Most Influential 2022


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The Artist/CEO Generating $1.4B – and Growing – in Generative Art Sales

Blockchain-based algorithmic art is bucking the downward market trend of NFTs and one of the most popular platforms supporting this work is five-year-old Art Blocks. That’s why artist and CEO Erick Calderon is one of CoinDesk’s Most Influential 2022.

"Erick Calderon, AKA Snow Fro" (Dave Krugman/CoinDesk)

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‘We Are All F****d’: The Developers of Tornado Cash and the Future of Crypto

The arrest of a web developer for the now-sanctioned currency mixer Tornado Cash has raised questions about whom states can hold responsible when bad actors use software to commit crimes. That's why Alexey Pertsev is one of CoinDesk’s Most Influential 2022.

(Jack Schickler/CoinDesk)

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The Four Horsemen of the Cryptocalypse

Move over, war, famine, pestilence and death. Meet the CEOs of Terraform Labs, Three Arrows Capital, Celsius Network and Voyager Digital. For blowing up crypto, Do Kwon, Su Zhu, Alex Mashinsky and Stephen Ehrlich are four of CoinDesk’s Most Influential 2022.

"Market Wizards" (Ovie Faruq/CoinDesk)

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Ethereum Pulled Off The Year’s Biggest Blockchain Event

It was no small task for the hundreds of developers and client teams to build, coordinate, and successfully swap out Ethereum’s core from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake. That’s why Vitalik Buterin and Ethereum developers are among CoinDesk’s Most Influential 2022.

"The V God" (Federico Solmi/CoinDesk)

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Zcash Doesn’t Need Your Trust

For years, the Electric Coin Company has been breaking new ground with zero-knowledge proofs. This year it radically improved privacy on its Zcash protocol, even as the right to use it is under attack. That’s why CEO Zooko Wilcox is one of CoinDesk’s Most Influential 2022.

Zooko Wilcox (Will Ess for Pixelmind.ai/CoinDesk)

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What to Expect From CoinDesk’s Most Influential 2022 List

CoinDesk's Most Influential 2022, a list of the biggest changemakers in crypto, blockchain and Web3, is out Monday. CoinDesk Tech Managing Editor Christie Harkin shares a preview.

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Vote for 2022's Most Influential in Crypto

After crypto's annus mirabilis, 2022 is shaping up to be a year of reckoning. More than ever, CoinDesk's list of the most influential in crypto will not be a popularity contest. The question isn't did you like a nominee, but how big an impact did they have? Vote now. The poll closes on Oct. 24.

(Kevin Ross/CoinDesk)

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