Meet the BeInCrypto 100 List 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.

Global Awards
LATAM Awards
APAC Awards

Breakthrough of the Year

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

Best Brand of the Year

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

Ledger
Trezor

Best Crypto CFD Broker

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

Best Centralized Exchange (CEX)

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

Best Decentralized Exchange (DEX)

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

Web3 Founder of the Year

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

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

TOKEN2049
EthCC

Best Exchange in LATAM

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

Altside
Capitare

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.

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