Ethereum Foundation Launches Site to Guide Institutional Adoption

The new site aims to provide clear guidance for organizations entering the blockchain space while showcasing real-world progress from companies already using Ethereum to power finance on the internet.

Ethereum’s message is clear: the network is becoming the base layer for global finance, secured by more than 1.1 million validators and supported by over a decade of uninterrupted uptime. With major players like BlackRock, Visa, eToro, and Coinbase already using Ethereum to manage billions in assets and handle trillions in transaction volume, the network’s reputation as a reliable, scalable foundation for onchain finance continues to grow.

A Roadmap for Institutional Builders

The new platform, developed by Ethereum’s Enterprise Acceleration team, serves as a guide for institutions looking to join the onchain economy. It highlights how Ethereum supports privacy, scalability, and compliance — key requirements for banks, asset managers, and fintech firms.

Ethereum’s privacy roadmap is a major focus. The foundation pointed to cutting-edge tools like zero-knowledge proofs (ZK-proofs), fully homomorphic encryption (FHE), and trusted execution environments (TEEs) as ways to protect sensitive business logic while keeping transactions transparent and auditable. These technologies allow companies to meet regulatory standards without giving up the openness that defines public blockchains.

Projects such as RAILGUN, Aztec Network, Chainlink, and Zama are already building these privacy layers in production, creating what the foundation calls a “credibly neutral, audit-ready toolkit” for institutional-grade blockchain applications.

Ethereum’s Layer 2 (L2) ecosystem also plays a key role in scaling for institutional demand. With over $50 billion in total value secured, networks like Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon, Base, and Starknet enable fast, low-cost transactions suitable for global payments, tokenization, and financial infrastructure.

The Backbone of Tokenized Finance

Ethereum remains the leading platform for real-world asset (RWA) tokenization, hosting more than 75% of all tokenized assets and over 60% of the global stablecoin supply. Stablecoins from issuers like Tether, Circle, PayPal, and First Digital are transforming markets by enabling instant, 24/7 settlement.

At the same time, financial giants such as BlackRock and Securitize are tokenizing treasuries and credit products on Ethereum, laying the foundation for a more efficient capital market.

With more than 67% of DeFi’s total value locked (TVL), Ethereum continues to serve as the home base for decentralized finance. It powers open trading on decentralized exchanges like Uniswap, Curve, and 1inch, where markets never sleep and liquidity flows without permission.