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Window: 2026-07-17 22:00 → 2026-07-18 06:00 IST · scope: DEV only
Roster (web)
1inch is a new Tokyo prize partner ($5k); Sui is off the live prizes page vs 2026-07-14.
Live /prizes lists only four tracks: World $15k · ENS $10k · Uniswap Foundation $10k · 1inch $5k (published sum $40k; prize criteria still “coming soon”). 1inch was not in the Jul-14 confirmed set; Sui was and is absent now — re-check before locking a Sui-only build.
→ ethglobal.com/events/tokyo2026/prizes · ethglobal.com/events/tokyo2026/prizes/1inch
1inch’s published stack for builders: Developer Portal (17 APIs), Swap/Pathfinder, Fusion/Fusion+ (intent + cross-chain, MEV protection, zero gas framing) — natural fit for AA/payment/trading-agent demos.
→ ethglobal.com/events/tokyo2026/prizes/1inch
Sponsor ecosystem (X, last ~8h)
Uniswap × Robinhood Chain is the live Uniswap-track gravity well. Official Uniswap amplified ~$60M TVL / ~880k MAU on Robinhood Chain; Hayden submitted final onchain votes for protocol fees (v2/v3 on Robinhood; v4 on Ethereum/Base/Arbitrum/Robinhood/BNB/Polygon/Optimism) routing to UNI burn — volume + hooks/fees are what judges will feel.
→ x.com/Uniswap/status/2078156739036189022 · x.com/haydenzadams/status/2078219345868791911 · vote.uniswapfoundation.org/proposals
Builders are already shipping Uniswap-powered UX on that rail (e.g. self-custodial spot for tokenized stocks/crypto/RWAs via Uniswap on Robinhood Chain) — adoption signal for “real product, not governance cosplay.”
→ x.com/hyperhoodfun/status/2078253574812008745
Sui is pushing “agentic finance rails” hard (Basecamp 2026, Oct 7–8, Singapore / TOKEN2049-adjacent), even while Sui is missing from Tokyo’s prize list. Early-bird reg live — useful narrative for agent-payments thinking, weak as a Tokyo prize lock until roster updates.
→ x.com/SuiNetwork/status/2078193292442063313 · sui.io/basecamp
ENS / World: no material SDK/testnet/devrel push inside this 8h window (ENS Reverse Record #7 / Universal Resolver hit ~2h before the cut). Prize pages still $10k / $15k, details TBD.
→ ethglobal.com/events/tokyo2026/prizes/ens · ethglobal.com/events/tokyo2026/prizes/world
Broader crypto-dev (build-leverage)
x402 is the agent-payment standard people are actually citing right now. Linux Foundation operational launch of the x402 Foundation (Coinbase-contributed protocol; premier members include AWS, Google, Visa, Mastercard, Stripe, Circle, Coinbase, etc.) — maps cleanly onto your stablecoin/agent rails + AA UX.
→ linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-foundation-announces-operati
Security lesson still circulating: Summer.fi winding down after Lazy Summer ~$6M vault share-price exploit (Jul 6) erased rebuild runway — post-mortems + wind-down talk in-window; good fuel if you ship security tooling / invariant monitors, not a new contest.
→ blog.summer.fi/lazy-summer-usdc-vault-exploit-post-mortem-wh · finance.yahoo.com/markets/crypto/articles/6-million-vault-ex
Quiet elsewhere in-window: no high-signal new AA/7702 SDK drop, no Tokyo-specific bounty drop, no fresh major grant/audit contest worth routing a solo build toward. World + ENS sponsor X was effectively silent for builders this slice.
Build seeds
- 1inch + AA: gasless intent path (Fusion+/Pathfinder) from an embedded/7702 wallet that lands the user on the best route without chain picker UI — new $5k track + your AA/CCTP muscle.
- Uniswap FND: Robinhood-Chain (or multi-chain v4) hook that enforces payment/settlement policy at swap time (agent spend limits, stablecoin-only egress, RWA allowlist) — rides today’s volume narrative without governance theater.
- World + x402: human-gated agent checkout — World ID proves a person authorized an agent; x402/stablecoin micropays execute — identity × agent payments × inclusive finance story for the $15k World bag.