NUS FINTECH
SUMMIT2026
5th - 9th January 2026 @ National University of Singapore
Build a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) that leverages the XRP Ledger's (XRPL) core features to solve a real-world problem. Seeking innovative solutions with a variety of use-cases.
If you don't know where to start, explore applications around Payments, Real-World Asset (RWA) tokenization, RLUSD integration and Decentralized identity (DID). A successful project will solve a real-world financial problem using XRPL. Features could include DID-integrated fintech identity flows, RLUSD-based apps, SDKs for other developers to easily integrate XRPL features (e.g. RLUSD, escrows, DIDs) into their app and Payment apps, Microfinance, and Real-World Asset (RWA) Tokenization.
Ripple Track
Ripple is offering a bounty for the best feedback related to the developer experience during the hackathon. The goal of this bounty is to gather valuable insights to improve the XRPL developer journey.
Award: 1-2 bounties of 500 SGD each
To be considered for the track, fill in this form:
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BGA Track
Projects that meet the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals can be considered to meet the requirements of this track. The BGA Track is designed to find and reward innovative projects that utilise blockchain technology to solve critical global problems, and the following are some of the representative project categories that meet the requirements of the BGA Track, but are not limited to just that:
Award: 2000 USDT Prize Pool
To be considered for the BGA Bounty, come to the BGA booth on demo day to pitch your ideas and projects to the judge live. Each presentation should be no longer than 2.5 minutes. There may be questions posed by the judge after your pitch. Virtual presentations will be permitted on a case-by-case basis and participants should let us know at least one day prior.
Teams will first register for the hackathon. Successful teams will pass on to the finals on 9 January 2026. The BGA bounty is an add-on prize for finalist teams. If your project best meets the criteria of the bounty, you can win the bounty on top of the prize from the main problem statement.
To participate, you may form teams of 3-5 members. Register by firstly filling up the Registration Form. Additionally, you are required to create a devpost account at devpost.com. Kindly ensure that your account is created with the same email in the registration form for verification purposes.
After creating a devpost account, they may visit the hackathon devpost site where there will be an option to join the hackathon. For more details and general help, participants may refer to the devpost help centre for hackathon participants.
Shortlisted teams will present their prototypes to our sponsor judges on 9th January.