PANews reported on June 4 that according to Decrypt, Ethereum co-founder and Consensys CEO Joe Lubin said that the company is in contact with a sovereign wealth fund and bank of a "big country" to explore building financial infrastructure on the Ethereum ecosystem. He hinted that these institutions may be involved in Ethereum's first and second layer infrastructure. Lubin said that Ethereum is gradually becoming the "most valuable trust asset" and has the potential to surpass Bitcoin.