Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said in his keynote address at Cannes Ethcc 2025 that blockchain “successfully surpassed anyone’s expectations.” The event brought together developers, company leaders and institutions at the Paredes Festival. This is the same venue used at the Cannes Film Festival.
The conference showed how much progress has progressed in Ethereum’s institutional adoption. Companies such as Robinhood, Blackrock, Deutsche Bank, Coinbase and Kraken are currently using Ethereum for trading, tokenization and Onchain Finance Tools.
Buterin said the agency is not speed, but “it’s stable and reliable, so it doesn’t go down.” He added that long-term features such as privacy and censorship resistance are important for these companies.
Robinhood, Deutsche Bank and BlackRock head to Ethereum for tokenized financial products
At a private event in Cannes, Robinhood announced the launch of tokenized stock and ETFs in Arbitrum, a Layer 2 solution built on Ethereum. This feature is available to European users and is marked only when a US listed company uses Ethereum Rail to turn inventory on-chain.
Robinhood’s stock price exceeded $100 after its announcement. The stock price rose more than 30% in the same week.
The release at ETHCC 2025 attracted attention. This is because it demonstrated how Ethereum-based networks like Arbitrum are used in traditional financial markets.
Meanwhile, Deutsche Bank said it is creating a tokenization platform for Zksync, another Ethereum-based layer 2 network. The platform allows asset managers to issue and manage tokenized funds, stubcoins and other financial products while meeting regulatory standards.
BlackRock offers a tokenized money market fund called Buidl. The fund operates on Ethereum and offers on-chain access and yields on USDC redemptions. It was released in 2024 and is available to qualified investors.
In both cases, it shows that traditional institutions are using Ethereum tokenization to construct financial products.
Coinbase and Kraken expand their Ethereum-based products
Coinbase has filed documents with the US SEC to provide tokenized public shares. If approved, this allows users to trade traditional inventory through the blockchain system.
Kraken also revealed plans to commence tokenized stock trading 24/7 in selected international markets. These initiatives build on Ethereum’s infrastructure and use blockchain tools to expand access to regulated assets.
Buterin said agencies regularly ask about features such as Ethereum privacy and transactional fairness and network uptime. These aspects are important when performing large or sensitive on-chain orders.
Tomasz Stańczak, co-executive director of the Ethereum Foundation, said the agency would choose Ethereum for 10 years, “a decade with great dedication to security and censorship resistance. He pointed out that the agency wanted to prove that it was handling its unfavourable deal.
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ETH price rise and public companies add Ethereum to their spare
Ethereum’s native token ETH rose nearly 6% in the week of ETHCC 2025. Several public companies linked to Ethereum also recorded significant stock earnings.
Bitmine Immersion Technologies saw a surge in stock prices over 1,200% after the stock price moved its Treasury reserves to ETH. BitDigital ended Bitcoin mining to focus on Ethereum staking and finance operations, earning 34%. Meanwhile, Sharplink Gaming added $20 million worth of ETH to its balance sheet, bringing inventory up 28%.
At the same time, the influx of Ethereum ETFs remained positive for the second consecutive month. According to Coinglass data, the ETH-based fund currently manages around $11 billion.
Ethereum Stablecoins continue to function as an important tool across the financial platform. According to Coingecko, Ethereum still handles around 50% of its Stablecoin market share.
The trend towards Ethereum tokenization is expanding beyond cryptography
ETHCC leader Bettina Boon Falleur said this year’s talks are less focused on the market. She noted that Ethereum tokenization now includes cooperation with local governments and efforts to bring crypto tools to public infrastructure.
She added that ETHCC builders are focused on leading Ethereum to the “next billion users.”
Butarin told the Parean audience:
“We don’t just want to succeed, we want to be something worthy of success.”
He focused globally on values such as openness, unauthorized access, and network neutrality.
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