Most Influential

Carpe Consensus 4X3
The Who’s Who of Crypto’s 2022
Spoiler alert: Influence can be for good or for bad. Plus, analyzing SBF’s media apology tour.
Carpe Consensus 4X3

(CoinDesk)
Crypto’s Virgil Through the Market Hellscape
Arthur Hayes has been many things to crypto over the years: a builder, a showman and a criminal. This year, as the industry collapsed, he’s been a wise commentator for the ine...
(CoinDesk)

Adam Paul Levine (adamtastic.com)
Most Influential Artist: Adam Levine
The artist made a portrait of crypto critic Molly White, and went down the Web3 rabbit hole she opened up.
Adam Paul Levine (adamtastic.com)

(Ravi Vora)
Most Influential Artist: Ravi Vora
The Los Angeles-based photographer captured Gary Vaynerchuk and Vayner3 President Avery Akkineni.
(Ravi Vora)

Sarah Richardson Calligraphy (SarahScript.com)
Most Influential Artist: Sarah Script
The calligrapher minted an NFT of White House crypto adviser Carole House.
Sarah Richardson Calligraphy (SarahScript.com)

Will Ess and Adam Levine of 330AI (Will Ess for Pixelmind.ai/CoinDesk)
The Artist and Technology Behind 36 AI Portraits
How to generate three dozen portraits for the Most Influential 2022 in about a week? Meet Pixelmind.ai, the app that saved this CoinDesk feature from visual ennui.
Will Ess and Adam Levine of 330AI (Will Ess for Pixelmind.ai/CoinDesk)

(Kevin Ross/CoinDesk)
CoinDesk Got Colorful With the Most Influential 2022 NFT Collection
CoinDesk has partnered with 14 truly incredible artists to immortalize on-chain some of the Most Influential 2022, whose NFT portraits will be made available in an exclusive a...
(Kevin Ross/CoinDesk)

(Dave Krugman)
Most Influential Artist: Dave Krugman
The photographer captured his portrait of Erick Calderon at a Bright Moments NFT art event in Mexico City.
(Dave Krugman)

(Kevin Ross/CoinDesk)
Presenting CoinDesk's Most Influential 2022
Fifty people who defined the year in crypto.
(Kevin Ross/CoinDesk)

(Bryan Brinkman)
Most Influential Artist: Bryan Brinkman
The New York animator tries to display the mystery of Razzlekhan and Lichtenstein, who kicked off this year’s descent into fraud and deception.
(Bryan Brinkman)