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Most Influential 2021: Kristin Smith

The Blockchain Association’s executive director is one of crypto’s staunchest advocates on the Hill.

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Most Influential 2021: Random Celebrities Who Discovered Crypto

From Paris Hilton to Jimmy Fallon, crypto was brought into the limelight.

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Most Influential 2021: Beeple

Digital artist Mike Winkelmann brought NFTs into the limelight.

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Most Influential 2021: Jack Dorsey

The former CEO of Twitter and Square, now CEO of Block, is building for a world where bitcoin is the native currency of the internet.

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Most Influential 2021: Brian Armstrong

Coinbase’s CEO took the U.S.-based exchange public this year in a direct listing on Nasdaq.

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Most Influential 2021: Matt Hall and John Watkinson

Larva Labs, the creator of CryptoPunks, is working with a Hollywood powerhouse to expand the NFT brand.

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Most Influential 2021: Devin Finzer

OpenSea was most recently valued at $10 billion.

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Most Influential 2021: Robert Leshner

The Compound founder expects the bridge between DeFi and traditional finance to narrow next year.

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Most Influential 2021: Gavin Wood

Following the first batch of parachain auctions, Polkadot will solidify its place as a key proof-of-stake blockchain.

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Most Influential 2021: Mayor Francis X. Suarez

“One thing that has stood out to me, in particular, has been my realization of the lack of faith in fiat currencies,” the Miami mayor said.

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