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A new independent nonprofit called Ethereum Institutional launched on July 2, 2026, with the stated mission of integrating institutional finance onto the Ethereum blockchain at scale.
Founded by former Ethereum Foundation members and backed by Bitmine, Sharplink, and Joe Lubin, the organization marks a structured push to formalize the on-chain institutional channel that has so far developed in ad hoc fashion.
A Commercially Minded Structure From Protocol Veterans The choice of founders is pointed.
Former Ethereum Foundation members carry deep protocol knowledge; pairing that with an explicit commercial mandate signals that Ethereum Institutional is designed to translate technical credibility into institutional adoption, not to contribute to base-layer research.
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