ETHGlobal New York 2025 Awards Ten Innovative Blockchain Projects

Ten winners spanned AR gaming, payments, DeFi, developer tooling, and cross-chain infrastructure; highlights include EIP-5792 payments, a “dead man’s switch” inheritance tool, and USDC/CCTP-powered cross-chain asset vaults.

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Summary

ETHGlobal New York 2025 named 10 winners across AR gaming, payments, DeFi, developer tools, and cross-chain infrastructure. Highlights: Swap Pay uses EIP-5792 for multi-token payments; Primer enables Amazon purchases via crypto gift cards; Kyma Pay offers stablecoin merchant processing at 0.15% fees; Noah provides an on-chain inheritance “dead man’s switch”; TX Delay Insurance covers congested EVM transactions. Other winners include Rivals (AR shooter with token rewards), Pumpkin Spice Latte (prize-linked savings), Hardhat 3-Ledger (Ledger integration), x 402-flash (latency-optimized micropayments), and Pika Vault (USDC/CCTP cross-chain asset management).

Terms & Concepts
  • EIP-5792: An Ethereum standard proposal enabling standardized wallet/dapp interactions to support complex or multi-token payment flows.
  • CCTP (Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol): Circle’s protocol for native USDC transfers across chains by burning on the source chain and minting on the destination.
  • EVM (Ethereum Virtual Machine): The runtime environment for Ethereum smart contracts, used by Ethereum and many EVM-compatible networks.