Prize Tracks
Chainlink Grand Prize
For the best overall project that showcases how Chainlink and sponsor technologies enable a better way to power onchain finance or AI.
+ SmartCon tickets, covered travels, and the opportunity to present your project on stage.
Onchain Finance
For projects bringing new ideas to DeFi, stablecoins and onchain finance—whether by extending existing protocols or building entirely new ones. In addition, projects that focus on the tokenization of RWAs, bringing them onchain to enable a better way to do finance.
Best DeFi projects
+ $10,000 in AWS credits
+ $5,000 in AWS credits
Best tokenization/RWA projects
+ $10,000 in AWS credits
+ $5,000 in AWS credits
AWS Activate Credit conditions: To receive credits, winners and finalists must separately qualify for the AWS Activate program. All AWS Activate credits are in USD and subject to the AWS Promotional Credit Terms & Conditions. Startups aren’t eligible for AWS Activate Credits if they previously received the same or greater amount of credits. Customers whose AWS accounts are registered in the GCR region (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan) are not eligible
Cross-Chain Solutions
For the best cross-chain projects. This track purely focuses on implementations that make sense in a multi-chain world and use CCIP and/or CCT standard to enable seamless interoperability
Best Cross-Chain Projects
+ $10,000 in AWS credits
+ $5,000 in AWS credits
To receive credits, winners and finalists must separately qualify for the AWS Activate program. All AWS Activate credits are in USD and subject to the AWS Promotional Credit Terms & Conditions. Startups aren’t eligible for AWS Activate Credits if they previously received the same or greater amount of credits. Customers whose AWS accounts are registered in the GCR region (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan) are not eligible