BLOCKCHAIN STUDENT ASSOCIATION - EPFL

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March 2026Hackathon

Stablecoins & Payments Hackathon

36-hour coding competition focused on stablecoins, digital money, and payment infrastructure.

$16k+ prize pool / 160 participants / 55 projects / 36h duration

Sponsors: AlphaTON Capital, XRPL Commons, ENS, Ledger

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March 2026Conference

Stablecoins & Payments Conference

Expert talks and panels on stablecoins, CBDCs, regulation, and institutional DeFi. Speakers from Circle, Swiss National Bank, Aave, Franklin Templeton, Ledger, and UNHCR.

3 stages / 20+ speakers / Policy / Tech / Markets tracks

Sponsors: AlphaTON Capital, Ledger, XRPL Commons, ENS, Hyli, Raiffeisen, Swissquote, Taurus, SYZ, Supernova, MiCA Crypto Alliance, CVA, WiW3CH, CMTA

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September 2025Hackathon

Sui x BSA Hackathon (3rd Edition)

Third edition of Europe's biggest student-run Sui hackathon, with pre-hackathon workshops on Move language and advanced Sui features.

$20k+ prize pool / 200 participants / Up to 4 team size

Sponsors: Sui Foundation

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March 2025Hackathon

Privacy & Verifiability Hackathon

Building innovative solutions focusing on privacy and verifiability in blockchain. 23 projects submitted across ZKP, MPC, and TEE tracks.

$15k prize pool / 36 hackers / 23 projects

Sponsors: Mina Foundation, Hedera Hashgraph Association, Hyli

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March 2025Conference

Privacy & Verifiability Conference

Deep dive into blockchain privacy: ZKP, MPC, TEE, private DeFi, MEV, and AI & privacy. Co-organized with Privacy Guardians, CVA, and IEEE Blockchain.

363 attendees / 8 topic tracks

Sponsors: Hashgraph Association, Aleph Zero, Common Finance, Mina Foundation, Taurus

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October 2024Hackathon

Sui x BSA Hackathon (2nd Edition)

Second edition of the European Sui Hackathon. 22 projects submitted, including Fair.fun, Proximity, Suimons, and Imaigine.

$25k+ prize pool / 70+ participants / 22 projects

Sponsors: Sui Foundation, Polygon, ETHIndia

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March 2024Conference

EPFL Blockchain Conference

BSA's inaugural conference exploring cryptocurrencies, blockchain, and digital assets. Five panels on Web3 jobs, tokenization, regulation, universities in Web3, and mass adoption.

5 panels / 10+ companies

Sponsors: Arbitrum, Syz Group, Swissborg, Avalanche, Casper Association, Blockchain Acceleration Foundation, Crypto Valley Association

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October 2023Hackathon

Sui x BSA Hackathon (1st Edition)

The first European Sui Hackathon. Students from 13+ universities built on Sui using the Move programming language. Winners from TUM, EPFL, ETH Zurich, and Imperial College.

$25k prize pool / 100+ participants / 13+ universities

Sponsors: Sui Foundation, Polygon

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