8 Blockchain Startup Teams Selected to Compete at Sandcastle Invitational during Wyoming Blockchain Stampede September 22, 2019

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Laramie, Wyoming - September 16th 2019 - Sandcastle Foundation, the leading international organization enabling public-private cooperation, multi-chain interoperability, and innovation announces 8 blockchain startup companies it has selected to compete in its North American qualifying tournament today during this week’s Wyoming Blockchain Stampede at the Marion Rochelle Gateway Center on September 22, 2019. The 7 teams below and one wildcard winner selected from the Wyohackathon challenge happening earlier in the weekend will compete for $25k worth of prizes sponsored by Green as well as a chance to receive a bid to the world finals Sandcastle Startups Challenge in Dubai Fall of 2020 to compete in parallel to the World’s Fair for a share of $500,000 worth of prizes and global recognition.

Sandcastle Foundation released the bracket below for this weekend’s single-elimination tournament and announces Open Index Protocol, Arcade Blockchain, Hyperfield, Chainrider, Flyion, Zooterra, EIR Systems, and a TBA Wildcard.

RSVP to all the events and attend the challenge for FREE at www.wyohackathon.eventbrite.com

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CALLING ALL BLOCKCHAIN STARTUPS GLOBALLY WHO WANT AN INVITE TO COMPETE :

Applications for the AsiaPac (March 2020), EMEA (April 2020), LATAM (June 2020), and North American (Sept 2020) remaining regional qualifiers remains open and free for startups to apply at www.sandcastlechallenge.com.  

“The Sandcastle Foundation supports emerging technologies and consists of a highly-curated membership base that represent some of the leading voices in cryptocurrency, technology, capital markets, and regulatory influence, and the Sandcastle Startups Challenge is our most important initiative in 2019-2020. Wyoming is the perfect crypto-progressive State in the U.S. to bring our kickoff qualifying tournament for the road to Dubai 2020. We will continue providing the place and space for collaborative debate and problem-solving amongst our members, as well as a new platform for vetting, mentoring, capitalizing, and scaling the technologies that will shape our collective economic future.” said Chairman and Co-Founder, Chris J Snook

The Sandcastle Startups Challenge will be a head-to-head bracket-style venture challenge that begins in Mid-September 2019 and continues with stops in Auckland, New Zealand, Berlin Germany, Mexico City, and returns to Laramie next Fall before the finals in Dubai in parallel to the 2020 World Expo. Each qualifier will produce a series of winning bids who will enter the virtual round of 64 teams in Fall 2020 that battle through a proprietary online voting (crowd) system and Sandcastle judging committee. The 16 best teams from that pool will win an all-expense-paid trip to Dubai in November 2020 to compete in the Sandcastle Startups Challenge World Finals during the 2020 World Tokenomic Forum Annual Summit of members for a share of $500k in cash prizes and global recognition and experiences at the World’s Fair in Dubai.

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Sandcastle Foundation

A social-enterprise think tank convening the world’s leaders in cryptocurrency, government, capital markets, and technology. World Tokenomic Forum LLC and Sandcastle Foundation is the leading international organization for enabling public-private cooperation, interoperability, and innovation as we move to a new economic order in a token-based global economy. Globally headquartered in the Opportunity Zone of Scottsdale Arizona. www.sandcastle.foundation and www.worldtokenomicforum.com