A comprehensive overview of the top-performing projects at the Solana Hackathon: the cream of the crop in the industry.

Original article | Odaily Planet Daily ( @OdailyChina )

Author｜Azuma ( @azuma_eth )

From December 11th to 13th, the 5th Breakpoint was successfully held in Abu Dhabi. As the largest and most influential ecosystem conference in the Solana ecosystem, Breakpoint often carries the expectations of the entire Solana ecosystem for information exchange on value judgments, future directions, and wealth secrets.

During the Breakpoint period, the Solana Cypherpunk Hackathon, hosted by the Solana Foundation and organized by Colosseum, garnered significant exposure and attention. This year's hackathon brought together entrepreneurs and developers from over 150 countries, with more than 9,000 participants submitting 1,576 projects covering infrastructure, consumer applications, DeFi, stablecoins, RWA, and innovative products across various undefined sectors, making it the largest crypto-themed hackathon to date.

The following is a detailed review of the winning projects from this year's hackathon by Odaily Planet Daily. In the current sluggish market and stagnant narrative environment, these new projects not only present investment opportunities but also have the potential to ignite the next cycle, propelling the industry towards a new boom.

Overall Champion: Unruggable

Link: https://x.com/unruggable_io

Introduction: Unruggable is the first hardware wallet and accompanying application designed specifically for Solana, aiming to create a simple, fast, easy-to-use, and fully Solana-optimized self-custody solution. Most existing hardware wallets are multi-chain designed, supporting various blockchains but lacking deep optimization for any single chain, and Solana support is often secondary; for example, Ledger didn't support SLP format tokens until 2025.

Through the Unruggable hardware wallet and application, users can directly exchange, stake, lend, earn yield, transfer funds, and manage assets. Unruggable is deeply integrated with Jito for optimized transactions and includes native features such as S quads multisignature, Jupiter lending and exchange, Titan aggregated trading, Anza privacy transfer, SNS, DeFi Carrot, and Privacy Cash.

Unruggable aims to provide Solana with the speed and convenience of a hot wallet, while offering the security of a cold wallet. Users can complete security setup in less than 30 seconds. Unruggable's companion applications are cross-platform compatible, completely open source, and entirely written in Rust.

Sub-region: Consumer Applications

First place: Capitola

Link: https://x.com/ryanchern

Introduction: Capitola is a prediction market native aggregator that allows users to bet on all events across platforms at the best prices.

Second place: Superfan

Link: https://x.com/superfan_one

Introduction: Superfan is a metaverse record label built on the Solana and MetaDAO infrastructure, aiming to transform fan beliefs into artist credits through a prediction market mechanism. Fans can hold record shares in the label through tokens, vote on which artists to fund, and benefit from repayments.

Third place: Fora

Link: https://x.com/ForaMarkets

Introduction: Fora is a social trading platform and prediction market protocol that supports group chat.

Fourth place: Toaster.trade

X Link: https://x.com/ToasterDotTrade

Introduction: Toaster.trade is a lightweight Solana trading platform powered by Hyperliquid.

Fifth place: Nomu

Link: https://x.com/EatwithNomu

Introduction: Nomu is a marketplace platform that allows users to pre-purchase products and earn rewards when they are sold. Nomu aims to build a two-way feedback business ecosystem, rather than a one-way consumption chain. When consumers support a product, their purchase not only funds the product but also injects funds into a transparent rewards pool. As the community buys, trades, and promotes, the rewards pool grows, and when the product is successfully launched, all participants who drove this process share the profits. Through Nomu, consumption can be converted into liquid capital, rather than sunk costs.

Other recommended projects that did not win awards

• Here.: Seeker, a mobile-exclusive social networking service. Users can take timestamped photos, optionally add GPS location verification, and earn rewards through interactions or transactions generated by posts.
• Pyro : A sponsorship trading platform where sponsors can buy and burn creator tokens to earn banner ad space during live streams;
• Dolero : A decentralized 1v1 card game inspired by the blackjack mechanic;
• TBD : Collects, predicts, and presents human emotions to aid in predicting market betting;
• Feels : Anti-Rug DEX;
• Ralli : A fantasy-style sports game app that allows you to play against your friends;
• Seeker OS : An operating system designed specifically for agents rather than mobile applications.

