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Sponsor / roster
NEW prize track: 1inch ($5k) listed on Tokyo 2026 prizes; Sui still on main partners but not on /prizes yet — roster moved past the Jul-14 set (ENS / Uniswap FND / World / Sui): live prize stack is World $15k, ENS $10k, Uniswap Foundation $10k, 1inch $5k; prize details still “coming soon,” but 1inch’s page already steers builders to Developer Portal (17 APIs), Swap/Pathfinder, Fusion/Fusion+ intents + cross-chain. Main event still shows $55k + Sui as partner — treat Sui as confirmed partner, prize page laggy. — ethglobal.com/events/tokyo2026/prizes · ethglobal.com/events/tokyo2026/prizes/1inch · ethglobal.com/events/tokyo2026
World (Japan): Phase 3 = use cases over enrollments; AI-agent auth is an explicit Japan pillar — Impress Watch (today) covers Tools for Humanity Japan: new country lead, shift from “prove you’re human” to everyday integrations (Tinder badge, selective age claims via My Number, Zoom deepfake resistance); three Japan focus areas include AI agents that need human-delegated authority for purchases/trades. Highest-leverage World signal for a Tokyo hack. — watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/2128526.html
Sui: official push = confidential transfers (compliance-first privacy), not another DeFi fork — @SuiNetwork thread (~17:00 UTC): public balances as competitive leak; Mysten + Merkle on confidential transfers with issuer view keys + compliance access; first-class “compliance not afterthought.” Direct wedge for payment/stablecoin UX that isn’t naked public. — x.com/SuiNetwork/status/2082148588805906530 · sui.io/rethinking-privacy-for-institutional-finance
Sui: “Agentic Sui” — endorsing sub-cent agent deploy (Beep) — Sui RT’d Beep’s pitch: AI agents that trade/invest shouldn’t cost hundreds to deploy → $0.01 target on Sui. Aligns agent-payments lane with a Tokyo partner still on the roster. — x.com/SuiNetwork/status/2082075932668645722 · x.com/0xbeepit/status/2082074659806470456
Uniswap track fuel: Securitize amplifying Permissioned Pools on v4 (KYC allowlist AMMs for DS Tokens) — @Securitize (~14:25 UTC) engineering post: eligible investors trade / LP regulated DS Tokens on Uniswap v4 with issuer controls + ownership records onchain. Hook-era RWA path (announced ~Jul 23; still the live narrative today). — x.com/Securitize/status/2082110104799744183 · blog.uniswap.org/ (Permissioned Pools on Uniswap v4)
ENS / UniswapFND / 1inch official X in-window: quiet — no material SDK/testnet posts from @ensdomains / @UniswapFND / @1inch in this window; use roster + Uniswap ecosystem signal above, not empty sponsor noise.
Broader crypto-dev (build leverage)
x402 agent payments still the live “agents can pay” rail — @CryptoApis (~12:00 UTC): HTTP 402 → local EIP-712 USDC sign → settle (Base); seller middleware + buyer SDK / MCP tool; non-custodial limits. Maps to your agent + stablecoin rails; pairs with World’s “who authorized the agent?” Japan push. — x.com/CryptoApis/status/2082072932344344765
Builder security note: Across Solana exploit partial return + H1 loss framing — @Cointelegraph: Across exploiter returned
331.8 ETH ($624k) after ~$3.6M Solana exploit (PeckShield). Secondary: community cites Blockaid-scale H1 loss patterns (ETH contract/bridge vs SOL key compromise). Useful for AA/agent spend-limit design, not a Tokyo prize by itself. — x.com/Cointelegraph/status/2082058717801914650
(Optional practice, not top-8 material: iExec WTF hack — Uniswap/Aave + Nox privacy, $1.5k, deadline Aug 1 — x.com/iEx_ec/status/2082032067706253623 · dorahacks.io/hackathon/wtf-hackathon)
Build seeds
- World × agent payments — “Human-gated agent spend”: World ID / MiniKit proves a real human + selective claims; x402 (or USDC) executes only after proof-of-delegation for each high-risk action (Tokyo agent commerce pain).
- Uniswap × AA/stablecoin UX — “Compliant swap shell”: EIP-7702 / embedded wallet that routes retail via normal v4 and gated RWA via Permissioned Pool hooks, one UX, no second app for KYC assets.
- 1inch × Sui privacy wedge — Intent swap front-end (1inch Fusion+/Pathfinder) that can settle into Sui confidential-transfer / gasless stable paths so counterparties don’t leak balances on every fill.