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Ethereum is All You Need

Talkat Pragma Cannes 2026 · on Thursday, 2026-04-02
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Argues that Ethereum must be recognized as strategic public infrastructure (like the internet or the electric grid) and launches the European Ethereum Institute to do it, committing to produce evidence-based papers and infographics that distinguish true DeFi, tokenization and MEV from permissioned, proprietary chains; plans proactive outreach to bring regulators into crypto events; announces a former MEP, André Kvapiš, has joined and initial funding comes from Ethereum Foundation, Aave and Gnosis.

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  1. 0:00Introduction
  2. 0:29Why a Builder Started Caring About Policy
  3. 2:09Institutions Coming On-Chain: Now or Never
  4. 3:42Launch of the European Ethereum Institute
  5. 4:22Permissioned Chains Are Back (and Still Wrong)
  6. 5:10Ethereum as the Golden Standard
  7. 6:05"It's Ethereum, Not Blockchains"
  8. 7:00Ethereum's Lindy and Network Effects
  9. 7:31Mission: Ethereum as Strategic Public Infrastructure
  10. 8:55Europe's Risk of Repeating the Web2 Mistake
  11. 10:14Providing Evidence to Regulators
  12. 11:39Tokenization, Stablecoins, and True DeFi
  13. 13:10Ethereum's Stack Beyond Finance: Identity, Voting, ZK
  14. 14:22A Task Force, Not Another Association
  15. 15:58How a Regulator Joined the Ethereum Side
  16. 17:11André Kvapiš and MiCA's DeFi Exemption
  17. 18:37Team, Funding, and How to Get Involved
  18. 19:56Closing
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