The Solana Community Awards are a community-run celebration. The ecosystem nominates the finalists and votes for the winners across 12 awards and 48 finalists. Voting closes November 9, and the show streams live from London on November 13. RSVP and watch on Luma.
What are the Solana Community Awards?
The Solana Community Awards celebrate the people and communities that make Solana what it is: the artists, creators, traders, streamers, memers, and projects that the community nominates and votes for. The first edition took place at Breakpoint 2025 in Abu Dhabi, and this year the awards are back for round two in London.
The 2026 ceremony takes place on Friday, November 13, 2026, 7–9 PM at Somerset House, London, two days before Breakpoint 2026 (November 15–17, Olympia London). Join in person by registering on Luma, or watch from home on the livestream, which features videos from Solana creators. Voting closes Monday, November 9, and winners are announced live on the night.
Sponsored by SatRush, a Bitcoin mining game built on Solana where players mine and earn Bitcoin.
Your hosts
This year's show is hosted by Bangerz (@bangerz), Solquicks (@solquicks) and Maurice (@mauricedotxyz). Bangerz and Solquicks hosted the first edition in Abu Dhabi, and this year they’re back to give the live audience a memorable, funny night. Bangerz is an artist and personality in the Solana ecosystem and Solquicks is a creator known across Solana as "the most famous fox." Together, Solquicks and Bangerz are a well-known MC duo who have hosted multiple events. Maurice is an artist and builder who co-founded Moustache DAO and leads growth at OpenApps.
The 2026 Finalists
There are 12 awards this year, each with four finalists chosen by the community. Here's who's in the running. Voting closes November 9.
Solana Content Creator Award
For a creator making exceptional Solana content.
Sophia Dominique Dizon, better known as Nikki Dey, makes TLDRs and short-form videos, and her "underrated projects on Solana" series, now 29 episodes in, is widely loved for explaining the ecosystem in plain language. She also creates content for Superteam Malaysia and is known for quick, clear explainers on the biggest market stories of the week.
Frisk is a self-described nerd-maxxer who brings a funny, collector-first voice to the Solana community. From stream recaps and collectible pulls to ad and UGC work, Frisk creates standout content for brands like Collector Crypt.
Easy is a trader who goes live Monday to Friday at 9 AM EST for more than 150K followers, covering trending topics and mixing market takes with sharp, relatable humor about life online. Off stream, Easy sits on the boards of K9 Strategy and BoDoggos.
Fabiano.sol, who is "making a living with DeFi," is a content creator and on-chain sleuth who digs into launchpad data, KOL callout economics and wallet flows, like tracing how 400K tokens launched in a week and only 2% graduated, giving the trenches transparency they can act on. His airdrop-farming guides and clear DeFi yield explainers have built him an audience of more than 88K followers on X.
Solana Artist Award
For an artist whose work helped shape Solana culture.
Degen Poet is an inventive typewriter artist whose handmade creations range from pure typewriter pieces to works in progress mixing oil paint, colored pencil, watercolor, markers, stamps and oil pastels. Most recently came Abstract Toads, ten unique handmade toads in different mediums, minted on Mallow as part of the Poet Toads PFP collection.
Grizz is the founder and artist behind Trencher Studio, and her 3D trencher art has landed on Solana's own Instagram and in its newsletter. She shares her process from wireframe to final render and has also created her own trading card game.
Pondy is a father, husband, and artist who is known for his large community illustrations, like the Solanaween Party piece, a 150-edition work on Mallow featuring members of the community. His work is much loved across the Solana community, and he also helped with the branding for this year's Community Awards show.
Sirius Crocodile (@siriuscrocodile)
Sirius Crocodile is an artist and founder working across animation, illustration and physical goods, best known as the creator of the Crocoverse, a world brought to life through hand-drawn illustration and frame-by-frame animation. Alongside daily sketches, themed comic pages and spooky postcards, Sirius is currently developing MOSA and is bringing apparel, stickers and Drip card physicals to Breakpoint.
