Optimism CTO Karl Floersch Listed for Nov. 12 London Ethereum Forum

Optimism co-founder and CTO Karl Floersch is listed as a speaker at the Ethereum Institutional Forum in London on Nov. 12, placing an Optimism executive on a program that connects Ethereum's technical roadmap with institutional finance. The invite-only forum covers post-quantum readiness and Ethereum's roadmap, as well as tokenization, settlement, custody and collateral. Its speaker roster also includes executives from J.P. Morgan, BlackRock and Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. The OP Stack is open-source software for building Ethereum Layer 2 networks. Optimism's October 2026 roster contains 54 mainnet chain entries, including Base.