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Solanaās Stocklana hackathon draws 604 submissions chasing $126K in prizes
The Solana Foundation's first self-serve hackathon focused on tokenized stocks that trade around the clock
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.
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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 companies that have not yet listed on a public exchange, a market historically reserved for venture funds and wealthy insiders.
Tessera works on private equities more broadly. Its interest is in bringing ownership of non-public companies on-chain.
Meteora contributes expertise in Dynamic Bonding Curves. A bonding curve is a pricing formula that automatically adjusts what an asset costs as people buy or sell it.
Why around-the-clock trading is the pitch
The hackathon specifically targeted applications that take advantage of Solana’s ability to support trading 24 hours a day, seven days a week. By mid-September 2026, Solana’s tokenized equity ecosystem counted more than 800,000 holders. More striking, 63% of trading volume took place outside conventional market hours.
Most of the activity in these tokenized shares happens precisely when traditional exchanges are closed.
What this means
For the Solana Foundation, Stocklana served two purposes at once. It tested demand for tokenized equity tooling, and it served as a debut for the foundation’s new self-serve hackathon platform.
The partner lineup points to where the category may be heading. Pre-IPO and private equity exposure have long been difficult for ordinary investors to access.
Watch the winner announcement expected around October 2, 2026.