Institutions Must Stake Ether On Decentralized Infrastructure

Opinion by: Alon Muroch, founder of SSV Labs

A green light for institutional staking alone will not signal a long-term future for Ethereum. As institutions enter the Web3 ecosystem, they need to recognize that ETH isn’t an asset that can be fit into existing TradFi molds; it’s the World Computer. Unless institutions can embrace Ethereum’s philosophy of decentralization, as well as its token, their core infrastructure and inherent proposition are doomed to fail. 

The dot-com bubble offers a cautionary tale for Ethereum adopters. It burst partly…