Ethereum News: Joe Lubin, Sharplink, Tom Lee's Bitmine Back New Ethereum Research Lab
The nonprofit will fund research on settlement, interoperability and mainnet capacity as stablecoins, tokenized assets and AI commerce move onchain.
- On Monday, a group of former Ethereum Foundation researchers launched Ethlabs, an independent nonprofit research and development organization backed by Bitmine Immersion Technologies and SharpLink Gaming.
- This launch signals a transition toward a 'multi-node' development model, as the Ethereum Foundation refocuses its mandate following recent high-profile exits, including co-executive director Hsiao-Wei Wang last week.
- Focusing on institutional needs, Ethlabs will prioritize faster transaction settlement and expanded network capacity to prepare Ethereum for institutional adoption from agentic finance.
- Ethereum currently dominates the $300 billion stablecoin market with a 53% share and hosts roughly half of the $32 billion tokenized asset market, RWA data shows.
- Consensys CEO Joe Lubin stated the organization aims to recognize "steward nodes of Ethereum," each configured to evolve and protect the network while supporting institutional growth.
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Bitmine (NYSE: BMNR) And SharpLink (NASDAQ: SBET) Back Ethlabs Nonprofit To Drive Ethereum Institutional Adoption
Ethlabs has launched as an independent nonprofit research and development lab built to prepare Ethereum for a coming surge in institutional participation. The organization was founded by former senior Ethereum Foundation contributors Ansgar Dietrichs, Barnabé Monnot, Caspar Schwarz-Schilling, Josh Rudolf, and Julian Ma. Funding for the new lab is being led by Bitmine Immersion Technologies (NYSE: BMNR), SharpLink (NASDAQ: SBET), Ethereum co-foun…
Ethlabs, Founded by Former Ethereum Foundation Contributors and Funded by Bitmine, Sharplink and Joe Lubin, Launches to Accelerate Ethereum's Institutional Supercycle - BlockTelegraph
New nonprofit research and development lab brings together a group of senior technical contributors from the Ethereum Foundation to ready the network for step-function wave of adoption from institutions, agentic finance and DeFi Ethlabs to reinforce foundational commitments to credible neutrality, censorship resistance and security NEW YORK, June 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — A coordinated group of Ethereum ecosystem stewards today announced the launc…
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Blockchain MagazineEthlabs, Founded by Former Ethereum Foundation Contributors and Funded by Bitmine, Sharplink and Joe Lubin, Launches to Accelerate Ethereum's Institutional Supercycle
/PRNewswire/ -- A coordinated group of Ethereum ecosystem stewards today announced the launch of Ethlabs, an independent, nonprofit research and development...
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The Manila TimesEthlabs, Founded by Former Ethereum Foundation Contributors and Funded by Bitmine, Sharplink and Joe Lubin, Launches to Accelerate Ethereum’s Institutional Supercycle
New nonprofit research and development lab brings together a group of senior technical contributors from the Ethereum Foundation to ready the network for...
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