Stellar at DevConnect Argentina
Date and time
Location
Buenos Aires
LIVE
Casa Stellar + Stellar Lab
Stellar Week | Buenos Aires
The Casa Stellar + Stellar Lab is an advanced, invitation-only week-long builder residency and pro hackathon in Buenos Aires, gathering top developers from across LATAM. This event is designed to deepen loyalty and long-term commitment to the Stellar ecosystem during DevConnect in Argentina. Unlike introductory hackathons, this activation is designed for pro builders: developers who have already engaged with Stellar through past hackathons and the Stellar Ambassador program across Latin America.
Event: Stellar Asado
Date: November 17
Time: 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
A builder-style kickoff to the residency with food, code and real conversations with the ecosystem’s top contributors.
Event: Stellar Lab
Day 1: November 17 - The State of Stellar
Day 2: November 18 - Designing for Scale
Day 3: November 19 - From Vision to Execution
An open three-day program hosted by the Stellar core team to help builders prepare for the hackathon. Through advanced sessions, live demos, and technical guidance, participants will explore the tools and best practices needed to build on Stellar with confidence.
Event: Casa Stellar
Date: November 19-24
Application Closed
A one-week residency that gathers 110 of the most talented builders from across LATAM to collaborate, learn, and create within the Stellar ecosystem. Participants will live, build, and exchange ideas under one roof, surrounded by mentors and the Stellar core team.
Event: Stellar Hack+
Date: November 20-23
A pro-level hackathon with $15,000 USD in prizes, bringing together top developers to turn ideas into real products powered by Stellar. It’s the moment where everything learned throughout the week comes to life.
Event: Stellar Palooza
Date: November 23
Time: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
The official Stellar festival at Devconnect Buenos Aires. Four stages, one night, and the entire LATAM builder community celebrating what we have built together.
Hosted by Stellar, Ondo Finance, CoW Swap, and LayerZero
Tapas & Tokenization
Date: November 17
Time: 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Venue: Register to See Address
Join us for an evening of cocktails, conversation, and connection with some of the most forward-thinking builders, investors, and innovators shaping the future of global markets onchain.
Confidential Token Association (CTA)
Building the Standard for Confidential Onchain Finance
Date: November 18
Time: 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Venue: Register to See Address
Join the Confidential Token Association (CTA) @ The Zama CoFHE Shop during DevConnect together with OpenZeppelin, Inco, Zama, Predicate, Stellar, Ethereum Foundation, Fhenix and others for an open conversation on the future for confidential and compliant onchain finance.
Don't miss Tomer Weller, CPO at Stellar Development Foundation on the session "Balancing privacy with regulatory needs, by Predicate (Khushi Wadhwa) and Stellar at 6:20 -6:50 pm during the event.
Wrapped
Multichain Day | DevConnect 2025
Date: November 18
Time: 9:30 AM - 6:30 PM
Venue: Palais Rouge
A deep dive into the future of cross-chain expansion and interoperability. This full-day gathering will bring together builders, protocol teams, and ecosystem partners to explore how networks can connect, collaborate, and scale together. Sit down to listen in on a fireside chat: Building Opt-In Configurable Privacy at 1:30 PM -1:45 PM featuring Tom Weller, CPO of Stellar Development Foundation and Reka Medvecz, Director of Marketing from Boundless.
Builder Residency and Conference
Funding the commons
Date: November 19
Time: 9:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Venue: Fundación Beethoven
Funding the Commons is landing in Buenos Aires for its 14th global convening—bringing together builders, funders, researchers, and public sector allies from across Latin America and around the world.
Inspired by Argentina’s open-source ingenuity, grassroots crypto adoption, and a thriving culture of experimentation, this edition focuses on RealFi: financial infrastructure designed for real-world coordination, access, and public goods funding.
Epic Web3
AdoptionCon
Date: November 19
Time: 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Venue: HIT Polo, Palermo, Buenos Aires
Building the Next Layer of Global Economy
Web3 has matured technologically but adoption lags!
Institutions remain cautious without regulatory clarity and credible rails for capital markets. Consumers still face clunky onboarding, fragmented wallets, and high-friction payments.
AdoptionCon Buenos Aires is your go-to hub for diving deep into the next wave of the global economy – from stablecoins and tokenization to dapps and payfi.
