On the evening of April 1st, we took over The Quay's Irish Pub in Cannes for a side event unlike most things at EthCC. No stage. No slide decks. No keynotes. Just two roundtable discussions, a pub full of people who actually care about EUR stablecoins, and 200 pints.
The event was 5× oversubscribed. We accepted the guests we believed would genuinely contribute to the conversations — founders, researchers, risk engineers, compliance leads, and builders working directly in the EUR stablecoin space.
Guests gathering outside the venue on the Cannes waterfront before doors opened.
The Format
18:00 — Welcome & Opening
18:15 — Panel 1: Euro Stablecoin Adoption (20 min)
18:35 — Break
18:40 — Panel 2: Risks & Regulation
The roundtable format worked. No speaker hiding behind a podium, no audience passively watching slides. People jumped in, challenged each other, and the conversations continued long after the panels wrapped.
Panel 1: Euro Stablecoin Adoption
The first roundtable brought together builders working at the distribution layer of the EUR stablecoin market:
- Francis Otshudi (iExec) — @fotshudi
- Gísli Kristjánsson (Monerium) — @gislik
- Ondrej Pilny (Gnosis Pay) — @Ondrej_Pilny
- Callum Hill (Bleap) — @0xecute
The conversation centred on why EUR stablecoin adoption is still slower than it should be, despite strong fundamentals and regulatory clarity from MiCA. The consensus: liquidity and distribution are bigger blockers than technology. The rails exist. Getting euros onto those rails — and convincing users and institutions to use them — remains the hard problem.
Panel 2: Risks & Regulation
The second roundtable shifted to the harder questions: what are the real risks in this market, and where does regulation help versus hurt?
- ĐeFlamiingo (Block Analitica) — @doflamiingo_eth
- Marina Markežič (EUCI) — @MarinaMarkezic
- Francesco (Castle Labs) — @francescoweb3
MiCA was the centrepiece. The panel acknowledged that MiCA brings clarity but also friction — particularly for smaller issuers who face significant compliance overhead. The broader theme: Europe must balance innovation with risk management, and that balance is still being found in real time.
Key Messages from the Night
If you had to distil two hours of conversation into a few lines:
- Liquidity and distribution are the real bottleneck — not the technology, not even regulation
- MiCA clarifies, but also creates friction — compliance costs are real, especially for smaller issuers
- Europe needs to move — the window to build a credible EUR stablecoin ecosystem is open now, not indefinitely
- Start using EUR stablecoins today — the infrastructure is here, waiting to be used
By the Numbers
- 100+ handpicked guests
- 2 roundtable discussions
- 7 speakers
- 200 pints 🍺
Thank You
None of this happens without the right people in the room and the right partners behind it.
Thank you to our speakers: @fotshudi, @gislik, @Ondrej_Pilny, @0xecute, @doflamiingo_eth, @francescoweb3, @MarinaMarkezic.
Thank you to our sponsors for making it happen:
iExec — the builders' home for privacy tools, enabling developers to add privacy features to applications and protocols. Powered by a decentralised network of TEE-based compute, iExec enables privacy-preserving computation, data governance, and trusted execution for Web3 applications.
Block Analitica — a leading risk intelligence firm for DeFi lending protocols, trusted by Sky, Spark, and HyperLend. They recently launched Sphere — a free stablecoin lending analytics platform with real-time rates, risk scores, and analytics across top DeFi lending protocols.
We're building something in the EUR stablecoin space that goes beyond a website. Events like this are part of it. If you want to be part of the next one — or want to sponsor it — reach out on Telegram: @tekr0x.
See you at the next one. 🍻
— Tekrox.eth / Eurooo.xyz