Joseph Chalom
@joechalom
CEO @Sharplink (Nasdaq: SBET). Former Head of Digital Assets Strategy @BlackRock. Focused on Ethereum, tokenization and the future of finance.
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Look forward to joining @LidoFinance and @ethereumjoseph on September 17.
See you at Lido Poolside to talk institutional staking, our partnership, and more.
Lido Poolside: Institutional
Stop by on Thursday, September 17th, to discuss the latest institutional Ethereum staking developments and first results from the recent Lido Core upgrade.
Featuring special guests from @Consensys and @Sharplink.
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Thanks for having me @RWASummit
I'll be joining @ethereumjoseph, @itsbhaji, and Cathy Clay, CEO of @SPDJIndices on stage at @rwasummit.
We will be discussing the future of money and investing over the next five years, from tokenization to the convergence of traditional and onchain finance.
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See you tomorrow, @rwasummit.
Looking forward to this conversation with @ethereumjoseph, @itsbhaji, and Cathy Clay, CEO of @SPDJIndices.
I'll be joining @ethereumjoseph, @itsbhaji, and Cathy Clay, CEO of @SPDJIndices on stage at @rwasummit.
We will be discussing the future of money and investing over the next five years, from tokenization to the convergence of traditional and onchain finance.
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When platforms like Revolut bring Euro-backed stablecoins to Ethereum, they are choosing the network with the deepest liquidity, the most battle-tested security, and the most composable infrastructure.
The world’s institutions are choosing Ethereum. The choice is clear.
Congrats to @Revolut and @stablecoin.
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We’re rolling out EURR, our first euro-backed stablecoin, in the Revolut app.
Thanks @therollupco for having me and @kean_gilbert to talk about our deployment with @lidofinance, why Ethereum is winning across every key adoption metric, and how we're building for what's to come.
FULL INTERVIEW: Why $200M Just Went Into ETH Staking with @joechalom of @Sharplink and @Kean_Gilbert of @LidoFinance
Joseph Chalom and Kean Gilbert break down why SharpLink staked $200 million in ETH through Lido, making the case that unlike Bitcoin, Ethereum is a natively productive asset that treasury companies have a duty to put to work.
They unpack why a proposal to cut Ethereum's staking issuance would undermine the risk-free rate anchoring DeFi lending and push institutions toward competitors like Solana.
The two also explain what’s happening behind the scenes in the institutional crowds, and expose why native yield is becoming the standard institutional playbook for Ethereum exposure.
Joseph Chalom is the CEO of SharpLink, one of the largest corporate treasury holders of Ethereum. Kean Gilbert is the Head of Institutional Relations at Lido Finance, the largest liquid staking protocol on Ethereum.
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
05:41 Making ETH Fully Productive
08:39 Ethereum's Issuance Reduction Proposal
11:00 Why A Third Of ETH Stays Onchain
14:01 Rise Of Institutional Staking Products
19:19 Revenue And Token Value
23:50 Fidelity Adds Ethereum Staking
28:41 Permanent Capital Beats Trumps All
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60% institutional ownership. This is much more than a stat.
This is a testament to the strategy and team we’ve built.
Looking forward to seeing even more institutions and retail investors join us on this journey.
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SharpLink's institutional ownership increased to ~60% as of June 30.
And many of our largest existing holders increased their positions, including @Fidelity, @BlackRock, @MorganStanley, @Vanguard_Group, @StateStreet, @InvescoUS, and Highbridge Capital Management.
More than 50 institutional holders initiated new positions in $SBET.
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I'll be joining @ethereumjoseph, @itsbhaji, and Cathy Clay, CEO of @SPDJIndices on stage at @rwasummit.
We will be discussing the future of money and investing over the next five years, from tokenization to the convergence of traditional and onchain finance.
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Making our ETH productive has been a central focus for Sharplink since day one.
Native and liquid staking are the bedrocks of our treasury strategy. Lido's composability allows us to layer additional yield sources on top of our ETH exposure and staking returns.
Even more productive ETH. Same long-term conviction.
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Sharplink is staking $200M of ETH through @LidoFinance, the largest liquid staking protocol on Ethereum.
