Devconnect Argentina Summary | Ethereum Foundation Blog

Devconnect Buenos Aires concluded with the largest Ethereum Foundation event ever, bringing together developers, founders, creators, and curious newcomers from around the world.

Key numbers of the week

• 14,000+ participant
• from 130+ countries
• 45% in Argentina
• 53% First EF event attendee
• Over 1,000 visas Published jointly with Argentina’s National Migration Directorate
• 80+ Application Exhibitor
• over 40 years old In-Depth Event
• 15 community hub
• 200 volunteer
• 500+ Community-run side events throughout the city

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🎡 Ethereum World Expo with La Rural as Schelling Point

For the first time, Devconnect presented a World’s Fair-style experience, all integrated into one immersive environment, within La Rural, one of Buenos Aires’ most iconic venues.

Inside La Rural, attendees can explore:

• 8 themed areas: DeFi, privacy, L2, decentralized social, hardware and wallets, AI, gaming and art.
• 80+ Exhibition team showing Ethereum applications in action
• 15 Community hub organized by ecosystem group
• 40 Event run by an independent team
• Discussion corners, co-working spaces, and bookable meeting rooms
• Boarding station for newcomers
• Food truck that accepts cryptocurrency payments
• Live music, cinema, soccer stadium with tournaments

It turned Ethereum into something you could walk on. People tested applications, played on-chain games, tried out new wallets, paid with crypto for food and drinks, explored AI workflows, and met the team building on Ethereum today.

📲 Devconnect App: World Expo Guide

The entire experience was supported by the Devconnect app, which helped attendees explore the massive venue, view programming, create personal itineraries, pay with cryptocurrency through an integrated wallet, or add their own quests, complete quests, discover new applications, and collect POAP along the way. We have collaborated with several web3 projects integrated into our apps, including Para, SimpleFi, POAP, WalletConnect, Base, Zapper, Zupass, AT Protocol, Peanut, and ENS.

app statistics

• 9,000+ logged in user
• 16,000 POAP issuance
• 14,000 Complete the World’s Fair quest
• Cryptocurrency payment activity through SimpleFi

📣 Ecosystem announcements and talk highlights

Devconnect showcases major updates across the ecosystem, and many teams have chosen this time of the year as the place to announce new initiatives.

major announcements

• Yoav Weiss (EF Account Abstraction) EIL (Ethereum Interoperability Layer)It is designed to make Ethereum feel like a chain again without compromising decentralization.
• Announcement of Vitalik and EF Team KohakuA new wallet stack focused on security and privacy.
• Aave has launched a new product. abe appA new, unified interface to the protocol.
• Gnosis announced a new product. Gnosis app.
• warA new Argentine peso-pegged stablecoin has been launched on Ethereum, Base, and World Chain.
• 1 inch aqua We launched a product to defragment liquidity for market makers.
• Devcon 8 Announced locations: Mumbai, India4th quarter of 2026.
• And many more…

Notable speakers and talks to watch (again)

And there are many more events across the community hub, 40 events within La Rural and several side events. 👉 Check the Ethereum Foundation YouTube account regularly for additional conversation recordings.

🇦🇷 Local energy and influence

Many visitors fall in love with Buenos Aires for its spring vibes, lively streets, mate culture, asados, steaks, ice cream, football energy, street art and surrounding nature. Some have persisted far beyond Devconnect.

Buenos Aires was the perfect location for the first Ethereum World Expo. Argentina has had one of the most active cryptocurrency markets in the world, with approximately 20% owning cryptocurrencies and using them for savings, inflation protection, access to credit, and stability. Many vendors across the city are accepting cryptocurrencies for payments, and this familiarity gave Devconnect the feeling of being in the right place at the right time. Devconnect itself has also been shaped by contributions from local and regional Ethereum communities.

☀️ ETHCon Buenos Aires

ETHCon was one of the major Devconnect events and was hosted by local communities SEED Latam, Crecimiento, Ethereum Argentina, ETH Kipu, Mujeres en Cripto and several local partners.

• 4,000+ participant
• over 60 years old Speakers included Vitalik, Santiago Palladino, representatives of the city and the Ministry of Education, and leading companies such as Mercado Libre, YPF and Fiserv.
• Talks and panels exploring the impact of Ethereum across finance, gaming, AI, arts, education and public infrastructure.

🦙 Destino DevConnect

Beginning in April 2025, we have supported regional initiatives through Destino Devconnect, a grant round designed to accelerate regional adoption ahead of Devconnect.

result:

• 100+ Supported events
• 14 Participating countries across LATAM

🎓 Universities & Students

Devconnect included one of the largest student and academic components in the history of an EF event.

• 3,000+ Attendance by local school students through partnership with the Ministry of Education
• 45 years or older universities participated
• 8 University-led sessions took place throughout the week at La Rural.

Devconnect is built on community contributions.

• 200 volunteers We helped people from 40 countries participate throughout the week, with 30% participating from Africa, including Nigeria, Kenya and Ghana.
• 15 community hubs We’ve created a thematic home base for a variety of groups.
• DIP Contributor We created various activations for the event.
• Hosted Ecosystem Team 40 events inside La Rural and over 500 side events All over Buenos Aires: hackathons, workshops, meetups, hacker houses, parties, etc.

🙏 Thank you to our supporters

The Ethereum World’s Fair would not have been possible without the team that provided resources, expertise, and support.

Arbitrum, Base, World, 1inch, Celo, Espresso, Aztec, Gnosis, Aave, Ambire, Bitget, Fx Protocol, Gensyn, RISE, Status, Barter, Cowswap, Eliza, ENS, Kleros, Ledger, Lemon, Nethermind, Obol, Octant, Offramp, Unforgettable, Starkware, Tally, Uphold, Ethereum Follow Protocol, Wonderland, Morpho, Belo, Mimic, DeFi Saver, Exa App, Gitcoin, The Graph, Pond, Ronin/Axie Infinity, ZYFAI, Oxbow, Beam, Boulder, Burner, chro. ar, Daimo Pay, Dappnode, DiPe, Farcaster, Fileverse, Fluidly, Franklin, Freedom Factory (ethOS), Gainforest, Hats Protocol, Human.tech, IDRISS, Noice, Nouns, Peanut, Pistachio, Precog Market, R3alblocks, Radicle/DRIP, Railgun, Replicats, Ripio, Rotki, Santiment, Seer, Virtuals, XMTP, ZK Passport, ZKE Mail, ZKP2P.

🇮🇳 Next steps: Devcon 8

With Devconnect Buenos Aires wrapping up, the next major community event hosted by the Ethereum Foundation is Devcon 8. Mumbai, Indiain 4th quarter 2026.

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