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Aug 6, 2026

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Sponsor roster (web)

NEW prize track: 1inch ($5k) — not on the 2026-07-14 confirmed set. Live /prizes roster: World $15k · ENS $10k · Uniswap Foundation $10k · 1inch $5k · Sui $5k (sum $45k; all “prize details coming soon”).
ethglobal.com/events/tokyo2026/prizes

Digest (≤8)

  1. NEW Tokyo sponsor = 1inch — adds a Fusion+/Swap API / intent-swap prize lane next to ENS·UF·World·Sui; page pushes Developer Portal (17 APIs, Pathfinder, Fusion/Fusion+ MEV-protected zero-gas). Worth prototyping a 1inch-routed payment or agent-swap path now. — ethglobal.com/events/tokyo2026/prizes

  2. Sui: Move creator / Mysten CTO Sam Blackshear leaves for Anthropic defensive-security research (still advisor to Mysten + Sui builders; Move Foundation “in the works”; Evan Cheng takes technical vision). Leadership churn + “agent security” framing is the live Sui narrative for Tokyo builders. — x.com/b1ackd0g/status/2085128160384000108 · crypto.news/mysten-labs-cto-sam-blackshear-joins-anthropic/

  3. Sui official push (edge of window): agentic settlements in ~250ms + Sui Basecamp 2026 tickets (Oct 7–8) — they are still selling “AI models pay at bank speed; Sui settles machine economy.” Direct map to agent-payments demos on the Sui prize. — x.com/SuiNetwork/status/2085123484322287814 · sui.io/basecamp

  4. ENS / UniswapFND / World — quiet in-window on official handles (no new SDK, prize criteria, or Tokyo-specific devrel in the 8h). No pad.

  5. 1inch — quiet in strict 8h for new builder surface (recent Aqua multi-position LP explainer sits outside window). Use prize-page stack docs, not X, for prep. — ethglobal.com/events/tokyo2026/prizes

  6. AWS: Strands Agents SDK open-protocols post — concrete MCP + A2A + AG-UI + x402 composition (pay-on-HTTP-402, budget guardrails, AgentCore Payments plugin). Highest-leverage agent-payments reference shipping into the open today. — aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/open-protocols-with-the-stra · x.com/manoj_selvak/status/2085146930682978507

  7. Cloudflare wallet handles at cloudflare.pay still circulating as free name-like handles for agent/x402-style payments (builders actively reserving tags). Identity + pay rail wedge adjacent to ENS/World tracks. — x.com/vish_hl/status/2085230690778689572 · cloudflare.pay

  8. Broader: no fresh high-signal grants / audit contests / builder-critical exploits in this 8h (only recycled “post-exploit trust” spam). Grants/bounty lane = quiet.

Build seeds

  1. 1inch × World: World-gated “human-only” Fusion+ swap / intent fill so bots can’t frontrun retail Japan remittance flows (new $5k track + $15k World).
  2. Sui agent payments + Blackshear security narrative: private/verifiable agent spend logs on Sui (cap, revoke, audit trail) aimed at machine-economy Basecamp messaging + Sui prize.
  3. ENS name → x402 pay identity: resolve name.eth to an agent payment endpoint (Strands/x402 pattern) with embedded-wallet + CCTP settlement for stablecoin agent bills — dual-shot ENS + payment-rails story.