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.

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
• Kraken
• 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 

• Ledger
• Trezor

Best Crypto CFD Broker 

• 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

• 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.