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Crypto World's Fair is running right now. Colosseum's startup competition, Sept 14 to Oct 12, 2026. It is the first one open to builders on every major chain.

Everything you need is in one place → stblkn.notion.site/colosseum-hackathon

Register here: colosseum.com

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Grants

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Our own grants are closed until the end of the year. We will announce here when they reopen.

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  1. Solana Grants Program, varies
  2. Solana Mobile builder grants, varies
  3. Circle developer grants, varies
  4. Wormhole xGrants, varies
  5. Kalshi Builder Grants, $2M pool

Everything currently open, in one list → Superteam Earn

Accelerators

  1. Colosseum Accelerator. $250k on founder-friendly terms. The only way in is winning a Colosseum hackathon, and acceptance is around 0.7%.
  2. Solana Incubator by Solana Labs
  3. Alliance DAO, $500k for around 7%
  4. Orange DAO Fellowship, $100k MFN SAFE
  5. a16z Crypto Startup Accelerator, $500k via SAFE
  6. OnePiece Labs x Solana
  7. Wintermute Construct, $200k for around 7% plus perks
  8. Outlier Ventures Base Camp, $150k for around 7.5% in equity and tokens

Hackathons

  1. Crypto World's Fair, Sept 14 to Oct 12, 2026. Live now. Register and read our guide.
  2. Colosseum Eternal. Self-paced four week sprint with a $25k USDC award, which you can start whenever it is open. Paused right now, expected back around November.

Colosseum runs two main hackathons a year, one in spring and one in autumn, with Eternal filling the gap between them.

Links checked 10 September 2026. Chainlink's Build on Solana programme was removed because their token rewards ended in July and the page no longer exists. If you find something here that is dead or out of date, tell us in the hackathon group.