# Recent Important News on ETH
Here are several noteworthy recent developments regarding ETH:
## Ethereum Foundation Releases Mission Statement (March 14)
The Ethereum Foundation has officially released a mission statement that sits between a "constitution, manifesto, and internal guidelines." Key points:
- Clarifies two main objectives: Ethereum maintains decentralization, and users retain ultimate control over on-chain assets and data;
- Emphasizes that Ethereum must possess characteristics such as censorship-resistance, open-source, privacy protection, and security. Vitalik Buterin abbrevia