EthCC 2025 was a huge success! This year it was hosted in Cannes, in the south of France, and despite some early criticisms, the event turned out to be great, with more people focusing on building and creating rather than subtracting from the ecosystem.
The Mimic team attended both the main conference, as well as some super high quality side events (where we got the most alpha). We want to share our experience, what we learned, and the key takeaways for Mimic and our new automation protocol.
Whether you attended EthCC or not, let’s explore what happened during the week in Cannes!
Sentiment Turned Bullish Quickly
When Cannes was announced for EthCC[8], there was a bit of backlash at the beginning, about the city being small and expensive, hot weather, and the closest airport being Nice (not an international hub).
But as soon as people saw the main venue, and how good the city was for hosting side events, sentiment changed to positive fast.
Main Venue
The main event of EthCC[8] was hosted at Palais des Festivais, the same venue that hosts the annual Cannes Film Festival, the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, MIPIM, and the NRJ Music Awards.
It’s a great convention centre, with bigger and smaller stages, and an outdoor space where the food court was located. The ac worked great, and there were so many interesting panels and workshops, although sometimes the organization could have been a bit better.
Overall it was a great space to host a crypto conference: it was big enough so you wouldn’t feel crowded but small enough that random interactions could happen. Each floor was nicely colored, and there was a coffee station at the entrance that was very popular.
Mimic Presentations at Palais des Festivais
We had two representations at the main venue: our CTO, Facu, and our tech lead, Agustín.
Facu Spagnuolo, Mimic's CTO and Co-Founder, introduced Mimic Protocol to a very engaged audience. He paid tribute to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and used Marvin the Paranoid Android (a character in the books) to show how our automation protocol works.
We were very happy about the attendance, people seemed very interested about onchain automation, and asked some great questions, such as exploring potential onchain + offchain events in the future.
Agustín, Tech Lead, gave a presentation about enhancing web3 Security through smart contract verification, and showed how his open-source verification system worked. You can watch the full video here.
Below the Surface: Our Side Event at EthCC
We hosted our first ever public event on July 3rd 2025. We were very excited, but uncertain on how it would turn out, but we were very surprised to see so many great people joining us to talk about onchain automation and infrastructure.
We introduced the Mimic Protocol for the first time in a public demo. Here is a bit more context about it:
🛠️ Introducing Mimic Protocol
Mimic is building an automation protocol for onchain builders.
We have been providing blockchain automation solutions since 2021 for top leaders in the industry, such as 1inch, Balancer, Ledger, Trezor, Trust Wallet, or WalletConnect, among others.
After 4 years of building infrastructure, we realized that a lot of users have needs for blockchain automation, but there are no clear standards in Web3.
With Mimic Protocol you can automate everything onchain:
- Create or select the onchain tasks to automate (like swaps, transfers, staking)
- Set your triggers (onchain events, cron schedules, balance thresholds, and more)
- Let the protocol take care of the execution
Potential users include devs, protocols, AI agents, DAOs, and financial institutions.
The biggest win is that people were truly interested in onchain automation and saw the potential of bringing a new standard into Web3. We are very happy with our first event, and will look forward to improving the experience for Devconnect Argentina!
Overall it was a great experience, and we learned a lot. We are more inspired than ever to build, and we are sure onchain automation can help crypto grow, and scale blockchain operations and workflows to the next level.
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Our Side Events Experience at EthCC[8]
While the main venue is great, full of amazing experiences, the best interactions we had were attending all kinds of side events.
Some of our favorites were DeFi Summer, Builder Nights by Metamask, all 1inch events, rAave, the different sports events, and WalletConnect brunch, among others!
Learnings From EthCC[8] in Cannes
Never stop building: the blockchain space is maturing, and people are becoming more interested in real numbers and revenue-generating projects. The time to build is now.
The vibes are changing. Less talk about memecoins, and speculation, more talk about the real impact of blockchain in the world, and potential use cases of the technology on everyday’s lives.
Crypto needs onchain automation in order to scale. Every other industry grew with some sort of automation: agriculture, banking, software. Now it’s time for blockchain automation to grow to the next level. We’re ready to put our builder hats on and to work on solving these problems!
See you next year in Cannes EthCC[9]!
