Tag: Most Influential 2023
Anatoly Yakovenko and Solana (SOL) Bounce Back
Still, Yakovenko and the coterie of committed ecosystem developers continue to build the world over. This year Solana saw the launch of the blockchain [...]
Ripple and XRP Were Given Hope by this Judge
"If the ruling is adopted by the court of appeals, it potentially provides a pathway for projects to raise funds," Gulovsen said. Judge Torres' ruling [...]
Steering the Crypto Exchange in a New Era of Compliance
In March this year, U.S regulators sought to ban Binance, alleging it had been operating in the country illegally. By November, the exchange pleaded g [...]
From Ethereum Idealist to Business Realist
In 2018, just a few months after Hayden Adams was introduced to crypto (by Karl Floersch, who also appears on the Most Influential 2023 list), Adams f [...]
'Pacman' Gobbled NFT Sales With Blur
Blur upended OpenSea's NFT marketplace dominance by focusing on big traders. Its cofounder, Pacman, who doxxed himself to face its burgeoning communit [...]
Ravi Menon: Singapore’s Middle Way Regulator
The head of Singapore's central bank has been one of the most influential policymakers in Asia, arguably the most vibrant region currently for crypto [...]
Pudgy Penguins CEO Luca Netz Led Company to Success, While the NFT Market Crashed
Toys being linked to a digital experience may not be a novel concept (see Webkinz from the 2010s). But Pudgy Toys gives owners real IP for their money [...]
Shytoshi Kusama and the SHIB community Proved that ‘Meme Coins’ Are No Joke
Kusama has led the SHIB developers to take on his vision of creating "a perpetual, decentralized, "network state" with a focus on dominating the DeFi [...]
Uprooting dYdX From Ethereum to Explore the Cosmos
But for Juliano, Cosmos, which is like a blockchain for blockchains, offered the most compelling vision for scalability. "We need more on the order of [...]
Caroline Pham: Supportive Regulation at the CFTC
The CFTC commissioner, in a year marked by an aggressive, sometimes arbitrary regulatory enforcement, stood out as an accommodator of innovation in th [...]
Nike’s Ron Faris Is Running With Web3
In a marketing world of social media dominance, where brands are trying hard to create direct relationships with their customers, Faris and the Nike t [...]
Barry Silbert’s Digital Currency Group (DCG) Navigated Fallout From 2022’s Crypto Scandals
Since its inception in 2015, DCG, which is based in Stamford, Connecticut, has evolved into a conglomerate with holdings across the blockchain sector [...]
Senator Elizabeth Warren: Washington’s Crypto Critic-in-Chief
"Some in the crypto industry say that anti-money laundering rules can work so long as they exempt so-called decentralized entities – the crypto exchan [...]
Casey Rodarmor ‘Wasn’t Just Another Elusive Figure’
I've always admired early innovations in technology, (just quietly, I have some inscriptions under 10k). However, delving into the person behind the t [...]
Not Even Sam Altman ‘Is Exempt From Surveillance’
My focus for my piece was to convey a narrative about surveillance, a theme that resonates with the times we live in. I chose a direct visual language [...]