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.
Stefan Berger steered through the European Union's world-leading Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation (MiCA) this year in the aftermath of FTX and other scandals. He's now working on a digital euro.
One of Ethereum's biggest scalability layers, Polygon, is at the forefront of a new tech trend with the launch of its zkEVM.
BlackRock reignited interest in bitcoin ETFs this year, in part driven by CEO Fink's strong statements on the role of BTC as an international currency.
The co-founder of MakerDAO says his biggest achievement this year was bringing real-world assets, like U.S. Treasuries, on-chain and at scale.
Digital artist Refik Anadol's creatively sculpted imaginations generated wonder and discussion as he brought his data-generated artwork from the blockchain to the world’s largest screens.
Ripple's co-founder emerged triumphant this year in legal cases with big implications for crypto's future. He couldn't have done it without the XRP Army.
From ChatGPT to Worldcoin, Sam Altman changed everything in 2023.
With CZ gone at Binance, and SBF set for prison, Brian Armstrong is the biggest big gun still in the hot seat. Having launched its own layer-2 blockchain and derivatives exchange this year, and ETFs looking poised to launch in 2024, Coinbase looks well positioned to ride crypto's next wave.
Assessing who was the most influential regulator or law enforcement official in a year when so many have affected or shaped the crypto industry is challenging. But influence is not just measured by action and impact; it's the reactions caused, the responses garnered, the way we hang on to words said and left unsaid that demonstrate influence. Using this criteria, there’s really only one winner: SEC Chair Gary Gensler.
The payments giant debuted its own Ethereum-based U.S. dollar stablecoin this year, offering serious competition to existing market leaders such as Tether's USDT and Circle's USDC.
The newly promoted CEO of Tether is looking to diversify the firm's investments, after a banner year where the stablecoin giant is on track to profit $4.5 billion.
Lido has become a victim of its own success, attracting criticism as its share of staked ether has grown to nearly one-third. That's why it's one of CoinDesk's Most Influential of 2023.
The $1.33 trillion asset manager was viewed as old-fashioned, but its CEO is at the forefront of Wall Street's embrace of bitcoin ETFs and crypto technology.
Ryan Selkis built a political fundraising machine for crypto that's ready to sway elections in 2024. That's why the Messari founder is one of CoinDesk's Most Influential people of 2023.
His "Ordinals Theory," allowing data inscription on Bitcoin, generated a backlash from Bitcoiners who said it will ruin the network. But Rodarmor remains undeterred.
As many as 28 Virtual Digital Assets (VDA) or crypto service providers have registered themselves with India's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU-IND).
These tokens have been among the strongest performers among the top hundred tokens by market capitalization in the past week.
Having created trading pairs on Archax between bitcoin and tokens showing ownership of an abrdn money-market fund, the firms talk for the first time about using this institutional-grade token as collateral elsewhere.
Charges were dropped after one of the accused argued he was an "ethical hacker," according to French news publication Le Monde.
They also want the government to tweak plans to make sure the CBDC’s design won’t preclude the possibility of paying interest on the digital pound.
Tron's native token [TRX] traded at a premium of up to 17% on recently-hacked exchange Poloniex over the weekend, creating a potentially lucrative arbitrage trade.
Mere hours after it hit $40,000, Bitcoin surged past $41,000 on renewed optimism over the possible approval of a spot Bitcoin ETF.
Bitcoin is trading at levels previously seen in April 2022, shrugging off a tough year marked by several implosions and regulatory clampdowns.
The release will be the second core product in the Mantle ecosystem, and comes just six months after the Mantle Network, a layer-2 network atop Ethereum, went live.
Numbers from the exchange show institutional traders largely ignored altcoins in favor of perceived "safe" assets.
The "basis trade," a standout in the 2020/2021 bull market, is hinting at a resurgence, one observer said, referring to the rising futures premium.
Overall market capitalization has risen 3% in the past 24 hours to reach a level previously seen in April 2022.