# Ethereum Foundation Announces 5k ETH TWAP Sale

*Author: Jack Inabinet*
*Published: Apr 8, 2026*
*Source: https://www.bankless.com/read/news/ethereum-foundation-announces-5k-eth-twap-sale*

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Today, the Ethereum Foundation announced the sale of 5k ETH (~$11M), in alignment with the group's [treasury policy](https://blog.ethereum.org/2025/06/04/ef-treasury-policy).

### **What's the Scoop?**
- **Necessary Funding:** Earlier today, the Ethereum Foundation (EF), announced that it intends on selling 5k ETH as part of as a part of its ongoing work to fund R&D, grants, and donations. The sale will be executed on CoW Swap using a time-weighted average price (TWAP) strategy, enabling the tokens sale to be distributed programmatically across time.
- **Previous Sales:** The last EF ether sale [occured](https://x.com/ethereumfndn/status/1974167628995592319) on October 3, 2025, when the Foundation sold 1k ETH for $4.5M of proceeds via CowSwap. The month prior to that sale, the EF had [sold](https://www.theblock.co/post/369273/ethereum-foundation-plan-to-sell-10k-eth-via-centralized-exchanges) 1ok ETH for $43.6M via centralized exchanges.
- **Dual Income: **In addition to its ETH sales, the Ethereum Foundation also earns income through onchain yield farming activities. Last week, the EF [staked](https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/04/03/ethereum-foundation-stakes-another-usd93-million-ether-reaching-its-70-000-eth-target) 45k ETH worth roughly $93 million. That deposit raised the Foundation's total staking position to 69.5k ETH, puting it close to completing the 70k ETH staking [target](https://blog.ethereum.org/2026/02/24/staking) it announced this February,

> 1/ Today, The Ethereum Foundation will convert 5000 ETH to stablecoins via [@CoWSwap](https://twitter.com/CoWSwap?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)'s TWAP feature as a part of our ongoing work to fund R&D, grants and donations.— Ethereum Foundation (@ethereumfndn) [April 8, 2026](https://twitter.com/ethereumfndn/status/2041878615625728167?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
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