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Most Influential 2023
Celebrating the Biggest Changemakers in Crypto, Blockchain and Web3.
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Ogle Catches the Crypto Crooks
Hacks happen a lot in crypto. So, Ogle has professionalized asset recovery for the victims. He's pretty good at it.
Yat Siu: The Metaverse Man Gets Real
Web3 gaming powerhouse Animoca Brands isn’t playing around; it takes its work with governments and educating a skeptical audience seriously.
Sergey Nazarov: The Crypto Oracle
Chainlink is where digital assets meet the real world, and Nazarov is predicting TradFi and crypto will become intertwined.
Cuy Sheffield: The Reason Visa Is 'Everywhere’ in Crypto
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.
Brad Garlinghouse Is 2023's Comeback King With XRP's Win Over SEC
Ripple's CEO emerged triumphant this year in legal cases with big implications for crypto's future. He couldn't have done it without the XRP Army.
Sam Altman: The World That Sam Made
From ChatGPT to Worldcoin, Sam Altman changed everything in 2023.
Brian Armstrong of Coinbase Is Crypto's Last Big Man Standing
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.
Gary Gensler: The Crypto Lightning Rod Who Runs the SEC
No regulator or law enforcement official had as much influence on crypto this year. But is the SEC chair singled out too much by critics?
PayPal's Jose Fernandez da Ponte: Stablecoins for All
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.
Paolo Ardoino: The Hardest Working Man in Crypto
The newly promoted CEO of Tether is looking to diversify the firm's investments after a banner year where the stablecoin giant is on track to profit $4.5 billion.
