Cannes Mayor David Lisnard is targeting the 2027 French presidential election with a push for the city to adopt cryptocurrency payments, while planning to make EthCC (Ethereum Community Assembly) a central topic next summer. According to Lisnard's LinkedIn post, which he shared, Lisnard said: "As part of our Web3 strategy, we will encourage and specifically train Cannes merchants to integrate cryptocurrency for payments. Cannes will host the 8th Ethereum Community Conference (EthCC), the largest annual Ethereum blockchain event in Europe, from June 30 to July 3, 2025. This means that a large number of potential customers who are used to paying in cryptocurrencies will come to our city. We will provide EthCC attendees with a'cryptocurrency-friendly 'merchant map, which will be regularly updated and publicly released. "