Solana Trader Award
For a trader who made a defining contribution to the ecosystem.
Cryo Palmar is a loyalty, retention and rewards strategist working with 404FNF and Conviction Capital. On the trading side, he trades live and transparently on Pump from one public wallet, offers refreshingly candid takes on points programs and crypto cards, and lately has been playing in poker tournaments too.
Ansem made his name as one of Solana's loudest early backers, holding through the FTX collapse, and earned the title "The Memecoin King"; CoinDesk named him one of its Most Influential people of 2024. Today he is one of crypto's most-followed traders, with more than 1.4 million followers, and he co-founded the Bullpen trading terminal and co-hosts Market Bubble, a markets show he streams live.
Lochie is a DeFi analyst and airdrop maxi who keeps more than 25K followers in the loop on what's moving. His airdrop guides, like a rundown of eight low-effort airdrops currently being farmed, have made him a go-to resource for on-chain opportunity hunters.
MINHxDYNASTY is a trader and creator with more than 100K followers who trades openly, losses and all, including a public trading-challenge portfolio, so others can learn from the mistakes. Having started out as a Call of Duty creator, MINH now blends trading, YouTube content and life advice, and is known for blunt profit-taking advice and for pairing trading with Pokémon and One Piece card collecting.
Solana Streamer Award
For a streamer bringing the Solana ecosystem to life.
With more than 400K followers, Threadguy goes live every weekday at 8:30 AM EST, turning the day's news into entertainment with his signature deadpan humor, like a "bunker mode" episode trying decades-old MREs. He took his name from the NFT explainer threads he wrote in his early days, and has since grown his daily stream into Counterparty TV, a markets media studio.
Crime streams Meteora and trading education on every platform and is part of the Meteora LP Army and Jupiter Mobile communities. Beyond breaking down why LPing on Meteora works, Crime hosts "Late Night Crime" streams and LP sessions with friends, and has appeared as a guest on Morning Motion.
Ansem made his name as one of Solana's loudest early backers, holding through the FTX collapse, and earned the title "The Memecoin King"; CoinDesk named him one of its Most Influential people of 2024. Today he is one of crypto's most-followed traders, with more than 1.4 million followers, and he co-founded the Bullpen trading terminal and co-hosts Market Bubble, a markets show he streams live.
Easy is a trader who goes live Monday to Friday at 9 AM EST for more than 150K followers, covering trending topics and mixing market takes with sharp, relatable humor about life online. Off stream, Easy sits on the boards of K9 Strategy and BoDoggos.
Solana Ambassador Award
For an individual who best represented and amplified the Solana ecosystem.
Solana Sensei is a Solana OG with more than 250K followers, and the founder and CEO of Sensei Holdings and Namaste Group. An early Solana NFT whale, Sensei went on to create the Namaste quote collection and the 3,333-piece Sensei panda collection, which minted in June 2024. Above all, Sensei is known for spreading positivity when things turn toxic, reminding the community to slow down, be grateful and lead with love.
Alex Scott is best known for leading Superteam UAE and Solana's growth in the Middle East, helping founders move to Dubai, raise funding and build. Alongside that work, Alex helps people learn about AI, crypto and Dubai, with an ongoing series on the journey from consulting to content creation and honest lessons on building an audience across X, TikTok, Instagram and YouTube.
Fluffy believes "crypto doesn't have to be hard" and proves it through video-first content. From traveling to Mexico to teach people about Solana to going "inside the trenches" with guests, Fluffy makes fun, approachable content about using crypto day to day.
Evey is "proof that showing up every day actually works." Five-plus years after first getting curious about crypto, Evey handles social for Crypto Jobs List, does BD for Matrica Labs and dm.fun, and scouts for Superteam Talent. Ahead of the conference, Evey's "Road to Breakpoint" series offers practical tips on meeting people and finding a job at Breakpoint.
Memelord Award
For the individual behind the most iconic Solana memes.