Join Tomer Weller, CPO of Stellar Development Foundation, alongside speakers from Visa, Pi Squared, and Polygonfor the panel “From Stablecoins and Cards to Chains: How Crypto Rails Power Everyday Payments” from 3:30–4:10 PM.
Aztec Presents
NoirCon 3: For Privacy Developers
Date: November 20
Time: 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Venue: La Rural, Palermo
The Stellar Development Foundation is proud to sponsor NoirCon 3, the leading conference for privacy builders taking a credibly neutral stance across chains, ecosystems, and toolsets. As the only event uniting the full privacy stack, NoirCon brings together top teams showcasing zero-knowledge (ZK) solutions across multiple blockchains.
Stay tuned for details on Stellar’s participation, including an upcoming technical workshop exploring the future of privacy and interoperability in Web3.
Myosin × Stellar
Marketers in the Arena: Buenos Aires
Date: November 20
Time: 10:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Venue: ArtLab
Marketers in the Arena is a hands-on, feedback-driven workshop designed to help founders move from product to traction. With roughly 100 attendees including builders, ecosystem partners, and marketing experts it blends practical GTM strategy, real-time feedback “roasts”, and open Q&A. The focus is on tactical, no-fluff marketing execution: sharpening narratives, finding PMF, and stress-testing launch strategies. The day wraps with structured networking, giving founders a chance to turn feedback into collaborations.
DDS
DeFi Security Summit
Date: November 20 -21
Venue: La Rural, Palermo
The Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) is proud to sponsor the DeFi Security Summit (DSS), one of the world’s leading events at the intersection of decentralized finance and cybersecurity. Held at La Rural alongside Devconnect, DSS convenes top minds in blockchain, auditing, and security from white-hat hackers to industry leaders to tackle DeFi’s toughest challenges, from smart contract exploits to cross-chain vulnerabilities. Together, they’re shaping the future of secure Web3 infrastructure.
By OpenZeppelin
Convergence
Date: November 21
Please register to see the exact location of this event.
Convergence is OpenZeppelin's new flagship summit launching at DevConnect Buenos Aires for our 10th anniversary.
The biggest challenges in blockchain infrastructure don't exist in isolation - security, privacy, institutional adoption, interoperability, and more, converge at critical points. So does OpenZeppelin: we're deep experts building standards across multiple research areas, bringing together the conversations the ecosystem treats separately.
Catch Tomer Weller, CPO of Stellar Development Foundation, on the Institutional Adoption Panel: “Institutional Adoption — 2025, 2027, or 2030” at 1:20 PM, alongside speakers from Circle and Chainlink.
Presented by MetaMask & Stellar
One Night In Argentina: A Rooftop VIP & Media Mixer
Date: November 21
Please register to see the exact location of this event.
Celebrate the week that was at DevConnect & crypto's 2025 at one of the best sky bars in Buenos Aires for a VIP night with Coinage, MetaMask, and Stellar.
Full open bar and passed hors d'oeuvres with a curated list of the top builders, investors, and names in crypto media.
Doors open at 7PM.
Quick open programming at 8PM.
- Live conversation with Coinage Founder Zack Guzman along with leaders at MetaMask and Stellar
Stellar West Africa
Builders Connect Mixer
Date: November 21
Please register to see the exact location of this event.
African builders are creating products the world actually uses — from fintech and identity to creative economies and cross-border access.
The Builders Connect Mixer, powered by Stellar, brings together founders, operators, investors, and ecosystem partners from Africa and across the world for one purpose: to share lessons, forge collaborations, and unlock opportunities in Web3 that drive real-world impact.
This is more than a meetup — it’s a bridge between Africa’s fast-rising builder ecosystem and the global Stellar network.
Recs
Travel guide
Cuervo (Palermo Soho)
Popular specialty roaster known for excellent espresso, pastries, and a lively bar where you can perch for a quick break or a focused work session.
Vive Café (Palermo Hollywood)
A cozy spot centered on 100% Colombian specialty coffee, welcoming staff, and homemade bites, it's an easy place to open a laptop for a while.
Fruto Café (Palermo)
Modern café with specialty brews, brunch plates, and natural-wine energy; Owners are part of the Crypto community.