Edwards, CO - , the technology publishing platform, opened public nominations for the Noonies 2020 in partnership with , the best place to buy and sell crypto worldwide with zero trading fees. Anyone can now nominate anyone for a Noonie by visiting . Hacker Noon Amplify Exchange https://Noonies.Tech There are 200 Noonies across five major categories: , , , and . The has curated a minimum of 5ish nominees for each award, and now will add at 5ish more nominees for each award based on the community’s nominations. Voting will open one month from today on August 13th. technology decentralization software development future heroes, back to the internet Hacker Noon staff “July 13th marks the 1 year anniversary of the launch of ,” said Hacker Noon CEO . “To commemorate our evolution into a software company, we launched the Noonies 2.0, which is powered by our own award voting software. With this year’s , we worked very hard to improve the experience for voters, nominees and sponsors. Very much looking forward to working with the internet to recognize technological innovators.” Hacker Noon 2.0 David Smooke Noonies In addition to Amplify Exchange as the headline sponsor, the Noonies features many other sponsors for individual Noonies, such as , , , , , , and . There are still some individual awards available to sponsor, Radix Sustany Capital Grant for the Web Skillsoft Beyond Skills Udacity Flipside Crypto learn more here. “When it comes to this year’s selection process, we were primarily focused on ways to make the Noonies more inclusive, diverse, and representative than last year. Which is, unsurprisingly, still not an easy task, in tech today,” explains Hacker Noon’s Managing Editor, . In line with this aim, Hacker Noon has extended this year’s open, public nominations period to a full one month, before voting opens on August 13th. “We’re looking forward to this opportunity to learn from each other, celebrate great work; start important conversations about what matters in tech today; and provide a platform for the people behind-the-scenes, those responsible for building our collective futures, so to speak, to be seen, heard and recognized for their contributions.” Natasha Nel “We are so excited by our partnership between Amplify Exchange and Hackernoon to bring the best in innovation and technology to the forefront of everyone’s minds,” said Amplify Exchange CEO, . “Especially in these times, taking time to recognize the exceptional work that happens every day across industries is a great initiative that we are proud to join. At Amplify Exchange, our eyes are always on “the best”. That focus is mainly about what will continue to build the best platform to buy and trade crypto, but when we saw the chance to broaden that spectrum to look at “the best” in so many other categories, we jumped at it. We’ve been working with Hackernoon to make this year’s Noonies the absolute best they can be and can’t wait to see what’s in store.” Justin Tabb Some of the notable Noonies Tech Awards are: Top Tech YouTuber Innovative Company of the Year: Artificial Intelligence Social Network of the Year Startup Blogger of the Year No Code Innovation of the Year Creative Innovation of The Year WFH Innovation of the Year Most Promising Billion Dollar+ SAAS Startup Best Defi Initiative (NeoBanks) Winner Winner Bitcoin Twitter Most Influential Blockchain Engineer The Best Analytical Mind in Crypto Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - PROGRAMMING Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year - AGILE Innovator of the Year: Software Development Mental Health Advocate of the Year Accessibility Tech Innovation of the Year Most Innovative Transportation Tech Slack, Telegram, and/or Discord Channel of the Year Email Newsletter of the Year Extension of the Year Podcast Episode of the Yeara Hacker Noon Contributor of The Year: CYBERSECURITY Web Monetization Innovator of the Year Best Coding Music Album About Amplify The is the world’s first global zero trading fee cryptocurrency trading platform. Live in over 150 countries with native support for nine languages, the Amplify suite combines industry-leading portfolio management tools, an intuitive user experience, fiat banking integrations, and seamless onboarding to redefine how we view crypto trading on the global stage. By utilizing a blend of best in breed technologies including blockchain, Amplify creates the trading advantage that is raising the standard for cryptocurrency brokerages. Amplify Exchange Brokerage About Hacker Noon How hackers start their afternoons. . We are an open and international community of 12,000+ contributing writers publishing stories and expertise for 4,000,000+ curious and insightful monthly readers. Founded in 2016, Hacker Noon is an independent technology publishing platform run by David Smooke and Linh Dao Smooke. Hacker Noon is built for technologists to read, write, and publish Get your technology story published today. About the Noonies , presented online by , built to recognize and reward the most innovative people and products in technology today. Conceptualized in early 2019, Hacker Noon’s first annual Noonies celebrated the contributions of over 500 internally and publicly nominated technologists, thinkers, makers, and leaders in tech. The second edition will run for an extended period of three months, with The Noonies are an annual tech industry awards event Hacker Noon public nominations open for a full month from July 13 to August 12.