Cryptocurrency • Custody & Sovereign Wealth • Beginner Level
Ethereum (ETH)
Definition: The leading programmable blockchain supporting Turing-complete smart contracts and decentralized finance.
Comprehensive Institutional Breakdown
Ethereum functions as the decentralized execution layer for financial applications, non-fungible tokens, and Layer-2 rollups, secured by proof-of-stake consensus.
Cross-Market & Execution Note
Acts as high-beta liquidity relative to Bitcoin; rallies harder in risk-on cycles and drops steeper in contractions.