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Today, we’re formalizing years of close collaboration: Celo Foundation & cLabs are aligning into one unified core contributor organization (working title: Celo Core Co.). Why now? Celo reached incredible momentum in 2025, leading all Ethereum L2s by DAUs (700K+), becoming the #1 USDT transport layer by WAUs (3M+) & scaling @MiniPay to 11M+ wallets w/ 300M+ transactions. Now, 2026 is the time to compete with enhanced delivery and speed. So we’re moving to one integrated operating plan, one set of priorities, and one leadership structure inspired by our friends at Uniswap Labs’ recent UNIfication. We’re calling it CELOmorphosis. Our top priority is value accrual aligned with CELO’s role in the protocol. That means running a tight flywheel between protocol upgrades and blockspace demand, so that what we ship & what the market uses move in lockstep, compounding network activity & effects while strengthening Celo’s long-term resilience. This pivotal next step streamlines how the Foundation & cLabs core contributing teams operate—planning, prioritization, and execution—while keeping Celo’s principles intact: Value accrual as the top priority: Our #1 priority is ensuring network growth translates into clear value accrual aligned with CELO’s role in the protocol—by pairing protocol delivery with blockspace demand, what we ship and what the market uses move in lockstep Sustainability & speed: We’re streamlining overhead to move faster alongside real momentum—Celo has outpaced competitors to become the #1 L2 for DAUs and the #1 chain for WAUs of USDT, with 11M+ everyday users transacting in stablecoins via Opera MiniPay alone Decentralization remains a priority: This is an operating-structure change for core contributors, not a governance takeover—Celo remains community-governed While this transition strengthens Celo’s path forward, some colleagues who contributed to our work will be in search of new opportunities. If you're looking for exceptional talent, please reach out. We enter this next chapter with unwavering conviction that Celo’s Vision 2030, creating a trillion-dollar onchain economy, is within reach. Thank you to the team members, partners, builders, and users who have laid the groundwork for the progress to come. -- Rene & Marek