Doqo helps Solana brands get attention as co-lead of the Solflare Dojo and growth at 1tap, and is a member of Superteam Balkan, Eyekon Studio and Superteam Talent's scouts. Along the way, he makes Solana memes and quick explainers, and he has promised to shave his head at Breakpoint if he wins the Memelord award.
Wirelyss is an on-chain sleuth and meme-maker who mixes pop-culture humor with thoughtful takes on memecoin tokenomics. Most notably, her Halloween 2025 recreation of the famous Anne Hathaway "HR is about to fire you" meme reached more than 8 million views and ratioed the original.
Chase is best known for his AI memes of Vibhu Norby, who leads product at the Solana Foundation. He also accelerates founders at the Solana Foundation, mentors at Superteam Thailand, and calls himself a "meme quant & culture shaman." Previously, he worked at Solana Mobile, mentoring founders building for the Seeker phone and its dApp Store.
Cloudz is a self-proclaimed "certified degenerate," editor and marketer building Luminaries, with more than 44K followers. His upbeat energy has made him a favorite meme voice in the Solana community. Relentlessly bullish, Cloudz captures the spirit of the Solana community with lines like "Bro I just want all my SOL homies to win" and "Crypto is only fun when you're on Solana."
Solana NFT Community Award
For an NFT community that made Solana more creative, connected, and fun.
MonkeDAO is Solana's first community-owned and operated NFT DAO, exclusive to Solana Monkey Business owners, with more than 96K followers. The Monkes show up IRL around the world, from IslandDAO in Brazil to holder meetups in Paris, Zagreb, Taiwan and Buenos Aires, plus a four-event takeover of London for Breakpoint. They also publish a weekly newsletter, The Banana Split, now at edition 246.
Claynosaurz is a lovable digital-first character brand with a large following across platforms, including more than 99K followers on X. Their micro episodes now stream on Roku, Amazon Fire TV and Apple TV through Kabillion, a free kids network reaching more than 90 million US households. This year they also teamed up with Bigshot Toyworks on Series 1 blind-box figures and with Jupiter on the Claynosaurz × Jupiter Card.
Galactic Geckos (@GalacticGeckoSG)
The Galactic Geckos are one of Solana's original NFT projects: 10,000 hand-drawn geckos by the artist Gossip Goblin, minted in September 2021. Since a 2022 community buyout, the project has been run by the Gecko DAO with more than 50 community builders and weekly town halls. With more than 44K followers, the Geckos are a close-knit family that welcomes every new holder to the garage by name.
Mallow is a digital art marketplace and "a home for you and your art." Beyond the marketplace, they curate IRL shows, including 11 works from 8 artists at Caravana's group show in London from November 17–21.
Solana Meme Community Award
For the meme community with the greatest impact on Solana culture.
Luminaries is a meme-first home for Solana loyalists, with more than 23K followers. Their memes are a constant source of joy for the community, and their rallying cry is simple: "Solana is my home."
Solana Ecosystem Call (@EcosystemCall)
The Solana Ecosystem Call mixes comedy, interviews and ecosystem coverage in a live show on the last Thursday of every month. Recent shows include a Halloween Murder Mystery, and their "Rock Makes Money" campaign rewarded viewers for providing liquidity on Meteora. At Breakpoint, the team is hosting the Ecosystem Carnival, and their London show goes live in front of an audience on November 13, one hour before the Community Awards, in the same room.
Stonk lets anyone launch coins paired with tokenized stocks, pre-IPO tokens and other assets, with a focus on memes that reward holders. They have crossed $7.5 billion in total trading volume and paid out nearly $100 million in cumulative holder rewards.
Clawpump is the capital market for agents on Solana, backed by Pump.fun, Colosseum and Incubator. They support agentic projects in their ecosystem, hosted the Stocknized Agents track at Solana's Stocklana hackathon, and run community challenges like a prize for the next viral AI influencer.
Superteam Award
For a Superteam that delivered exceptional impact for the Solana ecosystem.