Sub-region: DeFi

First Place: Yumi Finance

Link: https://x.com/YumiFinance

Introduction: Yumi Finance aims to build a fully on-chain "Buy Now, Pay Later" (BNPL) solution, covering the entire process of credit assessment, fund allocation, loan initiation, and bad debt handling.

Second place: Kormos

Link: https://x.com/Kormos_Finance

Introduction: Kormos aims to create a high-yield, leverage-free solution for Solana through a fractional reserve mechanism. Kormos Vaults intelligently allocates user funds within the Solana DeFi ecosystem, with depositors divided into two roles.

• Liquid depositors enjoy higher returns (compared to other liquid DeFi yields), but in the event of a "bank run," they must wait in a first-in-first-out queue for redemption (under normal circumstances, they can be redeemed immediately).
• Lock-in depositors enjoy higher returns (compared to assets with the same maturity) and can choose their own redemption period; the longer the period, the higher the return.

Kormos has a deposit protection mechanism that prioritizes locked-in depositors as a buffer for liquid depositors, and will bear the losses first if there are losses in the underlying protocol.

Third place: Rekt

Link: https://x.com/GetRektApp

Introduction: Rekt is a mobile trading application designed to make trading easy for ordinary users through a simple, gamified experience. With Rekt, users don't need a large amount of capital or in-depth financial knowledge; they can start making directional predictions for BTC, ETH, or SOL with just $1.

Fourth place: Archer

X Link: https://x.com/ArcherExchange_

Introduction: Archer is a MEV-resistant trading protocol that provides traders with the most competitive prices by protecting market makers from adverse selection and latency competition.

Archer's innovative matching engine allows market makers to compete purely by providing traders with the best prices and depth, minimizing multiple MEV attacks targeting both market makers and takers.

Fifth place: Hobba

Link: https://x.com/hobba_io

Introduction: Hobba aims to build a safer, more efficient, and worry-free lending service. Hobba automatically allocates liquidity across Solana to obtain the optimal interest rate, allowing idle funds to generate returns and using these returns to continuously repay user loans.

When the value of the collateral appreciates, Hobba accelerates repayments; when the value falls, the off-chain risk engine automatically adjusts the portfolio to ensure user safety.

Other recommended projects that did not win awards

• Blueprint : An AI-powered automated investment tool.
• Condor : A mobile liquidity management application.
• Lomen : An AI-powered trading tool that allows users to perform multi-step position management across applications, assets, and protocols with a single click.
• RevTec : A liquidity staking product that allows you to capture priority fees and tips from transactions in addition to staking income.
• Ktulu : A centralized liquidity management tool that supports automated reinvestment, rebalancing, and payouts.
• OPSONCHAIN : An automated trading engine.
• Lifted : An interest-bearing stablecoin protocol.
• Alyra : A modular execution layer. Alyra abstracts the distributed multi-chain infrastructure (bridges, DEXs, aggregators, relayers) and provides a single API and SDK for seamless execution across networks.

Sub-venues: Infrastructure

First place: Seer

Link: None available

Introduction: Seer is a groundbreaking tool for Solana trading debugging. Similar to Tenderly on EVM, it provides a complete view of the functions and row-level traces of trade execution, including source code mapping, standard Solana logs and error messages, and snapshots of local variables at specific locations.

Second place: Corbits

X Link: https://x.com/corbits_dev

Introduction: Corbits enables AI agents to instantly pay API fees via the x402 protocol—no account, no key required, pay-as-you-go. For merchants, adding payment methods takes only hours, endpoint agent configuration takes only minutes, and transactions are processed in real time.

Third place: Ionic

Link: None available

Introduction: Ionic builds the missing data aggregation layer for Solana. Solana's 0.4-second block generation speed and over 800 transactions per second generate massive amounts of data, making it nearly impossible for traditional tools to handle complex real-time statistics. Ionic's pre-processed analytics service can return results in milliseconds, while traditional tools (such as Dune and BitQuery) take several minutes.

Ionic's target customers include projects migrating to Solana and platforms that require complex real-time data.

