The "PARTY AWARD 2025" annual selection is officially announced, which 22 authoritative awards will go to?

2024 is a landmark moment for the crypto market to truly move towards mainstream. Bitcoin spot ETFs and Ethereum spot ETFs have been approved for listing, successfully opening the doors to traditional finance; Bitcoin has completed another halving, leading to a significant price surge; mainstream media attention has notably increased, with crypto practitioners playing an important role in the US elections; the liquidity of stablecoins continues to grow, and on-chain activities are heating up; phenomenal meme coins are rising rapidly, and the MEME supercycle is in full swing; AI+Crypto has become a new narrative, with Agent becoming a new standard for crypto trading. These factors provide a perfect start for the new cycle.

In this context, the selection event themed "Becoming Mainstream" aims to recognize Web3 projects, teams, and individuals that continuously build and strive to bring the industry into mainstream view. After a call for submissions, online voting, and evaluation by a professional jury, a total of 141 projects/companies and 10 individuals received 22 prestigious annual awards.

The selection results are as follows:

Annual Outstanding Contribution Award: Bitcoin, Base, and Solana.

Annual Innovation Award: ai16z, Ethena, Fractal Bitcoin, GMGNAi, GOAT, Hyperliquid, Mind Network, Polymarket, Pump.fun and Virtuals Protocol.

Annual Application Rankings:

• Best DeFi of the Year: Aave, Ethena, Hyperliquid, Jito, Jupiter, Pendle, Raydium, Sky, THENA, and Uniswap.

• Best Web3 Games of the Year: Big Time, Blocklords, Illuvium, Off the Grid, and Shrapnel.

• Best Web3 Social of the Year: Farcaster, Lens Protocol, Mask Network, Telegram, and UXLINK.

• Best RWA of the Year: MANTRA, Ondo Finance, Plume Network, Propy, and Usual.

• Best DePIN of the Year: DBunker, Grass, io.net, Privasea, and Pundi X.

• Best AI + Web3 Combination of the Year: ai16z, DIN, Virtuals Protocol, MEET48, and Pundi AI.

• Most Popular NFTs of the Year: Azuki, Bitcoin Puppets, Doodles, Milady Maker, and Pudgy Penguins.

Best Infrastructure of the Year:

• Best L1 of the Year: BNB Chain, Ethereum, Solana, Sui, and Tron.

• Best L2 of the Year: Arbitrum, Base, Mint Blockchain, Optimism, and zkSync.

• Best Tools of the Year: BlockPI, CoinGlass, CryptoHunt, DeGame, GMGNAi, Kaito AI, Masbate, OKX Wallet, RootData, and ZAN CLOUD.

The most promising projects in each ecosystem:

• Bitcoin ecosystem: Babylon, Bitlayer, Fractal Bitcoin, Merlin Chain, and Nervos.

• Ethereum ecosystem: Arbitrum, EigenLayer, Ethena, Farcaster, Polymarket, Pudgy Penguins, Sky, Uniswap, Wormhole and zkSync.

• TON ecosystem: Catizen, DOGS, Hamster Kombat, Notcoin, and Tomo Wallet.

• Solana ecosystem: Jupiter, Meteora, Pump.fun, Pyth Network, and Raydium.

Most Popular MEME of the Year: AIXBT, BOME, CHILLGUY, DOGE, GOAT, MOODENG, Neiro, PEPE, PNUT, and PUPS.

Annual Most Influential KOLs: Ansem, Biteye, dingaling, LaserCat397.eth, Murad, Phyrex, 0xSun, 0xWizard, Sha Po Lang WolfyXBT, and Yu Jin.

The most influential Web3 conferences of the year: Bitcoin2024, BREAK POINT 2024, Devcon 2024, Hong Kong Web3 Festival, and TOKEN 2049.

Best Investment Institutions of the Year: a16z, Alliance, Binance Labs Fund, Dragonfly, Hack VC, HTX Ventures, OKX Ventures, Pantera Capital, Paradigm, and SevenX Ventures.

Exchange of the Year: Binance, Bitget, Bybit, Gate, HashKey Exchange, HTX, OKX, and Upbit.

Best Columns: Arthur Hayes, NingNing, 0xGreythorn, Mint Ventures, On-Chain View, Biteye, Sleeping in the Rain, Yue Xiaoyu, WOO, and Vitalik Buterin.

2024 is seen as a critical turning point in the cryptocurrency space, with multiple factors collectively shaping profound changes in market structure. In this new cycle, the entry of Wall Street giants, the Bitcoin halving, the gradual clarification of regulatory frameworks, the opening of traditional institutions to crypto asset allocation, the impact of the U.S. elections, and the continuous maturation of technology are not only bringing new growth opportunities to the crypto industry but also prompting the market to exhibit a more diversified narrative form. As these factors intertwine and accelerate, cryptocurrencies will gain a clearer definition and broader recognition within the global financial system by 2025. This selection aims to showcase the emerging trends and development potential in the crypto industry, encouraging more industry pioneers and innovators to actively participate in the long-term construction of the crypto ecosystem.