Ethereum (ETH) treasuries BitMine Immersion (BMNR) and SharpLink (SBET), alongside co-founder Joe Lubin, have partnered to fund Ethlabs, a new research and development lab for the smart contract blockchain. Co-founded by five former Ethereum Foundation (EF) senior researchers, Ansgar Dietrichs, Barnabé Monnot, Caspar Schwarz-Schilling, Josh Rudolf and Julian Ma, Ethlabs' work focuses on making Ethereum robust for institutional adoption. "Ethlabs’ early work will center on what institutions need to move onchain at scale: faster settlement, native issuance and cross-chain movement on robust infrastructure, ... (full story)