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The cryptographic world computer
Ethereum is still called a blockchain. By 2030 it will be something else. Vitalik Buterin’s essay of 27 September 2026, drawn chapter by chapter.
Published 28 September 2026
Research and publications.
Independent research on institutional Ethereum. Every claim is sourced, and we say so when Ethereum does not yet meet a requirement.
ICE and OKX plan a tokenised stock venue on an Ethereum L2
OKXICE, their joint venture, has told the SEC it plans 24/7 trading in 64 tokenised US stocks, NVIDIA, Tesla and Apple among them, through Uniswap v4 pools on X Layer.
Baillie Gifford opens a native tokenised fund on Ethereum
The Baillie Gifford Enhanced Yield Fund (BAGEY), the first fully native UK-authorised tokenised fund, is open for subscription, with Ethereum as its legal register, so the token is the holding itself.
ARK tokenises its Venture Fund on Ethereum
ARK Invest is bringing the $1.3 billion ARK Venture Fund onchain with Securitize on Ethereum, open to eligible investors from a $500 minimum.
Benjamin Chodroff joins as Head of Technical Strategy and MENA
Based in Abu Dhabi, he brings more than 20 years at the intersection of finance and emerging technology, most recently at OpenZeppelin and before that seven years at HSBC, where he headed its emerging technology lab.
Deutsche Bank adds ETH to its custody
Its new custody service for institutions will hold ETH beside bitcoin and selected stablecoins, launching in Germany later this year, pending regulatory approval.
Matthew Dawson speaks to Yonhap in Korea
Our co-founder met Korea's blockchain ecosystem and sat down with Yonhap News to discuss South Korea's digital asset landscape and what it means for institutional Ethereum adoption.
Qivalis is coming to Ethereum
Qivalis is a consortium of European banks building a regulated euro stablecoin under MiCA. While some other bank consortia have kept their tokenised money on private networks, Qivalis is issuing on a public chain, where the liquidity, the users and the DeFi markets already are.
The Bundesbank deploys Prividium
Germany's central bank is the first institution to test and deploy Prividium, the permissioned platform from the team behind ZKsync, in its own infrastructure.
Standard Chartered opens ETH trading in the UAE
The first G-SIB to offer institutional ETH spot trading in the UAE, beside its custody business there since 2024 and its UK spot trading since July 2025.
A busy summer for Ethereum
Robinhood Chain, Revolut's EURR, J.P. Morgan's MONY and JLTXX, Crédit Agricole's EURXT, SBI's JPYSC, BlackRock's BSTBL and BRSRV, Neuberger's HINC and Morgan Stanley's MSSE: the summer's launches on Ethereum.
Tokenised stocks on Ethereum grew 134 times in a year
From $5.9 million to $793 million in twelve months.
Revolut launches a euro stablecoin on Ethereum
EURR comes from a fintech with 80 million customers around the world.
Neuberger and Securitize launch a tokenised credit fund on Ethereum
The fixed income fund is actively managed credit, in high yield, collateralised loan obligations and leveraged loans, from a $230 billion platform.