What Was ETHGlobal Singapore 2024?
ETHGlobal Singapore 2024 was a world-class Ethereum developer hackathon held in Singapore from 20 to 22 September 2024. Organized by ETHGlobal as part of its global hackathon series, it was the largest ETHGlobal event in Southeast Asia that year, bringing together builders from across the region and the world to hack on Ethereum for 36 continuous hours. Details sat on the official ETHGlobal Singapore page. The event ran during TOKEN2049 Singapore week, making it a major gathering point for the Asian Ethereum community.
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Key Themes and Event Highlights
The event ran in two parts: a one-day conference (Pragma Singapore) and the hackathon itself.
Event Highlights
- Scale: 930+ developers from 59 countries participated, with strong representation from Singapore, Malaysia, and Southeast Asia. Builders submitted 309 remarkable projects, many focused on local use cases and challenges.
- Prize pool: $325,000 USD in prizes from 31+ sponsor partners including the Ethereum Foundation, Worldcoin, Uniswap, MetaMask, and LayerZero.
- Pragma Singapore: A one-day conference held on 19 September at the Fullerton Hotel gathered thought leaders, Ethereum builders, and ecosystem founders for talks and panels the day before hacking began.
- Hackathon workshops: Sessions included Itai Turbahn on embedding wallets faster, and Kevin Jones from BuidlGuidl on team formation and project discovery.
- 10 finalists: Selected projects across DeFi, NFTs, DAO tools, privacy tech, and consumer apps. Notable finalists included Clarity (on-chain verifiable reviews using Sign Protocol and World ID), Memora (digital asset time capsule NFTs tied to life events), Angpao Money (gasless crypto transfers via magic links), Geist (ZK-proof decentralized website builder for DAOs), Fill Me Up (automated cross-chain gas refilling), fheProxies (FHE-powered decentralized VPN), and Squidl (stealth address payment platform).
- ETHGlobal Plus launch: ETHGlobal announced its all-access annual membership at this event, with perks including guaranteed Pragma conference access globally, travel credits, and gas reimbursements.
How Crypto and Web3 Are Flourishing in Singapore
Singapore is Asia's most structured crypto hub. The MAS set a hard deadline of 30 June 2025 for all digital token service providers — including overseas-facing operators — to hold MAS licences or cease operations. About 33 companies held proper MAS licences by 2025. Singapore hosts over 700 Web3 companies, Web3 investments accounted for 64% of fintech funding in 2024 ($742 million), and BlackRock chose Singapore as its Asian tokenization hub. Around 26% of Singaporeans held crypto in 2025. No capital gains tax applies to individual crypto gains. Token2049 Singapore draws thousands of global attendees each year. For more regional shows, see CoinGabbar's blockchain events hub.
Impact of the Event on Singapore's Developer Community
ETHGlobal Singapore brought Ethereum's developer culture to Southeast Asia at scale. It gave regional builders a chance to hack alongside global peers, learn from 31+ partner protocols through workshops, and compete for a meaningful prize pool. Many projects born here became early-stage startups or continued development into launched products. The concurrent Pragma conference added a layer of high-level thought leadership that connected builders with the broader Ethereum ecosystem.
Why Sponsors, Exhibitors and Projects Should Join
- Protocols and infrastructure firms: run workshops and offer bounties to get real developers building with your stack.
- Layer 2s and developer tools: ETHGlobal hackathons are where your next 100 power users are building their first projects.
- DeFi and wallet teams: sponsor prize tracks and get working prototypes on your platform in 36 hours.
- Funds and VCs: the 10 finalists are a curated, pre-qualified startup pipeline — ETHGlobal Singapore alumni have gone on to raise significant rounds.
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Why KOLs, Media and Influencers Attend
ETHGlobal hackathons produce real demos in 36 hours — some of the most authentic crypto content available. KOLs and media meet hackers mid-build and cover launches at the finale. Coverage can spread through the crypto press release network.
Why Developers and Participants Join
Builders come to ETHGlobal Singapore to ship something real in 36 hours alongside the best Ethereum developers in Asia. You get hands-on access to protocol teams, workshop mentors, and a structured submission and judging process. Finalists receive USDC, Ledger hardware wallets, AWS credits, and flight reimbursements for future hackathons.
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How the Event Concluded and What Came Next
ETHGlobal Singapore 2024 closed with finalist presentations across a range of innovative Ethereum applications — from privacy tech to consumer payments to DAO tooling. The $325,000 prize pool was distributed across 10 finalists and dozens of partner prize winners. Dozens of projects continued development post-event. The success of this Southeast Asian edition helped cement Singapore's role as a home for serious Ethereum developer events. ETHGlobal announced its next global stops: San Francisco (October 2024) and Bangkok (November 2024). Track upcoming shows on the crypto events calendar and our crypto hackathons page.
Glossary of Key Terms
- ETHGlobal: the global Ethereum hackathon and conference series that has helped onboard thousands of developers into the ecosystem.
- Pragma: ETHGlobal's one-day thought-leadership conference that runs the day before each hackathon.
- FHE (Fully Homomorphic Encryption): a cryptographic technique that allows computation on encrypted data, used by finalist project fheProxies.
- Stealth address: a privacy technique that generates a unique, one-time address for each transaction so payments cannot be linked publicly.
- MAS: the Monetary Authority of Singapore, which licenses all crypto exchanges and digital token service providers.
Disclaimer
This page is for general information only. It is not financial, legal, or investment advice. The event described was held in September 2024; future dates and prize structures may differ. Please confirm with the official source and do your own research. Crypto assets are volatile.
