Inside the Wild West of a cryptocurrency awards show, where people wondered if they were being scammed and the police kept stopping by

“This is the sketchiest thing I’ve ever been a part of,” says YouTuber Siraj Raval, midway through an awards ceremony billed as an event to honor both himself and other online influencers in the cryptocurrency space. We’re at the Crypto Influencer Awards Summit, which is taking place as a part of New York’s blockchain week in lower Manhattan. Some of the most influential cryptocurrency evangelists on the internet have flown in to the city to receive awards in categories like “Best Crypto Musician,” “Most Relatable,” “Best Video Production,” and “Most Funny.”

So far, the proceedings have been so disorganized that one of the influencers in attendance posted a video of the event entitled “Most Awkward Conference Start Ever” to YouTube.

For an event where the cheapest tickets cost as much as Hamilton seats, I’m not sure what I expected from the awards ceremony, but this certainly isn’t it.

Admittedly, everyone still seems to be having a good time, mostly because no one is really paying attention to the panels taking place at the front of the room. 

 

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