hired two new employees, nixo.eth and Sophia Gold, to work on supporting efforts such as:

1. AllCoreDevs (the entirety of Ethereum developers)
2. Ethereum Protocol Fellowship
3. Summer of Protocols research fellowship program

This is the first time in multiple years that this team has made a hire. The hires will focus on supporting the Ethereum protocol and its development.