The Ethereum Foundation (EF) has announced a new vision for its role in the evolution of blockchain in its strategy update entitled “The Future of Ecosystem Development in EF.” This vision focuses on ecosystem acceleration, ecosystem amplification, ecosystem support, and long-term ecosystem blocks.
EF announcement With the new organizational structure, we will expand our core team around four pillars: Enterprise Relations, Developer Growth, App Relations and Research, and Founder Success.
Recently, large institutional investors who were once attracted to Bitcoin are now becoming more and more transformed into Ethereum (ETH). This change isn’t just about the market workings. It’s a major change in the way institutions think about digital assets.
On the blog, the Ethereum Foundation said, “The interest in Ethereum has expanded beyond engineers and enthusiasts, bringing businesses, governments and everyday users looking for practical solutions and concrete benefits. The Ethereum ecosystem is adapted to meet these needs, and the Ethereum Foundation is ready to play its part.”
The numbers tell the story. The network has seen a significant increase in flows of $9.7 billion in just one month, reaching net flows of $1.3 billion in last week alone. This huge increase shows that institutional investors are extremely optimistic about Ethereum’s long-term growth outlook.
Additionally, transaction costs have dropped to around $0.10, making businesses find cost-effective ecosystems and encourage innovation on a scale they have never seen before.
Goals to maximize direct and indirect users
The Foundation highlights two key goals: One is to maximize the number of people using Ethereum, either directly or indirectly, to benefit from the underlying value of Ethereum.
To achieve this, the foundation will work with existing networks and community members to speed up ECODEV. According to them, Ethereum already has many users and organizations supporting founders, developers, apps, businesses and community events. These groups and individuals include L2, accelerators, investors, instructors, and more.
According to the foundation, “We want to help accelerate the pace of ecosystem growth by working closely with developers, founders, app teams and businesses who want to use Ethereum.”
Companies like Sharplink Gaming and Bit Digital are at the forefront of the transition from Bitcoin to Ethereum. Recent disclosures reveal that Sharplink Game boasts an impressive sanctuary of 198,167 ETH. It positions it as the world’s largest institutional ETH owner, just behind the Ethereum Foundation.
Also, Bit Digital It announced its ambitious funding target of $172 million, and later purchased over 100,000 ETH. This highlighted the strategic pivot against Ethereum staking and brought attention to Ethereum’s uplift.
Maximize the resilience of Ethereum’s technological infrastructure.
The second goal is to maximize the resilience of Ethereum’s technical and social infrastructure. This is important. According to Slow mistEthereum led all ecosystems to security losses in the first half of 2025, losing about $470 million to the Defi platform.
The report reveals that new risks are linked to Ethereum’s EIP-7702 wallet delegation function. It was introduced earlier this year as part of the Pectra upgrade. This feature allows users to allow smart contracts to act on their behalf without exchanging wallet addresses.
According to SlowMist, exploits are a type of risk that uses standard wallet tools to trick users into approving token access in bulk, and that is not always detected by anti-phishing tools.
“Even if the contract itself does not have a backdoor, if the phishing site is tricked into granting approval, the attacker can take advantage of the full operational capabilities of the contract to drain large amounts of assets.” The Slow Mist said.
Additionally, the company noted that other risks associated with EIP-7702 include potential private key leaks, replay attacks across multiple chains, and issues that can occur during wallet upgrades. He added that EIP-7702 presents a “new boundary of risk” and that users need to fully understand who is granting and what permissions they will grant before signing delegation.
