Local Ethereum #3

March 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!

Artist: Liam Cobb(opens in a new tab)

Asia 🌊

India

• India's income tax department to monitor digital activities, Including Cryptocurrency Holdings(opens in a new tab), from April 2026 under new bill.
• Reskill(opens in a new tab), a hackathon organizer who previously organized the Meta Llama India hackathon(opens in a new tab), is cooking up an AI Ethereum Agentic hackathon. Stay tuned!
• Prof. Ankit(opens in a new tab) from IIIT Hyderabad led a 5-day Ethereum development bootcamp during the National Workshop and Bootcamp on Cyber Security and Blockchain(opens in a new tab) event (March 1-5, 2025). He's also establishing an "Ethereum Practical Lab" to enhance the Ethereum and Web3 Development curriculum he teaches.

Malaysia

• If you live in Kuala Lumpur, go hang out at ETHKL meetups, where they organize biweekly ETH-related meetups(opens in a new tab), and the hacker house(opens in a new tab).

China Mainland

• ETHHangzhou hackathon(opens in a new tab), on AI and Public Goods, March 29-31, 2025.
• Coset will host a zkVM hackerhouse(opens in a new tab) in Suzhou, April 14-27, 2025.

Hong Kong

• ETHDimsum(opens in a new tab) is organizing a Cross-L2 Interoperability and Programmable Cryptography research house(opens in a new tab) in Hong Kong from April 6-9, 2025. Special community meetup on April 8.

Taiwan

• ETHTaipei(opens in a new tab) (1-2 April, 2025) is more than a conference. Shout out to the core team and the volunteers!
• ETHGlobal Taipei(opens in a new tab) (4-6 April, 2025) was a big success, drawing 730 attendees from 43 countries!
• If you're curious about Taiwan's thriving Ethereum ecosystem, check out our Taiwan Ethereum Ecosystem Overview(opens in a new tab).
• DeFiHackLabs(opens in a new tab) Monthly Recap(opens in a new tab). If you are interested in the latest 100 root causes of DeFi incidents(opens in a new tab).

Japan

• Japan's ruling party proposes capping crypto tax rate at 20%(opens in a new tab), matching stocks.
• The ZK Tokyo workshops & talks(opens in a new tab) (April 26, 2025) are open for applications(opens in a new tab).

South Korea

• South Korean central bank will start 'hangang' CBDC pilot(opens in a new tab) with 100,000 citizens from April.

Singapore

• Do you know OpenCerts(opens in a new tab) is an open certification standard on Ethereum(opens in a new tab), built by GovTechSG?

Thailand

• If you are based in Bangkok and are interested in Ethereum core development, check out Unnawut's Beam roadmap summary(opens in a new tab) and grab a coffee with him(opens in a new tab)!

Kazakhstan

• Did you know that Beam Chain client diversity(opens in a new tab) spans across continents, with Quadrivium(opens in a new tab) operating from Kazakhstan?

Europe 🏰

Germany

• BMF letter on crypto taxes: The four most important takeaways(opens in a new tab), by blockstories.
• Take a peek at the Protocol Berg v2 speakers(opens in a new tab); See you in Berlin on June 12-13, 2025!

Switzerland

• Ethereum Foundation forms external council(opens in a new tab) to uphold core blockchain values.

Ukraine

• ETHKyiv Impulse(opens in a new tab): Farcaster Frames Edition, 05 April. ETHKyiv Impulse is a series of mini-Ethereum-hackathons in Kyiv focusing on real use cases.

France

• Introducing the advanced cryptography startup ZKNox(opens in a new tab), a new venture founded by three experts in hardware security and cryptography (ECC, ZK, MPC).

Italy

• SpaghettETH(opens in a new tab) and YOMI WEB3(opens in a new tab) are building web3radio.it(opens in a new tab) – the first decentralized webradio for communities.
• If you are based in Italy, check out SpaghettETH 2025 Roadmap(opens in a new tab).

