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Jul 28, 2026

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Window: 2026-07-27 ~22:00 → 2026-07-28 06:00 IST · roster source: tokyo2026/prizes


Sponsor first

  1. NEW prize track: 1inch ($5k) is live on Tokyo prizes; Sui is not listed — Published partners now: World $15k, ENS $10k, Uniswap Foundation $10k, 1inch $5k (not on the 2026-07-14 ENS/Uniswap/World/Sui set). Sui is absent from the prizes page; totals still show $55k available with prize details “coming soon.” Treat 1inch as a new aggregation/Fusion track and re-verify Sui before locking a build.
    ethglobal.com/events/tokyo2026/prizes

  2. 1inch is pushing the idle-LP gap as the product problem — Official: individual wallets hold 82–94% of idle concentrated-liquidity inventory vs contract/MM managers that stay in range; “that gap is what we’re building to close.” Direct wedge for Tokyo: agent/embedded-wallet rebalancing on top of 1inch APIs (Swap/Fusion), not another swap UI.
    x.com/1inch/status/2081775384186486959

  3. Sui DevRel: Hashi is on testnet; builders expected to show up IRL — Mysten Builder Growth lead: Hashi hit testnet, 6M TPS claim, Basecamp/Overflow winners next; explicit nudge from strong submissions → ecosystem gatherings. Live path: BTC deposit → hBTC on Sui without a classic bridge (testnet.hashi.sui.io).
    x.com/teohaik/status/2081814784656146582 · theunhashed.com/sui-brings-bitcoin-into-defi-with-hashi-test

  4. Sui narrative = agent identity / ownership / trusted execution — @SuiNetwork quote-jacked Jensen Huang’s open-models post: agents need identity, ownership, trusted execution; Sui as “trust layer for the agentic internet.” Aligns with AA/agent-payments stack if Sui reappears as a Tokyo track.
    x.com/SuiNetwork/status/2081864323841048672

  5. Uniswap track fuel still hot: Permissioned Pools (v4 hooks) in today’s eth-dev weekly — Ethereal #32 (this window) flags Uniswap v4 Permissioned Pools + Glamsterdam first testnet targeting September (Tokyo is Sep 25–27). Hook standard: onchain allowlist for regulated/tokenized assets (issuers Superstate/Securitize/Dowgo). Build surface = compliant swap UX + 7702/session keys, not bare hooks.
    x.com/EtherealnewsHQ/status/2081870074047291828 · blog.uniswap.org/introducing-permissioned-pools-on-uniswap-v

  6. World / ENS: quiet official DevRel in-window — No substantive @worldnetwork / @ensdomains product or bounty posts in the 8h cut. World remains the largest listed Tokyo purse ($15k) with details TBD.
    ethglobal.com/events/tokyo2026/prizes


Broader crypto-dev (build-leverage)

  1. AA shipping outside ETH L1: ZeroDev smart accounts live on Sei — Gas sponsorship + batch approvals + one-time permissions for trading UX. Same 7702/Kernel/paymaster patterns you already use; portable demo of “permissions once, trade forever” for World/Uniswap UX tracks.
    x.com/SeiNetwork/status/2081823757514297582 · x.com/zerodev_app/status/2081747049574514865

  2. Stablecoin privilege failure (builder lesson): WEMIX$ owner compromise — Compromised ownership of a WEMIX$-related contract → 5.23M unauthorized mint → conversion (30.7k WEMIX + ~$724k USDC.e) + bridges paused. Relevant if you ship CCTP/stable rails: owner keys, mint authority, and bridge pause design are the attack surface, not AMM math.
    wemix.com/news/update-on-the-wemix-security-issue-and-respon


Build seeds (≤3)

  1. 1inch × 7702 agent LP ranger — Session-keyed embedded wallet that keeps CL positions in range via 1inch routes when idle inventory drifts (closes the 82–94% idle gap they named).
  2. Uniswap Permissioned Pool + World-gated human gate — Allowlisted RWA/tokenized pool swaps only after World ID human check + 7702 session permissions (compliance UX judges actually click).
  3. x402 pay-per-call trading intel agent — Agent pays USDC per API hit (no API keys) then executes best route through 1inch Fusion; maps agent-payments heat onto the new 1inch track.