EEA Board Members Paul Brody of EY and Microsoft’s Karen Scarbrough to Lead the Alliance into a New Era of Enterprise Blockchain Innovation NEW YORK, March 19, 2024 — The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA), the leading global community for enterprise blockchain, today announced the appointment of new leadership and a renewed vision for the future of the alliance and the enterprise blockchain ecosystem. The announcement was made at the Momentum Event, an in-person gathering of EEA members, partners, and industry leaders, co-hosted by EEA, NYU, EY, and Microsoft. The Momentum Event kicked off ..read more

16 January 2024 The EEA’s Defi Risk Assessment, Management, and Accounting Working Group (more often called the “DRAMA WG“) today released a Review Draft of its Defi Risk Guidelines discussion paper. The group invites public comment on the draft through 15 April 2024. The Review Draft is available at https://entethalliance.org/specs/drafts/defi-risks/20231116/. The discussion paper offers a guide to the risks involved in working with DeFi, and how to assess, manage, account for and mitigate them. Primarily written for DeFi Protocol Users and Protocol Investors, it is also relevant to Protoco ..read more

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The EEA today released an update to its Layer 2 for the Enterprise report.  The summary report is an update to the 2021 EEA Mini Report on Ethereum Layer 2 and other scaling solutions and is designed to be standalone. This mini-report: Provides an update on the current Ethereum Layer 2 and other scalability solution landscape It then provides an update on the developments of the main near-term obstacles to enterprise adoption: Education, Lack of Standards, and Interoperability. The report can be downloaded here.  The post EEA releases Ethereum Layer 2 for the Enterprise: An ..read more

2023 edition provides the most comprehensive snapshot of “real-world” business adoption of Ethereum available today. Report features insights from the analysis of 260 business projects, numerous case studies and in-depth interviews with industry experts like Joe Lubin, Alex Tapscott, Shell’s Vikram Seth, Offchain Labs’ Steven Goldfeder and many others.  Wakefield, Mass. — December 21, 2023 — The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA) has today announced the release of the EEA Ethereum Business Readiness Report 2023 available as a free, downloadable document.  The over 100-page report ..read more

Standard represents a major advance in ensuring security within the Ethereum ecosystem. Wakefield, Mass. — December 18, 2023 — The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA) has today announced the release of Version 2.0 of its EthTrust Security Levels Specification.  The specification was crafted by security experts from over a dozen companies, including renowned names in Ethereum security like Diligence, OpenZeppelin, Hacken, and CertiK, as well as major corporations like Banco Santander, Microsoft, and EY. Notably, it includes specialist security firms, their typical clientele, and independ ..read more

As an EEA member, Shell is part of the EEA community of organizations working to advance Ethereum and drive industry adoption. In the Q&A below, the EEA interviewed Shell’s Head of Blockchain & Web3, Vikram Seth, about how the organization contributes to the Ethereum business ecosystem. Please introduce your company and yourself (i.e., Vikram) My name is Vikram Seth. I’ve spent 12+ years in the energy industry, covering commercial, financial, and innovation roles across the energy value chain. My vision is to leverage emerging technologies for a global transition towards a regenerati ..read more

Interview by Tom Lyons We don’t usually associate companies like Shell with blockchain. How long has Shell been in this space? Shell has had a blockchain team since 2016. We are one of the earlier energy companies involved in the space. We were a founding member of the Energy Web Foundation as well as conveners of various blockchain initiatives in the energy sector. Shell has been involved in exploring how blockchain and Web3 can be applied as a solution to various problems, particularly in the context of the energy transition to a lower-carbon and sustainable energy system.  What was yo ..read more

As an EEA member, Toposware is part of the EEA community of organizations working to advance Ethereum and drive industry adoption. In the Q&A below, the EEA interviewed Toposware Enterprise Programs Lead Tom Harvey about how the organization contributes to the Ethereum business ecosystem.  Please introduce your company and yourself.  I build and deliver enterprise services at Toposware, where we are building Topos, the first Zero Knowledge ecosystem. Topos is a paradigm shift EVM infrastructure – enabling seamless collaboration using Zero Knowledge Proofs (ZKPs) as the endgame ..read more

The following is an interview with Deutsche Telekom’s Web3 Program Co-Lead Markus Schorn and Sr. Manager of Corporate Strategy Jens Herrmann. Interview by Tom Lyons Deutsche Telekom has been highly active in the blockchain space for quite a while now, which might surprise people. Can you tell us when you started and why? Markus: We’ve been involved in defining Web3 since 2018, starting with our team in Berlin. Perhaps influenced by Berlin’s vibrant Ethereum community, we experimented with putting self-administered e-scooters on the blockchain back in 2018. It was too early for such an integra ..read more