https://ethmrc.com/tags/governments/Recent content in Governments on Ethereum Market Research CenterHugoen-usWed, 01 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0000https://ethmrc.com/ethereum-basics-for-governments-and-institutions/Wed, 01 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0000https://ethmrc.com/ethereum-basics-for-governments-and-institutions/<p>Why we need neutral digital infrastructure The digital systems that underpin modern economies, including payments, identity, registries, and institutional record-keeping are fragmented, proprietary, and in the hands of a small number of intermediaries.</p> <p>Using these systems creates single points of failure, concentrating operational risk. A cyberattack, regional outage, or natural disaster affecting the centralized operator can take down the entire system at once.</p> <p>Using these systems also requires trusting these intermediaries and accepting their rules. Whether by choice or under external pressure, these intermediaries retain the power to unilaterally remove participants and alter previously agreed rules. What happens when an operator can no longer be trusted? When counterparties clash over whose rules apply?</p>