Ethereum Foundation Launches Institutional Portal to Drive Enterprise Adoption with $50B L2 Ecosystem

yesterday / 15:56

The Ethereum Foundation has officially launched the "Ethereum for Institutions" website, a comprehensive portal designed to guide enterprises, financial institutions, and developers in adopting Ethereum's blockchain infrastructure. Managed by the Foundation's Enterprise Acceleration Team, the initiative underscores Ethereum's role as a neutral, secure base layer for global financial transactions, with over 1.1 million validators securing the network and supporting billions in asset management through partners like BlackRock, Visa, eToro, and Coinbase.

The portal highlights Ethereum's $50 billion Layer 2 (L2) ecosystem, which enables scalability for enterprise use without compromising decentralization. It emphasizes innovations in privacy and compliance, including zero-knowledge (ZK) proofs, fully homomorphic encryption (FHE), and trusted execution environments (TEEs), facilitating regulatory alignment and secure operations. Featured projects like Chainlink, RAILGUN, Aztec Network, and Zama are pioneering privacy-preserving smart contracts for institutional DeFi, payments, and real-world assets (RWAs).

Ethereum dominates the RWA and stablecoin sectors, hosting over 75% of tokenized RWAs and 60% of global stablecoin supply, with examples from BlackRock, Securitize, Ondo Finance, and stablecoins by Tether, Circle, PayPal, and Ethena Labs. The site also covers restaking protocols such as EigenLayer, Lido, and RocketPool, enabling institutions to participate in Ethereum's security model while earning yield. With 67% of DeFi's total value locked and deep liquidity, Ethereum remains the leading settlement layer for institutional-grade decentralized finance.

The platform includes case studies, analytics, and resources to help organizations navigate regulatory environments and leverage blockchain for operational efficiency. As a living resource, it will be continuously updated to feature ecosystem builders and enterprise integrations, aiming to accelerate mainstream institutional engagement and position Ethereum as the backbone of the on-chain economy.