Ethereum is the platform of choice for financial institutions worldwide. Ethereum adoption has accelerated significantly in recent months. Below are 35 examples of how institutions are leveraging Ethereum to build their businesses. 1/ Kraken Exchange (@krakenfx) launched xStocks on Ethereum, issuing ERC-20 tokenized versions of popular US stocks and ETFs. Kraken's accredited clients can now directly deposit and withdraw fully collateralized stocks on Ethereum. 2/ Ondo Finance launched Ondo Global Markets on Ethereum, featuring tokenized versions of over 100 US stocks and ETFs. Users can now access programmable stocks backed by real securities 24/7, with integrated DeFi functionality for lending, trading, and more. 3/ China Asset Management Corporation (@ChinaAMC_HK) launched the Select USD Money Market Fund on Ethereum, one of the first tokenized funds launched by a major Chinese asset management company. One of Asia's largest companies (with over $449 billion in assets under management) now offers high-quality, short-term USD financial instruments with 24/7 settlement support. 4/ Fidelity launched its FDIT-tokenized money market fund on Ethereum. Fidelity's Digital Interest Token (FDIT) brings the bank's investors the speed of on-chain settlement while maintaining the stability of traditional financial instruments. 5/ Google released the Agent Payments Protocol (AP2), enabling AI agents to autonomously execute payments using stablecoins on Ethereum. Developed by Google in collaboration with the Ethereum Foundation, Coinbase, MetaMask, and other companies, AP2 enables AI to securely conduct transactions, bridging the gap between automated intelligence and finance. 6/ UBS, PostFinance, Sygnum, and the Swiss Bankers' Association successfully piloted deposit tokens on Ethereum. This proof-of-concept, demonstrating legally binding cross-bank settlement on Ethereum's public infrastructure, paves the way for programmable, instant, cross-institutional settlement. 7/ Santander's @openbank_es launched an Ethereum trading service in Germany, allowing customers to buy and sell Ethereum and directly custody ETH through their bank accounts. This integration strongly demonstrates institutional confidence in ETH under MiCa's regulation. 8/ American Express launched Amex Passport, a blockchain-based travel stamp minted as NFTs on Ethereum's L2 layer (@base). Cardholders can now create on-chain records of international travel experiences and memories, combining loyalty rewards with digital ownership. 9/ SPXA, the first tokenized S&P 500 index fund authorized by @SPDJIndices, launched on Base by @centrifuge. 10/ SWIFT and over 30 banks are designing a blockchain ledger to support tokenized assets and 24/7 real-time cross-border payments, seamlessly integrating with existing financial systems. The project is initially prototyping with Consensys. @swiftcommunity will connect over 11,500 institutions globally, bridging traditional finance with on-chain value. 11/ @SocieteGenerale FORGE, a subsidiary of Societe Generale, a 161-year-old commercial bank, has deployed EURCV and USDCV lending and trading on the Ethereum DeFi protocols Morpho and Uniswap. One of Europe's largest custodians is now providing institutional-grade collateral and liquidity to the DeFi market. 12/ Stripe has expanded its cryptocurrency support on Ethereum, adding stablecoin-based subscriptions and revolving billing. Hundreds of thousands of companies using Stripe can now accept USDC for auto-renewing subscriptions, leveraging Ethereum for low-cost payments and near-instant settlement. 13/ Securitize and FGNexusio tokenized FGNX stock on Ethereum, marking the first Nasdaq-listed preferred stock issued entirely on-chain. Ethereum is a platform for building programmable assets, leading public markets into the digital age. 14/ Ant Group, the fintech company behind Alipay, launched JovayNetwork's L2 settlement system for institutional tokenization. The company behind one of the world's largest retail platforms is building a global institutional tokenized asset settlement system on Ethereum. 15/ The Japan Payment and Settlement Commission (@jpyc_official) launched the world's first regulated stablecoin pegged to the Japanese yen on Ethereum. Compliant and programmable yen transactions are now available globally, backed 1:1 by yen reserves as stipulated by Japan's Payment Services Law. 16/ Bank of New York (@BNYglobal) and Securitize announced the launch of an AAA-rated tokenized CLO fund on Ethereum. Institutional credit going on-chain brings liquidity and transparency to traditional asset classes. 17/ Google partners with Polymarket to integrate on-chain prediction market data into Google search results. The largest search engine provider now leverages the Ethereum ecosystem as a primary source of information. 18/ Startale Group launches the Startale App.This is a super application for Soneium's evolving Ethereum L2 settlement system. Mainstream users within the Soneium L2 ecosystem can now easily access on-chain wallets, assets, and applications and earn rewards through a unified platform. 