• Decrypt Studios held the inaugural Crypties awards gala in Miami in December 2022.
• Nine awards were presented in categories such as Mainstream Award, Highlight Reel, and Web Summit 2022.
• Onstage panels and interviews from conferences and summits were also featured.

In December 2022, Decrypt Studios held the inaugural Crypties awards gala in Miami, with emcee Josh Ostrovsky („The Fat Jewish“) and presenters from a range of crypto projects. The night was sponsored by the likes of Polygon, Filecoin Foundation, Lamina1, Async, BeetsDAO, The Gold Mask, Gem Set, Breakout, Anonymous, Infinite Objects, Ape Water, Decentralized Pictures, and Vault 721.

Nine awards were presented in various categories. These ranged from the Mainstream Award, which was accepted by Shirley Cedeno and Akbar Hamid on behalf of Doodles from presenters Igor Lilic and Gabriela Ramos Lilic of Breakout, to the Highlight Reel, a collection of the best moments of the night.

In addition to the awards ceremony, onstage panels and interviews from conferences and summits were also featured. Kathleen Breitman, co-founder of Tezos, talked about the Tezos blockchain’s use of a proof-of-stake mechanism since its inception, her admiration for Tendermint, Ethereum and sharding, progressive decentralization, and NFT gaming with Decrypt’s Stephen Graves onstage at Web Summit in Lisbon.

Clay Robbins of Slow Ventures, Soona Amhaz of Volt Capital, Sarah Guo of Conviction and formerly Greylock, and Alex Strzesniewski of AngelBlock joined Decrypt’s Jason Nelson at 0xpo Summit in San Francisco for an extensive panel on raising venture money even during Crypto Winter.

The Crypties Awards was a special night for the crypto industry, one that celebrated the successes, projects, and individuals that make the space what it is today. From the awards ceremony to the panels and interviews, it was an eventful evening that showcased the best of the crypto world.