# Local Ethereum #4: Ethereum builders stories from around the world Source: https://localethereum.beehiiv.com/p/local-ethereum-4 Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Local-Ethereum-4-Ethereum-builders-stories-from-around-the-world?index=0x681dbb0b42cf1c4d3aad58e239bdffe3090d6d6bbc8b49612125544283801475202b5f59 Submitted by macbudkowski.eth on 2025-05-09 UTC, 1 upvote, 0 comments ## Summary Local Ethereum #4 is a newsletter roundup of Ethereum community activity worldwide, covering meetups, hackathons, research and policy news from April 2025. It highlights Ethereum's 10th anniversary, with the Ethereum Foundation offering up to $500 in funding for "10 Years of Ethereum" meetups held on July 30 and collecting personal impact stories through ethereum.org. Among the regional items, Anon Aadhaar has begun mapping national ID systems and their signing algorithms, and Bridge plans to test a stablecoin card product with clients in Latin America. The roundup also lists upcoming events, including EthCC8 in Cannes from June 30 to July 3, 2025, and ETH Latam in São Paulo from November 6 to 9. ## Article 🌍 April 2025 Roundup The story of Ethereum is a story of geography. Ethereum is a global network and a global movement. It is local nodes spread around the world that give rise to the phenomenon that is Ethereum. As such Ethereum is deeply rooted in geography. From local ETH communities and meetups to universities, from developers to startups, from policy to user adoption and more, Local Ethereum is a newsletter to cover the geo-story of Ethereum. Let’s start! 🗣️ Before we begin, we'd like to highlight two interesting initiatives recently launched by different EF teams. ❝ Celebrate Ethereum's 10th anniversary since genesis! Host a "10 Years of Ethereum" Meetup in your city on July 30th! Bring together your local Ethereum community to celebrate this milestone. Apply now for up to $500 in funding from the Ethereum Foundation. 🎉 To celebrate, ethereum.org is collecting personal stories and examples from people around the world. Ethereum Impact Stories, Call for participation! 📮 Let’s start! Asia 🌊 India Anon Aadhaar, a team working on a privacy layer for the Aadhaar system, which is supported by Ethereum Foundation’s Privacy & Scaling Explorations (PSE) team, has begun mapping national ID systems and the signing algorithms that power them. If you know how your country’s national ID works, please open an issue here. Malaysia ETHKL April Meetup: Special guest Ethereum core dev Jared Wasinger from the Geth team gave a talk about Scaling Cryptography in the EVM. This high-level presentation included some low-level EVM details on April 23, 2025. We'd love to see more builders sharing their work at local community meetups. ❤️ Scroll cofounder Yezhang is bullish on Malaysian builders, especially with the strong and organic local Ethereum community there, including ETHKL, Etherscan, CoinGecko and more. China Mainland April zkVM Hacker House@Suzhou organized by Coset and supported by Secbit. If you are a PhD student from China with a background in math, CS, and cryptography, and are looking for research opportunities in the ZK + Ethereum space, please ping Dr. Guo. Dapp Learning is actively onboarding web2 developers to become web3 developers by building an open-source 'university'. Github 5.5k stars. Taiwan Impressed with the talented Taiwanese student developers who participated in the recent ETHTaipei hackathon. Below is a list of projects they built over the past 3 years, thanks to the great mentorship provided by Martinet and Changwu. DeFiHackLabs Community Monthly Recap - April 2025: The community won first prize at this year's ETHTaipei hackathon and delivered talks at CyberSec 2025. We'd love to see more ETH security communities bridge the gap between traditional cybersecurity and blockchain security communities. Hong Kong Interop is an important focus in the Ethereum space, and we're eager to see more Asian builders getting involved, especially Asian wallets and L2s. Japan Tomasz K. Stańczak’s post on Japanese Ethereum community: “Great communities building in Japan at @tanelabs and @fractonresearch. Build on Ethereum in Japan. What other teams are building on Ethereum in Japan?” Our grantees Titania Research and zkTokyo community are building a great Ethereum Research House in Tokyo called Uzumaki. South Korea The Bank of Korea said it will actively participate in stablecoin legislation development. Singapore Europe 🏰 Germany Protocol Berg v2 is coming June 12-13, 2025! The Department of Decentralization is revealing speakers bit by bit. Keep an eye out! ZuBerlin 2025 returns June 14-22! Join this co-living pop-up featuring talks on