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Seven Ethereum protocols have launched the Ethereum Protocol Advocacy Alliance (EPAA) to allow users self-custody and transactions without intermediaries. The coalition will defend core infrastructure by securing more than $100 billion in on-chain assets without intermediaries.
According to a press release sent to Cryptonews, the consortium includes Aave Labs, Aragon, Curve, Lido Labs Foundation, The Graph Foundation, Spark Foundation and Uniswap Foundation.
The initiative represents a stage in collective advocacy aimed at influencing public policy to support it ethereum decentralized ecosystem and its users worldwide.
“Decentralization is the foundation of Ethereum’s credibility and resilience,” said Sam Kim, Chief Legal Officer of Lido Labs Foundation. “Through the EPAA, we ensure that policy recognizes and protects this principle.”
Rising Public Interest and Regulatory Complexity
The alliance comes amid growing public adoption of digital assets, with retail crypto portfolio allocations growing between 5% and 20%, per Crypto Survey 2025 by Strategy & PwC.
At a time when the protocol infrastructure is underrepresented, misunderstood and often neglected, the protocols team will make the regulation reflect how the protocols work on the chain in practice.
“We have seen firsthand the technical and practical complexity involved in building on-chain systems,” said Anthony Leutenegger, CEO of Aragona. “Adding the most credible protocol teams will help ensure that regulatory outcomes are feasible for developers advancing this space.”
Also, a recent survey revealed that Americans want personal control over their assets. In order the DeFi Education Fund and Ipsos research, 56% of Americans are interested in self-care. While more than half agree that people should be able to send digitally without intermediaries.
Collaboration and Global Purpose
The EPAA will collaborate with aligned organizations, including the DeFi Education Fund, the Decentralization Research Center and the European Crypto Initiative, the release reads. The collaboration will amplify pragmatic technical expertise in ongoing defense efforts.
“At the Center for Decentralization Research, we see the Ethereum Protocol Advocacy Alliance as a vital step in ensuring that those who build decentralized systems also help shape the rules that govern them,” said the center’s executive director, Connor Spelliscy.
In addition, the protocol alliance supports four key principles: preserving the neutrality of the protocol code from regulatory interference, advancing transparency in the chain as a compliance tool, safeguarding innovation by preventing excessively rigid rules, and maintaining global permissionless access to the DeFi infrastructure.
The group operates as a flexible, coalition-based entity without formal leadership or a fixed budget.