Our partnership gives us access to enhanced onchain yield, while the underlying ETH keeps earning staking rewards.
This is Ethereum with an edge.
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Banks weren't built for machine-to-machine commerce.
Stablecoins and smart contracts are.
That's why AI agents settling their own payments are going to run through Ethereum.
In Q2, Sharplink doubled down in activating our treasury and ushering in a new Ethereum era.
From ETH productivity partnerships to investing in companies driving institutional adoption, this was a positive quarter of building momentum and helping accelerate the institutional adoption supercycle.
A snapshot:
→ $11.5M in quarterly revenue as of June 30
→ 888,938 ETH holdings as of August 3
→ 24,755 in cumulative staking rewards as of August 3
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We don't just hold ETH. We make it productive and work with the best partners out there.
Proud of the teams at @sharplink and @galaxyhq for getting this new fund in flight.
In May, we announced our plans to partner with @GalaxyHQ and launch the Galaxy Sharplink Onchain Yield Fund. Now, the first investments have been identified and deployments are starting.
This first-of-its-kind $125M institutional fund is investing ETH into risk-managed onchain yield strategies, designed to make our ETH even more productive.
$100M from our staked treasury. $25M from Galaxy Digital. All managed by Galaxy, one of the largest publicly-traded companies allocating to onchain strategies today.
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Conventional banking wasn't built for the speed of machine-to-machine commerce.
Stablecoins and smart contracts are. They let AI agents send payments and settle transactions automatically, with no human in the loop.
@joechalom joins @tanayamacheel of @CNBC to explain why the agentic revolution has to run on blockchains like #Ethereum#.
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Always a pleasure to sit down with @AlexNwaka.
BlackRock's announcement yesterday tokenizing existing money market funds with billions of AUM is a step-function signal for Ethereum and the institutional adoption supercycle.
We are going from tens of billions, to hundreds of billions, to trillions of tokenized assets, and they are going to launch on Ethereum.
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20+ years at BlackRock. Now CEO of @Sharplink.
@joechalom joins @AlexNwaka to discuss Ethereum, tokenization, and why institutional adoption is only getting started.
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Ethereum's blockspace is one of its most valuable commodities. Sharplink supports innovation in this area as the institutional supercycle unlocks step-function growth for the ecosystem. That's why we're investing in @BlockSpace_ETH and their all-star team.
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$30B+ in RWAs onchain today. Trillions are coming.
The institutional supercycle is here.
3.6 billion transactions. Trillions of dollars settled. Zero downtime.
The most security, trust, and liquidity.
It's a new era for Ethereum.
You're growin' up fast, kid. I remember when I could fit you on my laptop and bounce you on my knee. Could never get you to sleep back then. Still nobody can.
Gonna get you a nice ZK prover for your birthday. Happy 11th.
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The crypto industry is starved for permanent capital, and @Sharplink's discipline and structure is uniquely suited to fill this gap.
Really enjoyed this conversation with @fintechfrank on how to run a DAT the right way and why I am so bullish on the Ethereum ecosystem.
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Ethereum's institutional moment is here.
I sat down with Joseph Chalom (@joechalom), CEO of @SharpLink and former BlackRock crypto partnerships lead, on @GSR's The Crypto Tape to unpack why he believes ETH has a license to win.
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“Ethereum has the characteristics that institutions need. I don't know a lot for certain in life, but I spent 20 years at BlackRock. And I know for sure, before you move financial rails that are 40, 50, 60 years old, you want it to move to something that's trusted, always on, secure, with the most liquidity.”
Enjoyed the opportunity to join the @ThinkCryptoPod and talk about Ethereum's advantages as the institutional supercycle picks up steam.
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Prepare for Ethereum to Shock the Crypto Market!
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Joseph Chalom, CEO of SharpLink, sat down with me at the Injective Policy Summit to discuss SharpLink's Ethereum acquisition strategy, his outlook on Ethereum and the broader crypto market, the CLARITY Act, and much more.
#ethereum# #eth# #sharplink#
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Always a pleasure to be on @_TalkingTokens with @jacqmelinek.
The Ethereum institutional supercycle is expanding, and @Sharplink is proud to step up and drive the momentum forward.
