A wave of departures from the Ethereum Foundation has intensified calls from community leaders for a new, well-funded organization built around boosting ETH's price, a mission critics say the nonprofit was never designed to pursue.

The turnover comes as the foundation undergoes an internal transition tied to a new organizational mandate aimed at redefining its role within Ethereum.

A wave of recent high-profile departures at the Ethereum Foundation has reignited longstanding questions from community members about what is going on inside the organization.