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.
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.