1. Welcome ALL [image]
- Welcome to the weekly dose of public good goodness.
2. Miscellaneous ENS updates of general interest
- ENS Event in Argentina
- Sign up here.
- One proposal passed:
- Incentives for Contract Naming Season for DAOs and Web3 projects.
- Public Goods will stay at 12 PM Eastern.
- Best to subscribe to the Public ENS Calendar.
3. Brief ICANN 84 AGM takeaways - full insights on next week’s call
- Full insights will be on next week’s call.
- ENS Labs was in Dublin with PG WG.
- Quick takeaways:
- Very old school organization – Web1.
- Big pushbacks: domains exist in perpetuity per the ENS constitution
- Traditional domains can be registered for up to 10 years.
- 80-90% of domains are registered for 1-2 years.
- No policy around the removal of the domain is an issue
- Lack of a system for UDRP, IP infringement, etc.
- Proposition for a solution:
- Venn’s diagram of what will work for both parties.
4. VASP Bill, 2025 passed in Kenya
A historic step for Kenya’s virtual asset economy was taken on 15th October 2025, as the Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASP) Bill, 2025, successfully underwent presidential assent and is now an act of parliament
- Full presentation.
- Fadhil, engineering background, worked on payment solutions.
- Banks lack unifying APIs to standardize the payment process.
- Allan has a background in law and has 3 years of experience in crypto.
- Regulation is one of the biggest challenges in Africa.
- Impossible to interact with banks and payment service solutions.
- They’ve been talking to lawmakers in Kenya, collaborating with them, etc.
- Educating, presenting in the Parliament of Kenya.
- The bill seeks to regulate:
- Centralized exchanges (e.g., Binance, Coinbase, Kraken).
- Custodial wallet providers.
- Token issuers.
- Virtual asset managers.
- On-ramp and off-ramp services.
- Payments and stablecoins.
- $3B in volume in stablecoins in Kenya, and $20B in Nigeria.
- Talks with local banks are ongoing regarding integrating stablecoins into core banking solutions.
- Startups are closing fundraising rounds due to regulatory clarity.
- The bill’s framework may be replicated in Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, and other African countries, potentially affecting 350 million people.
5. Hackatsuon project presentation
Continued from last week post Hackatsuon wrap up (a two-week residency and hackathon in Kesennuma City, a rural port town of 60,000 people six hours from Tokyo, heavily hit by the 2011 earthquake)
Voting platform presentation
- A voting platform for people unfamiliar with crypto to vote on projects
- Users downloaded a smart contract wallet with gas extraction, scanned a QR code, and connected to the app to vote.
Kesenmemento project presentation
- Website: KesenMemento | ケセンメメント
- The application is a 3D map capturing stories from the community.
- Community members contributed stories and pictures to the platform.
- The project resonated with the community and local government because it preserves stories in a place threatened by natural disasters and rural depopulation.
6. Agentic Zero presentation
A one-day, in-person AI × crypto summit on November 20th, 2025, focused on open, permissionless rails for autonomous AI systems. The event will include keynotes, live demos, and panels from people building in the space.
- Agent Zero is a one-day AI and crypto summit focused on open and permissionless infrastructure for autonomous systems.
- Full presentation.
- Will be held during DevConnect
- Everyone with a DevConnect ticket will be able to attend.
- The venue has a capacity for 1,500 attendees
- Expected attendance is even more.
- Inquiries about partnerships and sponsorships with ENS.
- Team has experience organizing events (zkCity, ETH Buenos Aires, etc.)
7. Web3Lagos presentation: conference wrap-up and impact report
- Conference designed after ethCC
- Has >30 community partners
- 8 sponsors for the event
- Almost 3k signups, almost 2.5k attendance
- People from Nigeria, other African and European countries attended
- 74 speakers
- Top roles among attendees: builders, developers, investors, traders, and community managers.
- Female participation has grown from last year.
- 33% of attendees were new to web3
- Full presentation.
8. Open floor for all questions, proposals and other presentations etc.
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