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Nov 13 Research
Making Treasury ETH Productive A data-driven look at the state of ETH treasuries. Data as of 10/26/2026. USD values for ETH holdings use an…
Kairos Research1 min
Nov 10 Research
ETH: A Programmable Store of Value ETH is a programmable store of value: non-debt digital money with low, protocol-governed supply growth and direct utility in staking,…
William Mougayar17 min
Nov 06 Research
Ethereum Is Shaping the Infrastructure for Tokenized Finance Blockchain technology is fundamentally restructuring the global financial system by reducing traditional barriers to the flow of capital, payments, and…
Grayscale1 min
Nov 05 Research
State of the Ledger, Research, Ethereum Institutional The Ethereum network has experienced significant growth in usage, a substantial decrease in transaction costs, and an expansion of its…
Ben Thalman1 min
Nov 02 Research
Ethereum Leads in the SEC Assessment on Decentralized Governance and Crypto Assets The SEC’s new crypto asset FAQs judge networks by how they actually operate: no central party, broad governance and unencumbered…
William Mougayar7 min
Jul 01 Research
Ethereum Basics for Governments and Institutions The report is a non-technical primer covering how Ethereum works, how it is governed, how it compares with perceived alternatives,…
Ethereum Foundation7 min
May 26 Research
What 'Native Tokenization' Actually Means & Why Ethereum is the Logical Choice for It Native tokenization makes the blockchain itself the legal stock ledger, with the token constituting the security under Delaware law. Pointer…
Gabriel Shapiro1 min
May 24 Research
$Railgun: A Ground-Up Analysis "Railgun creates a private execution environment on Ethereum where users shield tokens into 0zk addresses and perform trades, swaps, and…
Arch Taqi1 min
May 16 Research
Is ETH Still the Backbone of Web3? Ethereum is no longer just “the smart contract chain.” In 2026, it is better understood as a settlement layer, liquidity…
Cryptodaily1 min
Apr 21 Reports
stakefish — The State of Ethereum in 2026 stakefish's mid-year reading of Ethereum captures a network in institutional transition: 37M ETH staked, 900,000+ validators, a 71-day entry queue…
stakefish3 min
Feb 03 Reports
Ethereum Scaling: An Evolving and Strengthening L1–L2 Relationship Ethereum isn’t moving away from L2s—it’s entering a stronger phase where L1 scaling and L2 innovation advance together. As Ethereum…
Vitalik Buterin4 min
Jan 21 Reports
BlackRock — 2026 Thematic Outlook: Ethereum as Tokenization Beneficiary BlackRock's 2026 Thematic Outlook, authored by Jay Jacobs, identifies tokenization as one of the year's defining mega-forces and names Ethereum…
Jay Jacobs2 min
Dec 11 Reports
The Internet's Blueprint for Ethereum: A Trillion-Dollar Public Goods Valuation Framework This report argues that Ethereum is fundamentally mispriced because markets value it as a for-profit company rather than as a…
William Mougayar2 min
Oct 15 Reports
Understanding the Implications of the Ethereum Gas Limit Increase Executive Summary Context & Technical Background (Business-Relevant) Ethereum’s Road to Fusaka Ethereum’s scaling roadmap (often framed as the “Surge /…
EMRC11 min
Oct 09 Reports
Ethereum’s Fusaka Upgrade: Scaling Smartly Without Sacrificing Decentralization Ethereum’s roadmap has always been defined by a delicate balancing act: scaling for global use while remaining decentralized enough for…
EMRC5 min
Sep 15 Reports
Where Is The Capital in Crypto? A Look at App Capital, a Durable Metric of Blockchain Adoption Defining App Capital App Capital can be thought of as the economic mass of a blockchain’s application layer. It measures…
EMRC4 min
Aug 26 Reports
Understanding SCOPE: Synchronous Composability Protocol for Ethereum What Is SCOPE? SCOPE, short for the Synchronous Composability Protocol for Ethereum, is a proposed minimalist, push-based protocol that enables…
EMRC5 min
Jul 02 Reports
Ethereum Platform vs. ETH the Digital Asset: Understanding the Distinction Ethereum is often referred to as a unified entity in headlines and casual conversation. Still, in reality, it encompasses two…
EMRC5 min
Jul 01 Reports
Understanding EIP-7732: Parallelization and Deterministic Execution in Ethereum EIP-7732 proposes a significant architectural change to Ethereum by decoupling transaction ordering from execution to enable safe, deterministic parallel execution.…
EMRC1 min
Jun 21 Reports
Web3SOC: A Transparency Framework for Ethereum’s Institutional Maturity As decentralized finance (DeFi) matures and Ethereum continues to lead as the default settlement layer for on-chain applications, the ecosystem…
EMRC1 min
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