Svmuu News: Ethereum Institutional, a nonprofit organization founded by several former Ethereum Foundation employees, launched in 2026 with the aim of providing banks and asset management firms with a single point of contact for accessing the Ethereum ecosystem, covering Ethereum, Layer 2 networks, and their application stacks.

Ethereum Institutional was founded by David Walsh, Marius Smith, and Matthew Dawson and has operated independently since its incubation by the Ethereum Foundation. The organization states that it does not charge advisory or consulting fees and operates as a nonprofit to avoid bias toward specific vendors or products.

Ethereum Institutional states that it collaborates with Ethlabs, Etherealize, and the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance to address institutional needs and explain the value proposition of Ethereum to banks, while Ethlabs focuses on translating those needs into technical products.