TechFlow News, March 1: According to Cointelegraph, despite ETH’s price falling 60% from its 2025 high and currently hovering around $1,959, traditional financial institutions continue accelerating their adoption of the Ethereum network. Data shows that Ethereum and its Layer-2 networks collectively account for 65% of the total value locked (TVL) market share—Ethereum’s mainnet alone represents 57%, or approximately $52.4 billion.
Major financial institutions—including J.P. Morgan, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, and BlackRock—have recently launched on-chain initiatives on Ethereum, such as tokenized funds, dedicated Layer-2 scaling solutions, and bank-issued stablecoins. Ethereum holds a 68% market share in the real-world assets (RWA) sector.
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin is now focusing on base-layer scalability and the zero-knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine (ZK-EVM) to ensure long-term on-chain efficiency and security. Although decentralized exchange (DEX) trading volume has declined by 55% over the past six months, Ethereum maintains its first-mover advantage in institutional-grade on-chain activity.
