BeInCrypto 100 Award Winners 2025

Celebrating the projects, products, and people shaping crypto in 2025.

After receiving over a thousand submissions, our expert panel of judges carefully vetted the entries to create a shortlist, which then went to the public for voting. With more than 45,000 votes cast, it’s time to unveil the final Top 100 Winners of the BeInCrypto 100 Awards.

The esteemed judging panel included Geoffrey Kendrick (Standard Chartered), Michael Walsh (Zodia Markets; Kraken), Paris Rouzati (Aave Labs), James Butterfill (CoinShares), Joseph Chalom (SharpLink), Samantha Yap (YAP Global), Rauan Khassan (TradingView), Daniel Slutzkin (Gemini), Dr. Jez Mohideen (Laser Digital), Zhong Yang Chan (CoinGecko), Vugar Usi Zade (Bitget), Thamilla Talarico (Polygon Labs), Thomaz Teixeira (BRL1), Afonso Belice (Ethereum Brasil), Antonio Neto (Solana LATAM), Cecilia Hsueh (MEXC), Shukyee Ma (Plume Network), Daniel Kim (Tiger Research), Dimas Surya Alfaruq (Bitcoin Indonesia), and Robbie Jeo (Kommunitas / Komunitas Kripto).

From DePIN networks transforming infrastructure, to stablecoins expanding financial inclusion, from wallet and identity innovations, to advances in regulation and real-world adoption, the BeInCrypto 100 Awards highlight the innovations driving the Web3 ecosystem this year.

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Breakthrough of the Year

Midnight (Community Choice)
ONDO (Judges’ Choice)
Chainlink

Best Brand of the Year

BloFin (Community Choice)	BingX
OKX (Judges’ Choice)	Aave Labs
Karken	VeChain
Bitget	Gate
Trust Wallet	LTP

Best DePIN Project

Uplink (Community Choice)
Fluence (Judges’ Choice)
Render Network
ICP/DFINITY
XYO

Best Software Wallet

Bitget Wallet (Community Choice)
Trust Wallet (Judges’ Choice)
ThorWallet
OKX Wallet
COCA

Best Hardware Wallet

Best Crypto CFD Broker

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PrimeXBT (Community Choice)
Libertex (Judges’ Choice)
AvaTrade
Eightcap
Pepperstone

Best Centralized Exchange (CEX)

BTCC (Community Choice)	Bitget
Bybit (Judges’ Choice)	KuCoin
Gate (Best UX & Institution-Friendly Centralized Exchange)	BingX
Binance	BitMex
LBank	CoinEx
Coinbase	Phemex
OKX	HTX
MEXC	BYDFI

Best Decentralized Exchange (DEX)

Hyperliquid (Community Choice)
1inch (Judges’ Choice)
dYdX
Algebra Labs
0x

Web3 Founder of the Year

Name	Title / Role
Sergey Nazarov	Co-Founder of Chainlink (Community Choice)
Eowyn Chen	CEO of Trust Wallet (Judges’ Choice)
Michael Jerlis	CEO and Founder of EMCD
Harry Horsfall	CEO and Co-Founder of Flight3
Vivien Lin	CPO at BingX
Justin Sun	Founder of TRON
Bernie Blume	CEO and Founder of Xandeum Labs
Cecilia Hsueh	CSO at MEXC
Aishwary Gupta	Global Head of Payments and Real World Assets at Polygon Labs
Sreeram Kannan	Founder of EigenLayer

Best Ecosystem Program for Developers

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TON (Community Choice)	Sui (Judges’ Choice)
Polygon	Arbitrum
IoTeX	ICP/DFINITY
Wormhole	Avail
TRON DAO	Core DAO

Best VC of the Year

a16z Crypto (Community Choice)
DWF Labs (Judges’ Choice)
Animoca Brands
Gate Ventures
Inception Capital
Foresight Ventures

Best RWA Project

Hedera (Community Choice)
VeChain (Judges’ Choice)
Chainlink
Polygon
Horizon by Aave Labs

Best Event of 2025

Best Exchange in LATAM

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Bitso (Community Choice)	Mercado Bitcoin (Judges’ Choice)
MEXC	Binance
OKX	Bybit
Foxbit	BloFin

Web3 Leaders of the Year

Rocelo Lopes, CEO at Truther
Fabrício Tota, VP of Crypto Affairs at Mercado Bitcoin

Best Web3 Startup in LATAM

Best Multi-Asset Trading Platform

Triv (Community Choice)
Upbit (Judges’ Choice)
Libertex
Vantage

Congratulations to all 100 winners of the BeInCrypto 100 Awards 2025. From groundbreaking projects to visionary leaders, each has helped shape the Web3 ecosystem and drive the next wave of innovation in crypto.

Stay tuned — details on the BeInCrypto Awards 2026 are coming soon, and next year’s celebrations will be bigger than ever.

Source: https://beincrypto.com/beincrypto-100-awards-winner-list/