Manufacturing credibility by throwing around Ethereum's name.
Yea, this is false. Ethereum has to update their codebase (with xbridge) in order to become "Blocknet-enabled." So while not officially calling it a "partnership," this is clearly a two-sided collaboration (and one that may well turn into an "official" partnership).
So the cointelegraph article is not entirely true? This quote was pulled directly from that article.