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Nomination opens
Eligible projects, organisations and individuals submit their nomination through the official form.
COINGAPE’S ANNUAL CRYPTO AWARDS
Crypto Impact awardS 2026
THE SECOND EDITION
POWERED BY
Nomination are now open
2025
The inaugural edition
2026
The Proof of Impact Edition
WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU
NOT JUST RECOGNITION. PROOF OF IMPACT.
The Crypto Impact Awards are designed to help meaningful work earn credible recognition in front of the wider crypto ecosystem.
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Get Recognised for Your Achievements
Give your milestones, hard work, and contributions to Crypto & Web3 the recognition they deserve.
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Put Your Brand in the Spotlight
Showcase your work through an industry awards platform and help a wider audience discover what you're building.
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Build Your Industry Reputation
Highlight your achievements and demonstrate your contribution to the growth of the crypto ecosystem.
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Celebrate the People Behind the Progress
Recognise the team, ideas, and hard work that have helped bring your vision to life.
THE 2026 HONOURS
EXPLORE CATEGORIES
Explore the 2026 award categories and nominate the projects, organisations, and innovators making an impact across Crypto & Web3.
- Best Web3 Founder of the Year
- Best Business Women of the Year
- Crypto Executive of the Year
- Best Institutional Staking Platforms
- Best Institutional Lending Platforms
- Best Interoperability / Cross-Chain Solution
- Best Crypto Compliance Infrastructure
- Best Crypto Law Firm
- Best Crypto Taxation / Tax Advisory Firm of the Year
- Best Crypto Card of the Year
- Best Crypto On/Off-Ramp Provider
- Best Crypto Payment Solution of the Year
- Best Stablecoin Infrastructure Provider
- Best Centralized Exchange: Spot
- Best Centralized Exchange: Crypto Futures & Derivatives
- Best Crypto Exchange for Day Trading
- Best Institution-Friendly Crypto Exchange of the Year
- Best User-Friendly Crypto Trading App
- Best DEX: Crypto Futures & Derivatives
- Best Crypto Swap Platform
- Best Crypto Trading Bot of the Year
- Best Software Wallet
- Best Hardware Wallet
- Best Digital Asset Custody Provider
- Best Crypto Security Solution
- Best Decentralised Prediction Market
- Best Centralised Prediction Market
- Best Crypto Gaming Platform (Game-Fi Project)
- Most Innovative Casino & Prediction Market
- Best Digital Sports Entertainment Platform
- Best Crypto Gaming Platform (Geo Location)
- Web3 AI Project of the Year
- Best AI Compliance Project of the Year
- Best Agentic Commerce / AI Payments Project
- Best RWA Project
- RWA Infrastructure Provider of the Year
- Most Innovative Tokenization Project of the Year
- DeFi Protocol of the Year
- Lending / Borrowing Platform of the Year
- Breakthrough Project of the Year
THE 2026 JURY IS COMING
This Award jury lineup will feature prominent leaders from some of the most respected organisations in Web3. Stay tuned
How it works
FROM NOMINATION TO RECOGNITION
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Internal review
The CoinGape Awards team reviews each entry for completeness, relevance and eligibility.
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Screening & acceptance
Entries that meet the required standard are accepted into the relevant evaluation pool. Applicants are notified of their status.
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Evidence-based evaluation
Accepted nominations are assessed against the criteria relevant to their category, using available qualitative and quantitative evidence.
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Jury review and verified voting
Expert jury input and category-appropriate community voting contribute to the final assessment. The exact method will be announced with the categories.
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Final decision & winner announcement
Finalists and winners are confirmed following the applicable evaluation process and announced by CoinGape.
Transparency matters. Discover how nominations are evaluated and winners are selected.
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PREVIOUS AWARDS
300+
Project
Participated
Participated
50K+
Community
Participated
Participated
50+
Award Categories
PREVIOUS PARTICIPANTS
and 300+ sites
THE FIRST EDITION SET THE
STANDARD
In 2025, the inaugural Crypto Impact Awards recognised organisations and individuals making a meaningful mark on the crypto ecosystem. The second edition builds from that foundation.
View 2025 Winners →PAST JURY
Meet the experts who helped
shape the inaugural edition.
Jamie Elkaleh
CMO at Bitget Wallet
Matthew Sheffield
CIO at Sharplink
Chetan Karkhanis
Senior Vice President at Franklin Templeton
Rachel Conlan
Chief Marketing Officer at Binance
Andy Ross
Head of Institutional at Kalshi
Aishwary Gupta
Global Head of Business at Polygon Labs
Tiffany Chang
Director, Crypto and Stablecoins at Visa
Hürcan Polat
Growth Lead, API & CLI at Nansen
Marcin Kaźmierczak
Co-Founder at RedStone
Dr. Alex Mok Kong Ming
COO at Beldex International Inc
Jeremy NG
Founder and CEO at OpenEden
Mary Pedler
Founder of Input Global
THE COUNTDOWN TO
NOMINATIONS HAS STARTED.
Categories. Criteria. Jury. Nomination dates. Be first to know each reveal and be ready when the window opens.
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AROUND CRYPTO AND WEB3.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What are the Crypto Impact Awards 2026?
The Crypto Impact Awards are CoinGape Media's annual recognition awards celebrating
projects, platforms, institutions and individuals that have made an impact across the crypto
and digital asset ecosystem.
How are winners selected?
Selection depends on the award segment and combines research and data, expert jury
assessment, verified voting and, where applicable, market impact.
Who can participate?
The awards cover organisations, projects, platforms and individuals across the crypto and
digital asset ecosystem, depending on category eligibility.
How is voting verified?
Voting uses verification mechanisms and integrity controls designed to identify duplicate,
automated, coordinated or otherwise manipulative submissions.
Does winning constitute an endorsement?
No. The awards are recognition-based distinctions and do not constitute investment advice,
financial advice, legal guidance, regulatory approval, certification or endorsement.
Have additional questions?
Please contact us at: [email protected].