Solana’s Stocklana hackathon draws 604 submissions chasing $126K in prizes

Solana’s Stocklana hackathon closed with 604 project submissions, and the winners will divide $126,000 in prizes. The theme was tokenized stocks, meaning equities that live on a blockchain and can trade at any hour. Traditional exchanges go dark every evening and all weekend. Solana’s pitch is that its markets never do. The numbers behind Stocklana The Solana Foundation launched Stocklana on September 11, 2026. It was the first event hosted on hackathons.solana.com, a new self-serve platform the foundation built for running developer competitions. The original plan called for a one-week sprint. Organizers ultimately extended the event, and the final submission deadline landed on September 25, 2026. By then, 1,182 people had registered and 604 projects had been submitted. The $126,000 prize pool breaks into two pieces. The main track carries $100,000, while the remaining $26,000 comes from bounties funded by partner organizations. Winners are expected to be announced around October 2, 2026. Who is paying the bounties Three ecosystem partners put up the $26,000 in side-track prizes: PreStocks, Tessera, and Meteora. PreStocks focuses on tokenized pre-IPO shares. These are stakes in co...