Fourth place: Pine Analytics

Link: https://x.com/PineAnalytics

Introduction: Pine Analytics is building a full-stack blockchain analytics platform that captures, aggregates, and interprets on-chain data in real time, transforming it into clear visual charts and AI-readable data layers.

Fifth place: Hyperstack

Link: https://x.com/hyperonsol

Introduction: Hyperstack is a code-based data infrastructure built for Solana. Users only need to define the data architecture connecting on-chain accounts, and Hyperstack will handle the creation of the backend infrastructure. Hyperstack aims to provide developers with a familiar development experience without having to deal with all the complex underlying Solana infrastructure, enabling them to deliver products on Solana at unprecedented speeds.

Other recommended projects that did not win awards

• CatScope : An ultra-low latency MEV toolkit built specifically for Solana.
• Arrow API : A transaction data builder API designed specifically for SOL/SPL.
• subZero bridges the "last mile" between blockchain applications and end users, ensuring uninterrupted, low-latency, and privacy-preserving connections.
• Solder : The backend framework for the Solana DApp, essentially Next.js + Vercel for building the off-chain infrastructure for Solana.
• ChainDex : A real-time blockchain indexer built on ReifyDB.
• Excalead : Automated smart contract auditing service.
• Solforge : A next-generation Solana development environment that combines high-speed local network performance with integrated AI-assisted features.
• Shiroi : A block builder module system and validator client for the Solana blockchain.
• Fystack : A digital asset custody solution for enterprises.

Regional Division: RWA

First place: Autonomous

Link: https://x.com/AutonomRWA

Introduction: Autonomous is an oracle designed specifically for real-world assets, capable of dynamic on-chain pricing based on different corporate behaviors, in order to solve the off-chain asset pricing problem currently plaguing the on-chain market.

Currently, real-world assets (especially stocks) have not truly entered the realm of perpetual contracts, at least not in the Solana ecosystem. The key reason for this is that stocks undergo various corporate actions (such as stock splits, dividends, or mergers and acquisitions), all of which affect stock prices, and existing oracle systems do not take these factors into account.

Second place: Bore.fi

Link: None available

Introduction: Bore.fi aims to encourage businesses that are uninteresting but have stable cash flow to adopt blockchain technology.

"Builders, laundromats, logistics companies... the world is full of uninteresting, cash-flow-stable, and profitable businesses. They don't chase trends, but consistently generate cash flow. Bore.fi aims to acquire these uninteresting businesses and put them on-chain, transforming mundane yet cash-flow-stable businesses into on-chain revenue-generating machines, thereby creating the world's first tokenized private equity protocol for SMEs. Real-world returns don't come from leverage or meme coins, but from—we are bringing these businesses to Solana."

Third place: Legasi

Link: https://x.com/legasi_xyz

Introduction: Legasi brings institutional-grade long-term lending to the digital age through Lombard lending backed by crypto assets. As a compliant on-chain credit layer, Legasi allows anyone to borrow fiat currency instantly, using their own digital assets as collateral.

Fourth place: Pencil Finance

Link: https://x.com/pencilfinance_

Introduction: Pencil Finance is the first DeFi protocol to bring real-world student loans onto the blockchain, creating a new yield-generating asset class backed by education.

Pencil Finance partners with certified student loan originators in emerging markets to tokenize loan portfolios and structure them into a tiered risk-based structure. Global investors can participate through fixed-yield senior tokens or high-yield junior NFTs, with repayments and defaults handled transparently on-chain.

Fifth place: Watchtower

X Link: https://x.com/watchtower150

Introduction: Watchtower aims to provide on-chain asset collateralized financing for space infrastructure projects.

Other recommended projects that did not win awards

• VitalFi : A DeFi protocol based on Solana that aims to tokenize healthcare receivables in Brazil. Users can deposit USDT into a transparent on-chain vault to fund healthcare providers and generate sustainable returns.
• Cream : A decentralized energy grid based on Solana, designed to transform community rooftops into tokenized assets and energy into stable income.

Regional Divisions: Stablecoins

First place: MCPay

Link: https://x.com/mcpaytech

Introduction: MCPay is an open payment infrastructure that connects MCP and x402, enabling commercial monetization of MCP tools, data sources, and professional intelligent agent capabilities through the x402 protocol.

