Most Influential 2021


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Most Influential 2021: Bitfinex’ed

Some of the pseudonymous account’s suspicions about Tether’s backing were vindicated this year.

(Adam Levine/Pixelmind.ai)

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Most Influential 40: President Xi Jinping

When the Chinese Communist Party banned mining, it only proved the resilience of Bitcoin’s distributed network.

(Adam Levine/CoinDesk)

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Most Influential 2021: Ray Youssef

Peer-to-peer bitcoin trading is a powerful force.

(Adam B. Levine/Pixelmind.ai)

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Most Influential 2021: Serey Chea

Project Bakong stands apart from other nation digital currency experiments. Chea brought Cambodia’s moonshot into being.

(Adam B. Levine/Pixelmind.ai)

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Most Influential 2021: Barry Silbert

The founder of Digital Currency Group sees Standard Oil as an inspiration.

(Adam B. Levine/Pixelmind.ai)

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Most Influential 2021: Jerome Powell

The Federal Reserve chairman is likely the most influential man in crypto, as he is in all markets.

(Adam B. Levine/Pixelmind.ai)

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Most Influential 2021: Elizabeth Warren

The progressive Massachusetts senator has brought the fight against crypto to Washington.

(Adam B. Levine/Pixelmind.ai)

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Most Influential 2021: Danny Ryan

The Ethereum Foundation programmer took lead on the much anticipated London hard fork.

(Adam B. Levine/Pixelmind.ai)

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Most Influential 2021: Gary Gensler

The new SEC chair is experienced and talks a good game on crypto regulation. But can he deliver the clarity and detail the industry craves?

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Terraform Labs CEO on US Crypto Regulation: ‘It’s Not That Interesting’

Amidst a legal battle with the U.S. SEC, CEO of Terraform Labs Do Kwon and a top 10 winner of CoinDesk’s Most Influential 2021, discusses his take on the impact of U.S. crypto regulation on his business operations and the global industry.

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