Fastex Celebrates NFT Innovation With Third ftNFT YoCerebrum Awards

NFTsArtists, creators and collectors gathered at Fort Manoel on Malta’s Manoel Island for the awards, which were selected through a public voting system on the blockchain combined with data from the fnNFT marketplace, and a jury drawn from the worlds of art and Web3.✨ An unforgettable night at the ftNFT YoCerebrum Awards 2024 in Malta’s Fort Manoel! A celebration filled with magical moments, lights, and spectacular shows, honoring creativity and innovation.#ftNFTYoCerebrumAwards2024 #FortManoel #MagicAndInnovation #Malta pic.twitter.com/5UvI8Y2nb7— ftNFT Phygital Space (@ftNFT) November 16, 2024Winners were selected across 12 categories, receiving a “Bahamut” trophy commemorating Fastex’s layer-1 blockchain and 2,024 Fasttokens (FTN).The ftNFT YoCerebrum Awards are about “bringing together a lot of artists, industry players, our partners from the group and from Fastex,” the exchange’s CLO Vardan Khachatryan told Rug Radio’s Ben White. The event is an opportunity to, “show what the industry achieved, showing gratitude towards them,” he added.Zack Ritchie, who won the “Most Innovative NFT Collection” award for Cacticrew, told White that in real life events like the ftNFT YoCerebrum  Awards are, “the best—you don’t just meet and speak about business, you get to know the person, you build experiences together.” The Maltese designer explained that his winning Cacticrew collection is based around Beppe, a prickly pear that “represents the landscape of Malta.”Had a fantastic time at the @fastex ftNFT YoCerebrum Awards in Malta.The team put on an amazing show, and I was fortunate enough to catch up with CLO, Vardan Khachatryan for @RugRadio.Read more about the event on @decryptmedia ⬇️https://t.co/NzvcfPTQcd*Fastex Partner* pic.twitter.com/KAmihwxr78— Benjamin (@HelloBenWhite) November 27, 2024Fastex is “doing a great job” in bringing the awards to Malta, Ritchie added, pointing to the island’s vibrant crypto scene and local communities like Cryptohub. “A project like this, an event like this, will further push the whole community,” he said.Malta is “a great country with amazing opportunities,” Khachatryan said, lauding the island’s innovation and “crypto native” regulators.Other award recipients included Kane Tallowin/Defaced’s “You Could Suffer in Heaven,” which won NFT Project of the Year for its rich “tapestry of imagery” and allusions to works by the likes of Hieronymous Bosch and Goya.The full list of winners is:Sponsored post by FastexLearn More about partnering with Decrypt.