ChainCatcher news, Gaia partners with Coinbase to launch "The First Fully-Autonomous AI agent" hackathon. Gaia has announced the organizers, judges, and rewards; the AI agent will be fully automated from 0 to 1. This includes organizer HAL, judge Vital-AI-iK, and award presenter Jamie D-AI-Mon.Registration period: November 28Event duration: November 29 - December 13

ChainCatcher news, the Mantle APAC Hackathon, jointly initiated by Mantle, Hackquest, and OpenBuild, will officially launch on November 15, open for registration to developers and blockchain enthusiasts in the Asia-Pacific region.This hackathon features five major themes: Decentralized Finance (DeFi), Infrastructure (Infra), Game Development (Gaming), Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Meme, with a prize pool of up to $30,000. Each participating project can apply for project funding of up to 20,000 MNT. Additionally, outstanding projects will have the opportunity to receive support from the $200 million fund from Mantle Eco Found and AWS Activate Credits. The winning teams will also gain direct interview opportunities with the HackQuest X Mantle Global Accelerator. During the event, participants will receive technical support from the Mantle expert team, as well as professional feedback from the judging teams of Hackquest and OpenBuild. Shortlisted projects will be showcased online during the Demo Day from December 19 to 22.

ChainCatcher news, the new edition of the BNB Hackathon series for 2024 will kick off today. This event has a prize pool of over $458,000. The workshop will start on November 26, and project submissions can be made from December 15 to December 24. This hackathon is community-driven, with no preset themes or wish lists.Winners will be announced on January 16, 2025, along with the launch of a one-month incubation period. A total of 6 winners will receive key support from BNB Chain, including one month of technical incubation support and direct interview eligibility for the MVB program.Developers can explore selected directions based on market trends and BNB Chain ecosystem priorities, such as:Stablecoins, DeFi, and Payments: Solutions to enhance financial efficiencyTelegram-based DApps and Infrastructure: Applications and tools for social and gamingAI-driven DApps and Infrastructure: Combining AI, DeFi, gaming, and other fieldsNew Narratives (DeSoc, DeSci, DeBio): Infrastructure linking Web3 and the real worldParticipants can also win exclusive rewards through sponsor challenges from UXUY, DEGO, THENA, Sonorous, Polyhedra, and Dorafactory.

ChainCatcher news, ETHGlobal officially announced the 2025 schedule, which will host at least 6 hackathon events. The specific dates are: Taipei (April 4 to April 6), Prague (May 30 to June 1), Cannes (July 4 to July 6), New York (August 15 to August 17), New Delhi (September 26 to September 28), Devconnect (November, exact dates to be announced).

ChainCatcher news, ETHGlobal held its latest hackathon after Devcon in Bangkok, Thailand last weekend, with a total of 713 projects submitted. The judges included Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, Aave founder Stani Kulechov, Base founder and head Jesse Pollak, and many other important participants in the Ethereum ecosystem.The ten finalists selected by the judges focused on the rapidly growing areas of the crypto field, including meme coins, AI agents, DAO tools, and more. This hackathon offered a prize pool of $750,000, which is also the largest prize pool in ETHGlobal's history.The winning teams included AI DAO tool DAOGenie, ZK sorter Zubernetes, AI Web3 agent Industry AI, fitness GameFi project LootGO, Telegram DAO bot minidao, DeSci project Cat In A Box, Telegram battle game BubbleWars, cryptocurrency QR payment tool ETHPark-QR in Thailand, blockchain game Dark Factory, and game launch platform Metaloot.

ChainCatcher news, ETHGlobal announced that its next hackathon will be held in Taipei in April 2025 together with ETHTaipei.Last weekend, at the ETHGlobal hackathon held in Bangkok, Thailand, a total of 713 projects participated, competing for a prize pool of $750,000. One of the core focus areas of the awarded projects was gaming, which occupied 4 out of the top 10 spots. Another key area was DAO tools, while the remaining projects covered a range of fields from infrastructure to DeSci.In addition, ETHGlobal officially announced the 2025 schedule, which will include at least 6 hackathon events, with the following dates: Taipei (April 4 to April 6), Prague (May 30 to June 1), Cannes (July 4 to July 6), New York (August 15 to August 17), New Delhi (September 26 to September 28), Devconnect (November, specific dates to be announced).

ChainCatcher news, Zypher co-founder Maggie Wang announced at the "DeInsight 2024" annual summit's "Insights from Innovators" roundtable discussion that the game "Crypto Rumble," powered by the Zypher ZK game engine, will launch this month on Zytron Pioneer and airdrop blind boxes and other game assets to on-chain active users of the Linea mainnet and ETH mainnet."Crypto Rumble" is a blockchain game developed based on the Zypher Network's zk game engine, which won the championship at the 2023 BNB Chain Istanbul Hackathon under the leadership of the Zypher team. This game combines card RPG and match-three elements, with all game logic based on Zypher Network's server abstraction technology, built entirely on-chain without relying on centralized servers. Game assets, processes, and outcomes can be directly verified on the blockchain, ensuring transparency and integrity, providing players with a fair and just gaming experience and true asset ownership.

ChainCatcher news, the AI modular asset protocol MUA7648 developed by the Web3 creator community MUA DAO, won the Best Innovative Integration Award at the "Decentralized AI Agent Hackathon" held by GaiaNet.The MUA7648 protocol promotes the modularization of AI Agent assets, supporting infinite issuance and royalty recursion through asset splitting and combination. This protocol aims to reshape the application model of blockchain-native IP assets, simplifying the process for users to transform any on-chain assets into new 3D & AR form AI Agent assets, enhancing liquidity while improving interactive experiences, and opening up new development areas for customizable AI Agents based on IP. Users can interact with numerous original AI Agents through its official website.In addition, MUA DAO announced the open-sourcing of the MUA7648 protocol to stimulate innovation and collaboration, empowering creators to freely develop diverse 3D AI Agents using cutting-edge AI technology, advancing the AI industry, and giving rise to new application scenarios.It is reported that its project token MUA is currently trading on platforms such as Gate.io, BingX, and BitMart.

ChainCatcher news, the social gaming metaverse Ultiverse has partnered with the oracle protocol ORA to launch the AI x Gaming hackathon event "O.A.G", supported by Polychain Capital, DAO5, and Animoca Brands. The first round of applications will start tomorrow and end on December 12. Participants in the O.A.G incubator will ultimately be able to present their projects to investors.It is reported that the purpose of this initiative is to strengthen AI-driven Web3 gaming and application projects. Selected projects can receive funding of up to $2 million, as well as marketing and strategic support. The program focuses on product-market fit, fundraising, market strategy, and sustainable growth.

ChainCatcher news, the GameOn TON hackathon is in full swing, aimed at promoting innovation in the Web3 gaming and TON blockchain sectors. It is jointly hosted by several well-known organizations, including AEON and the TON Foundation, with TonBit as the security partner, providing comprehensive security assurance for participating projects.The prize pool for this hackathon reaches up to 4 million USD, aimed at encouraging developers to innovate and providing expert guidance. All projects participating in the GameOn TON hackathon that use TonBit's auditing services will have the opportunity to receive an auditing discount pool provided by TonBit, ranging from 50,000 to 100,000 USD, as well as exclusive on-chain security training.TonBit, the security sub-brand under BitsLab, is an early builder and security expert of the TON ecosystem, dedicated to providing security auditing services for the TON ecosystem.