The CFTC commissioner, in a year marked by an aggressive, sometimes arbitrary regulatory enforcement, stood out as an accommodator of innovation in the crypto sector.
Juliano's dYdX switched from Ethereum to Cosmos in one of the year's biggest blockchain defections. The project has big plans for 2024.
With the launch of Shibarium this year, Shytoshi Kusama and the SHIB community have established themselves as a force to be reckoned with in DeFi and Web3.
While much of the NFT market was taking beatings, the Pudgy Penguins CEO drove his brand forward, setting up shop with some of the largest retail stores in the country.
Singapore's central bank head has steered a path between Hong Kong's embrace of crypto and India's stifling of it.
Blur upended OpenSea's NFT marketplace dominance by focusing on big traders. Its cofounder, Pacman, who doxxed himself to face its burgeoning community, earns a spot on the Most Influential 2023.
Uniswap, the first decentralized crypto exchange of its kind, was Adams' first and greatest contribution to Ethereum. The latest V4, inviting praise and criticism, earns him a spot on the Most Influential 2023.
With Binance founder Changpeng "CZ" Zhao gone, the new CEO has big shoes to fill as he's tasked with cleaning up the reputation of the world's largest crypto exchange.
The bowtied chairman of the House Financial Services Committee has shown persistence in the face of increasing partisanship on crypto issues.
The U.S. District judge's partial ruling against SEC and in favor of Ripple and XRP could create a precedent the crypto industry can come back to over and over.
With a rocketing token and tech improvements on the horizon, the Solana community – rallied by industry champion Anatoly Yakovenko – defied the odds of defeat.
Crypto wallet company Ledger created a controversial seed recovery service, something newbies truly need, but suffered through a massive backlash.
The exchange said it plans to use the license to offer e-money products in the U.K.
The former Alameda Research CEO gave damning testimony in the fraud trial of her former boyfriend, Sam Bankman-Fried, making her one of CoinDesk's Most Influential in 2023.
Hacks happen a lot in crypto. So Ogle has professionalized asset recovery for the victims. He’s pretty good at it.
Farcaster, Friend.tech and Lens showed how much can change in a year — but is Web3 networking ready for primetime?
The developer’s proposal (BIP 300) for “Drive Chains” (sidechains) on Bitcoin – meant to allow greater collaboration with other chains – was met with fierce opposition from some Bitcoiners this year. Sztorc says the community hasn’t been innovating fast enough.
Srinivasan bet $1 million the U.S. dollar would collapse (and lost), and evangelized his ideas about startup societies, making him one of CoinDesk's Most Influential in 2023.
In a series of Twitter posts, Brian Armstrong argued that Bitcoin could provide an alternative to the reserve currency as an "antidote to inflation."
Web3 gaming powerhouse Animoca Brands isn't playing around; it takes its work with governments and educating a skeptical audience seriously.
A partner at Castle Island Ventures, Bhutoria has produced some of the smartest analysis in crypto over the last several years.
The latest price moves in bitcoin [BTC] and crypto markets in context for Dec. 4, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.
BitGo was one of the few crypto companies to raise capital in a depressed market, and even did so at an elevated valuation. That's one reason why CEO Belshe is one of CoinDesk's Most Influential of 2023.
Circle Internet Financial continued to build out the USDC stablecoin network, spreading access and inclusion to new corners of the world.
Chainlink is where digital assets meet the real world, and Nazarov is predicting TradFi and crypto will become intertwined.
The Blockstream developer has been working on what she calls "Lightning v2" since 2019, and it's poised to launch by year's end.
The CEO of OP Labs helped create a set of tools that let developers build their own layer-2 chains.
With hundreds of millions at stake, Avery Ching, co-founder of one of the year's most-talked-about new projects, has much to prove.
Coinbase's layer-2 blockchain, which launched this year, helps the exchange to scale and reduce transaction fees. Rivals, like Kraken, are now said to be launching their own layer 2s.
Perhaps more than at any other TradFi firm, Visa's crypto unit under Sheffield has been running experiment after experiment. That's why he's one of CoinDesk's Most Influential of 2023.