Announcing Ethlabs: a non-profit R&D lab for Ethereum and ETH
Our mission is to make Ethereum the settlement layer of the global economy.
The internet became global because shared protocols created a common language between networks. Private systems remained useful, but bounded. Finance is approaching a similar moment. As value, assets, and markets become digital, the world needs shared settlement infrastructure.
Ethereum is uniquely positioned to become that shared base layer, the neutral foundation on which users, institutions, and agents can transact without intermediation.
What we believe:
• We believe credible neutrality matters. Ten years of uptime and the lowest counterparty risk. Ground that cannot be pulled away by any one country, institution, company, or person.
• We believe ETH matters. The most valuable, programmable store of value. A decade of broad distribution, deep liquidity in onchain markets, and maximally trustless asset on Ethereum.
• We believe DeFi matters. Markets, liquidity, credit, exchange, and coordination, open to anyone.
• We believe adoption matters. Principles do not change the world until people benefit from them.
We sit between two worlds: real usage from the builders at the frontier, and the protocol that has to support it. We work with users, applications, wallets, L2s, infrastructure teams, institutions, ETH holders, core devs and researchers, then turn what they actually need into protocol work, shared standards, infrastructure, and shipped products.
Ethlabs is independent but Ethereum is a shared project. We are one node in a much larger network of stewards. This is the multi-node future.
We have spent the better part of the past decade contributing to Ethereum core research and development.
We are opinionated and transparent. We move with urgency, learn in public, and course-correct when we’re wrong.
We are building a lean, talent-dense team for people who want to do the most important work of their careers: [email protected]
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- BlackRock runs the iShares Ethereum ETF (holds lots of ETH) and has a tokenized USD fund (BUIDL) on Ethereum.
- Fidelity runs the Fidelity Ethereum ETF (holds ETH) and offers tokenized funds plus crypto custody.
- Franklin Templeton runs the Franklin Ethereum ETF and has tokenized money-market funds and ETFs on Ethereum.
- Invesco runs the Invesco Galaxy Ethereum ETF (holds ETH).
- JPMorgan Chase launched a tokenized money-market fund (MONY) on Ethereum and runs its Onyx platform on Ethereum Layer 2.
- BNY Mellon provides ETH custody services for big clients and ETFs.
- State Street offers crypto custody and is building tokenized funds and deposits on Ethereum.
- Goldman Sachs has a crypto trading desk for ETH and a digital asset platform on Ethereum.
- Morgan Stanley & UBS let clients trade ETH ETFs and, in some cases, ETH directly.
- Bank of America, Charles Schwab, Vanguard allow customers to buy ETH ETFs on their platforms.
$ETH is the best asset of this decade.
Built on Belief. Proven Over Time.
Started in 2018 with one idea: build for users — not for hype.
Over 8 years, we’ve grown to
🔹35M+ users worldwide, 50M+ download
🔹Built-in DEX @TransitFinance consistently #1 in weekly active traders
Here’s how we got here 👇 #TP8Years
天塌了!黄金这种几千年的财富信仰,可能一夜之间就会被改写!
Tom Lee @fundstrat :「黄金是外星产物,马斯克以后能从外星球拉回来一车皮」
还有一点,也是最玄学的:现代炼金术
从科学理论上讲,只要你能通过高能粒子轰击,从铅原子里敲掉几个质子,手搓黄金
���这世上,还有啥能称得上硬通货?
Sat down with Tom Lee (@fundstrat) during Consensus in Hong Kong to chat about the Crypto Winter, the dip on $ETH, BitMine's investment in Mr. Beast and more!
01:11 - When will the pain stop for Crypto?
02:14 - Crypto vs Gold, as hedge vs Inflation
06:06 - What’s TradFi’s take on the Crypto Winter?
07:52 - Has Crypto lost its lore?
09:50 - BitMine’s approach to Ethereum in 2026
12:37 - Are DATs the problem?
15:55 - Any regrets on your capital deployment on ETH?
18:00 - Moonshot's $200M investment in Mr. Beast Industries
23:12 - Tom’s 2026 Crypto Predictions
24:24 - How much long will the Crypto Winter last?
TOM LEE: THIS IS THE ETH BOTTOM
TOM DEMARK’s signal is clear.
One undercut to ~$1,890 completes the base.
TOM LEE’s message:
You don’t sell here.
You position.
🔹 Bottoming phase
🔹 Historical analogs (2018, 2022, 2025)
🔹 Wall Street choosing public chains
🔹 Stablecoins, AI, creators converging on ETH
Private chains aren’t the plan.
Public rails are.
Major financial institutions are coming.
Ethereum is the settlement layer.
$ETH $BMNR @fundstrat