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ETHGlobal Brussels

Circle

$10,000

About

About Circle: Circle’s stablecoins and full-stack development tools make it faster, easier, and safer to bring the benefits of blockchain to your business. Their suite of smart contracts, APIs, and SDKs are designed to get you off the ground quickly and securely. Circle's technology suite includes: Stablecoin Protocols: Open infrastructure for programmable money on public blockchains. - USDC: US dollar stablecoin that’s fully reserved and always redeemable 1:1 for US dollars, issued by Circle. Integrate US dollar stablecoins to deliver near-instant payments and financial services to anyone with an internet connection. - EURC: Fully reserved, regulated euro stablecoin. Power euro payments and financial services in your app globally. - Cross Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP): On-chain utility for moving USDC securely between supported blockchains for digital asset swaps, seamless user deposits, and on-demand treasury rebalancing. Web3 Services: Composable APIs and SDKs to bring any web or mobile app on-chain. - Programmable Wallets: Embed secure, frictionless wallets tailored to your app. Empower users to send, receive, and transact with digital assets. - Smart Contract Platform: Create, deploy, and manage smart contracts effortlessly. Build quickly with end-to- end tooling and audited templates. - Gas Station: Sponsor blockchain network gas fees for users. Please note that completion of the developer survey linked below is required as part of your submission. Additionally, ALL submissions will receive credits to be applied towards continued building with Circle's Web3 Services! We look forward to seeing what you build!

Prizes

🏆 Best Application for Cross-Border Payments ⸺ $2,000

Build an application (either mobile or web app) that uses the blockchain for cost-effective international money transfers, saving costs while enhancing margins. Extra points for also incorporating AI into your solution. Examples of applications include: Examples: * Payroll platforms - Streamline global salary disbursements with blockchain to reduce costs and ensure timely payments. * International Remittances - Facilitate low-cost, secure, and near-instant international money transfers for individuals. * Peer-to-Peer payments - Enable direct, cost-effective money transfers between users with a simple and intuitive interface. * Marketplaces - Create an online marketplace with decentralized payments to minimize intermediary fees and enhance security. Examples with AI: * Using machine learning to take blacklisted/banned wallets that are currently known across different blockchains to build a predictive model to identify other wallets and transactions that could be of high risk. * Using AI to show cost savings for sending funds in USDC vs. traditional payment rails. * Use AI to optimize payments by identifying security issues with the smart contract by analyzing the code. AI may also be used to identify greater efficiency, and reduction of gas fees related to compute. In order to be USDC specific, the fine-tuning would be related to any smart contracts interacting with Circle smart contracts or known wallets.

Qualification Requirements

Submissions will be evaluated based on the following parameters: * Functional MVP: Projects must demonstrate a working MVP pertinent to the event's focus area. Ensure that your MVP uses the recommended developer tools. * Development Documentation: Entrants should present a thoroughly documented development journey with a clear GitHub commit history reflective of ongoing, incremental work. * Integration Challenges and Feedback: Any API/Product integration difficulties must be fully logged in GitHub Issues, along with constructive critiques and improvement suggestions for the tools and documentation utilized. * Clear Presentation and Documentation: A video succinctly outlining the project's core functions and its effective use of Circle's Developer tools/tech is required, supported by well-explained and detailed documentation(e.g well-formatted README). * [IMPORTANT] Share your feedback by submitting survey responses here - https://circlefinancial.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0SZpLwlVQHmMXXM

Links and Resources

Feedback Survey Form

https://circlefinancial.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0SZpLwlVQHmMXXM

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🏆 Best Application for Dollar Access ⸺ $2,000

Build an application (mobile or web app) with use cases that utilise blockchain to provide global access to digital dollars, offering financial stability through the ability to hold and transact in digital dollars. The application will provide users with a stable store of value worldwide without needing a bank account and very efficient. Extra points for incorporating AI into your solution. Examples may include the following; Example: * Wallets - Develop a digital wallet that allows users to securely hold and transact in digital dollars. * Consumer Apps - Create a consumer app that provides financial stability by offering global access to digital dollars for everyday transactions. * Payments Apps - Build a payment app enabling seamless global payments and remittances using digital dollars, ensuring cost-effective and stable value transfers. Example with AI: * Create a conversational chat bot that educates the user based on their geography around why USDC would be the best store of value for them if they are trying to get access to dollar accounts and how they can access it in their local market. This would use AI to index the educational information available across the globe while also taking into account where a user is locally to help them get started with USDC.

Qualification Requirements

Links and Resources

Feedback Survey Form

https://circlefinancial.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0SZpLwlVQHmMXXM

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🏆 Best Application for Crypto Capital Markets ⸺ $2,000

Build an application (mobile or web app/service integration) with use cases involving blockchain for decentralised finance (DeFi) activities such as trading, lending digital assets, saving, etc. Users of the application should be able to use USDC in your app to trade, borrow, and lend using Circle's most widely used stablecoin. Extra points for also incorporating AI into your solution. Examples may include the following; Examples: * Using USDC as collateral for borrowing and lending digital assets, * Providing loans with USDC * Trading against various crypto assets. Examples with AI: * Leverage an AI model to build a smart contract generator that uses natural language processing to automatically produce USDC-enabled smart contracts with robust lending, borrowing, and repayment logic. We recommend using Replit’s AI model. * Execute on chain investments based on set thresholds and events. AI can be used to analyse data and identify patterns to trigger these automated transactions, while blockchain can provide a secure, transparent, and immutable record of the transactions. * Build a predictive model that takes past price history for digital tokens, and overlayed with real-time news

Qualification Requirements

Links and Resources

Feedback Survey Form

https://circlefinancial.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0SZpLwlVQHmMXXM

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🏆 Best Applications for Emerging Use Cases ⸺ $4,000

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1st place

$2,500

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2nd place

$1,500

Build an application (mobile or web app) that focuses on innovative solutions with novel and bespoke use cases. Extra points for also incorporating AI into your solution.Examples may include the following; Examples: * Use USDC and Programmable Wallets in an AI use case around payments for inferences or compute. Extra points for developing AI agents that can bank themselves by receiving USDC for tasks they perform, and spending USDC on services or other AI agents to complete more tasks. * A Web3 social platform empowering secure transactions and sustainable growth through trusted identities and digital content creation. * A creator-focused platform that utilizes USDC and smart contracts for content production, distribution, and monetization with full creator control and ownership. * A DeFi application that leverages CCTP for improved interoperability, enabling cross-chain payments and swaps with enhanced security and liquidity. * Gaming applications Examples with AI * Create a fine-tuned or RAG chat bot related to Circle's SDKs, APIs, and documentation * Use blockchain in an AI use case around payments for inferences or compute. * Develop AI agents that can bank themselves by receiving USDC for tasks they perform, and spending USDC on services or other AI agents to complete more tasks.