EDCON will return from September 16 to 19, with keynote speeches from Vitalik Buterin and Adrian Li from the Ethereum Foundation.

With the recent push from the Financial Services Agency (FSA) in Japan to reclassify cryptocurrencies as financial products through new legislation, and the growing institutional interest in Ethereum driving up ETH prices, EDCON 2025 will mark the eighth global conference and return to Japan. EDCON 2025 will bring the Ethereum community to Osaka, focusing on high-level dialogues around protocol evolution, financial integration, and real-world adoption.

The conference will be held from September 16–19 at Congrès Square Grand Green, expected to attract over 6,000 developers, researchers, founders, and policymakers from around the world. This event is organized in collaboration with the public sector and businesses, including Osaka Prefecture and the Osaka Innovation Hub.

EDCON will be a key part of the major international innovation event Global Startup Crossroads–Osaka, coinciding with the Global Startup EXPO at the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo.

"Hosting EDCON in Osaka highlights our strong commitment to supporting local entrepreneurs and promoting the application of innovative technologies that will shape Osaka's vibrant future," said Osaka Prefecture and the Osaka Business Development Bureau (Osaka Innovation Center). "These initiatives complement Japan's recent advancements in cryptocurrency regulation, placing Osaka's dynamic business community in a unique position to fully seize new opportunities."

This year, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum Foundation representative Adrian Li, and several top industry guests will deliver keynote speeches, with numerous Layer 2 networks (L2), DeFi protocols, and Japanese enterprises and financial institutions participating.

From Regulation to Real-World Infrastructure

The Financial Services Agency (FSA) of Japan recently proposed to redefine cryptocurrencies as financial products under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act (FIEA). This move indicates a growing consensus at the institutional level and may pave the way for licensed ETFs, reduced capital gains taxes, and the integration of stablecoins into banks, fintech companies, and public infrastructure systems.

This policy shift lays the foundation for the core theme of EDCON 2025—transitioning from protocol upgrades to real-world deployment, promoting the construction of compliant and scalable systems on Ethereum.

Key topics of the conference include

• Stablecoins and tokenized finance: compliant issuance, Japanese foreign exchange (FX) application scenarios, integration of real-world assets (RWA)

• Ethereum protocol and roadmap: Fusaka upgrade, ZK-EVM, PeerDAS, Blob scaling, zkFOCIL, ePBS, cross-L2 interoperability

• Crypto and Artificial Intelligence (Crypto x AI): DeFAI, Verifiable ML, AI governance and alignment through DAOs

• Cryptography and privacy: privacy-preserving identity and reputation systems, zero-knowledge proofs (ZKP), fully homomorphic encryption (FHE), multi-party computation (MPC), post-quantum cryptography

• Consumer applications: wallet user experience (UX) optimization, mini-program ecosystem, pathways to mass adoption

• Decentralized acceleration (d/acc): infrastructure sovereignty, decentralized science (DeSci), open-source innovation acceleration

From Community to Community

Since its inception, the Ethereum Developer Conference (EDCON) has been a community-driven gathering, always adhering to its mission of facilitating communication and collaboration among the global Ethereum community.

For EDCON 2025, the EDCON team is collaborating with multiple communities within the ecosystem to launch a series of collaborative programs, each designed to create unique stages and experiences:

• A student session in collaboration with the Japan Student Web3 Association, gathering student representatives from around the world to discuss how the next generation can participate in Ethereum's development.
• Two workshops in collaboration with BGIN, focusing on cybersecurity and privacy pool standardization.
• A workshop in collaboration with Open Build, themed around open source.
• A workshop in collaboration with the Uniswap Foundation, discussing Uniswap v4 Hooks.
• A VC connection stage in collaboration with Web3 Salon, hosting a startup competition specifically for emerging Web3 startups.
• A super demo session in collaboration with Akindo, showcasing the next generation of innovations from Ethereum projects.

Registration and Collaboration

For ticket information, as well as applications to be a speaker, sponsor, or community partner, please visit the official website https://www.edcon.io/.

About EDCON

EDCON is a non-profit conference initiated by the Ethereum community, aimed at connecting public interest, policymaking, and protocol development. Since its establishment, it has been successfully held in cities such as Paris, Toronto, Sydney, San Francisco, Montenegro, and Tokyo. In 2025, EDCON returns to Japan against the backdrop of regulatory breakthroughs and institutional acceleration, continuing to gather top developers, researchers, and policymakers from around the world to promote open dialogue and innovation in Ethereum. For more information and the latest updates, please visit edcon.io.

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