Berachain Foundation: Most retail marketing team members have been laid off, and lead developer Alberto is leaving. In its year-end update for 2025, Berachain Foundation revealed that it has laid off most of its retail-focused marketing team. After October 10 of that year and throughout 2024/2025, retail strategies across the crypto space have been underwhelming in terms of effectiveness. The foundation is reallocating resources to focus on fundamentals. Additionally, one of its lead developers, Alberto, will be leaving the team to co-found a Web2 company with former colleagues from the banking sector. Moving forward, Berachain plans to focus its active team’s efforts on 3-5 high-confidence applications, prioritizing companies that are less reliant on the crypto market for their foundation and revenue potential, and have minimal overlap with the existing project ecosystem on Berachain. These companies will receive dedicated PoL emission support and hands-on assistance from the Berachain team.