Second place: Credible Finance

X Link: https://x.com/crediblefin

Introduction: Credible Finance aims to create the first stablecoin-powered USD-INR remittance gateway. Designed for banks, fintech companies, and businesses, the project offers lower exchange rates—up to 2% better than platforms like Wise, XE, or Remitly.

Third place: Cloak

Link: https://x.com/cloaklabz

Introduction: Clock aims to enable privacy payments on Solana. Clock will build a privacy-preserving liquidity pool, where miners within the ecosystem can contribute valid work and generate transaction flow to protect and maintain network privacy, ensuring that system activity does not solely depend on user traffic. On-chain, the network can only see the path "liquidity pool → recipient," not "sender → recipient." Every new deposit and mining-processed withdrawal continuously expands the entire anonymity set.

Fourth place: Mercantill

Link: https://x.com/0xTemporal

Introduction: Mercantill, built on Squads Grid, is an enterprise-grade banking infrastructure for AI agents. Mercantill will provide enterprises with the necessary audit trails, team control, and expenditure assurance mechanisms before deploying payment-capable Agnets.

Fifth place: SP3ND

Link: https://x.com/SP3NDdotshop

Introduction: SP3ND is a platform that allows users to purchase Amazon online products using stablecoins.

Other recommended projects that did not win awards

• Janus : Solana's native tokenized credit protocol.
• Xeno : The first payment network on Solana to run alongside Visa and Mastercard.
• Cashmere : Zero-slippage, one-click, full-chain transfer middleware infrastructure.

Division: Undefined track

First place: attn.markets

Link: https://x.com/twentyOne2x

Introduction: attn.markets aims to tokenize the nearly $2 billion in total revenue of the Solana ecosystem to unlock more DeFi possibilities. Currently, the annual revenue of Solana ecosystem applications is estimated at $1.72 billion, with Pump.fun's creator rewards generating an annualized revenue of $300 million. Such a massive influx of funds is currently completely outside the DeFi ecosystem.

Second place: Echo

Link: https://x.com/endrohq

Introduction: Echo aims to build an automated expert network that accurately matches scientists with funders, significantly reducing the time cost of verifying the impact of research results.

Third place: PlaiPin

Link: https://x.com/plaipinHQ

Introduction: PlaiPin is a wearable plush robot companion and its interaction protocol that can enable embodied social interactions by combining with decentralized digital identity (DID) and support transactions between agents based on proximity perception.

When two PlaiPin robots approach each other, the PlaiPin Companion Interaction Protocol (PICP), once authorized, enables device discovery, two-way authentication, and micro-information transmission, thereby achieving a new mode of information discovery and exchange that transcends traditional topic limitations.

Fourth place: Solana ATM

Link: https://x.com/solanaATMstable

Description: Solana ATM is a physical device that will operate as a peer-to-peer cash/stablecoin liquidity pool.

Fifth place: Humanship ID

Link: https://x.com/humanship_id

Introduction: Humanship ID is a privacy-focused layer of human authentication that allows anyone to prove their identity without providing personal data. From now on, there's no need to worry about data breaches or share sensitive information with any party.

Other recommended projects that did not win awards

• Lockbox : A password manager that won't be lost; passwords are encrypted and stored on the Solana blockchain.
• legends.fun : Developers can increase their visibility and influence through the LST token LegendsSOL, thereby attracting investment. Users can use LST to choose to support products they endorse, while also increasing their earnings within the Solana ecosystem.
• Scanna : Market research infrastructure on Solana. It provides real-time, validated behavioral analytics data for artificial intelligence and prediction markets through a convenient tokenization incentive mechanism.

Other awards

University Awards: Pythia

The University Award, recognizing outstanding achievements in best-in-class projects led by undergraduates across various fields, was awarded to Pythia, a prediction market built specifically for the International Contest in Mathematical Modeling (ICM).

Public Interest Award: Samui Wallet

The Public Interest Award, which recognizes open-source projects that benefit developers within the Solana ecosystem, was awarded to Samui Wallet. Samui Wallet is an open-source wallet and toolkit for Solana developers; it is not a typical consumer wallet, but rather a developer-centric tool.