Satoshi Award 2025: Why Did Michael Saylor Win?Satoshi Award 2025: Why Did Michael Saylor Win?

DAT emerged as the defining theme of the crypto industry in 2025.

This year, the United States officially established a National Bitcoin Reserve, a landmark move that has fundamentally redefined Bitcoin’s legal and institutional standing.

Beyond sovereign nations, public companies have pivoted toward a new priority: the creation of Bitcoin and Ethereum “DAT Vaults.” This shift marks a transition where digital assets are no longer just speculative plays but core components of corporate balance sheets.

The 2025 “Man of the Year” is undoubtedly Michael Saylor. His company, MicroStrategy, now holds over 600,000 BTC — upwards of 3% of the total circulating supply. By championing an unwavering “never sell” philosophy, Saylor has single-handedly catapulted the influence of Bitcoin and the broader crypto industry to unprecedented heights within the global financial ecosystem.

Here are all the winners from this year’s Satoshi Nakamoto Awards 2025:

• Michael Saylor (Strategy) — Man of the Year
• BNB Chain — Ecosystem of the Year
• Monad — Layer 1 of the Year
• Base — Layer 2 of the Year
• TRUMP — Meme of the Year
• HIP-3 (Hyperliquid) — Proposal of the Year

ContributorsContributors

• Donald J. Trump (45th & 47th President of the United States) — Contributor of the Year
• nof1.ai — AI Trading Pioneer of the Year
• Axiom — On-chain Trading Tool of the Year
• Strategy (MSTR) — BTC DAT of the Year
• Bitmine (BMNR) — ETH DAT of the Year
• Giggle — Charitable Education of the Year
• Foundry USA — Bitcoin Contributor of the Year
• Farcaster — Base Contributor of the Year

StablecoinStablecoin

• USDT (Tether) — Stablecoin of the Year
• USDe (Ethena Labs) — Delta-Neutral Stablecoin of the Year
• U — Unify Stablecoin of the Year

TokenizedTokenized

• XAUt — Tokenized Asset of the Year
• Securitize — The Institutional Pioneer of the Year
• xStocks (Backed Finance / Kraken) — The Broker of the Year
• Ondo Finance — The Bridge of the Year
• Swarm Markets — The Regulatory Fortress of the Year

ExchangesExchanges

• Hyperliquid — On-chain Perpetual DEX of the Year
• GMGN — Meme Infrastructure of the Year
• Aster — Breakout On-chain Perp DEX of the Year
• SUNx — Leading On-chain Perp DEX of the Year
• OKB (OKX) — CEX Token of the Year
• Aerodrome — Base DEX of the Year

MemeMeme

• $PIPPIN — AI Meme of the Year
• $币安人生 — Chinese Meme of the Year

LaunchpadLaunchpad

• Pump.fun — Solana Launchpad of the Year
• Four.meme — BNB Chain Launchpad of the Year
• Clanker — Base Launchpad of the Year

Predictive MarketPredictive Market

• Kalshi — Prediction Market of the Year
• Polymarket — Decentralized Prediction Markets (DPMs) of the Year

TraderTrader

• 1011short — Short Trader of the Year
• James Wynn — Whale of the Year
• Jeffrey Huang — Active Trader of the Year

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About Satoshi Nakamoto AwardsAbout Satoshi Nakamoto Awards

The Satoshi Award is the cryptocurrency industry’s first award aimed at recognizing contributors to the decentralized world.

It brings together the industry’s most outstanding practitioners, innovators, and contributors. They collectively explore the future of the industry, share cutting-edge technological innovations and perspectives, and promote the convergence of ideas and the spark of creativity.

At the same time, the award also serves as recognition for the outstanding builders, projects, ecosystems, and investment institutions of the year, working together to create a superior cryptocurrency ecosystem.