Q&A with Danny Ryan on The Race To Rewire Wall Street with Ethereum
The Forbes piece written in a Q&A style argues Wall Street’s legacy financial systems are inefficient, with slow settlement and costly intermediaries. A startup called Etherealize—supported by Vitalik
The Forbes piece written in a Q&A style argues Wall Street’s legacy financial systems are inefficient, with slow settlement and costly intermediaries. A startup called Etherealize—supported by Vitalik Buterin, Electric Capital, and Paradigm—aims to rebuild finance on Ethereum. Its co-founder Danny Ryan contends Ethereum’s combination of cryptoeconomic security, network neutrality, modular architecture (via Layer-2 rollups), and zero-knowledge privacy tools uniquely suit institutional needs. While critics point to Ethereum’s speed and cost, Ryan emphasizes security is scarce, and financial institutions must trust math, not centralized guarantees. In his view, Ethereum may not be the fastest, but it could be Wall Street’s safest bet.