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Artists, builders, investors, and thought leaders of the crypto world convened at Faena Forum in Miami on Wednesday for the inaugural Crypties Awards Gala, where Decrypt Studios recognized achievements in the blockchain ecosystem. Nearly 4,000 people voted for the awards in the token-gated process.
At the private VIP event, guests were entertained by emcee Josh Ostrovsky, aka @TheFatJewish, and enjoyed cocktails and canapés—while the award categories themselves highlighted artists, collections, DAOs, and industry leaders for their business and social impact in the Web3 space.
The evening was sponsored by Polygon, Filecoin Foundation, Lamina1, Async, BeetsDAO, The Gold Mask, Gem Set, Breakout, Anonymous, Infinite Objects, Ape Water, Decentralized Pictures, and Vault 721.
Read on for some peeks at how the evening progressed—and to see who the winners were.
Attendees arrive at The Crypties. Image: Decrypt
The banquet hall awaits. Image: Decrypt
Guests mingle before the ceremony. Image: Decrypt
The Crypties Awards gets underway. Image: Decrypt
Host @TheFatJewish entertains the crowd with a roast. Image: Decrypt
The afterparty gets underway. Image: Decrypt
Exploring the metaverse. Image: Decrypt
The Awards
Game of the Year: Crypto Unicorns
Presenter Avery Akkineni of Vayner3 with Katrina Wolfe of Crypto Unicorns. Image: Decrypt
Social Impact Award: Celo
Celo's Marek Olszewski with presenter Dan Roberts of Decrypt. Image: Decrypt
DeFi Project of the Year: Lens Protocol
Lens Protocol's Claire Isabelle Mirran, Bradley Freeman (third from left), and Christina Beltramini with presenter Jordan Garbis of BeetsDAO. Image: Decrypt
Metaverse Event of the Year: People of Crypto: Metaverse Pride Parade
Simone Berry and Akbar Hamid with presenter Toni Thai Sterrett of Bad Grrls Creative Club. Image: Decrypt
Mainstream Award: Doodles x Shopify
Akbar Hamid and Shirley Cedeno accept the Cryptie on behalf of Doodles. Image: Decrypt
Diversity Award: BFF
Rachel Weiss and Jackie Courtney of BFF. Image: Decrypt Media
Investor of the Year: Coinbase Ventures
Shan Aggarwal of Coinbase Ventures. Image: Decrypt
DAO of the Year
Roxy Fata of Infinite Objects presents the Cryptie to ENS DAO, which was unable to accept in person. Image: Decrypt
NFT Project of the Year: Bored Ape Yacht Club
Illa Da Producer accepts the Cryptie for Bored Ape Yacht Club. Image: Decrypt
Industry Achievement Award: Erick Calderon, Art Blocks
ArtBlocks founder Erick Calderon and presenter Clara Tsao of Filecoin Foundation. Image: Decrypt