# Supporting privacy with new funding mechanisms

DevFeed: [Supporting privacy with new funding mechanisms](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/supporting-privacy-with-new-funding-mechanisms-17189.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2025/10/09/new-funding-mechanisms>)

Author: Vinay Vasanji

Published: 2025-10-09T00:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Ethereum Foundation Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ethereum-foundation-blog.md>)

Topics: [Ethereum](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ethereum.md>), [DeFi](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/defi.md>), [Protocol (disambiguation)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/protocol.md>), [Resilience](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/resilience.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>)

Tags: [announce](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/announce.md>), [community](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/community.md>), [defi](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/defi.md>), [ecosystem](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ecosystem.md>), [ethereum](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ethereum.md>), [funding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/funding.md>), [funding-coordination](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/funding-coordination.md>), [network](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/network.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [privacy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/privacy.md>), [protocol](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/protocol.md>), [resilience](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/resilience.md>), [support](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/support.md>), [team](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/team.md>)

## AI overview

The Funding Coordination team announces a joint initiative with Keyring Network to fund legal defense for Roman Storm and Alexey Pertsev through fees from Keyring's zkVerified vaults. The initiative uses privacy-preserving DeFi lending markets on Ethereum and allows community members to create additional vault campaigns.

## Source excerpt

The Funding Coordination team is excited to announce a joint initiative with Keyring Network that introduces a new approach to impact funding in the Ethereum ecosystem....