The crypto market may be navigating one of its most volatile phases – charts are red, billions have been liquidated, and sentiment is shaken. Yet, even in the harshest market cycles, one thing remains constant: the builders never stop building.
Across the industry, founders, engineers, researchers, exchanges, analysts, and project teams continue to show up every single day. They’re squashing protocol bugs at 2 a.m., upgrading infrastructure that supports billions in on-chain value, and pushing forward despite the cycles.
To honor this relentless commitment, CoinGape proudly announces the CoinGape Crypto Impact Awards 2025. This is an initiative dedicated to recognizing the brightest minds and most influential contributors across the global Web3 ecosystem.
Categories
The awards encompass every major sector shaping the future of digital assets. From Innovators & Builders to Exchanges, Mining, Wallets, Best Projects, Stablecoins, AI, and DePIN, each category is crafted to highlight excellence, resilience, and innovation.
Whether it’s groundbreaking Web3 startups, the most trusted CEX platforms, DePIN networks redefining connectivity, or RWA pioneers bridging traditional finance with blockchain – the awards reflect the full spectrum of crypto’s evolution.
Evaluation System
To ensure credibility and fairness, we have kept a dual evaluation system – jury + community voting with 50:50 ratio. The jury – soon to be revealed – consists of respected ecosystem leaders, researchers, founders, analysts, security specialists, and industry veterans who bring deep sector expertise and objective evaluation.
Their involvement is set to ensure that nominations are judged not only on popularity or visibility but on real impact, technical contribution, innovation quality, transparency, and long-term value. It will help in ensuring that the final recognition truly reflects both industry merit and community voice.
At CoinGape, we’ve always believed the backbone of this industry isn’t just price action – it’s the people who build through it. We were among the first media houses to spotlight these leaders through our Block of Fame magazine, profiling trailblazing leaders who shaped Web3.
Our editorial mission has consistently been to elevate the voices behind the technology through interviews, opinion pieces, and in-depth analysis. With over 25 million readers worldwide, CoinGape has earned trust as a global source of clarity, accuracy, and high-quality storytelling in crypto.
The Crypto Impact Awards extend this mission. With this initiative, we are officially recognizing the founders coding through downturns, the exchanges strengthening resilience, the researchers pushing technological boundaries, and the innovators shaping the next decade of decentralized finance.
And as we move forward in acknowledging these deserving contributions, we invite you to nominate, vote, and help choose the winners across all categories.
Let’s ensure that the individuals and teams driving crypto forward receive the recognition they truly deserve.
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Source: https://coingape.com/block-of-fame/pulse/the-coingape-crypto-impact-awards-2025/
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