Ethereum Foundation Releases New Policy Guidelines, Outlining Use Cases for Governments and Institutions

CoinFeed July 2 news, according to The Block report, the Ethereum Foundation's global policy strategy team released a policy guide for governments and institutions, seeking to position Ethereum as critical public infrastructure. The report states that Ethereum has maintained uninterrupted operation since its launch in 2015, secured by approximately $76 billion in staked ETH as of March 2026, with a geographically distributed validator network, multiple independent client implementations, and a large developer ecosystem. The Foundation believes that many current digital services rely on centralized intermediaries, posing risks such as single points of failure, cyber attacks, or political pressure, and Ethereum's decentralized architecture makes it more suitable for applications like digital identity, public records, and asset tokenization. The report cites implemented cases such as decentralized identity initiatives in Bhutan and Buenos Aires, and an Ethereum-based land registration project in India, demonstrating that governments have begun exploring the technology.