Maelstrom: Bitcoin Grant Program Releases 2026 Report

Maelstrom published its Bitcoin Grant Program Annual Report covering open-source work through June 2026, highlighting that developer Rkrux reviewed more than 200 pull requests and posted 1,155 review comments during 2025. Bitcoin ecosystem funding continues to target scalability and privacy upgrades while BTC price action on the 4h chart sits at $62081.34 inside the Bollinger Bands with upper resistance at $64227.78. The bearish structure keeps price below the EMA50 resistance at $64085.58 and the EMA200 at $71349.31, with MACD confirming the death cross at -480.94 and RSI neutral at 46.81, pointing to a likely test of lower band support near $60727.52 before any sustained recovery. Bitcoin grant program impact, BTC ecosystem growth 2026, and open source developer funding metrics all factor into sustained network robustness even as macro conditions pressure price.