backend grok-cli (SuperGrok Heavy sub, $0 marginal) · window last 8h
NEW prize partner: 1inch ($5k) — not on the Jul-14 roster (ENS / Uniswap FND / World / Sui); new track = intent/swap/aggregator wedge for your exchange-agent + payment work. Prize criteria still “coming soon.” — ethglobal.com/events/tokyo2026/prizes · ethglobal.com/events/tokyo2026/prizes/1inch
Roster delta vs Jul-14 ($55k / 4 partners) — live prizes page now lists World $15k · ENS $10k · Uniswap Foundation $10k · 1inch $5k ($40k published); Sui is absent. Re-check weekly — partner list is still mid-fill. — ethglobal.com/events/tokyo2026/prizes
ENS (sponsor) — @ENS_DAO: this week’s builder call centered on verification infrastructure: how ENS records can reference external resources without proving control, and what a record-bound verification layer needs at protocol level. Direct wedge for agent identity + AA wallets under the ENS track. — x.com/ENS_DAO/status/2077835093335277747 · discuss.ens.domains/t/ens-x-ai-telegram-group-and-weekly-cal
1inch (sponsor) · build surface, not X noise — no official 1inch posts in-window; Tokyo prize page steers builders to Developer Portal (17 APIs), Swap API / Pathfinder, Fusion + Fusion+ (intent / cross-chain, MEV protection, zero gas). Prep demos on Fusion+ + Swap API, not generic aggregator UI. — ethglobal.com/events/tokyo2026/prizes/1inch
Uniswap Foundation / World (sponsors) — no material official-handle ship/SDK/devrel signal in this 8h window (prize pages also “details coming soon”). Don’t invent track criteria yet. — ethglobal.com/events/tokyo2026/prizes
Base Ecosystem Fund thesis drop (broader, high leverage) — @base / @buildonbase pushing pre-seed/seed capital into stablecoins, agentic commerce (explicitly wants stablecoin + x402 volume), credit, tokenization, prediction markets. Maps cleanly onto your agent payments + rails stack (even if Base isn’t a Tokyo prize yet). Apply: base.org/ecosystem-fund — x.com/base/status/2077848151235453296 · x.com/buildonbase/status/2077786255106949593
Circle / USDC institutional rails — USDC live as initial margin collateral at Marex (24/7 collateral moves). Reinforces “stablecoin = settlement + risk capital,” not just consumer pay. — x.com/circle/status/2077795879008993378 · marex.com/investors/press-releases?title=marex-offers-client
(No high-signal new security incident, audit contest, or grant launch landed cleanly in this 8h window for DEV work.)
Build seeds (≤3)
- 7702 embedded wallet → 1inch Fusion+ “pay-any-token, settle-USDC” agent — gasless intent path across liquidity sources; demo zero-prompt multi-hop for Tokyo 1inch + Uniswap tracks.
- ENS-named agent passport — agent
.eth+ record-bound verification of model/endpoint/policy (the builder-call gap); World ID as optional human gate for high-risk actions. - Human-gated trading agent — World verification unlocks Uniswap/1inch execution limits; otherwise read-only sim — “agent can’t empty the bag without a human.”