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Ron Faris at Nike Is Running With Web3

As many corporations shied away from blockchain-powered initiatives this year, Nike has been quietly building a model for how brands can use a Web3 backend to gain new audiences.

Black and white image of Ron Faris

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Caroline Pham: Supportive Regulation at the CFTC

The CFTC commissioner, in a year marked by an aggressive, sometimes arbitrary regulatory enforcement, stood out as an accommodator of innovation in the crypto sector.

The CFTC's Caroline Pham (Mason Webb/CoinDesk)

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Antonio Juliano: Uprooting a Successful Exchange to Explore the Cosmos

Juliano's dYdX switched from Ethereum to Cosmos in one of the year's biggest blockchain defections. The project has big plans for 2024.

Antonio Juliano (Mason Webb/CoinDesk)

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Shytoshi Kusama and the SHIB community Proved that ‘Meme Coins’ Are No Joke

With the launch of Shibarium this year, Shytoshi Kusama and the SHIB community have established themselves as a force to be reckoned with in DeFi and Web3.

Shib/Shytoshi Kusama (Mason Webb/CoinDesk)

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Luca Schnetzler: When NFTs Crashed, He Led Pudgy Penguins to Success

While much of the NFT market was taking beatings, the Pudgy Penguins CEO (who's also known as Luca Netz) drove his brand forward, setting up shop with some of the largest retail stores in the country.

Luca Netz (Mason Webb/CoinDesk)

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Ravi Menon: Singapore's Middle Way Regulator

Singapore's central bank head has steered a path between Hong Kong's embrace of crypto and India's stifling of it.

Ravi Menon, the head of Singapore's central bank (Mason Webb/CoinDesk)

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'Pacman' Gobbled NFT Sales With Blur

Blur upended OpenSea's NFT marketplace dominance by focusing on big traders. Its cofounder, Pacman, who doxxed himself to face its burgeoning community, earns a spot on CoinDesk's Most Influential 2023.

Logik's image of Pacman for Most Influential 2023.

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Hayden Adams: From Ethereum Idealist to Business Realist at Uniswap

Uniswap, the first decentralized crypto exchange of its kind, was Adams’ first and greatest contribution to Ethereum. The latest V4, inviting praise and criticism, earns him a spot on the Most Influential 2023.

Uniswap's Hayden Adams (portrait by Mason Webb for CoinDesk)

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Richard Teng: Steering Binance in a New Era of Compliance

With Binance founder Changpeng "CZ" Zhao gone, the new CEO has big shoes to fill as he's tasked with cleaning up the reputation of the world's largest crypto exchange.

Richard Teng (Mason Webb/CoinDesk)

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Patrick McHenry Is Dragging Crypto Bills Through Congress

The bowtied chairman of the House Financial Services Committee has shown persistence in the face of increasing partisanship on crypto issues.

U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry in grey jacket and pink bow tie