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Aug 2, 2026

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Window: 2026-08-02 ~15:00–23:00 IST · Dev-only

Sponsor roster (web)

Published prizes now $45k across 5 tracks (was $55k / 4 partners as of 2026-07-14). NEW: 1inch ($5,000) — not on the Jul-14 list. Others: World $15k, ENS $10k, Uniswap Foundation $10k, Sui $5k. All prize criteria still “coming soon.”
ethglobal.com/events/tokyo2026/prizes

Digest (7)

  1. NEW prize track: 1inch ($5k) — Tokyo now lists 1inch as a partner; their pitch to builders is the Developer Portal (17 APIs), Pathfinder Swap API, and Fusion / Fusion+ for intent + cross-chain swaps with MEV protection / gasless-style UX — immediate surface for your AA + payments stack.
    ethglobal.com/events/tokyo2026/prizes

  2. Sui wedge: protocol-native builder fees (DeepBook) — Sui CLOB builders report DeepBook paying a builder fee on every trade from testnet, vs “protocols that don’t care if you make a dollar” — rare live monetization hook for the Sui $5k track.
    x.com/0xdegend/status/2083948736716087741

  3. Uniswap CCA is what people are actually shipping on — Umia Finance testnet is live on Uniswap Continuous Clearing Auction (CCA) + social/Privy login; live auction UX + test USDC bids, not another vanilla AMM fork — maps to Uniswap Foundation’s “protocol innovation” frame.
    x.com/Myra_0x/status/2083938712371462489 · x.com/Holyfishfindyou/status/2083898343340806209

  4. x402 agent payments: real volume + a $100k+ DEV prize pool — Algorand Devs: $110k+ volume / 160k+ txs via GoPlausible facilitator; Global x402 Challenge = $100k USDC + 500k ALGO for deploying paid x402 endpoints (off-Tokyo but highest-signal agent-payments work in the window).
    x.com/algodevs/status/2083953477366190233 · algorand.co/global-x402-challenge

  5. x402 infra roadmap: Merchant SDK incoming — PayAI (x402 facilitator) weekly recap: Merchant SDK next; also sub-second settlement path (1.7s→750ms p50 on Base/Flashblocks) and open collab form — agent-commerce tooling is still early, not saturated.
    x.com/PayAINetwork/status/2083872870489362614 · x.com/PayAINetwork/status/2083872862692151763

  6. Machine-native service markets are shipping (not just threads) — Fletch: v1 marketplace live with 5 published/verified services, x402 payment flows, agent-readable schemas (risk scoring, portfolio, market snapshots) — pattern = discover → pay → execute for trading/payment agents.
    x.com/fletch402/status/2083960190567903269

  7. Builder security alert: Coldcard weak-entropy exploit ~$89M — Galaxy: third wave; 1,367 BTC from ~4,585 addresses; Mar 2021 firmware fell back to software RNG (40-bit space) so keys could be offline-bruteforced with no device touch — direct lesson for any embedded-wallet / seed-generation path in AA demos.
    coindesk.com/tech/2026/08/02/bitcoin-cold-wallet-attack-spre

Quiet on official handles this window: no material posts from @ensdomains, @UniswapFND, @SuiNetwork, or World devrel in the 8h slice (Sunday). Push Chain $100k DualDefense contest chatter exists but closes same-day — low Tokyo leverage.

Build seeds

  1. 1inch Fusion+ “confirm-less” agent swap desk — EIP-7702 / embedded wallet executes intent swaps via Pathfinder + Fusion+; agent pays data APIs with x402 USDC; World ID optional gate for human-only high-notional.
  2. DeepBook fee-native perps/spot copilot on Sui — trading agent where every fill returns a protocol builder fee, surfaced as “you earned $X for routing” (pain = dead-end integrations; delight = stack that pays the builder).
  3. CCA launch pad for agents (Uniswap) — Umia-style Continuous Clearing Auction where an agent places/manages bids with gasless AA + CCTP stable rails, human only for World-gated final commit.