On Wednesday, the inaugural Crypto AM Awards celebrated innovation and excellence in AI, blockchain, cryptocurrencies, digital assets and Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT). City A.M.’s Crypto Insider, James Bowater, Rt Hon The Lord Mayor of London, Alderman William Russell and City AM’s Editor, Christian May presided over the reception in the heart of Canary Wharf and awarded the following startups.
Community Enhancement Award – CryptoCompare
CryptoCompare is the independent global cryptocurrency market data provider, giving institutional and retail investors access to real-time, high-quality, reliable market and pricing data. A central authority for clear and concise information, CryptoCompare offers an unrivalled depth of data, bridging the gap between the crypto asset and traditional financial markets.
Service Provider Award: CMS Law
CMS Law helps its clients mitigate risks and benefits from innovation, enabling businesses or organisations to thrive. The law firm works with clients based all over the world including in London with over 1000 lawyers based in their new Cannon Place office. As organisations doing business in the UK CMS Law clients work with the right combination of lawyers from their full-service practice.
Enterprise Blockchain Award: Cygnetise
Cygnetise enables organisations to manage their signatory lists and bank mandates, and decrease the risk of signatory fraud. Using Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), the data is validated on a blockchain where users have full control of their own data. In addition, all amendments are recorded providing an immutable audit trail which shows what was changed and by whom, increasing the security of your data.
UX/UI Award: Zerion
Zerion is a gateway to the world of decentralized finance. They provide secure and seamless access for all financial use cases. Clients can manage their DeFi portfolio across multiple accounts in a single place in real-time and track their assets with live prices and instant push notifications.
Educational Platform Award: Cointelligence
Cointelligence creates tools for individuals and organizations to better engage with the crypto industry. This includes the educational platform Cointelligence Academy and unbiased market surveillance tools such as the Exchange Rating System. Cointelligence also caters to companies who have specific blockchain or cryptocurrency research needs on topics such as assets, service providers, and exchanges.
Social Impact & Sustainability Award: Electroneum
Electroneum is a store of value that can be used to purchase everyday items, from bread and milk to mobile phone top-ups. When used in conjunction with the Electroneum mobile application, users can transfer ETN to anyone in an instant, either in person or remotely.
Payment Service Provider Award: Bitstamp
Bitstamp is the world’s longest-standing cryptocurrency exchange and has supported the Bitcoin economy since 2011. Bitstamp provides a secure and transparent venue to over 4M customers and enables partners to access emerging crypto markets through time-proven infrastructure.
Digital Asset Custodian Award: Gemini Trust
Founded in 2014 by brothers Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Gemini is the next-gen cryptocurrency exchange and custodian that allows customers to buy, sell, and store digital assets such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. Gemini is a New York trust company that is held to the highest level of fiduciary obligations, capital reserve requirements, and banking compliance standards.
Incubator / VC Award: Outlier Ventures
Outlier Ventures is a venture firm that invests in convergence-related companies building Web 3.0 with decentralised technologies. Convergence sees blockchains and other decentralisation tools like smart contracts, oracles, and tokens, as the new decentralised infrastructure enabling technologies such as AI, IoT, 3D Printing, Robotics and Mixed Reality to converge.
Crypto Exchange Platform Award: Coinpass
Coinpass is the safest, fastest and most reliable fiat on/offramp platform in the U.K. The company enables its clients to access the cryptocurrency market with a premium service offering without outrageous fees.
Deployment in Fintech Award: ConsenSys Codefi
Codefi is the blockchain operating system powering commerce and finance, built to optimize business processes and digitize financial instruments.
Outstanding Industry Contribution Award: Marta Piekarska-Geater, Hyperledger
Marta Piekarska-Geater is the Director of Ecosystem at Hyperledger, and an Advisor at Cambridge Blockchain Society. Hyperledger is a collaborative effort governed by the Linux Foundation and created to advance blockchain technology by identifying and addressing important features for a cross-industry open standard for distributed ledgers that can transform the way business transactions are conducted globally.
