The Ethereum Foundation is under official investigation by a country

The Ethereum Foundation is under investigation by a “state authority,” according to a GitHub repository of the organization’s website, Coindesk reported. As of press time, the scope and focus of the investigation were unclear because the investigation was subject to a confidentiality agreement. The Ethereum Foundation did not respond to a request for comment. Previously, the Ethereum Foundation website disclosed the following: “The Ethereum Foundation has never been contacted in a non-public manner by any agency anywhere in the world. The Ethereum Foundation will publicly disclose any information issued by government agencies that goes beyond the scope of the norm. query." The page was removed in a GitHub commit on February 26, according to the changelog.