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Wall Street is moving past crypto pilots and deeper into Ethereum, says Etherealize founder
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Wall Street is moving past crypto pilots and deeper into Ethereum, says Etherealize founder

CoinDesk · Jun 13, 2026, 4:00 PM · Also reported by 4 other sources

Key takeaways

  • Ethereum's institutional adoption story may finally be moving beyond theory and into practice, according to Vivek Raman, founder of Etherealize, a company with the stated goal of bringing Ethereum to Wall Street.
  • After years of pilots and experimentation, he said large financial institutions are increasingly treating public blockchains as production infrastructure rather than emerging technology.
  • "A year and a half ago it was proof-of-concept, dip your toe in," Raman said.

Ethereum's institutional adoption story may finally be moving beyond theory and into practice, according to Vivek Raman, founder of Etherealize, a company with the stated goal of bringing Ethereum to Wall Street.

After years of pilots and experimentation, he said large financial institutions are increasingly treating public blockchains as production infrastructure rather than emerging technology.

"A year and a half ago it was proof-of-concept, dip your toe in," Raman said. "Now it's: we need to jump in head first and use public chains just like we all use the internet."

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