Most Influential 2021


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Most Influential 2021: Camila Russo

The Defiant founder says: “Crypto is spurring a paradigm shift, where we’ll emerge from the current user-centric society.”

(Adam B. Levine/Pixelmind.ai)

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Most Influential 2021: Tim Beiko

By 2030, Ethereum’s economy will be [at] “top 10 country” scale, says the Ethereum developer.

(Adam B. Levine/Pixelmind.ai)

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Most Influential 2021: Naveen Jain

He created a global identity solution using emojis.

(Adam B Levine/Pixelmind.ai)

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Most Influential 2021: Polynetwork Hacker

For educating us on the difference between “hack” and “exploit.”

(Adam B. Levine/Pixelmind.ai)

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Most Influential 2021: Roneil Rumburg

Audius CEO on growing a Web 3 Spotify to 6.6 million monthly listeners.

(Adam B. Levine/Pixelmind.ai)

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Most Influential 2021: Michael Shaulov

A DeFi powerhouse finds a balance between decentralization and compliance.

(Adam B. Levine/Pixelmind.ai)

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Most Influential 2021: All Seeing Seneca

The creative lead behind Bored Ape Yacht Club, the year’s breakout NFT collection.

Artist's rendition of a Bored Ape NFT. (Adam Levine/CoinDesk)

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Presenting CoinDesk’s Most Influential 2021

The 50 people who defined the year in crypto.

(Melody Wang/CoinDesk)

Videos

Sky Mavis CEO on Axie Infinity, Future of NFT Gaming in the Metaverse

Trung Nguyen, winner of CoinDesk’s Most Influential 2021 and co-founder of Sky Mavis, the game developer behind popular blockchain-based trading and battling game Axie Infinity, discusses what the future holds for “play-to-earn” NFT gaming in the metaverse. Plus, what’s next for Sky Mavis following a 3,000% year-over-year growth and $3 billion valuation.

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