Czechia

• Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, and Vitalik Buterin, the creator of Ethereum, will hold a fireside(opens in a new tab) chat at EthPrague(opens in a new tab) (May 27-29, 2025). If you haven't bought your ticket yet, now's the perfect time to get one.
• If you are visiting ETH Prague, you might be interested to know more about The Paralelní Polis project(opens in a new tab), which combines art, social sciences, and modern technology, and is based on the ideas of freedom, independence, and innovative societal development.

Sweden

• Research engineer Monica Jin and Raphina Liu from KTH under supervisor Martin Monperrus published the paper On-Chain Analysis of Smart Contract Dependency Risks on Ethereum(opens in a new tab).

Serbia

• ETH Belgrade(opens in a new tab) organizes regular meetups(opens in a new tab).

Poland

• The intense 3-day ETH Warsaw Spring Hack(opens in a new tab) (21-23 March, 2025) saw 8 teams submit their projects, including AI-driven solutions for DeFi, Web3 onboarding, cybersecurity, and more.

Romania

• ETHCluj(opens in a new tab) organizes regular online and offline meetups(opens in a new tab). The March Edition(opens in a new tab) is about Open Intents Framework & ERC-7638.
• msg.sender on Blueprints for ETHCommunities(opens in a new tab).

Greece

• Interopolis(opens in a new tab), an exclusive two-day onsite gathering for the interop community on May 22-23, 2025 in Athens, is now calling for applications(opens in a new tab).

Iceland

• The two-week Impact Evaluator Research Retreat 2025(opens in a new tab) (July 26 - August 10, 2025, Iceland) is now open for applications. It focuses on the Impact Evaluator framework, evaluation mechanisms, and distributed funding systems.

North America 🗽

United States

• Zach Obront(opens in a new tab) and Grant Hummer(opens in a new tab) join Etherealize(opens in a new tab) as cofounders.
• Edge City launches the SHIFT Grants Program(opens in a new tab) to fund d/acc projects.
• Uniswap passes $165M Funding Plan(opens in a new tab) after DAO vote.
• Trump tariffs: What they mean for Bitcoin and crypto?(opens in a new tab)

Canada

• Ethereum Vancouver(opens in a new tab) organizes regular Ethereum meetups.

Latam 💃

Argentina

• Devconnect is coming to Buenos Aires(opens in a new tab), Argentina from 17-22 November 2025!!
• Welcome to Crecimiento Season 4: BRING ARGENTINA ONCHAIN(opens in a new tab), with Ethereum.
• If you are based in Córdoba or nearby, join Ethereum Argentina Córdoba Edition(opens in a new tab) at Campus Universidad Blas Pascal on April 12th, 2025.

Brazil

• Brazil's largest bank, Itaú Unibanco, is considering launching its own stablecoin(opens in a new tab), depending on local regulations and the success of U.S. financial institutions' stablecoin efforts.

Honduras

• Ethereum Tegucigalpa, Q1 update(opens in a new tab): meetups, work sessions, a bootcamp, and more.

Mexico

• According to a report(opens in a new tab) from Finnosummit, almost half of Mexican startups(opens in a new tab) want to use cryptocurrency.

Africa 🦁

Nigeria

• Web3Bridge(opens in a new tab) Cohort XIII(opens in a new tab) registration is LIVE!
• For the first time, we might have a client from Africa - Afream(opens in a new tab), the African-led Beam consensus client initiative focusing on regional blockchain adoption.
• Similar like Web3Bridge, Blockfuse Labs(opens in a new tab) also offered Ethereum and Web3 training(opens in a new tab) for free.

Oceania 🏄

Australia

• Australian government outlines 'fit for purpose' digital asset framework plans(opens in a new tab) to become a 'global industry leader'.
• If you live in Sydney, please check out the monthly technical meetups organized by Ethereum Melbourne(opens in a new tab).

Thanks for reading, and have a nice day! 🌸

Best regards,

Riely and the Geodework team.

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