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Congratulations to the Hackathon winners! Grand Prize Winner - 20,000 ADA "Quantix" by solo entry @maxalexweber QUANTIX is a B2B delivery settlement app for raw materials. Unlike regular RWA use cases, here it just tokenizes the needed facts about goods inventory, price, timestamp, signer set, and not the goods themselves. Conventional B2B delivery settlement runs on PDFs, EDI patchwork, and post-hoc reconciliation: ERP says one thing, the warehouse another, the price sheet is a day old, and disputes are settled by whoever has the better paperwork. QUANTIX replaces that with a single atomic Cardano transaction. Github Repo: github.com/maxalexweber1/… Demo Video: youtube.com/watch?v=g3_FEx… Best DeFi & Integrations - 5,000 ADA "Charli3 Perp" by team @AscendPerps - Charli3 Perp is a minimal implementation of perpetual trading using Charli3 oracle data. It connects verified on-chain ADA/USD price feed to pipeline executed with Midnight for orders, matching, and settlement. Best Real World Settlement - 5,000 ADA "AEGIS Parametric Insurance" by team @fluxpointstudio - Aegis is automated crypto insurance that pays out instantly when oracle-verified price conditions are met -- no claims process, no adjusters, no waiting. The oracle IS the claims adjuster. Best Oracle Tooling - 5,000 ADA "Charli3-js" by team @SyncAI_Network - Typescript charli3 SDK - Agent Integration pathway Community Choice Award - 5,000 ADA "Parametrix by team @lambdac_labs - Parametric risk settlement on Cardano (hedge against real world risks like rainfall or measurable events) Thank you very much to our sponsors for making this hackathon a reality: @Cardano_CF @Catalyst_onX @DraperDragon Big shout out to the @Oraclecharli3 team who volunteered their time to host the hackathon! And lastly, thank you for the incredible support from the community to make this event a success!

Roundtable Talk – DRep Participation in Focus: Power Is One Thing, Participation Is Another 📅 May 4, 2026 - 14:00 UTC Participation, consistency, and accountability remain key themes in recent discussions around DReps. Questions around engagement levels, voting rationale's, and DRep fatigue point to a broader challenge - one needing a public debate. This Roundtable Talk creates space for open, constructive dialogue. We’ll explore what healthy participation looks like, how accountability can be strengthened, and what’s needed to support DRePs over time. The goal is simple, better understand what’s working, what’s not, and what needs to evolve to strengthen DRep participation as intended by design. Joining the Roundtable: - @hix_coffeepool - @RodrigoPacini - @NicolasC3rny - @bhra_freezy - @Lo_Ponch - @kenerik - @tsnnst

Roundtable Talk – DRep Participation in Focus: Power Is One Thing, Participation Is Another 📅 May 4, 2026 - 14:00 UTC Participation, consistency, and accountability remain key themes in recent discussions around DReps. Questions around engagement levels, voting rationale's, and DRep fatigue point to a broader challenge - one needing a public debate. This Roundtable Talk creates space for open, constructive dialogue. We’ll explore what healthy participation looks like, how accountability can be strengthened, and what’s needed to support DRePs over time. The goal is simple, better understand what’s working, what’s not, and what needs to evolve to strengthen DRep participation as intended by design. Joining the Roundtable: - @hix_coffeepool - @RodrigoPacini - @NicolasC3rny - @bhra_freezy - @Lo_Ponch - @kenerik - @tsnnst

Here is the full live session we had with the 5am team and the Syngenta Foundation team. 💪 It was really an amazing conversation, and we think it's a great way for people to learn more about the project ! #5AM

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