Institutional interest in Ethereum grows amid stablecoin and RWA expansion

Institutional interest in Ethereum is rising as it leads in stablecoin issuance (54%) and real-world asset (RWA) tokenization. Reports from Fidelity and Electric Capital position ETH as a reserve asset, store of value and "digital oil" for the on-chain economy. ETH’s reduced fees via layer-2 scaling, staking yield and deep DeFi integration support long-term adoption. ETH is up 23% this week, outpacing Bitcoin, with analysts citing growing TradFi alignment as a key driver, according to Cointelegraph.