Inside the Wild West of a cryptocurrency awards show, where people wondered if they were being scammed and the police kept stopping by

Zoë Bernard/Business Insider Last week, an influencer analytics company threw an award ceremony honoring the top influencers in the cryptocurrency community as a part of New York's blockchain week. The event's disorganization led some in attendance to wonder whether it was all a scam, or just a way for the organizing company to promote itself. "This is the sketchiest thing I've ever been a part of," says YouTuber Siraj Raval, midway through an awards ceremony billed as an event to honor both hi...