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1inch is a NEW Tokyo prize track ($5k) — not on the Jul-14 list; prizes page now: World $15k, Uniswap Foundation $10k, ENS $10k, 1inch $5k; Sui is not listed; all prize briefs still “coming soon.” 1inch is steering builders at Developer Portal / 17 APIs, Pathfinder Swap API, Fusion & Fusion+ (intent + cross-chain, MEV-protected, zero-gas framing). — ethglobal.com/events/tokyo2026/prizes · ethglobal.com/events/tokyo2026/prizes/1inch
World handle on the prize page is @worldnetwork (not @worldcoin); largest published pot at $15k — human-vs-AI + inclusive finance positioning; prize details TBD. — ethglobal.com/events/tokyo2026/prizes/world
ENS / UniswapFND / World / Sui official X in this window: quiet — no new SDK/testnet/prize posts from @ensdomains, @UniswapFND, @worldnetwork/@worldcoin, or @SuiNetwork in the last ~8h (Saturday UTC afternoon).
Broader crypto-dev (ranked by Tokyo leverage)
Base is shipping Native Account Abstraction (EIP-8130) with the Cobalt upgrade in September — same calendar month as Tokyo; plus RFB for Global Onchain Finance (stablecoins EM, agentic commerce, credit). Your EIP-7702/AA lane should target “pre-native-AA” UX that still works when Base AA lands. — x.com/base/status/2078401284529365055 · recap in-window: x.com/DarksunRayz/status/2078514608202207616
Agent payment rails (x402) are shipping as real MCP/SDKs today — Qian: npx -y @qianexchange/mcp (browse/quote/trade + USDC x402 with per-call spend caps) — x.com/QianExchange/status/2078525832008458244 · docs.qian.ag/mcp · Chiper open-sourced @chiper402/x402-agent-sdk (discover 402 → pay USDG gasless → get response) — x.com/chiper402/status/2078479911979803130 · Fetchr buyer-agent moving to Base for x402-controlled spend — x.com/FetchrBotBase/status/2078509947860799954
Paid DEV practice before Tokyo: Hedera x402 bounty — build payment-enabled AI agents w/ Hedera Agent Kit + x402; 5× 1,000 HBAR; deadline Jul 31. — x.com/thehbarbull/status/2078491026663104940 · ai-bounties.hedera.com/
Security PoC drop for builders (7702 + v4 hooks in the corpus) — 19 previously under-documented DeFi exploits now with Foundry PoCs; includes QNT Reserve (EIP-7702 + permissionless BatchCall) and HeisenbergHook (Uniswap v4 fee-path hijack). Useful if you ship security tooling or hard-mode swap/agent wallets. — x.com/AlexBiryukov/status/2078365907949130139
GENIUS Act stablecoin rulemaking statutory deadline = today (Jul 18) — multi-stablecoin support + regulated-issuer assumptions are the design default for any Tokyo payment rail. — x.com/drboycewatkins1/status/2078496023543181566 · builder framing: blog.thirdweb.com/genius-act-countdown-7-days-until-us-stabl
Quiet failure pattern (not a same-day exploit, still builder-relevant) — SummerFi wind-down after trust/accounting hit framed as “polite exit, no drama”; week’s exploit chatter still includes oracle/signer drains (e.g. Ostium ~$23M). Design agent/payment products as if confidence dies in an afternoon. — x.com/0xc06/status/2078474432750694415 · x.com/SolanaSensei/status/2078395858362704064
Build seeds (pain × adoption × delight × differentiation)
- 1inch Fusion+ agent swap desk — embedded/7702 wallet that lets an agent (or user) request “best cross-chain USDC→X with spend cap”; Pathfinder + Fusion+ under the hood; human co-sign only on policy breach. (1inch + AA)
- World-gated trading agent — World ID proves human owner; agent trades via 1inch APIs with hard daily caps; “no bot farm” UX for Tokyo judges. (World $15k + 1inch)
- ENS-named agent payment endpoint —
pay.alice.ethresolves to an x402 service that settles USDC via 1inch routes; works for humans and MCP agents, multi-stable under GENIUS. (ENS + 1inch + x402)