This post was originally published by Colosseum.
Colosseum is thrilled to announce the results of the Solana Radar Hackathon, a global online competition focused on bringing the next wave of high-impact projects into the Solana ecosystem. Radar was the tenth Solana Foundation hackathon and the second run by Colosseum. The competition brought together founders and developers from 120+ countries to build products spanning Infrastructure, Gaming, DePIN, DAOs, DeFi, Payments, and a long-tail of Consumer Applications.
More than 10,000 participants teamed up to submit 1,359 final projects to the judges, making Radar the largest crypto hackathon to date. Sphere, Solana Mobile, Drift, MetaDAO, Portal, Dialect, MagicBlock, and Wormhole joined the Solana Foundation as sponsors for the hackathon, offering a platform for crypto founders to jumpstart their journey.
"Solana Hackathons demonstrate the rapid growth of both developer talent and innovation within the ecosystem," said Dan Albert, Executive Director of the Solana Foundation. "The ideas and founders emerging from the Solana Radar Hackathon are driving real momentum, and the next wave of products will strengthen the ecosystem."
Without further ado, here are the winners…
🏆 Grand Champion
Reflect, a decentralized currency exchange based on hedge-backed stablecoins, received the Grand Prize of $50,000 USDC, along with passes to attend Breakpoint 2025 in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Consumer Apps Track
The first prize goes to Pregame, a p2p sports betting platform, with an award of $30,000 in USDC.
Additional prizes went to:
- Second: Trenches.top, a platform tokenizing the reputation of memecoin alpha callers.
- Third: Genesis, a platform for fractional & tokenized IP investing.
- Fourth: Fanplay, a new betting and mini game market for live hamster racing.
- Fifth: Wink, a transaction marketplace for customizable blink templates.
Although they did not win any prizes, we would also like to recognize, in no particular order, the work of the following honorable mentions:
Crypto Infrastructure Track
The first prize goes to Txtx, a developer platform for engineering teams to leverage runbooks, with an award of $30,000 in USDC.
Additional prizes went to:
- Second: Tokamai, a developer tool to catch errors and for real-time monitoring.
- Third: Chakra Drive, an end-to-end decentralized file storage network.
- Fourth: Verve, open-source embedded smart wallet infrastructure.
- Fifth: Dashy, a wallet cluster management tool.
Although they did not win any prizes, the judges would also like to recognize, in no particular order, the work of the following honorable mentions:
Gaming Track
The first prize goes to Supersize, a fully onchain high stakes multiplayer game, with an award of $30,000 in USDC.
Additional prizes went to:
- Second: The Arena, a PvP social trading game.
- Third: Windfall, a game based on leveraging LSTs.
- Fourth: Barnfight, a unique gaming solution allowing communities to play token-incentivized games together.
- Fifth: Quantro, a PvP ETF trading game.
Although they did not win any prizes, the judges would also like to recognize, in no particular order, the work of the following honorable mentions:
DeFi Track
The first prize goes to Squeeze, a platform for long and shorting tokens, with an award of $30,000 in USDC.
Additional prizes went to:
- Second: Blackpool, a ZKP-enabled darkpool trading platform.
- Third: Pye, a marketplace enabling stakers to forward sell their staking yield.
- Fourth: Neutral Trade, a platform for investing through onchain multi-strat hedge funds.
- Fifth: Watt, a volatility farming protocol that uses natural market arbitrage to generate real yield.
Although they did not win any prizes, the judges would also like to recognize, in no particular order, the work of the following honorable mentions:
DePIN Track
The first prize goes to SvachSakthi, an off-grid cooperative network for renewable energy, with an award of $30,000 in USDC.
Additional prizes went to:
- Second: AdX, a decentralized ad network.
- Third: Cura, a DePIN pet collar for dog walking enthusiasts.
- Fourth: Netsepio, a decentralized VPN and wifi hotspot service.
- Fifth: Kiko Network, a DePIN network of user-owned weather stations
Although they did not win any prizes, the judges would also like to recognize the work of the following honorable mention:
Payments Track
The first prize goes to FXSwap, a protocol that allows for efficient swaps between Forex and stablecoins, with an award of $30,000 in USDC.
Additional prizes went to:
- Second: Hylo, a dual-token stablecoin system backed by LSTs.
- Third: Split Finance, a buy now pay never payment solution.
- Fourth: Ribh Finance, a payment and inventory restocking solution for SMEs.
- Fifth: Quartz, a tax-efficient offramp without selling your tokens.
Although they did not win any prizes, the judges would also like to recognize, in no particular order, the work of the following honorable mentions:
DAOs & Network States Track
The first prize goes to AlphaFC, a community platform for fan-operated sports teams, with an award of $30,000 in USDC.
Additional prizes went to:
- Second: Marshmallow, an app to teach kids about financial literacy through onchain tools.
- Third: Bizzed, a community platform for evaluation of and group investing in SMBs.
- Fourth: LivingIP, a community platform for information and storytelling.
Fifth: Blonk, a telegram-based solution for creating DAO multsigs for collective actions.
University Award
The University Award, which recognizes excellence from a project led by university students, goes to Lexicon, receiving a $10,000 USDC prize for the project.
Public Goods Award
The Public Goods Award, which recognizes an open-source project that benefits developers across the Solana ecosystem, goes to Attest Protocol, receiving a $10,000 USDC prize.
Climate Award
The Climate Award, recognizing projects that are built with climate change and sustainability in mind, goes to Endcoin, receiving a USDC prize of $5,000.
Thanks again to all the participants, the judges who reviewed projects, and the sponsors from across the ecosystem. But most of all, congratulations to all the winners!
