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Announcing the Winners of ETH Denver 2025 Hedera Bounties

March 5, 2025
Ed Marquez
Ed Marquez
Head of Developer Relations

Hedera proudly sponsored the BUIDLWeek hackathon at ETHDenver 2025, bringing together developers to explore blockchain along with other technologies. Hedera hosted challenges for developers in three tracks: Explorers, EVM Builders, and AI & Agents. These challenges offered a total of US$50,000 in prizes.

Winning teams tackled real-world and creative challenges, showing the power of blockchain using the Hedera network.

Hedera AI & Agents Bounty (US$25,000 total):

1st Place (US$15,000): InfoFi (https://devfolio.co/submissions/infofi-45c4)

2nd Place (US$6,000): Index Token – DAO Governance (https://devfolio.co/submissions/hedera-agent-index-token-utilizing-dao-governance-3465)

3rd Place (US$3,000): Pixie AI (https://devfolio.co/submissions/pixie-ai-6544)

4th Place (US$1,000): WWAN Protocol (https://devfolio.co/submissions/wwan-protocol-a16f)

Hedera EVM Builder Bounty (US$20,000 total):

1st Place (US$10,000): ChargeHive (https://devfolio.co/submissions/chargehive-c25b)

2nd Place (US$6,000): Robolingo (https://devfolio.co/submissions/robolingo-8ffb)

3rd Place (US$3,000): TrustDAI – Trusted Decentralized AI (https://devfolio.co/submissions/trustdai-da7a)

4th Place (US$1,000): HedgeWave (https://devfolio.co/submissions/hedgewave-d63e)

Hedera Explorers Bounty: Imagine, Create, Hello Future (US$5,000 total; US$1,000 each):

DreamFi (https://devfolio.co/submissions/dreamfi-abfd)

Thyr (https://devfolio.co/submissions/thyr-d090)

Ava The MultiChain DeFAI Agent (https://devfolio.co/submissions/ava-the-multichain-defai-agent-b640)

NFTs With Benefits (https://devfolio.co/submissions/nfts-with-benefits-b83e)

Stitch AI (https://devfolio.co/submissions/stitch-ai-b362)

A huge congratulations to the winners, and a big thank you to everyone who participated! Your creativity, dedication, and passion made this hackathon fun and special. Every project embodied the bold, innovative spirit of the Hedera developer community, pushing the boundaries of decentralized tech and AI. We can’t wait to see what you build next!

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