Vitalik Buterin: Many institutions value Ethereum because it is stable, reliable, and won't go down

Cryptocurrency founders, developers, and some institutional giants gathered at the Ethereum Community Conference (EthCC) in Cannes, France, where the institutional adoption of Ethereum is accelerating, with BlackRock, Deutsche Bank, Coinbase, and Kraken all building directly on its platform.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin stated in an interview with CNBC in Cannes that people think institutional investors only care about scale and speed—but in practice, it is quite the opposite. Many institutions express that they value Ethereum because it is stable, reliable, and won't go down. They hope that future generations will look back and see a truly open, free, and permissionless network for the public. Tomasz Stańczak, the new co-executive director of the Ethereum Foundation, added that the core reasons for institutions choosing Ethereum are the same: Ethereum has not stopped for a moment in the past decade. When institutions send orders to the market, they want to absolutely ensure that their orders are treated fairly, with no one having preference; trades are executed at the time of delivery. As stablecoins and tokenized assets become mainstream, these guarantees are becoming increasingly valuable.