Superteam Thailand (@SuperteamTH)
Superteam Thailand connects ambitious builders in Thailand with frontier technology, global talent and opportunities. They ran a $10,000 AI x Solana Thailand side track at the Colosseum World Fair with 42 participants, host Ecosystem Call watch parties at their Bangkok HQ, and publish a weekly roundup of what Thai builders are shipping.
Superteam Canada (@SuperteamCAN)
Superteam Canada builds the Solana ecosystem in Canada, welcoming new members from developers to content creators almost every day. This year they hosted the first Solana Summit Canada in Toronto, a two-day conference that brought hundreds of builders, founders and investors together. They also spotlight Canadian builders and proudly note that Canadians appear in 7 of the 12 Community Awards categories this year.
Superteam Malaysia (@SuperteamMY)
Superteam Malaysia helps Solana developers and creators earn and grow. They relaunched this year with an outpost in Johor Bahru, spent six weeks at Solana Network State, and support local builders and projects like a Zakat Calculator on Solana, plus Colosseum teams pitching at Cradle's LIVE! Summit.
Superteam UK incubates and funds the next generation of frontier tech talent in the UK. As Breakpoint's home team, they're running Hacker House London from November 1–12 and toured European and UK universities on the road to Breakpoint.
Seeker dApp Award
For a dApp delivering an outstanding experience for Seeker users.
SP3ND lets you buy anything with stablecoins, from eBay and Amazon to local online shops, and is backed by Superteam Balkan and Superteam USA. September was their biggest month ever, with $150K in user spend across 300 orders averaging $500 each, and they are now exploring agent-powered shopping.
MattleFun is a play-to-earn game where players' on-chain trading activity powers their in-game strength, kept fresh with frequent updates and seasonal events like Into The Night. They are also a popular app on Solana Mobile and a winner of the Solana Mobile Hackathon.
Rosentica: One Arena calls itself the top collectible gaming app on Solana, where players rip packs for real graded cards and battle their collections. Their Arena events and Battle Royales hand out graded slabs to winners. This year they won at the Solana Frontier Hackathon and were selected for Colosseum's Accelerator Cohort 5, an impressive milestone for the team.
Gib.Work is a bounty platform that pays in USDC, on iOS and Android. Their bounties range from writing X threads to making UGC videos, with referral rewards on top, putting real earning opportunities in creators' pockets.
Collab of the Year Award
For the collaboration that made an outsized impact on Solana.
Claynosaurz is a lovable digital-first character brand with a large following across platforms, including more than 99K followers on X. Their micro episodes now stream on Roku, Amazon Fire TV and Apple TV through Kabillion, a free kids network reaching more than 90 million US households. This year they also teamed up with Bigshot Toyworks on Series 1 blind-box figures and with Jupiter on the Claynosaurz × Jupiter Card.
Raposa Coffee (@RaposaCoffeeCo)
Raposa Coffee is a warm, grassroots brand that grew up on Solana, starting as an NFT collection and serving coffee to the community at Solana events before becoming the official coffee of the Miami HEAT and the Miami Marlins. Today they serve fans in section 120 at Miami HEAT games.
Nomu is "the home of vibe manufacturing": describe a product and it's designed, sourced, made, stored and shipped, starting with tees. Backed by Colosseum, Nomu is delivering more than 18,500 merch pieces to Breakpoint, including 4,000+ custom World Cup-style jerseys for 22 Superteams.
The World Series of Poker has been poker's biggest stage since 1970, and this year the Solana Foundation became the official presenting sponsor of the 2026 WSOP and WSOP Paradise, letting players buy tournament entries with crypto on Solana for the first time. WSOP celebrates the legends and newcomers chasing bracelets, including the Super Main Event at WSOP Paradise this December.
Campaign of the Year Award
For the campaign that captured the Solana community's attention.
Solana Ecosystem Call (@EcosystemCall)
The Solana Ecosystem Call mixes comedy, interviews and ecosystem coverage in a live show on the last Thursday of every month. Recent shows include a Halloween Murder Mystery, and their "Rock Makes Money" campaign rewarded viewers for providing liquidity on Meteora. At Breakpoint, the team is hosting the Ecosystem Carnival, and their London show goes live in front of an audience on November 13, one hour before the Community Awards, in the same room.
