Most Influential 2021: Brian Armstrong
Coinbase’s CEO took the U.S.-based exchange public this year in a direct listing on Nasdaq.
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Most Influential 2021: Matt Hall and John Watkinson
Larva Labs, the creator of CryptoPunks, is working with a Hollywood powerhouse to expand the NFT brand.
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Most Influential 2021: Devin Finzer
OpenSea was most recently valued at $10 billion.
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Most Influential 2021: Robert Leshner
The Compound founder expects the bridge between DeFi and traditional finance to narrow next year.
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Most Influential 2021: Do Kwon
Terraform Labs has built the most successful algorithmic stablecoin yet. And a recent SEC subpoena shows just how important decentralization is.
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Sen. Lummis on Crypto: ‘We Will Continue to Educate’
CoinDesk Managing Editor for Global Policy and Regulation Nikhilesh De speaks with Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), a top 10 winner of CoinDesk’s Most Influential 2021.
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Most Influential: Katie Haun
The a16z partner’s pedigree and gravitas as a former federal prosecutor will likely become ever-more important in the year ahead as a showdown brews between regulators and ind...
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Most Influential 2021: Gavin Wood
Following the first batch of parachain auctions, Polkadot will solidify its place as a key proof-of-stake blockchain.
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Most Influential 2021: Mayor Francis X. Suarez
“One thing that has stood out to me, in particular, has been my realization of the lack of faith in fiat currencies,” the Miami mayor said.
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Most Influential 2021: Michael Saylor
The MicroStrategy CEO will buy the dip and the top. He’s in the market for bitcoin.
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