London, United Kingdom, March 18th, 2026, Chainwire
TezDev, the annual gathering of the Tezos ecosystem, is returning to Cannes on March 30th for its fifth edition. Taking place once again at the iconic Hôtel Martinez, just a short seaside walk from the Ethereum Community Conference, TezDev is a free, one-day event that brings together developers, creators, and blockchain enthusiasts from around the world.
This year, TezDev introduces the XP Zone, an interactive experience space that allows attendees to interact with projects live on Tezos from within the event’s signature 360° immersive room. TezQuest, a series of hands-on challenges hosted at the project booths, will simultaneously run, with a prize pool of up to $7,000. Projects that will have a booth at the TezDev XP Zone include Ledger (wallets), Sogni (AI platform), uranium.io (tokenized uranium marketplace), Hanji (DEX), Art on Tezos (Tezos art community), and Fortify Labs (Tezos accelerator).
TezDev 2026 brings together builders, creators, and thought leaders shaping the future of the Tezos ecosystem. This year’s program features keynotes, panels, deep-dive presentations, and immersive sessions highlighting DeFi, gaming, infrastructure, and digital art.
Attendees can look forward to learning what it actually takes to build at the frontier of multi-runtime blockchain infrastructure. Expect technical sessions on native atomic composability, EVM-compatible interface, Etherlink’s instant confirmations, and the mechanics of intents and RFQ-based bridging, alongside conversations about what real-world asset tokenization looks like when it moves beyond proof of concept.
Arthur Breitman, co-founder of Tezos, will deliver a keynote exploring the network’s next phase of development, focusing particularly on the importance of products and experiences in accelerating real-world adoption. The day closes with an immersive art show featuring artists from Tezos’ art community.
Other highlights include:
- A keynote by Arthur Breitman, co-founder of Tezos, followed by a panel on the evolution of crypto yield and onchain earning moderated by Ryan Rodenbaugh (CEO and co-founder, Vaults.fyi) and featuring Owen (Hasheur) Simonin (founder and CEO, Meria) and Dmitry Kovalevskiy (founder, Hanji).
- A presentation on native atomic composability by François Thiré (Product Manager, Nomadic Labs), exploring how Tezos X solves cross-runtime coordination at the protocol level.
- A presentation by Yann Régis-Gianas (Head of Core Engineering, Nomadic Labs) on how AI agents are being used in software development within the Tezos ecosystem.
- A session on Etherlink’s instant confirmations, which have cut transaction latency from ~500ms to under 50ms, featuring the engineers and protocol builders behind the technology.
- A panel on the next phase of commodity tokenization and what it means to bring physical assets onchain, featuring Ben Elvidge (Head of Commercial Applications, Trilitech).
- A discussion unpacking intents, RFQ models, and the future of cross-chain bridging, featuring Alessandro Losi (Senior Product Manager, Dune) and Anastasiia Kondaurova (DeFi Technical Lead, Trilitech).
- An art panel hosted by Aleksandra Artamonovskaja (Head of Arts, Trilitech) that explores how creative communities are building in the online, onchain, and generative era.
Over the past year, the Tezos ecosystem has reached a series of significant milestones: Etherlink’s total value locked grew by over 6,200% in a year following the launch of the Apple Farm incentive program. The Calypso upgrade brought instant confirmations to Etherlink, cutting transaction latency to under 50ms, and major protocols, including Gearbox, Lombard Finance, Uniswap via OKU, and Midas, deployed on the network. On the real-world assets front, uranium.io expanded its token availability to KuCoin, MEXC, and Gate.io, drawing widespread media attention and winning numerous awards. In 2025, the Tezos art ecosystem saw over half a million NFTs sold, more than 700 visitors at Art on Tezos Berlin, landmark institutional acquisitions, and major partnerships with MoMI, the Processing Foundation, and leading art fairs worldwide.
TezDev is open to everyone interested in discovering the Tezos ecosystem. To register for this free event and view the full agenda, click here: https://luma.com/tezdev-2026.
About Tezos
Tezos is an open-source and energy-efficient blockchain designed to empower institutions, developers, and businesses and facilitate value transfer in a digital environment. It is designed for the scalable deployment of decentralized applications. As one of the first Proof of Stake blockchains, Tezos is globally supported and valued for its strong governance, long-term upgradability, and smart contract capabilities. For more information about Tezos, visit http://www.tezos.com.
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