Crypto Awards 2026: Key Dates, Categories and Voting Details
Registration for nominees is now open on the official Crypto Awards 2026 website. Applications can be submitted until December 20.
The awards feature more than 30 categories covering various aspects of decentralized finance and blockchain technologies, from trading to mining and blogging. Anyone can apply by providing their company name, a link to its official website, and contact details for further communication.
Participation in the awards is a convenient opportunity for projects to raise their profile. The Crypto.ru portal attracts more than 450,000 active users every month.
The awards will feature major and well-established players in the crypto industry, including OKX, ByBit, Gate.io, BingX, KuCoin, CoinW, SkyCapital, BitBanker, ViaBTC, EMCD, TrustPool, BitOK, Trybit, and others.
The voting stage will take place from December 22 to January 14. The winners will be selected by an expert jury comprising prominent industry representatives:
Vlad Krylov: Editor-in-Chief of Crypto.ru.
Anton Tsarenok: Business Development Director at ViaBTC Mining Pool.
Vitaly Gorbenko: CEO of the AML platform CoinKit.
Andrey Kubarsky: Commercial Director at Sibmain.
Chingiz Nasirov: CEO of CoinW in the CIS.
Mukha Murtezic: Head of Social Media, Community, and Partnerships at LBANK.
Kirill Komalenkov: Director of Strategic Communications at Bitbanker.
Stanislav Akulinkin: CEO of JSC Transcript and Member of the Council of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation.
Nikita Zuborev: Senior Analyst at BestChange.ru.
Sergey Khitrov: Founder of Blockchain Life and Listing.help, and Founder and CEO of Jets.Capital.
Vladimir Lazarev: Co-Founder of AML Crypto.
Yaroslav Ivanov: Co-Founder and CVO at ALTA – Blockchain Labs.
Roman Aliev: Product and Marketing Manager at Tangem.
Rufat Abyasov: Founder of GBIG Holdings.
Yulia Privalova: Head of the FinTech & Crypto Practice at DRC Law Firm.
Anyone will be able to cast their vote. Voting will also be held among the Crypto.ru audience.
The winners' names will be announced on the Crypto.ru Awards website on January 15, 2027. Many major industry players are already participating in the awards. More information about them is available in the nominee shortlist.