19/ JPMorgan has migrated its tokenized deposit product, JPM Coin (JPMD), from its internal permissioned blockchain to the Base blockchain. Migration from a private chain to the Ethereum L2 chain will meet the needs of JPMorgan's institutional clients for payments, collateral, and margin settlements on public infrastructure. 20/ Mastercard announced it will build its crypto credentials program on the Ethereum L2 chain @0xPolygon to expand to self-custodied wallets. This expansion will partner with @mercuryo_io to enable Mastercard users to send cryptocurrency using verified, easy-to-understand aliases. 21/ Amundi, Europe's largest asset manager (with $2.75 trillion in assets under management), launched a tokenized share class for its Euro money market fund on the Ethereum mainnet. Taking traditional cash management on-chain enables 24/7 settlement and composability of Euro-denominated funds. 22/ Sony Bank announced plans to launch a USD-pegged stablecoin on its Ethereum secondary exchange, @soneium. Expected in early 2026. From gaming to finance, Sony is building the cornerstone of its ecosystem on Ethereum. 23/ @WisdomTreeEU launched the world's first physically backed ETP for staking Ethereum on @LidoFinance. The fund will provide European investors with exposure to the regulated stETH spot price and its ETH staking rewards. 24/ @CFTC announced a pilot program allowing ETH, BTC, and USDC to be used as collateral in the US derivatives market, and released new guidelines on using tokenized assets as collateral. This marks a significant shift in how ETH and other digital assets are integrated into the regulated US market. 25/ @BlackRock submitted an application to stake an ETH ETF. Following the success of its spot ETH ETF, this application aims to unlock the value of Ethereum's native staking rewards for traditional investors. 26/ @ADI_Foundation, backed by IHC, announced the mainnet launch of its institutional-grade L2 stablecoin @ADIChain_, part of the @zksync Elastic Network. ADIChain, backed by the UAE's largest conglomerate, will host the country's regulated stablecoin and plans to connect 1 billion users across the Middle East, Asia, and Africa on-chain. 27/ JPMorgan Chase launched its first tokenized money market fund, MONY, on the Ethereum mainnet. The company invested $100 million of its own capital in the fund, demonstrating its commitment to public blockchain tokenization. 28/ @coinbase announced the launch of Coinbase Tokenize, built on Base, as its new end-to-end institutional platform for RWA tokenization. This new product integrates issuance, custody, compliance, trading, and infrastructure, simplifying the process of connecting tokenized assets such as stocks, equities, funds, and real estate to the Ethereum ecosystem on-chain. 29/ Robinhood added 500 tokenized assets to @arbitrum, bringing the total number of tokenized assets on its platform to nearly 2,000. Robinhood's total tokenized asset value exceeds $14 million, continuing to deepen its integration with the Ethereum L2 ecosystem. 30/ BlackRock and Mastercard@FTI_Global established a partnership with the ADI Foundation in the UAE (builders of ADIChain L2). The team will explore tokenized asset structures, digital asset regulatory frameworks, stablecoin settlement, and cross-border payment infrastructure. 31/ @SoFi becomes the first U.S. national retail bank to issue a stablecoin (SoFiUSD) on a public, permissionless blockchain. SoFiUSD launches on Ethereum and will initially be used by the fintech giant and its partners for faster and cheaper internal settlements. 32/ @telcoin launches eUSD on Ethereum and Polygon, a regulated USD stablecoin issued by Telcoin Digital Asset Bank, a Nebraska-chartered digital asset custodian. This launch marks another milestone for U.S. regulated banks issuing stablecoins directly on public blockchains, bringing traditional regulated banking to the Ethereum ecosystem. 33/ @Grayscale distributes the first ETH staking rewards to shareholders of the ETHE ETF. For the first time in the U.S. regulated product space, investors directly receive native Ethereum rewards, demonstrating that staking Ethereum ETFs can realize the network's economic benefits. 34/ Morgan Stanley has submitted an application to stake Ethereum ETFs, further solidifying its cryptocurrency strategy. One of the world's largest wealth management firms is moving beyond spot trading to generate native Ethereum staking yields for its clients, marking a shift in its investment strategy towards productive participation. The 35/ADI Foundation is partnering with M-Pesa to bring over 60 million users to the blockchain. M-Pesa, Africa's largest mobile payments platform, is integrating blockchain infrastructure to support instant cross-border payments and stablecoin trading.Combining the massive scale of fintech with Ethereum's global settlement layer. — Ethereum is a trusted global settlement layer, suitable for real-world applications, and widely adopted by numerous institutions and governments.