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DUBAI, UAE, Sept. 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange by trading volume and users, today announced the inaugural launch of The Blockchain 100. This new annual awards show is designed to recognize and celebrate the most influential creators advancing blockchain education, innovation, and community engagement.
The Blockchain 100 aims to spotlight individuals and teams who have made outstanding contributions to the blockchain ecosystem through education, information sharing, and inspirational content. By honoring creators across seven distinct categories, Binance seeks to elevate voices that have profoundly impacted the industry and helped foster broader adoption of cryptocurrency and Web3 technologies.
The awards will recognize 100 creators across the following categories:
- Industry Advocate: Founders, entrepreneurs, and content creators championing the Web3 ecosystem.
- Independent Researcher: Analysts providing original, in-depth blockchain research.
- Trader: Market experts delivering insights, price analysis, and trading strategies.
- Community Builder: Influencers building and nurturing crypto communities and DAOs.
- Video and Live Creator: Storytellers producing engaging video and livestream content.
- Crypto Press: Journalists and media outlets covering blockchain with rigor and balance.
- Rising Star: Rising talents showing exceptional promise in crypto content creation.
Eligible nominees must primarily produce educational or inspiring crypto-related content, be a public-facing individual with no major issues, and have a minimum of 10,000 followers on at least one major social platform such as X, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Telegram, Discord, Binance Square, or CoinMarketCap.
The Blockchain 100 features a transparent, community-driven selection process as follows:
- Public Nomination: Open from September 25 to October 12, 2025 (UTC), anyone can nominate creators, including self-nominations and nominations on behalf of communities, projects, or companies.
- Community Voting: From October 15 to October 26, 2025 (UTC), shortlisted candidates will be presented for public voting on Binance Square. Verified Binance users can vote once per category daily.
- Final Results: Winners will be announced on November 3, 2025 (UTC).
- Award Ceremony: An in-person ceremony will be held on December 3, 2025, during Binance Blockchain Week in Dubai, where winners will receive engraved medals and participate in exclusive events.
"Crypto has always been about the community and the people who make it possible," shared Rachel Conlan, Chief Marketing Officer of Binance. "The Blockchain 100 is a nod to that spirit. Progressing the industry towards one billion users and beyond will take collective effort, and we want to recognize the individuals who have put in the hard work from the early days to help build this vibrant ecosystem."
Nominations are now open. Further information on The Blockchain 100 and submission of nominations can be done through the event landing page here.
About Binance
Binance is a leading global blockchain ecosystem behind the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume and registered users. Binance is trusted by more than 280 million people in 100+ countries for its industry-leading security, transparency, trading engine speed, protections for investors, and unmatched portfolio of digital asset products and offerings from trading and finance to education, research, social good, payments, institutional services, and Web3 features. Binance is devoted to building an inclusive crypto ecosystem to increase the freedom of money and financial access for people around the world with crypto as the fundamental means. For more information, visit: https://www.binance.com
DUBAI, UAE, Sept. 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange by trading volume and users, today announced the inaugural launch of The Blockchain 100. This new annual awards show is designed to recognize and celebrate the most influential creators advancing blockchain education, innovation, and community engagement.
The Blockchain 100 aims to spotlight individuals and teams who have made outstanding contributions to the blockchain ecosystem through education, information sharing, and inspirational content. By honoring creators across seven distinct categories, Binance seeks to elevate voices that have profoundly impacted the industry and helped foster broader adoption of cryptocurrency and Web3 technologies.
The awards will recognize 100 creators across the following categories:
- Industry Advocate: Founders, entrepreneurs, and content creators championing the Web3 ecosystem.
- Independent Researcher: Analysts providing original, in-depth blockchain research.
- Trader: Market experts delivering insights, price analysis, and trading strategies.
- Community Builder: Influencers building and nurturing crypto communities and DAOs.
- Video and Live Creator: Storytellers producing engaging video and livestream content.
- Crypto Press: Journalists and media outlets covering blockchain with rigor and balance.
