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Hello everyone and welcome to the Web3 CMO Stories podcast . My name is Jury Biras and I'm your podcast host , and today is a special episode because ECC has finished and I wanted to bring a special coverage about this event , which was for the first time maybe not the last time , who knows in Brussels , in Belgium , in my country Maybe you heard I will be moving to Lisbon in August , so this was just in time . I would say we had an exciting start . The Ethereum community had taken over Brussels and brought an electrifying atmosphere to the city . Let's jump into the highlights of these sessions . Lily Liu , president of the Solana Foundation , kicked things off with a compelling talk about the evolution of technology through Solana's framework . She emphasized Solana's unique ability to solve the blockchain dilemma by offering performance , capital and liquidity . Next up , titus Kapilian from Civic discussed the growing threat of artificial intelligence in the reptile space and the importance of permissioned smart contracts for enhancing on-chain security .

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I also attended two exciting side events . The first one was ETC Founders and Investors Branch , organized by Reem Salmi , and the second one was the Web3 Community Conference by NFT Factory and Ethan Pierce . It was great reconnecting with Snacks , the founder of PizzaDao , who was one of the panelists during the event . The second day was also jam-packed with groundbreaking announcements and discussions . Ilya Poloshukin from Near Protocol emphasized the need of a user-owned AI and internet , combining the benefits of AI and Web3 to create a more balanced digital landscape . Patrick Hansen from Circle shared his predictions for the crypto landscape in the EU by 2025-2026 , forecasting significant growth and regulatory clarity . I also had the pleasure of recording postcast episode Ciao from flockio and Relic from Stratos , and then the day after with Sandy from Unstoppable Domains , and the episode with ConsenSys has been moved to a later date . Third day was also spectacular because we had special guests at the event Vitalik Beterin , co-founder of Ethereum , and he arrived at the event soaking wet due to the rain there was actually a storm above Brussels but won everyone's hearts with his humility and dedication , despite adverse weather conditions and no security entourage . Vitalik arrived by bus to deliver a compelling talk on emerging innovations in DeFi . His appearance sparked a lot of admiration on social media , with fans praising his grounded nature and commitment to the community .

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I can continue and go on with all the other talks . There are a lot , but for me , the most important thing always is to yeah meet old and new friends , and this time I saw two Belgians , which is quite rare in the Reptree space , two Belgians . They recognized me and it was good to connect with them . Normally when I go to an event it's outside of Belgium . Then I go to a lot of side events in the evening . This time it was a bit different because I live here . So it was a different experience , but still a lot of fun . And then there was , at the end of the event , big news , because next year ETC will be in Cannes . So if you want to hear more about that , yeah , subscribe to my podcast , subscribe to the newsletter .