Marius Smith

Enterprise Lead at @ethereumfndn | Thoughts here are my own.

[Nordic Blockchain Association @nordicblock]

The world's leading protocols took the stage in Stockholm 🔥

Last week, we brought together leaders from across the global blockchain, web3, and digital assets ecosystem for the 8th Nordic Blockchain Conference.

What set this year apart was the participation of some of the leading-edge protocol foundations from across the industry:

🎤 Opening the main stage on Day 1, Frederik Gregaard (@F_Gregaard) (CEO @Cardano_CF) shared his insights on why digital trust is becoming the world's most valuable currency.

🎤 On the panel "Institutional-Grade Protocols - Key Strategic Considerations for Enterprises", Marius Smith (@mariuslsmith) (Enterprise Lead, EMEA @ethereumfndn), Marc Vanlerberghe (@marcvl) (Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer @AlgoFoundation), and Jon Fink Isaksen (@jonfinkisaksen) (Head of International Government Affairs @StellarOrg Development Foundation) shared their perspectives on the key factors enterprises should consider when selecting blockchain infrastructure.

🎤 Sharing her insights on the panel "The Emergence of Digital Identities – What's Ahead of Us in the Next 5 Years?", Agata Slater (Director of Council Engagement Europe @hashgraph) discussed the opportunities and challenges surrounding digital identity adoption, and its potential to strengthen trust, privacy, and interoperability in the digital age.

Across sessions, one message was clear: the next phase of blockchain adoption will be driven by trusted infrastructure, practical use cases, and cross-sector collaboration. And the Nordic ecosystem is ready to meet the challenge!

🌟Want to shape the future of blockchain in the Nordics? Join Nordic Blockchain Association - the lighthouse organisation for blockchain, web3, and digital asset stakeholders in the Nordics and Baltics.

👥 Memberships: https://t.co/pxzT8chsk9

[Vivek Raman @VivekVentures]

1/ Two years after BUIDL, Blackrock launches two more tokenized funds — on the most biggest, most institutional public blockchain:

Ethereum.

[Centrifuge @centrifuge]

$14T by 2030. $55T by 2035.

@BCG's base case for tokenized real-world assets.

The projection comes at a moment of pressure for traditional asset management. AUM keeps growing but margins move only slightly.

"Distribution is the new source of advantage in asset management."

[Benjamin @Benjamin918_]

We're hiring for a Middle East Lead - will share more information directly with candidates.

Message us via a warm intro (need to make sure you're not North Korean + test if you're able to get warm intro's)

[Ally Zach @0xallyzach]

Tokenization has moved past the first wave of digital copies, but the market is still far from fully native onchain finance.

So we built a way to track where assets sit in between.

Today we’re introducing @PanteraCapital’s State of Tokenization:

A quarterly report and data portal tracking 593 assets across a $320B market

A look inside the portal 👇

[Optimism @Optimism]

https://t.co/fTN94ySGIA

[OpenZeppelin @OpenZeppelin]

When financial institutions put client assets onchain, supervisors expect a defensible answer to one question: how was the blockchain network evaluated?

Networks differ in finality guarantees, governance, and continuity exposure. And those differences shape regulatory risk.

[Matthew @ismiMatthew]

Ethereum is not expensive anymore. Institutions are aware.

[⟠ @ryanberckmans]

Ethereum interop dominance: 85% 🔥🚀

Yesterday, 85% of bridge volume tracked on L2Beat used eth L1 as the transfer source or destination.

LFG

[a16z crypto @a16zcrypto]

https://t.co/hkPJtHUpnU

[a16z crypto @a16zcrypto]

Stablecoin commerce is on the rise.

Monthly collateral across Rain-powered programs (Etherfi Cash, Kast, Wallbit, others) grew from near zero in November 2024 to over 300M/month by early 2026.

[Alex @obchakevich_]

Revolut is quietly becoming one of the main entry points into the crypto market — and the numbers back this up.

Over the past two years, the volume of crypto transactions on @Revolut has grown from nearly zero to a steady $1B - $1.5B per month. And in March 2026, the volume reached $1.8B, marking an ATH.

Here’s how this growth unfolded:

→ Initial surge in 2023 (~$100M) (@ethereum)
→ Scaling phase in 2024 (~$800M–$1B) (+ @trondao)
→ Expansion to multi-chain networks in 2025 ($1.5B–$1.8B) ( +@0xPolygon, @solana, @arbitrum, @Optimism, and @avax )

@Revolut has evolved from a simple fintech feature into a major distribution channel for crypto on a large scale.

With a monthly volume of ~$1B - $1.8B, it is no longer “just an app” — it is now a true crypto infrastructure. And March 2026 showed what peak demand looks like in this cycle.

View on-chain data: https://t.co/fJi7NlJM2S

[Nordic Blockchain Association @nordicblock]

The next phase of blockchain and web3 is being shaped at the intersection of infrastructure, protocol development, and institutional finance.

