Solana Mobile launches $135,000 CLOCK IN hackathon
Solana (SOL)
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Eugene Serbin
cryptobriefing.com reports that Solana Mobile has announced the CLOCK IN hackathon, a 30-day competition offering $135,000 in prizes for mobile dApp builders. The event targets developers creating applications for the Seeker Android device and the Solana dApp Store, continuing the team's strategy of ambitious developer incentives. Ten grand prize winners will receive $10,000 each, while five honorable mentions will earn $5,000 apiece.
A separate $10,000 SKR bonus is awarded for the best integration with the Solana Mobile Stack. Winners also receive Seeker devices, prominent dApp Store placement, marketing support, and consultations with co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko. This follows the 2025 inaugural hackathon and the MONOLITH event, which closed in early March 2026.
MONOLITH attracted 403 submissions from teams across 66 countries, marking a 43% increase in participation compared to the first event. To qualify, teams submitted functional Android APKs with Solana Mobile Stack integration and Mobile Wallet Adapter support. The SKR bonus track specifically encourages deep platform adoption rather than simple web app ports. The 43% growth in submissions suggests that Solana Mobile’s developer credibility is accumulating steadily.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for SOL, measured when this story was written up on 3 September 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
Whalio data shows Solana trading at $100.43 with a 24-hour buy ratio of 51.7%, indicating a slight edge for buyers over the full day. In the short term, the 1-hour buy ratio dropped to 42.4%, while the 4-hour ratio held at 52.8%, suggesting immediate selling pressure has eased but buying momentum is not accelerating. The 1-hour volume delta was negative at -$1,644,040, contrasting with a positive 4-hour delta of +$2,920,684. This divergence implies that recent trades favored sellers, even as the broader 24-hour trend remained net positive with a delta of +$6,530,780. The cumulative volume delta closed at +$30,798,125, confirming that buyers dominated the session for 20 out of 24 hours. Spot volume reached $192,068,598 with 877,533 trades, reflecting active market participation.
The latest daily buy ratio of 50.1% sits at the 53rd percentile of the last 281 days, against a median of 50.0% - ordinary for this coin.
Was that an ordinary day?
The same Binance spot measurements for SOL, averaged over the days leading up to the story.
Over the preceding week, Solana saw a 7-day average buy ratio of 50.4%, with the latest day showing a marginal 1.3 percentage point increase. However, volume was only 0.64x the average, indicating lighter trading activity compared to recent norms. The coin experienced a price change of -1.6% over eight days, despite a total volume delta of +$25,287,137. Net buying occurred on only 3 of the 7 days, suggesting inconsistent buyer commitment throughout the week. This recent daily activity represents a slight uptick in buying ratio but remains within a context of lower-than-average volume and a net price decline.