HTX DAO and B.AI said registration for the HTX Genesis hackathon has closed with more than 200 developer teams, up from the previously disclosed total of more than 100. The event has now moved into initial project screening, and 40 teams are set to advance to the online Demo Day preliminaries on July 11-12 for a chance to reach the offline final on July 19 during WAIC in Shanghai. Earlier details from the organizers said the competition spans 22 cities, includes teams from more than 30 top universities, and offers a 20,000 USDT prize pool alongside more than $100,000 in computing support.