KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, June 4th, 2026 - ChangeNOW, a non-custodial cryptocurrency platform that has evolved its offering beyond simple exchange services to include a suite of business-to-business products, has been named Best Digital Assets Fintech at the BeInCrypto x Proof of Talk Institutional 100 Awards 2026. The accolade was presented at the awards ceremony held live at Proof of Talk, the Louvre Palace in Paris.
The BeInCrypto Institutional 100 Awards operate across 24 competitive categories grouped into six pillars: Regulation & Governance, Capital Markets & Infrastructure, Retail to Crypto Bridge, Digital Assets, Tokenization & On-Chain Finance, and Enterprise Blockchain. Award decisions follow a two-stage evaluation process that combines proprietary quantitative screening of on-chain data and company disclosures with blind scoring by an independent Expert Council composed of leaders from traditional finance and digital asset sectors.
According to BeInCrypto, the programme reaches a global audience of 7 to 11 million monthly readers in 26 languages and maintains a B2B community of more than 20,000 verified professionals, around 70% of whom hold C-level roles. Within that context, the Institutional 100 Awards are positioned as a rigorous industry benchmark for institutional cryptocurrency adoption.
ChangeNOW earned its nomination and subsequent win in the Retail to Crypto Bridge category, competing against providers including the European neobank Revolut. The award recognizes platforms operating at the intersection of traditional finance and the crypto economy, specifically those that facilitate retail access to digital assets.
Platform scope and infrastructure
Established in 2017 as a non-custodial exchange intended to simplify access to cryptocurrencies, ChangeNOW reports service to more than eight million users worldwide and support for over 1,500 digital assets. The company has extended its footprint beyond retail-facing exchange and wallet products to a range of B2B services that supply core infrastructure to other market participants.
- Retail presence: ChangeNOW operates a web platform and native iOS and Android applications, alongside NOW Wallet for self-custody.
- B2B products: The company offers NOWPayments for crypto payment processing, NOWNodes for blockchain infrastructure access, NOW Custody for institutional-grade digital asset storage, and a business API that enables third-party platforms to embed exchange functionality.
The firm states that across its product suite it has processed millions of transactions and built a client base comprising individual users and commercial partners within the digital asset ecosystem.
Industry recognition and company reaction
ChangeNOW’s management characterized the award as more than an honorific title, noting that the endorsement from BeInCrypto reflects the platform’s execution and standing in an increasingly competitive market. Company leadership emphasized that recognition by a programme employing independent evaluation and editorial separation from industry stakeholders signals validation of the platform’s speed and institutional reliability.
"This recognition means a lot to our team because it reflects the trust our clients place in us every day. From the beginning, our goal has been to make crypto simple, accessible, and reliable for everyone, regardless of their experience level. We’re honoured to be recognised by BeInCrypto and see this award as both a celebration of what we’ve achieved and a motivation to keep raising the standard for the industry," said Elena Dali Bey, Senior Business Development Manager at ChangeNOW.
Company commentary framed the accolade as the outcome of sustained effort across the organisation and the result of trust from millions of platform users.
Planned initiatives and product roadmap
Rather than treating the award as a terminal milestone, ChangeNOW intends to use the momentum to accelerate a set of planned initiatives tailored to both retail traders and institutional clients. The company identified three core focus areas for the coming months:
- RWA integration and asset expansion - The platform is expanding its supported asset listings and trading pairs, with a strategic emphasis on tokenized Real-World Assets. The stated aim is to increase trading flexibility and deepen liquidity for tokenized physical assets that are otherwise hard to access through centralized channels.
- Fast-Track programme for ecosystem activation - Beyond API access, the Fast-Track programme is designed to accelerate partner go-to-market activities. It includes pre-built technical infrastructure plus marketing support such as targeted placements in crypto media, partner amplification across ChangeNOW’s social channels, and opportunities to participate in Tier-1 conferences attended by more than fifteen thousand people.
- Client experience enhancements - Product improvements are planned to introduce more sophisticated trading tools, personalization options, and interface redesigns intended to reduce friction for new users and shorten the path from idea to execution for experienced traders.
ChangeNOW framed these initiatives as consistent with the values the award recognizes: transparency, accessibility, and iterative improvement. The company also described the award as a benchmark against which future progress will be measured.
About the company
ChangeNOW was founded in 2017 as a non-custodial crypto management platform focused on enabling straightforward swaps across a broad range of tokens. The platform reports support for more than 1,500 digital assets and usage by over eight million people globally. Its B2B infrastructure is positioned to address a common industry challenge: companies building in the digital asset space frequently require core infrastructure capabilities that would otherwise take years to develop internally. ChangeNOW’s suite of products aims to reduce that time and technical burden by providing payment processing, node access, custody services, and API-driven exchange functionality for wallets, fintech platforms, and exchanges.
Contact
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Note on coverage: The Institutional 100 Awards evaluation process referenced in this report uses a combination of quantitative screening and blinded expert scoring as described by the award organiser.