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Katana Wins Out of 568 Projects Launched in Massive Solana Ignition Hackathon
There were a huge amount of teams submitting 568 projects with over 6000 participants in the latest Solana Ignition Hackathon. The quality of the projects and teams were outstanding and really shows how the Solana ecosystem is moving at insane pace from strength to strength! Let’s review some of the notable contenders by reviewing the official Solana awards announcement post.
Announcing the Grand Champion

Katana Asset Management
Katana offers a suite of investment products across the risk spectrum, enabling users to passively access the best yield-generating opportunities on Solana. Katana’s goal is to offer sophisticated, sustainable, and composable yield products which users can mix and match to produce their desired exposure.
This is huge news for the Katana team who will receive the Grand Champion prize of $75,000 USD and will be getting tickets to the upcoming Solana Breakpoint Conference in Lisbon Portugal where they will present their project.
What the Katana will do
Offer a comprehensive suite of investment products across the risk spectrum
Develop and automate the best yield-generating strategies in DeFi
Package strategies into composable vaults, enabling users to customize their exposure to fit their desired risk function
What Products will Katana Provide

Upcoming Katana Roadmap

Initial vaults and strategies
Mainnet launch
Expanded strategy suite
Exotic products
Complete automation
Full decentralization