ETHGlobal’s event recognized ten winning teams for innovations in cross-chain, payments, privacy, and DeFi tools, with the Ethereum Foundation announcing Devcon 8 for Q4 2026 in Mumbai.
The ETHGlobal Buenos Aires hackathon concluded with 475 projects competing for a $500,000 prize pool supported by major protocols. Ten winners delivered advances in x402 blockchain payments, Bitcoin cross-chain programmability, zero-knowledge privacy, Uniswap V4 liquidity provider tools, and decentralized prediction markets. The event highlighted broad innovation across blockchain sectors. Additionally, the Ethereum Foundation announced Devcon 8 will be held in Mumbai in Q4 2026.