Ethereum is All You Need
summary
Argues that Ethereum must be recognized as strategic public infrastructure (like the internet or the electric grid) and launches the European Ethereum Institute to do it, committing to produce evidence-based papers and infographics that distinguish true DeFi, tokenization and MEV from permissioned, proprietary chains; plans proactive outreach to bring regulators into crypto events; announces a former MEP, André Kvapiš, has joined and initial funding comes from Ethereum Foundation, Aave and Gnosis.
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chapters (18)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:29Why a Builder Started Caring About Policy
- 2:09Institutions Coming On-Chain: Now or Never
- 3:42Launch of the European Ethereum Institute
- 4:22Permissioned Chains Are Back (and Still Wrong)
- 5:10Ethereum as the Golden Standard
- 6:05"It's Ethereum, Not Blockchains"
- 7:00Ethereum's Lindy and Network Effects
- 7:31Mission: Ethereum as Strategic Public Infrastructure
- 8:55Europe's Risk of Repeating the Web2 Mistake
- 10:14Providing Evidence to Regulators
- 11:39Tokenization, Stablecoins, and True DeFi
- 13:10Ethereum's Stack Beyond Finance: Identity, Voting, ZK
- 14:22A Task Force, Not Another Association
- 15:58How a Regulator Joined the Ethereum Side
- 17:11André Kvapiš and MiCA's DeFi Exemption
- 18:37Team, Funding, and How to Get Involved
- 19:56Closing
