AIBC Awards: Big wins for the emerging tech crowd

Hosted by Rick Goddard and Jessica Walker, the AIBC Awards got off to a good start last night with some big names taking home trophies, while a bidding war during the charitable auction raised some much-needed funds for the SiGMA Foundation’s charitable projects. Later on in the evening the Luxarcana Dancers hit the stage with a stunning light show.

Here are the evening’s winners: 

CRYPTO PAYMENT PROVIDER OF THE YEAR, sponsored by Infinite Digital

Winner: Crypto Pay

BLOCKCHAIN LEGAL ADVISOR OF THE YEAR, sponsored by SPACE Metaverse

Winner: Cal Evans

CRYPTO FUND OF THE YEAR, sponsored by Trade Pro Labs

Winner: Cypher Capital

CRYPTO COMMUNITY OF THE YEAR, sponsored by XT.Com

Winner: Blockchain Game Alliance

SOCIAL IMPACT PROJECT OF THE YEAR, sponsored by Baumbuddy

Winner: 3air

CRYPTO INFLUENCER OF THE YEAR, sponsored by Cal Evans

Winner: James Crypto Guru

BLOCKCHAIN GAME OF THE YEAR, sponsored by Revoland

Winner: Illivium

KYC PROVIDER OF THE YEAR, sponsored by Shatyrko

Winner: Veriff

BLOCKCHAIN ADVISOR OF THE YEAR, sponsored by Acta Finance

Winner: James Bowater

CRYPTO MEDIA CHANNEL OF THE YEAR, sponsored by Coin360

Winner: Kitco

BEST STAKING PRODUCT, sponsored by Ikigai Ventures

Winner: My Liquidity Partner

CRYPTO EXCHANGE OF THE YEAR, sponsored by BC. Game

Winner: BitForex

CRYPTO NEWS SITE OF THE YEAR, sponsored by 3Air

Winner: Coinelegraph

BEST CLOUD COMPUTING PROJECT, sponsored by ParaDAO 

Winner: Cudos

MOST INNOVATIVE NFT PROJECT OF THE YEAR, sponsored by Kitco

Winner: VOX

METAVERSE OF THE YEAR, sponsored by Sal-Ad Labs

Winner: SPACE Metaverse

BLOCKCHAIN OF THE YEAR, sponsored by MDIA

Winner: Everscale

CRYPTO MARKETING AGENCY OF THE YEAR, sponsored by Market Across

Winner: SalAd Labs

Mass Adoption Project of the Year, sponsored by Boba Network

Winner: Fluid Finance

Crypto Wallet of the year, sponsored by 5ire

Winner: Cwallet

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION OF THE YEAR, sponsored by Sheesha Finance

Winner: Scott Stornetta

Crypto Entrepreneur of the Year, sponsored by My Liquidity Partner

Winner: Saeed Al Darmaki

As the evening came to a close, the SiGMA Foundation saw spirited bidding over the paintings up for auction. First up, an oil on canvas from British artist Derek Mason showing an opulent looking gold Bitcoin – it went for E1000. 

Next up – another large piece donated by Derek Mason. The painting, Crypto Whales, sold for E2000. Nicely warmed up the crowd got into the spirit of things, with a friendly-competitive bidding war ensuing over Sandra Kowalski’s painting – Fiat to Crypto. The piece eventually went to the Ruby Family Foundation table. The artist is popular in the industry, with another of her paintings sold at the SiGMA Awards on Tuesday for the staggering amount of E55,000. 

Gnomevil’s digital artwork, The skull of Mr Burns, which is part of the Bitskull Collection brought in E250, and finally two large pieces from Derek Mason – a bull and a bear – brought the evening to a successful close after selling for E5000.