APAC Stellar Hackathon

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This is the largest Stellar hackathon ever hosted in the region, bringing together developers, founders, and student builders from three countries and beyond. 🚀 Throughout the program, we'll run developer workshops, community events, and university activations across 🇻🇳Vietnam, 🇮🇩 Indonesia, and 🇵🇭 Philippines, plus fully online events open to developers anywhere in APAC.  🌎 Open to developers across APAC 💛 Fully online hackathon with supporting online & physical community events 🏆 The largest Stellar builder program in the APAC region 💰 Prize Pool: Up to $60,000 USD up for grabs!  👤Who Can Join? The hackathon is open to:  Web3 developers and builder teams DeFi protocol developers Startup founders and early-stage teams Student developers Engineers interested in financial infrastructure Participants are encouraged to build real products with real utility, not just prototypes.  🏗️ What We Want Hackers to Build We're looking for user-facing financial applications that solve real problems for real people. Concretely:  User-facing financial applications Payment apps people can actually use DeFi applications that do something meaningful with real assets Financial tools that connect users to their local economy We strongly encourage teams to: Integrate with local anchors Use local assets Build applications that give those assets utility (earn, swap, disburse, etc.)  Build with composability in mind. Many successful Stellar applications don't exist in isolation. They:  Plug into existing wallets Use existing DeFi protocols Interact with on/off-ramps Use existing building blocks on Stellar to enhance their product (improved user experience, unlock new capabilities, etc.) without having to reinvent the wheel  Examples of integrations:  On/off-ramps: Fiat-crypto access, localized funding and cash-out paths, regional payment infrastructure DeFi & liquidity: Yield aggregators, lending, AMMs, brokers, DEX infrastructure, cross-chain and interoperability tooling Payments & disbursements: Consumer or merchant payment flows, financial access use cases Wallets & identity: Wallet integrations that reduce friction  🚀 What You'll Gain  Compete for a prize pool of up to $60,000 USD Access technical mentorship from the Stellar ecosystem Developer workshops and training across SEA Join the global Stellar ecosystem and connect with builders, partners, and investors  Please note that prize eligibility is subject to projects meeting the minimum quality requirements and technical benchmarks set by the judging committee. 📅 Program Timeline Running from May 14 to late July 2026, with extended post-hackathon activities through September.