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New Blockchain, Fintech Opportunities for Students - Get in on the action

By Jessica

Get your blockchain and fintech skills ready 🙌 The latest online challenges have launched on Devpost!  Not only do you have a shot at the over $69K in prizes, but also an opportunity to learn and improve your skills and connect with the developer community! Here are the details:

Stratis Smart Contracts Challenge 🔲
- Goal:  Build new functioning solution utilizing Stratis Smart Contracts in C# that relates to top industries including banking, IoT, healthcare, gaming, and more. (see website for full list of eligible industries)
- Prizes: $18,000 in cash prizes
- Deadline: December 16, 2019
- Registration:  stratisplatform.devpost.com 

Finastra Hack to the Future Hackathon 💰
- Goal: Build (or update) a functioning software application that uses at least one Finastra API and aligns with one or more of the hackathon’s categories: Corporate Banking, Retail Banking, Capital Markets, Payments
- Prizes: Over $50k in prizes
- Deadline: December 5, 2019
- Registration:  fintech.devpost.com

Blockstack Can't Be Evil: Part 3
Move the internet forward and build a decentralized blockchain application using the Blockstack platform
- Categories: Most Fun App, Best Use of Twilio in a Can't Be Evil Application, Best Designed Lightning Enabled Application
- Prizes: Over $16,000 in cash and non-cash prizes
- Deadline: December 18, 2019
- Registration: blockstack-evil3.devpost.com

For more information, check out the hackathon Slack/Discord channels, discussion forums or email cassie@devpost.com.

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