10 years of Ethereum: Toronto leads the global celebration with ETHWomen, ETHToronto, and Canada Crypto Week
Toronto, celebrated as the birthplace of Ethereum, has emerged as the epicenter for marking Ethereum’s 10th anniversary through a series of high-profile events ETHWomen, ETHToronto, and the broader Canada Crypto Week drawing global attention and underscoring Canada’s leadership in Web3 inclusivity, innovation, and community building. Over the week of May 11–17, 2025, thousands of developers, entrepreneurs, investors, and enthusiasts converged in Toronto for a rich program of conferences, workshops, hackathons, and networking mixers. This celebration not only honors a decade of Ethereum’s evolution but also highlights Toronto’s role in fostering diversity (via ETHWomen), grassroots technical engagement (via ETHToronto), and cross-sector collaboration (via Canada Crypto Week).
ETHWomen: Championing Diversity and Inclusion
ETHWomen’s third annual Toronto edition took place on May 13 at the Design Exchange Events Venue, immediately preceding ETHToronto. As a free, female-focused, and inclusive event, ETHWomen brought together hundreds of women leaders, developers, investors, and allies from across the blockchain industry to share insights, forge partnerships, and showcase projects. Programming included panel discussions on “Building a Decentralized and Inclusive Future,” a Blockchain4Her Happy Hour fostering networking in a relaxed setting, and a “She Connects” pre-conference breakfast aimed at connecting founders with mentors and sponsors. ETHWomen’s success in Toronto reflects its global expansion, with a follow-up conference scheduled in Florida later in November 2025.
ETHToronto: Grassroots Technical Engagement
Immediately after ETHWomen, the ETHToronto community event transformed the 40,000-square-foot Hacker Dome into a hackathon playground for developers and builders. Co-located with the Blockchain Futurist Conference on May 13, ETHToronto featured deep-dive technical talks, hands-on coding sessions, and an open-mic platform for showcasing experimental smart contracts and dApps. The event’s hallmark “Hacker Dome” provided 24-hour access to workspaces, whiteboards, and mentorship pods—enabling teams to prototype innovations ranging from Layer-2 scaling solutions to privacy-preserving applications. ETHToronto’s free registration model and emphasis on community-driven curation underscore the grassroots ethos that helped bootstrap Ethereum’s developer ecosystem a decade ago.
Canada Crypto Week: Pan-National Blockchain Celebration
Framing these flagship gatherings was Canada Crypto Week (May 11–17, 2025), a coast-to-coast festival of blockchain events designed to engage both niche and mainstream audiences. Hosted primarily at the Futurist Conference venue but also featuring meetups at Casa Mezcal, Ace Hotel Rooftop, and decentralized film screenings, the week included dozens of themed sessions—from Fil Dev Summit 6 and Solana Startup Village to investor-focused pitch competitions like The Great Canadian Web3 Pitch Showdown. Canada Crypto Week’s inclusive approach, with events in Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal, highlighted regional strengths while providing a unified nationwide platform for policy dialogues, enterprise showcases, and hack-and-learn workshops.
Impact and Legacy
Toronto’s leading role in these celebrations sends a powerful message: Ethereum’s second decade will be defined by diversity, technical excellence, and ecosystem collaboration. ETHWomen amplifies underrepresented voices; ETHToronto empowers builders with infrastructure and mentorship; and Canada Crypto Week scales engagement from local meetups to national forums. The convergence of these events has attracted institutional sponsors (including major exchanges and VCs), yielded dozens of new project launches, and fostered partnerships across DeFi, NFTs, gaming, and Web3 social platforms.
Looking Ahead
As Ethereum matures, Toronto’s model of celebration coupled with community building offers a blueprint for other hubs worldwide. The success of ETHWomen and ETHToronto within the broader Canada Crypto Week demonstrates how targeted inclusivity programs and grassroots technical gatherings can coexist and reinforce one another—ensuring that Ethereum’s future remains as innovative and open as its past. Through these initiatives, Toronto reaffirms its status not just as Ethereum’s birthplace, but as a global leader in shaping the next ten years of decentralized innovation.
