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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[# Bankr moves Runtime Hackathon to larger Williamsburg venue after 312 sign-ups

*High demand for the September 19, 2026 event focusing on AI and crypto development forced a last-minute venue change to accommodate more builders.*

Bankr relocated its Runtime Hackathon to a larger facility in Williamsburg after 312 participants registered for the event scheduled for September 19, 2026. The organizer stated that the original space could not hold the number of builders who signed up, prompting the move to ensure capacity for attendees. This shift allows the company to admit additional developers from the waitlist who were previously unable to secure a spot.

The hackathon targets creators working at the intersection of artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency. According to the company's site, Bankr operates as an AI-powered assistant that executes blockchain transactions through natural language commands on platforms like X and Farcaster. The event aligns with the platform's recent expansion into agent infrastructure, where software agents utilize specific skills to perform on-chain actions. Documentation lists tools such as "aeon-deep-research" for multi-source analysis, "alchemy" for blockchain data queries, and "zerion" for interpreting wallet portfolios. Other available modules include "opensea" for NFT trading, "Security" by EthSkills for vulnerability audits, and "1claw" for encrypted secret management.

Igor Yuzovitskiy noted the high volume of registrations in a post on September 18, 2026, confirming the venue upgrade. The schedule for the week includes multiple side events alongside the main hackathon, according to an announcement from the official Bankr account on September 15, 2026. Coindar records list the primary event date as September 19, 2026. Previous reporting indicated the hackathon was planned following the launch of Bankr's Base MCP (Model Context Protocol) infrastructure earlier in the year.

Participants building with these tools will operate within an ecosystem that supports range-LP tokenized stocks on Aerodrome Slipstream and automated yield strategies. The platform's architecture routes positions to higher-yielding sides between staked emissions and unstaked trading fees. Builders accessing the system use bundled node scripts for chain reads and gate checks, while writes proceed through the Bankr arbitrary-transaction flow. Organizers opened applications for the remaining slots specifically for those developing AI agents capable of interacting with these crypto protocols at [runtime.bankr.bot](http://runtime.bankr.bot). Access to these capabilities requires API keys or wallet-based payment methods like x402, which processes requests in USDC on the Base network. The event does not cover perpetual contracts, spot trading, or Uniswap protocols, as those functions fall outside the current scope of the featured skills.

Bankr is the financial OS for the agent economy. It pairs a natural-language agentic terminal, trading, automation, and wallet functionality, with a builder platform for launching and monetizing AI agents onchain. Bankr operates on Base and Robinhood Chain. Learn more at [bankr.bot](http://bankr.bot).]]></content:encoded>
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      <description>Runtime Agent Week runs in New York and online through Saturday, September 19, closing with Build and Demo Day at Fonzi HQ; submissions shut at 4 PM Eastern with a $20,000 Bankr grand prize and four opt-in sponsor tracks.</description>
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*Runtime Agent Week runs in New York and online through Saturday, September 19, closing with Build and Demo Day at Fonzi HQ; submissions shut at 4 PM Eastern with a $20,000 Bankr grand prize and four opt-in sponsor tracks.*

By Agent Wire
2026-09-17
3 min read

Submissions close Saturday at 4 PM Eastern, and every entry competes for the grand prize by default.

Runtime Agent Week is running in New York City and online, with scheduled events from Monday, September 14 through Saturday, September 19. The week is organized around what its handbook calls the point where AI agents meet crypto rails. Runtime Build and Demo Day closes it out on Saturday at Fonzi HQ, running 11:30 AM to 7:30 PM Eastern.

Bankr funds the grand prize, listed as "The New Bankrs" at $20,000 in participant prizes. Every submission is eligible automatically, with no opt-in step.

Four sponsor tracks carry separate pools and are opt-in at submission. Dynamic offers $2,000 for the best agentic wallet or payment experience. Blackbird offers $2,500 in $FLY for the best use of Flynet. Definitive Flash offers $1,000 for the best social trading build, and Uniswap offers $1,000 under the heading "New Assets, New Agents." Teams can enter several tracks with one project.

Submissions close at 4 PM Eastern on Saturday and demos begin at 5 PM. Online entries require a recorded demo, and the organizers encourage recordings from in-person teams as well.

The side events track the sponsor list closely. A kick-off happy hour opened the week on Monday, and Strobe Ventures ran a padel session on Tuesday. Wednesday carried two: office hours with Base, and Grok Bot Together NYC. Thursday carries another pair, an agentic payments meetup with Merit and Blackbird, and Storage is a Skill, a Filecoin salon in Brooklyn on agents and decentralized storage. Flynet runs its Flycrawl on Friday. Several of these require host approval through Luma rather than open registration, and each has its own capacity limit.

The builder supporter list reads as a full stack for the kind of project these prizes reward. Privy and Turnkey sell embedded wallet and signing infrastructure. Base supplies the L2 and Filecoin the storage. Anchorage covers custody, and Fonzi is providing the room for demo day. A team can ship an agent that holds keys, signs transactions and settles on chain without building any of that plumbing itself.

Bankr's position as grand prize sponsor fits its recent product work. Agent Wire covered the company's natural-language liquidity provision for tokenized stocks in August.

Demo day registration runs through [Luma](https://lu.ma), where the listing is currently full with a waitlist open. Runtime publishes a builder handbook, a project submission form and a Discord at [runtime.nyc](https://runtime.nyc).]]></content:encoded>
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