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He also argued that Ethereum represents &#8220;an emerging fundamental new kind of public infrastructure, almost like Web1, where the internet was a category of investments.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He positioned the blockchain as a universal settlement layer for both financial and economic systems.<\/p>\n<h2>Programmable finance transformation<\/h2>\n<p>Ethereum's programmable nature enables portfolio rebalancing through smart contracts, dividend distribution in minutes rather than days, and composable transactions, allowing any asset to trade against any other asset at any time.<\/p>\n<p>These capabilities create what Chalom described as &#8220;the license to win&#8221; for institutions seeking efficiency over current systems.<\/p>\n<p>Kannan extended this vision beyond finance, describing Ethereum as &#8220;the platform for verifiable trust&#8221; that solves counterparty risk through cryptographic verification, rather than relying on institutional guarantees.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that EigenLayer enables Ethereum to power additional networks beyond the base protocol, and explained:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Verifiability is the substrate of society itself.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Kannan mentioned applications in AI agent verification, prediction markets like Polymarket, and autonomous systems requiring trust without human oversight as examples.<\/p>\n<h2>Infrastructure investment timing<\/h2>\n<p>Both executives emphasized the education-to-adoption transition occurring among institutional investors.<\/p>\n<p>Chalom noted that while <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/bitcoin\/\">Bitcoin<\/a> required explaining digital gold concepts, Ethereum demanded deeper infrastructure explanations that took more time but generated stronger conviction once understood.<\/p>\n<p>The launch of Ethereum ETFs in July 2024 marked an adoption inflection point, with treasury companies now accumulating approximately $14-15 billion in ETH holdings.<\/p>\n<p>Chalom predicted acceleration beyond <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/companies\/microstrategy\/\">Strategy's<\/a> Bitcoin accumulation pace as institutional players recognize Ethereum's productive asset characteristics through staking and DeFi yields.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Investors have not priced in Ethereum&#8217;s (ETH) potential to replace Wall Street&#8217;s outdated settlement infrastructure, according to SharpLink CEO Joseph Chalom and EigenLayer founder Sreeram Kannan. 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