Binance published The Blockchain 100 for 2026 on 29 October. The official list is on Square. The in-person ceremony is still ahead: 29 November, at Binance Blockchain Week in Bangkok. This is a community-voted creator award, not a token-listing vote and not a signal to copy anyone's trades.
I am writing this as a trader and market analyst, not as a judge of the list. The useful question is simple. What did the community actually vote for, and what should you not read into the result?
## What the award is
Binance and its media and ecosystem partners launched The Blockchain 100 Award 2026 on 13 October. The exchange described it as an annual honour for financial content creators whose education, information sharing and inspiring work have had a real impact on the industry.
This is the second edition. The first ran in 2025, with winners announced on 3 November 2025 and a ceremony during Binance Blockchain Week 2025. The 2026 rules explicitly cover creators who teach or comment on traditional finance as well as crypto, which is a wider net than a purely on-chain creator list.
The official event page is still the source of truth: https://www.binance.com/en/square/blockchain-100-2026
## The five tracks
Unlike the seven categories used in 2025, the 2026 award had five tracks and exactly 100 winners:
- Community Influencer of the Year: 10 winners. Aimed at established voices, judged on how widely their work is shared and discussed, and on how long they have contributed. The published rules also required at least 100,000 real followers on a major social platform.
- Trader of the Year: 30 winners. Aimed at traders with a verifiable live record who share strategies, market views and process. Records could come from Binance or another venue, across spot, futures, on-chain or traditional finance, or from recognition on Binance leaderboards.
- Content Creator of the Year — Best Live Streamer: 20 winners, for consistent livestream output.
- Content Creator of the Year — Best Longform Creator: 20 winners, for consistent long-form articles or video.
- Content Creator of the Year — Rising Star: 20 winners, for up-and-coming creators showing unusual promise.
Anyone could nominate, including self-nominations. Each nomination could put a creator in only one category. Country of residence did not affect eligibility. Basic rules required a public identity without major disputes, finance-related educational or inspiring content, and a clean enough record on Binance Square and major platforms during the campaign window.
I am not reprinting the winner names here. The official page is the list to use.
## How voting worked
Public nominations ran from 09:00 UTC on 13 October to 15:59 UTC on 16 October, which is 14:30 IST on the 13th to 21:29 IST on the 16th.
Community voting then ran from 09:00 UTC on 19 October to 15:59 UTC on 28 October, or 14:30 IST on the 19th to 21:29 IST on the 28th. Verified Binance users could cast one vote per track each day, up to five votes a day, with counts refreshing at 00:00 UTC. Daily leaderboards on the event page were snapshots, not the final result. Binance said invalid or rule-breaking votes would be removed after the window closed.
During the vote, Binance Square Official also warned that bots, sub-accounts and vote buying would be treated as violations, and that eligibility would be reviewed for the final winners.
Results went live at 09:00 UTC on 29 October, which is 14:30 IST. Binance's own post put it simply: "The 100 are here. Creators. Traders. Educators."
## What the winners receive
Every one of the 100 winners is due a physical trophy engraved with their name and category. That is the award itself. There is no official cash prize attached to the list.
Twenty-nine of those winners were also invited to Bangkok on 29 November for Binance Blockchain Week 2026 and the offline ceremony: all 10 Community Influencers, the top 10 Traders, and the top three in each of the three content-creator tracks. A 29 October update from Binance's Chinese Square account said winners would receive a push from the Square assistant within seven business days.
## What this list is not
A place on The Blockchain 100 is recognition for content and community support. It is not a verified edge, a copy-trade recommendation, or a forecast. The Trader of the Year track required a verifiable record and public teaching, which is a higher bar than a flashy screenshot. It still does not mean last quarter's winners will be next month's winners in the market.
If you use the list at all, use it as a directory of voices to read with the same scepticism you would apply to any other feed. Check the record, the time frame, the fees, and the risk. Do not treat a trophy as a signal.
The ceremony in Bangkok is the next public date. Until then, the official list is already up. If a name on it helped you learn this year, that is the point of the award. If you are looking for a trade, you still have to do the work yourself.
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*Not financial advice. This article is for information and discussion only. Awards and community votes are not investment recommendations. Digital assets are volatile and you can lose money. Do your own research.*