L2 Interop, Cryptography, Protocol Architecture, Data, MEV & PBS, Future Society and more. ZKHACK Berlin from June 20 to June 22 is confirmed. Builders will hack on zk-tools, use zk-DSLs, and build new products that showcase zk technology's capabilities. France EthCC8, Ethereum Community Conference: The largest annual European Ethereum gathering, organized by Ethereum France, will be held in Cannes, France, from June 30 - July 3, 2025. Stay tuned! Switzerland & Global Netherland Hack Archives by Alina Latinina: A digital handbook for Ethereum hackathon organizers in Europe, providing essential resources to create inclusive, community-driven events. Dutch bank ING is reportedly working on a new stablecoin with other TradFi and crypto firms. Greece Join Interopolis May 22-23, 2025 in Athens for a hands-on interop summit. No talks or panels—just collaborative whiteboarding, cohacking, and practical workshops for builders passionate about cross-chain solutions. Italy SpaghettETH Al Dente newsletter, a newsletter covering Ethereum grassroots activities in Italy, powered by the SpaghettETH team. The Czech Republic Ethereum’s next major upgrade, Pectra, is named after Prague + Electra. As core researchers finalize L1 improvements, builders will meet on the ground during Czech Blockchain Week and EthPrague (May 27-29, 2025), with ETHPragueConf topics ranging from Sustainable Futures to Societal Challenges & Opportunities, Ethereum Core & EVM, Dev Ecosystem, Tooling, UX, and Impact DeFi. ETHGlobal Prague happens right as a new chapter for Ethereum begins. Ukraine ETHKyiv 2025 (June 13–15, Kyiv) hackathon and conference is back. Builder registration here. Serbia Poland Romania ETHCluj 2025 Conference: Ethereum for Everyone. June 26-28, 2025. Apply as a speaker or get your tickets here! North America 🗽 United States DeFi Education Fund urges Trump to end 'lawless campaign' criminalizing software developers, including Roman Storm. US SEC Chair Paul Atkins who was sworn in as the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission at the White House, said his top priority will be to have a firm foundation for digital assets and keep politics out of securities laws. Bridge, a stablecoin orchestration platform and a Stripe company is preparing to start testing a new stablecoin card issuing product with clients outside the US, starting with Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru and Chile. Circle introduces the Circle Payments Network, which will allow global financial institutions to move money instantly 24/7 using stablecoins. Visa’s role in stablecoins: 1) Modernizing settlement infrastructure; 2) Enhancing cross border money movement; 3) Enabling programmable digital money; 4) Creating on and off ramps for cards. Visa believes that every institution that moves money will need a stablecoin strategy. Latam 💃 Argentina Dive into the most comprehensive mapping of Argentina's thriving Ethereum landscape. Crafted by the Geodework team with great community support. Please feel free to check out the Argentina Ethereum Ecosystem Overview. Let’s bring Argentina onchain! The Devconnect team is kicking off the road to Devconnect Argentina with "Destino Devconnect," a grants program supporting local initiatives to accelerate Ethereum adoption across Argentina and Latin America. Projects can receive up to $1K in funding, plus additional non-financial support. Apply now! Brazil Ethereum has good opportunities in Brazil, but we must move fast! One of LatAm’s biggest Ethereum events, ETH Latam (November 6–9), will be hosted in São Paulo this year. Romina (one of the ETH LatAm organizers) is ready to build crucial connections with Brazil's Ethereum ecosystem players ahead of the event. Honduras If you are based in Tegucigalpa and interested in Ethereum & zk, come and join at Ethereum TGU’s regular meetups and workshops sessions. Africa 🦁 Nigeria Nigeria Web3 Landscape report 2024 is live. Nigeria leads Africa and ranks second globally in crypto adoption for the second consecutive year according to @chainalysis. Web3Bridge and Blockfuse have formed a joint initiative to build a new Ethereum Beam chain client team. Oceania 🏄 Australia If you are based in Melbourne and are interested in solving DeFi puzzles, join Ethereum Melbourne's May meetup on Wednesday, May 14, 2025. Thanks for reading, and have a nice day! 🌸 Best regards, ❤️❤️❤️ Love Local Ethereum? Share. Have any comments or feedback? DM. Want to advertise on Local Ethereum? DM or Email. If your company is interested in reaching an audiences of regional community and ecosystem builders, developer communities, universities, startup partners, or policymakers, you may want to advertise with us.