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Roster check (web): Prizes page now lists World $15k · ENS $10k · Uniswap Foundation $10k · 1inch $5k (≈$40k published). 1inch is new vs your 2026-07-14 list. Sui is not on the prizes page. All four still say “Prize details coming soon.”
ethglobal.com/events/tokyo2026/prizes
NEW prize track: 1inch ($5k) — first net-new Tokyo sponsor since your Jul-14 lock; treat Fusion+/Swap API as a live track to design against before prize briefs drop. ethglobal.com/events/tokyo2026/prizes/1inch
1inch wants builders on the Developer Portal stack — official prize copy pushes 17 APIs, Pathfinder routing, Fusion / Fusion+ intent + cross-chain (MEV protection, gasless UX), not a toy swap widget. ethglobal.com/events/tokyo2026/prizes/1inch · business.1inch.com/
Sui absent from current prizes list — was on your Jul-14 confirmed set; do not bank a Sui track until it reappears (or confirm offline). ethglobal.com/events/tokyo2026/prizes
x402 is the live agent-payments heat — builders shipping pay-per-request agents (Injective hack stack: x402 + cross-chain USDC + MCP; Daydreams taskmarket 149 submissions pre-public). Maps cleanly onto your payment-rails + agent work. x.com/OrjinamehOla/status/2078617078886551684 · x.com/daydreamsagents/status/2078627061711945993 · x.com/agentutility_ai/status/2078622143911194774
Paid practice before Tokyo: Hedera x402 bounty — 5× 1,000 HBAR, deadline Jul 31, Agent Kit + x402 pay-per-request agents (HBAR/USDC, sub-cent). Good skill rep even if not a Tokyo sponsor. x.com/thehbarbull/status/2078491026663104940 · x.com/Tlvexter/status/2078586293781483609
Multi-chain x402 fragmentation called out as the agent-payments pain — GOAT Network pitching AgentKit (ERC-8004 identity + unified x402 to BTC L1) + AI Builder Grants up to $1M; wedge = one payment identity across chains. x.com/ola_nuell/status/2078573525653413996
EIP-7702 / AA still faces wallet-trust friction — builder argument: SC-wallet assumptions + drainer history slow trusted-wallet adoption; UX must keep key sovereignty. Useful framing for your 7702 + embedded-wallet Tokyo demos. x.com/LibertySwapFi/status/2078634196143407341
ENS signal (weak, only one real in-window post) — custom records used as out-of-band trust (SSH fingerprint on-chain via ENS/DNS import); no official
@ensdomainsrelease in-window. x.com/DylanMeador/status/2078595504464646442
Official sponsor handles (@ensdomains / @UniswapFND / @worldnetwork / @SuiNetwork / @1inch): no material SDK/testnet/bounty posts in this 8h window. Uniswap’s only notable reply was “early innings” on a creator-revenue milestone — not builder guidance. x.com/Uniswap/status/2078595775815102762
Build seeds
- Agent swap desk (1inch × World): World ID–gated AI agent that settles intent swaps via 1inch Fusion+ (gasless, MEV-aware) and bills tool calls in USDC over x402.
- Pay-to-name rails (ENS × 1inch): resolve multi-chain ENS records → Pathfinder/Fusion+ route so humans and agents “send to
name.eth” without chain pickers. - Verified human trading agent (Uniswap FND × World): Unichain/v4 path where only World-verified sessions can open agent limit/intent flow — anti-bot delight on top of real volume.