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ETH Consensus Software Inc. announced the separation of its consumer and institutional businesses into two independent companies.
Consensus Software Inc. announced on September 9 that it plans to split its consumer and institutional businesses into two independently operating companies. Under the plan, the existing legal entity will be renamed MetaMask, while the protocol layer and institutional infrastructure business will be transferred to the newly formed Consensus sys company.
Management structure adjustment
After the split is completed, Joe Lubin will serve as chairman and CEO of MetaMask and will also serve as executive chairman of the new Consensus sys company. Mike Kriak will serve as CEO of the new Consensus sys, David Cunningham as president, and Declan Fox as chief product officer.
Core projects such as Linea, Besu (Ethereum Execution Client) and Teku (Ethereum Consensus Client for Verifiers and Infrastructure Providers) will continue to remain under Consensus, forming the new company's asset portfolio together with its institutional blockchain infrastructure business.
Strategic Focus and Market Positioning
MetaMask: Focus on consumer finance. Existing Consensus software entities will retain the MetaMask platform and related consumer products. MetaMask will continue to support Ethereum and other blockchain networks, and further expand to include payment, savings, transactions and access services for traditional financial instruments. The recently launched Money Account is a self-managed product that integrates stablecoin balances, automated revenue, trading and consumption functions, marking the transformation of MetaMask from a purely wallet and token exchange service to a broader consumer financial platform.
Consensus: Focus on mechanism-level applications. The new Consensus sys will undertake protocol group and institutional blockchain infrastructure business, focusing on the development of tokenization, stablecoins, programmable settlement and private blockchain infrastructure for financial institutions. The company will continue to contribute to Ethereum and its related protocols and develop applications for institutional customers.
Separation process and timetable
The two companies will remain legally and operationally independent and are expected to complete the corporate separation by the end of 2026. However, the split is still in the planning stage rather than a completed transaction. Details of specific asset allocation, intellectual property ownership, employee placement and liability disposal have not been disclosed. In addition, information on ownership ratios, external financing, board composition and whether to seek a public listing was not released.
As privately held companies, the two companies do not need to make detailed public disclosures like listed companies. This structural distinction is designed to allow each to adopt different investment, governance and product development models to better serve very different markets-MetaMask is aimed at mass consumers, while Consensus serves banks, asset management companies and financial market operators that require blockchain networks, privacy control and settlement infrastructure.
