Craftora x Blockscout PRO API Buildathon awards $1,200 USDC to builders who ship a working dApp across two judged October sprints

Participants build an MVP in Sprint 1 (Oct 8-21), then refine and finalize in Sprint 2 (Oct 25-31), with Blockscout PRO API required as a core dependency — final judging runs Nov 1-3 and the prize is paid in USDC.

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Solana launches Scholars Program — a funded 3-month research internship for PhD students working directly with core engineers

Selected scholars will collaborate with Solana's engineering team across specialized tracks including consensus, networking, cryptography, and economics. Applications are open now, with full program details available on the Solana website.

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Stellar Find Your Way hackathon opens with $5,000 USDC prize pool ahead of HackMeridian2026

Projects can span payments, tokenization, dev tooling, wallets, identity and beyond, with submissions due October 6 via the Stellar Passport hackathon page.

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Shutter DAO 0x36 opens Impact Pilot Round 1 with $1k–$3k crypto grants, deadline Oct 9, 2026

Seven categories are in scope, including encrypted-mempool integrations and private voting, aimed at builders pushing privacy and impact in the ecosystem. Applications close Oct 9, 2026.

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CertiK and Superteam offer $100K in security audit credits to 10 Crypto World's Fair teams by Oct 12, 2026

Projects handling onchain value — DeFi, payments, stablecoins, RWAs — can each claim $10,000 USDG in audit credits as part of a $100,000 multi-project security subsidy. Applicants must hold Superteam PRO membership.

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Adevar Labs opens $20,000 pre-audit credit pool for Solana and Rust Crypto World's Fair projects — 5 teams get $4,000 USDC each, submissions due 12 October 2026

Security review credits are awarded ahead of mainnet, with winners announced by 27 October. The listing is tied to Colosseum submissions, giving early-stage teams a free path to professional audit coverage before launch.

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Colosseum Crypto World's Fair SolanaCZE Track offers $10,000 USDG for Solana builders ahead of Oct 12, 2026 deadline

Aimed at Czechia and Slovakia builders plus other eligible CWF teams, the sidetrack rewards shipped Solana products with real utility. Prizes split $4,000/$2,500/$1,500/$750/$250 plus two $500 bonuses, with winners scheduled for 14 October 2026.

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CoW Grants Program deploys 500K xDAI and 6.55M COW to fund CoW Protocol ecosystem growth through January 2027

Quarterly fund releases support strategic ecosystem alignment and novel applications built on CoW. Open to initiatives that expand the protocol's reach and utility.

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Zcash Labs opens rolling grants for Zcash tooling and integrations after coinholder retroactive grant approval

Builders working on Zcash wallets, developer tooling, and product integrations are invited to reach out for continued funding support. No fixed deadline means teams can apply as their projects take shape.

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Btrust Starter Grants fund Bitcoin open-source devs with six months of monthly BTC support and mentorship

Applications run year-round for developers committing full-time to Bitcoin open-source work. Eligibility requires prior Bitcoin code contributions, a detailed six-month plan and a mentor recommendation.

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Morph launches $150M Payment Accelerator to route live payment volume onto its Ethereum L2

Backed by the Bitget ecosystem, the program targets crypto cards, neobanks, cross-border remittance, and merchant gateways with documented payment history. Accepted teams get production settlement infrastructure, GTM support, and distribution across Bitget's 120M users, with grants plus milestone-based incentives for deploying significant flow within 180 days.

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Uniswap Foundation Security Fund October 2026 cohort is now open for applications

Selected projects receive up to 100% subsidy on audit costs, a pre-audit security scan, and access to the Areta auditor marketplace. Apply by October 07, 2026, 23:59 UTC.

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Kevin Owocki on folding Gitcoin quadratic funding into Buoy

Kevin Owocki argues that qf folds into the second pilot (local money) instead of standing alone as a platform, and that the qf / funding platform stops being its own bet and becomes a feature of buoy, which he calls pilot 2, targeting November.

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USC Builders Grant: $10,000 non-dilutive seed pool for two digital-asset or fintech teams

The VanEck Digital Assets Initiative at USC Marshall is taking applications for a 10-week accelerator with mentorship and no equity or token allocation taken.

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Artizen pauses operations; users told to claim payouts and withdraw funds

Artizen, a funding platform for art, science, technology and culture projects, says it "is pausing operations." Its site now tells users to "Sign in to claim your creator payout or withdraw ART and USDC from your Artizen wallet."

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Entropy Advisors proposed that ArbitrumDAO adopt USDG as a core strategic initiative

The proposal would add 100M ARB to DRIP, bringing its remaining budget to ~165M ARB, combine Seasons Two through Four into a single USDG-focused season, and extend the program through one year from onchain approval (est. November 2027).

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Logos RFP-005 (Multisig and Coordination) is open for proposals until October 16, 2026

Logos asks for an audited M-of-N multisig program on the Logos Execution Zone (LEZ) with an encrypted, metadata-resistant coordination channel for signers.

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Celestia Foundation Delegation Program Cohort 9 is open

Cohort 9 has 35 seats with a 12-month delegation duration; applications opened 1 October 2026 and close 1 November 2026, and delegation begins 1 December 2026.

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SafeDAO SEP 56 requests ~7,400,000 SAFE to fund Safenet Aegis

Vote closed October 6, 2026 with all votes for Accept (about 29.4M SAFE).

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Targeted RFP: Cosmos Hub Sponsored Endpoint Provider

The Interchain Foundation's Ecosystem Growth Delegations tranche posted a Targeted RFP on October 6, 2026 for one provider to run a sponsored public RPC, API and gRPC endpoint service for the Cosmos Hub, with the award running for four quarterly rounds.

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ZCG-Funded V12 Credits for AI Security Scans: Applications Open

Zcash Community Grants opened applications on October 7, 2026 for ZCG-funded credits on V12, the AI security auditor built by the team behind Zellic. Any team or individual building open-source software for the Zcash ecosystem can apply, including teams that are not current ZCG grantees. ZCG reviews applications on a rolling basis and allocates credits from a ZCG-funded pool, starting with ongoing PR scans.

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