Devconnect Buenos Aires Positions Ethereum as Mature Infrastructure in High-Inflation Economy

Ethereum Ecosystem Gathers in Buenos Aires for Real-World Demonstrations

Devconnect Buenos Aires, scheduled for November 17-22, 2025, at La Rural, marks a pivotal moment for the Ethereum network, with over 40 independently organized events highlighting its transition from speculative technology to practical infrastructure. This edition, led by Nathan Sexer, frames the gathering as the first “Ethereum World’s Fair,” emphasizing live applications in payments, finance, and social systems amid Argentina’s economic challenges.

Community-Driven Structure Sustains Ethereum’s Growth

The event’s decentralized model allows curators to shape content independently, fostering collaboration without centralized control. Sexer, Devconnect Lead, underscores this approach in maintaining Ethereum’s core ethos while scaling participation.

“Devconnect works because it is community led. Curators shape their own events, define the depth and decide how the conversations should unfold,” Sexer explains. “Our role is simply to remove friction, publish agendas early and create common spaces where people naturally meet.”

Shared spaces such as Cowork areas, Community Hubs, Discussion Corners, music zones, and cinema venues are designed to encourage organic interactions among builders, researchers, and users. This structure aligns with Ethereum’s broader ecosystem trends, where Layer 2 solutions and rollups have reduced transaction costs by up to 99% in recent years, enabling more accessible participation. The focus remains on high-signal, builder-first activities, prioritizing Ethereum’s key areas like decentralized applications (dApps) and decentralized finance (DeFi). Key priorities for the events include:

• Advancements in privacy proofs and account abstraction for improved user experience.
• Developments in open finance, on-chain treasuries, and public goods funding mechanisms.
• Integration of identity solutions and emerging on-chain media platforms.

Stablecoins and Payments Emerge as Ethereum’s 2025 Breakout Use Case

In a year projected to see stablecoin market capitalization exceed $200 billion globally, Devconnect Buenos Aires will demonstrate Ethereum’s utility in everyday transactions, particularly in Argentina’s high-inflation environment where annual rates have hovered above 200% in recent periods. Attendees will use crypto for on-site purchases like food, supported by mature Layer 2 ecosystems, production-ready rollups, and user-friendly features such as passkeys and session keys. Sexer highlights the practical edge of these tools:

“Payments and stablecoins will be the breakout story. Attendees will actually be able to use them on the ground, including paying for food directly in crypto.”

This real-world integration addresses cross-border payment inefficiencies, where traditional systems often incur fees of 5-7% and delays of days. In Argentina, stablecoins facilitate instant settlements via local offramps, offering a superior alternative amid capital controls. Beyond payments, the event will showcase consumer wallets for non-technical users, gaming applications, hardware innovations, and the intersection of crypto with artificial intelligence (AI), where on-chain data could enhance AI model training transparency. Argentina’s selection as host underscores Ethereum’s societal impact in emerging markets. With a crypto-native population driven by economic necessity—evidenced by over 10 million crypto users in Latin America as of 2024—the city provides a testing ground for resilient infrastructure. Local developer ecosystems, including universities, meetups, and startups, further amplify adoption.

“You have a crypto-native population shaped by inflation and capital controls. You have strong developer culture with universities, meetups, hackerspaces and startups. And logistically, the city is ideal for a distributed fair,” Sexer notes.

Long-Term Implications for Ethereum’s Global Adoption

Devconnect’s emphasis on substance over speculation positions Ethereum as a foundational layer for sectors beyond finance, potentially influencing market trends like the growth of tokenized assets, projected to reach $10 trillion by 2030 according to industry analyses. By channeling global talent to local communities, the event aims to create lasting collaborations, job opportunities, and funding pathways, empowering builders in high-need regions.

“We want to bring the world to Argentina, channel talent and resources into the local community and empower local entrepreneurs, builders, students, regulators and developers,” Sexer states.

(Note: Exact attendee numbers and post-event metrics remain unconfirmed as of the event’s start.) As Ethereum demonstrates tangible value in volatile economies, what could this mean for the future of blockchain adoption? Could widespread stablecoin use in places like Argentina accelerate global regulatory frameworks and mainstream integration, reshaping financial inclusion on a broader scale?