Hackathons usually happen in co-working spaces, university halls, and conference side rooms. This one happens in the Palace of Westminster. EasyA, the London Web3 education company with more than one million developers on its app, will run a hackathon inside Parliament itself. Founders will not just build. They will pitch directly to the people writing Britain’s digital asset laws.
EasyA is bringing you one of the most important hackathons in history.
— EasyA 🤳📱 (@easya_app) August 11, 2026
We’re headed to the UK Parliament! 🇬🇧
And we’re giving top founders the chance to pitch their projects to the world’s most influential policymakers.
Spots are very, very limited.
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Inside the House of Commons on September 4
The Eventbrite listing places the event at the House of Commons on Saint Margaret Street in London. Doors open at 12:30 PM on Friday, September 4, 2026. The program then runs for five hours. EasyA describes it as the first hackathon staged within UK Parliament. Admission costs nothing, and organizers provide food throughout the afternoon. However, capacity is tight, and EasyA has flagged very limited spots.
The format blends competition with direct access to lawmakers. Attendees will meet sitting Members of Parliament alongside peers from the House of Lords. Live panels feature UK leaders, while technical workshops support people with no coding background. Teams then present their projects in a judged competition. Winners receive equity-free funding, plus what EasyA calls hundreds of thousands in follow-on grant funding. Additionally, venture investors and recruiters will attend, and EasyA points to job and internship placements as outcomes.
A Hackathon Track Record Measured in Billions
EasyA has run this playbook for four years. Phil Kwok and Dom Kwok launched the company’s first Web3 hackathon in 2022. Since then, the team has staged more than 30 events worldwide. Alumni startups now carry a combined valuation above $3.5 billion, according to public reporting on the program. EasyA’s own Kickstart page puts the figure higher still, citing Cognition AI at a $26 billion valuation. Other alumni include Listen Labs, BlindPay, and Gecko Security, several of them backed by Y Combinator.
The recent event calendar shows the scale. Nearly 1,000 developers competed at the EasyA hackathon at Consensus Miami in May 2026, chasing a $200,000 prize pool. Base, Solana Mobile, Coinbase, and AWS all sponsored tracks there. Meanwhile, London hosted an EasyA and Algorand hackathon in October 2025 with $20,000 in prizes. Earlier events partnered with Flare, XRPL Commons, and Stellar. “We want billion-dollar companies coming out of EasyA,” Dom Kwok told CoinDesk in May.
Why the Timing Matches Britain’s New Rulebook
The Parliament date lands roughly two months after a major regulatory milestone. On June 30, 2026, the FCA published its final policy statements for the UK cryptoasset regime. Those papers cover admissions and disclosures, market abuse, stablecoin issuance, regulated activities, and prudential requirements. Days earlier, the Bank of England set out its approach to sterling systemic stablecoins. Notably, the Bank landed on a 70/30 backing split between short-term gilts and unremunerated central bank deposits.
Sovereign debt is moving onchain in parallel. HM Treasury appointed HSBC as platform provider for its Digital Gilt Instrument pilot, known as DIGIT. That test runs on HSBC’s Orion platform inside the UK’s Digital Securities Sandbox. As a result, founders walking into Westminster in September arrive during an active implementation window. Rules exist on paper, but the practical detail is still being negotiated. That gap is precisely what a room full of builders and legislators can address.
The Competitive Pressure Behind the Invitation
Britain is not the only jurisdiction courting these teams. The EU’s MiCA framework took full effect in December 2024, offering one passportable licence across 27 markets. Singapore and the UAE have moved quickly as well. Consequently, the UK has felt real pressure on retention. Gemini announced its exit from the UK market in February 2026, a visible signal of that strain.
Other operators have gone the opposite direction. Blockchain.com secured FCA registration and publicly committed to staying, despite a lengthy approval process. Government messaging has also stayed ambitious, with ministers repeating a goal of making Britain the best place to build a digital asset business. Still, ambition needs contact with actual founders. An afternoon inside Parliament gives policymakers unusually direct exposure to the people affected by their drafting.
What Builders Should Expect on the Day
Anyone considering a ticket should understand the format first. Coding experience is not required, and EasyA runs beginner workshops on site. Attendees can arrive solo or bring a team. The competition rewards working demos and clear explanations over polished decks. Judges include policymakers, so framing matters as much as the build. Registration runs through Eventbrite, and the free tickets will not last.
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