In this episode of The Smart Economy Podcast, host Dylan Grabowski sits down with Tomasz Stańczak, Co-Executive Director at the Ethereum Foundation, a nonprofit organization that supports the development and long-term health of the Ethereum blockchain, to explore how Ethereum is navigating growth, governance, and global adoption at scale.
What you’ll learn
- How Stańczak’s background in TradFi and infrastructure shaped his approach to Ethereum
- Why the Ethereum Foundation adopted a co-executive leadership model
- How internal restructuring is supporting builders, applications, and ecosystem growth
- Why L2 diversity, interoperability, and alignment with Ethereum matter for the long-term
- How institutions are approaching tokenization, privacy, and on-chain settlement
- The role of ETH economics in security, incentives, and protocol sustainability
- What the Ethereum Foundation is prioritizing as it plans for 2026
Tomasz Stańczak is the Co-Executive Director at the Ethereum Foundation and the founder of Nethermind, one of Ethereum’s leading client teams. Prior to building core blockchain infrastructure, Tomasz worked in traditional finance, including roles at Citi and CME Group, where he gained experience in market structure, risk, and large-scale systems. His background continues to inform his approach to Ethereum stewardship, with a focus on security, open-source development, privacy, and long-term protocol sustainability.
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