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Wall Street's relationship with Ethereum just got a new address. BitMine, Sharplink, and Ethereum co-founder Joe Lubin have launched a nonprofit called Ethereum Institutional, designed to give financial firms a structured entry point into on-chain infrastructure. It signals that the push to bring traditional finance onto public blockchains is moving from conversation to coordination.
That effort gains more context alongside Robinhood's announcement this week that it is rolling out its own public blockchain. The brokerage, once synonymous with democratizing stock trading, is now building crypto infrastructure directly, further blurring the boundary between decentralized finance and the regulated products most everyday investors actually use.
And in a finding researchers are calling dire, scientists prompted AI systems to impersonate one hundred twelve public figures and found that people consistently rated those AI-generated responses as more authentic and coherent than statements from the real individuals. The implications stretch well beyond celebrity mimicry, touching on trust, misinformation, and how unprepared the general public remains for what these tools can do.
Those are the stories worth watching today. Stay skeptical, stay curious. Tech Beat out.