We’re excited to announce the first group of speakers taking the stage at Nordic Blockchain Conference 2026:

⭐ Frederik Gregaard (@F_Gregaard) - CEO at @Cardano_CF
⭐ Nikhil Sharma - Director, Digital Assets at @BlackRock
⭐ Marius Smith (@mariuslsmith) - Enterprise Lead, MENA at @ethereumfndn
⭐ Mehtaj Syed - Executive Director at @jpmorgan
⭐ Agata Slater (@agaslater) - Director Enterprise Solutions at @hashgraphgroup

Together, these leaders represent different layers of the ecosystem - from protocol design and infrastructure to institutional capital and financial markets.

#NBC2026 is built around this intersection - where emerging technologies meet institutional and digital finance frameworks, and where the next phase of adoption and regulation is actively taking shape.

Will you join us in the room where it happens?

Stockholm, May 26-27
The leading blockchain and web3 event in Northern Europe: https://t.co/0IXHQ19ovw

[Matthew @ismiMatthew]

I’ll be in Paris this week. Speaking at PBW on Wednesday and side events.

[Marius Smith @mariuslsmith]

Great news coming out of Switzerland this morning!
https://t.co/Pu8aX7YMty

[James | Snapcrackle @Snapcrackle]

BNP Paribas is now running a tokenised money market fund on Ethereum mainnet.

How do you put regulated securities on a permissionless chain?

ERC-3643 is the answer. It embeds compliance, such as KYC, eligibility, and transfer restrictions, directly into the token. Public settlement. No private chain needed.

SEC Chairman Paul Atkins recently cited ERC-3643 in his speech announcing Project Crypto as an example of how compliance can be enforced directly on tokenized assets

BNP is also backing Qivalis - a 12+ bank Euro stablecoin launching H2 2026 across Ethereum, Polygon, and Base.

[Vision @vsntoken]

We are opening the gates for Europe’s biggest institutions to join the global onchain economy.

Together with @Bitpanda_global and @Optimism, we are building Vision Chain on the OP Stack to bridge the gap between traditional finance and the global onchain economy.

By merging Ethereum-level openness with a framework built for Europe’s regulatory reality, we are giving institutions a public blockchain they can actually use.

Official Press Release: https://t.co/wIUmZ0Rnfj

[Kyle Rojas | Life is good @kyleArojas]

Such an amazing event. Hands down the most dense and high signal gathering I’ve ever attended after a decade of being in the crypto space.

It’s so refreshing hearing how traditional finance companies are building across the Ethereum ecosystem.

[David Walsh @davwals]

Yesterday we hosted the Institutional Ethereum Forum in NYC.

A private, closed-door, invite-only for institutional execs.

$250T+ in combined assets represented.

Attended by leaders at:
→ DTCC
→ Swift
→ Euroclear
→ BlackRock
→ Morgan Stanley
→ Fidelity
→ JPMorgan
→ State Street
→ Mastercard
→ Visa
→ Stripe
→ PayPal
→ Nasdaq
→ LSEG
→ Broadridge
→ S&P Global
→ Moody's
→ Microsoft
→ EY
→ Invesco
→ Franklin Templeton
→ T. Rowe Price
→ Baillie Gifford
→ CoinFund
→ WisdomTree
→ VanEck
→ U.S. Bank
→ Western Union
→ Paxos
→ Consensys
→ Aave
→ Uniswap
→ Chainlink
→ Securitize
→ Ondo Finance
→ Paradigm
→ a16z
→ Dragonfly
→ Anchorage Digital

And many more.

Co-hosted by our friends at
→ @aave
→ @zksync
→ @arbitrum
→ @Optimism
→ @chainlink

The institutions aren't coming. They're here.

Ethereum.

[James | Snapcrackle @Snapcrackle]

Fair warning. This post is bullish on Ethereum.

Yesterday, the Ethereum Foundation Enterprise team ran the Institutional Ethereum Forum in New York City.

Broad Adoption Activated.

Invitation only. 100's of Banks, asset managers, and infrastructure providers representing around $250 trillion in assets under management.

feedback so far
"Absolute banger tbh."

"People won't stop talking and networking and the content has all been great."

"Your institutional team did an amazing job. I was there. Kudos."

BlackRock. Western Union. Robinhood. Moody's. Baillie Gifford. Securitize. All on panels. Not as guests. As participants building on Ethereum.

This is what adoption actually looks like. EF also presents its post-quantum security strategy and launches https://t.co/1fPpbCRIcY.

EF also presented its post-quantum security strategy and launched https://t.co/1fPpbCRIcY. This is not just leading blockchain. No major technology platform has a published, open-source post-quantum migration roadmap at this level of detail. Ethereum is doing it before it is required, not after.

Proud of the Enterprise team for putting this together.

Choose Ethereum.