- Rising Star: Rising talents showing exceptional promise in crypto content creation.
Eligible nominees must primarily produce educational or inspiring crypto-related content, be a public-facing individual with no major issues, and have a minimum of 10,000 followers on at least one major social platform such as X, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Telegram, Discord, Binance Square, or CoinMarketCap.
The Blockchain 100 features a transparent, community-driven selection process as follows:
- Public Nomination: Open from September 25 to October 12, 2025 (UTC), anyone can nominate creators, including self-nominations and nominations on behalf of communities, projects, or companies.
- Community Voting: From October 15 to October 26, 2025 (UTC), shortlisted candidates will be presented for public voting on Binance Square. Verified Binance users can vote once per category daily.
- Final Results: Winners will be announced on November 3, 2025 (UTC).
- Award Ceremony: An in-person ceremony will be held on December 3, 2025, during Binance Blockchain Week in Dubai, where winners will receive engraved medals and participate in exclusive events.
"Crypto has always been about the community and the people who make it possible," shared Rachel Conlan, Chief Marketing Officer of Binance. "The Blockchain 100 is a nod to that spirit. Progressing the industry towards one billion users and beyond will take collective effort, and we want to recognize the individuals who have put in the hard work from the early days to help build this vibrant ecosystem."
Nominations are now open. Further information on The Blockchain 100 and submission of nominations can be done through the event landing page here.
About Binance
Binance is a leading global blockchain ecosystem behind the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume and registered users. Binance is trusted by more than 280 million people in 100+ countries for its industry-leading security, transparency, trading engine speed, protections for investors, and unmatched portfolio of digital asset products and offerings from trading and finance to education, research, social good, payments, institutional services, and Web3 features. Binance is devoted to building an inclusive crypto ecosystem to increase the freedom of money and financial access for people around the world with crypto as the fundamental means. For more information, visit: https://www.binance.com
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Binance Launches The Blockchain 100 Award to Honor Top Creators Driving Blockchain Innovation
Cognizant's study shows AI is accelerating faster than projected, with 93% of jobs potentially affected today
Findings also point to the limits of AI's impact, with skilling and human judgment playing a critical role in how organizations capture AI's full value
TEANECK, N.J., Jan. 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Cognizant today announced the release of "New Work, New World 2026," providing fresh analysis on how artificial intelligence (AI) will impact work and jobs. Building on the original report's release in 2024, the new research reveals AI is changing the workforce faster than previously reported: it's now capable of handling $4.5 trillion in U.S. work tasks and impacting potentially 93% of jobs today. However, the report also underscores that AI is not a blanket solution for advancing labor productivity: human involvement and adaptable operations continue to be vital to capturing the full value potential of AI.
Cognizant's analysis for New Work, New World 2026 is based on a reassessment of 18,000 tasks and 1,000 jobs in the O*NET labor database, with a focus on how jobs and tasks could be assisted or automated by AI. Specifically, the new study points to an accelerated pace of change in "exposure scores"—the degree to which a job can be assisted or automated by AI—and highlights how those evolving changes can influence labor and enterprise success.
"We're seeing significant capital flow into AI, and the rapid adoption of these technologies is reshaping the workplace," says Ravi Kumar S, CEO of Cognizant. "Our research shows that enterprises could unleash $4.5 trillion in labor productivity today. However, turning that investment into meaningful results takes more than raw technology power. Businesses must also integrate contextual intelligence, build flexible systems that can absorb new AI capabilities, and prioritize human learning and development alongside technological advancements. Companies that focus on these essentials will unlock the true value of AI."
Kumar continues: "Human skilling becomes the bridge through which today's AI spending translates into tomorrow's tangible results. AI's promise is realized when we empower our workforce with digital fluency, adaptability and continuous learning, while ensuring AI solutions are deeply contextualized to unique business challenges. As a result, new job roles will emerge to harness this opportunity."
