The winners of the CMC Crypto Awards 2024 have been revealed by CoinMarketCap after ten days of public voting, in-depth data analysis, and talks with an expert committee. The CMC Crypto Awards are an annual celebration of the remarkable individuals, products, and initiatives influencing Web3 and cryptocurrency.
The winners were declared and the prizes were minted as NFTs on the Ethereum blockchain, an immutable record of cryptocurrency achievement, during the online Awards Ceremony, which was live-streamed on March 6 and viewed by cryptocurrency aficionados worldwide.
- Crypto of the Year: Solana
- Bridge Builder of the Year: BlackRock
- Meme Coin of the Year: Bonk
- Social Influencer to Watch: ZachXBT
- Most Innovative L1/L2/Cross-Chain Project: Celestia
- Most Innovative NFT & Gaming Project: Pudgy Penguins
- Most Innovative DeFi Project: Uniswap
- Crypto Leader Of The Year: Vitalik Buterin, Ryan Selkis, Brian Armstrong, CZ, Julia Leung
The night’s biggest surprise was the announcement that all of the contenders will share the Crypto Leader of the Year Award.
‘It was impossible to pick just one winner’ said Rush Luton, CEO, CoinMarketCap, ‘All five of the nominees have contributed so much over the last 12 months but in very different ways and we wanted to recognize all their tremendous efforts to move the industry forward’
Rush Luton, CEO of CoinMarketCap, and Raoul Pal, CEO of Real Vision, provided market analysis at the Awards Ceremony, which celebrated an industry that has had a wild year but is now seeing a rapid comeback.
“We’ve received a ton of positive feedback from our users and the industry,”
“We’ve been overwhelmed by positive feedback from both our users and the industry,’ said Jonathan Isaac, CMO CoinMarketCap’ We’re excited to make the CMC Crypto Awards even bigger and with the market looking so bullish, it’s thrilling to imagine the stories we’ll be celebrating next year”
The CMC Crypto Awards are a collective celebration of the power and promise of the cryptocurrency community, backed by partners BingX, Animoca Brands, Binance, Trust Wallet, Coinbase, Chainwire, Zeebu, and ICP Hubs Network.
