"Web3 Innovators Battle for $200K at Hong Kong Hackathon"

The Consensus Hong Kong Hackathon, sponsored by EasyA, brought together hundreds of developers to showcase innovative projects that could shape the future of Web3. The two-day event offered participants the chance to win over $200,000 and present their ideas to influential venture capitalists and investors. The competition focused on various tracks, including Aptos, Ripple, Polkadot, and OriginTrail.

The Aptos track winners included ProfitX, an AI-powered portfolio manager and trading assistant integrated with Merkle Trade, a decentralized perpetual DEX built on the Aptos blockchain. HealthDB, an Aptos-based AI agent for managing health data, and Grand Theft Aptos, an open-world game combining AI-driven NPCs and blockchain technology, also secured top spots. Ai.apt, a quant trading agent, and MoME, a platform for parsing and explaining blockchain transactions across multiple networks, tied for fourth place.

The Ripple track saw Xeno and FrameUS tie for first place, offering a tap-to-pay RLUSD solution and a platform for fans to donate to charities of their idols, respectively. Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT) and Playcheck, a secure in-person betting platform, tied for second place. QR RLUSD, a QR code-based payment solution, took third place.

In the MozaicNFT track, MozaicDot and Nemwork tied for first place, enabling comprehensive NFT functionality within the Polkadot ecosystem and developing a blockchain-based AI Pet platform, respectively. FrameUS, the same project that won in the Ripple track, also tied for second place.

The Crust Network track winner was Mixture of Multichain Experts (MoME), the same project that tied for fourth place in the Aptos track. In the OriginTrail track, Pix x Origintrail Telegram Bot, a platform for divinations and incentivized user-generated content, took first place. MoME and Prophet.fun, a platform for making prophecies and staking money in Natural Language, secured second and third places, respectively.