Cognizant's "New Work, New World 2026" report reaffirms that human knowledge and judgment remain essential to harnessing AI's full potential. It emphasizes that much of AI's value potential remains untapped without the power of human intelligence and involvement. There is still much work left to be done by human hands across job tasks that AI may never assist with, let alone automate. The potential of AI resides in skilling workers and freeing them up for higher order thinking—creative agility, fresh thinking and novel ideas that can transform business operations.
Other key highlights from the report's findings include:
- AI is changing theworkforce far more quickly than projected: The report finds the average exposure score across jobs is 39% today, which is 30% higher than what the original forecast was for 2032. This means more tasks can be assisted or automated by AI, sooner than originally predicted. These exposure scores are also now increasing by 9% annually, compared with 2% in the original research. Some notable changes in exposure scores across jobs include legal (from 9% to 63%), education (from 11% to 49%), healthcare practitioners (from 10% to 39%) and C-suite roles, including CEO (from 25% to 60%).
- Knowledge work is not disappearing, nor is manual work completely insulated: The impact of AI is evolving across sectors. Roles in computer and mathematics, once seen as highly exposed to AI, no longer top the report's exposure scores – indicating rapid advancements in AI may have reached their limits in some knowledge work areas. Meanwhile, the research reveals AI could significantly impact manual labor jobs at a faster rate than previously understood. For example, the exposure score for transportation rose from 6% to 25%, and in construction it rose from 4% to 12%.
- All told, AI can perform $4.5T in labor productivity today across a wide variety of roles: Through increased automation, AI has the potential to deliver significant value to businesses and the economy today. According to the new report, fewer tasks are left untouched by automation. The percentage of tasks that are non-automatable by AI has plummeted, from 57% on average across tasks in 2023 to 32% today.
- Simultaneously, realizing full AI value from labor is not a one-size-fits-all strategy: The report revealed AI is unable to automate upwards of 40% of management, business/ financial operations and administrative tasks, signaling a critical reality: AI alone can't fully replace humans, and human expertise and collaboration remain indispensable. To tap into the $4.5T in labor productivity, businesses must create flexible operating models that can adapt to new and evolving AI capabilities. They must also treat workforce learning as a rapid response mechanism so employees can continuously keep pace with change and effectively leverage AI to deliver meaningful growth.
To read the full report, visit the website here.
About Cognizant:
Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) engineers modern businesses. We help our clients modernize technology, reimagine processes and transform experiences so they can stay ahead in our fast-changing world. Together, we're improving everyday life. See how at www.cognizant.com or @cognizant.
Cognizant remains committed to empowering the next generation of talent through its Synapse program, which aims to reach two million individuals globally by 2030, creating new pathways to opportunity and preparing the workforce for the jobs of the future. To learn more about Cognizant's Synapse skilling initiative, visit the website here.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes statements that may constitute forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, the accuracy of which are necessarily subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions as to future events that may not prove to be accurate. These statements include, but are not limited to, express or implied forward-looking statements relating to the adoption of AI and the labor value of such adoption, the effects and speed of impact of AI on the workforce and the economy and the effectiveness of businesses' efforts to capture the full potential of AI through skilling and human involvement. These statements are neither promises nor guarantees but are the findings of the studies discussed above and remain subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated in these forward-looking statements. Existing and prospective investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. Factors that could cause outcomes to differ materially from those expressed or implied include general economic conditions, the impact of technological development and competition, the competitive and rapidly changing nature of the markets we compete in, the competitive marketplace for talent and its impact on employee recruitment and retention, and the other factors discussed in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Cognizant undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities law.
For more information, contact:
US
Gabby Gugliocciello
Email gabrielle.gugliocciello@cognizant.com
Europe / APAC
Sarah Douglas
Email sarah.douglas@cognizant.com
India
Vipin Nair
Email Vipin.nair@cognizant.com
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AI Can Unlock $4.5 Trillion in U.S. Labor Productivity Today, Reveals Cognizant's Latest "New Work, New World 2026" Report
AI Can Unlock $4.5 Trillion in U.S. Labor Productivity Today, Reveals Cognizant's Latest "New Work, New World 2026" Report