World launched this year with a standout campaign that grew them to more than 130K followers, becoming "the Solana prediction market." They're a go-to source for breaking crypto news, from market moves to record numbers of RWA and tokenized-equity holders on Solana, delivered with a tongue-in-cheek voice.
Frontier Traders (@joinfrontier)
Frontier lets you trade anywhere on Solana and earn rewards. Their campaign runs from city Connect events, like a packed room in Mumbai, to the London Showdown Grand Final, where the champion wins a Porsche 911 GT3 RS and the community votes in a wildcard trader.
Jurassic Finance (@JurassicFi)
Jurassic Finance is "tokenizing earth's rarest asset." They brought Deaton, a museum-grade Triceratops skull, to Solana as the first-ever tokenized dinosaur fossil: holders funded the $660,000 raise, and Deaton was officially acquired for $600,000 in the first public on-chain dinosaur sale.
The Toly
This year's winners take home the Toly: a gold 3D-printed trophy inspired by Anatoly Yakovenko in the dragon costume he wore on stage at Breakpoint 2023 in Amsterdam, which became a playful symbol of Solana's comeback after FTX.
Each trophy was handmade by Bangerz through 3D modeling, printing and painting.
Core contributors
This show came together because the community did. The intro videos for each award were created by the people below, and we're proud to feature their work throughout the night.
DeDeep created the intro video for the Solana Ambassador Award.
Evey (@EveyNFT) and Nikki Dey (@nikkideyy)
Evey and Nikki Dey co-created the intro video for the Campaign of the Year Award.
Drew created the intro video for the Solana NFT Community Award.
Luminaries created the intro video for the Solana Meme Community Award.
Fluffy created the intro video for the Solana Artist Award.
Witty Cruz created the intro video for the Solana Content Creator Award.
Sunny (@sunnymaanz) and Marc (@marccolcer)
Sunny and Marc co-created the intro video for the Solana Trader Award.
MagicBlock created the intro video for the Seeker dApp Award.
Superteam UK created the intro video for the Superteam Award.
Hyperstrike created the intro video for the Collab of the Year Award.
2025 winners
Before this year's Tolys are handed out, a shout-out to the class of 2025. The first Solana Community Awards, at Breakpoint 2025 in Abu Dhabi, crowned 14 winners chosen by community vote.
Mert (@mert) won the Solana Ambassador Award, Jussy (@Jussy_World) took Best Content Creator and Wut (@Groowut) was named Best Artist. Bangerz (@bangerz) won Memelord, and Sol Big Brain (@SOLBigBrain) claimed Most Degen Moment.
On the ecosystem side, Solana Spaces (@solanaspaces) won Only Possible on Solana. Reflect (@reflectmoney) took the DeFi Award, Collector Crypt (@Collector_Crypt) the Consumer App Award, Ranger Finance (@ranger_finance) the Trading Award and Play Solana (@playsolana) the Gaming Award. Bitwise (@Bitwise) won the Bridge Builder Award, Pudgy Penguins (@pudgypenguins) won Most Viral X Campaign, Solana Gaming (@solanagaming) took Collaboration of the Year and Raposa Coffee (@RaposaCoffeeCo) won the People's Award.
Presented by SatRush
The 2026 Solana Community Awards are presented by SatRush (@SatRush), the official sponsor. SatRush is a Bitcoin mining game built on Solana, where players mine and earn Bitcoin. Learn more at satrush.io and read the sponsor announcement from Solana Events (@SolanaEvents).
Vote, RSVP and watch
Voting is open now at solana.com/breakpoint/awards: one vote per category, until Monday, November 9. RSVP for the ceremony on Luma, watch the livestream on November 13, and follow your hosts Bangerz (@bangerz), Solquicks (@solquicks) and Maurice (@mauricedotxyz) for updates. See you in London.
