
The past year delivered brutal setbacks for the crypto industry in the form of financial scandals, regulatory punishment, and public mistrust. All of this, however, overshadows the fact that crypto remains a trillion-dollar industry and that hardworking entrepreneurs continue to build products and services that are pushing blockchain evermore into the mainstream. It’s time to recognize them.
That’s why Fortune is launching the inaugural FORTUNE CRYPTO 40, a new franchise that will recognize the leading companies in eight categories, ranging from traditional finance (TradFi) to infrastructure to DeFi to NFTs. In doing so, Fortune will draw on its near century of expertise in telling readers who’s who in the world of business.