Taiko, the zkRollup-based Ethereum Layer2 network, said on the X platform: "In a series of recent media articles that have been published claiming that the Ethereum Foundation has ditched Taiko by selling tokens, we are unhappy with the way such articles have been published, as they did not attempt to contact Taiko for verification before publishing. No Taiko entity has ever sent any tokens to the Ethereum Foundation. We would like to emphasize that Taiko maintains a close working relationship with the Ethereum Foundation, as we are the first Base Rollup. From the very beginning, we have always adhered to this philosophy and will not change. In fact, at the recent EthCC event, during a keynote speech by Vitalik, we were labeled as'EVM purists', which further confirms the connection between Taiko and the Ethereum Foundation. "