bitget, the world’s largest universal exchange (UEX), and 0xConnect held the second annual Pitch’n Slay pitch competition for female entrepreneurs in the blockchain and cryptocurrency space. The initiative received over ten applications from Web3 product creators at various stages of development, from MVPs to fully operational services. Five projects, deemed the most attractive, useful, and with a ready-made development plan, advanced to the final round.
The Pitch’n Slay pitch competition is fundamentally different from all other initiatives Bitget runs. As part of our global Blockchain4Her initiative, we strive to support women entrepreneurs and give them the opportunity to not only create Block”We’re committed to developing a product and bringing it to market. To this end, we’re ready not only to provide financial support through grants and prizes, but also to share our expertise and networking,” says Liliya Malikova, Bitget’s CIS Marketing Manager.
The Pitch’n Slay pitch competition consisted of three stages:
- Initial scoring and evaluation of projects by the jury.
- Selection of the 5 most promising projects for the competition finals.
- Offline presentation of jury projects.
The Pitch’n Slay jury included:
- Dmitry Machikhin, founder of BitOK, is recognized by Forbes as a leading blockchain innovator and is ranked by Chambers among the most influential FinTech experts.
- Rafael Manvelyan, one of the most recognizable voices in Russian-language crypto, author and owner of the channel “Tears” Satoshi».
- Alexandra Demidova, Development Director at Bits media.
- Eser Karlyk, SMO Bitget MENA.
- Vladimir Gorgadze, Head of Department Block MIPT, co-founder of Atomyze.
Participants had to personally present their project to the jury, answer questions, and prove that their project deserved attention and awards. It’s worth noting that this year, each of the submitted projects received a cash prize: $6000 was donated by the competition organizers, the Bitget exchange, and an additional $2000 was donated to the participants by Rafael Manvelyan.
The winners of the Pitch’n Slay 2026 competition are:
- Angelina Tataurova, Belarus, YUPLAND project – a reputation-based Web3 gaming ecosystem built on NEAR and expanding on TON. First place, prize – $3000.
- Anastasia Smirnova, Lockt project – a curated marketplace for trading cryptocurrency assets in the vesting process. Second place, prize – $2000.
- Anna Kolodyazhnaya, RePlastic, is an innovative Web3 project focused on ESG initiatives through plastic recycling, supported by the Bitget exchange. Third place, prize: $1000.
- Narine Bagunts, Cryppush project – an advanced trading ecosystem that combines algorithmic trading, process automation, and artificial intelligence into a single platform. Fourth place, prize – $1000.
- Lyudmila Shpagina, Heirlink, is a regulated protocol for automated inheritance and access management in Web3 and enterprise environments. It addresses the problem of “dead capital” and operational risks when access to assets, wallets, treasury, or corporate resources depends on a single person and can be lost or blocked due to illness, conflict, dismissal, or death. Fifth place, $1000 prize.
The event also featured renowned speakers who shared their expertise in business development, marketing, and technology.
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