Introduction to Ethereum Mexico 2025
Ethereum Mexico, with the slogan “Ethereum for all,” aims to build a critical mass of technical talent and government officials capable of developing decentralized applications with real-world impact from Mexico and Latin America. The initiative seeks to ensure that the country not only uses blockchain technology but also builds it.
Ethereum Mexico’s Objectives and Expansion
Following two previous editions in Mexico City (2023) and Merida (2024), the community reached Monterrey with an expanded format, backed by the municipality and the state of Nuevo León. The roadmap combines technical dissemination with institutional alliances, hosting both in-person and virtual sessions.
Key events include Blockchain University Days at universities and Builders Days for founders and technical teams. The Monterrey chapter raised ambitions, hosting two-day conferences and a 36-hour hackathon from November 1-2, 2025, with over $15,000 in prizes for teams building on Ethereum.
Ethereum Applications and Impact
Ana Belén Gonzales, Ethereum Mexico’s founder, explained that the initiative is not just for developers. Ethereum-based applications (mainly in payments and remittances, as well as identity) are beginning to resolve everyday friction.
- 24/7 money transfers with cent-level fees
- Access to financial products, such as collateralized loans and returns for providing liquidity
- Tokenization of assets to expand operational and retail participation windows
Gonzales also highlighted the progress in bridging the public sector through digital credentials. Cities like Buenos Aires and Madrid are testing models, while Nuevo León in Mexico explores integrating them with open standards to enhance security and traceability, working alongside identity projects like Quark ID.
Industry Involvement and Academic Contributions
Global companies (Visa, PayPal, Citi) and asset managers have started building on Ethereum, while the local ecosystem sees Bitso operating a significant portion of remittances between Mexico and the United States.
The 2025 edition served as a meeting point for talent, offering tracks reflecting an impact agenda: finance and payments, creator economies and business integrations, along with challenges sponsored by scaling layers like Arbitrum or Scroll and identity standards such as ENS.
Ethereum Mexico’s academic program extends beyond the weekend, offering scholarships for conferences and hackathons, maintaining open training lines, and promoting global job opportunities for Latin Americans to work remotely in technology, preventing the physical loss of talent and elevating technical income from their home cities.
“Ethereum for All” – A Unifying Concept
Gonzales emphasizes the concept of “Ethereum for all,” combining open code and public networks, resistance to censorship, transparency, and verifiability with a local focus on forming a critical mass of users, officials, and businesses capable of discussing identity, payments, and tokenization using the same mental framework.
Beyond conferences with over 70 speakers from the technical, legal-fintech, and government communities, the Monterrey edition aimed for prototypes to take shape and for the region to advance from enthusiastic adoption to daily operations.
The Ethereum ecosystem in Mexico is a strategy connecting governments, fintech, and universities to build applications addressing real-world problems. Monterrey, with government support and a historic center transformed into an urban laboratory, became the place where this conversation began to scale.
