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Most Influential: Pavel Durov
15.12.2025
The Telegram CEO may stand as the most pivotal figure in the bona fide mass adoption of cryptocurrency
Most Influential: Roman Storm
15.12.2025
The Tornado Cash developer’s trial this summer is evidence that the crypto industry is still severely lacking regulatory clarity
Most Influential: Sergey Nazarov
15.12.2025
Chainlink’s co-founder spent 2025 turning oracles, cross-chain messaging and CRE into building blocks for tokenized funds and on-chain finance
Most Influential: Todd Blanche
15.12.2025
The crypto industry praised a memo signed by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche directing the Department of Justice to end “regulation by prosecution.”
Most Influential: ZachXBT
15.12.2025
ZachXBT still holds the crown as the crypto world’s pseudonymous Sherlock Holmes
State of Crypto: Policymakers Dominated Most Influential 2025
13.12.2025
CoinDesk is unveiling its annual list of the individuals who have shaped the crypto industry and the discourse around it this year
Most Influential: Changpeng “CZ” Zhao
12.12.2025
Zhao’s exit from Binance did little to dim his prominence
Most Influential: David Bailey
12.12.2025
Bailey’s Strategy-inspired bitcoin treasury company, KindlyMD, exemplified the struggles of many of its peers this year
Most Influential: Jesse Pollak
12.12.2025
Base, the layer-2 network incubated by Coinbase, exploded in popularity this year
Most Influential: Michael Saylor
12.12.2025
Despite facing a year of tough conditions for bitcoin treasury companies, Michael Saylor’s Strategy developed new ways to make money — and acquire more bitcoin for its vast holdings — in 2025
Most Influential: Tom Lee
12.12.2025
A longtime fixture on Wall Street, Tom Lee’s pivot to crypto comes as the traditional finance industry is increasingly embracing digital assets
Most Influential: Arthur Hayes
11.12.2025
BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes has re-emerged in recent years as one of the industry’s most consistently influential macro thinkers
Most Influential: Cathie Wood
11.12.2025
Throughout crypto’s ups and downs, Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood has remained unflaggingly bullish on the industry’s future
Most Influential: Shayne Coplan
11.12.2025
Once mired in legal trouble that included federal probes and law enforcement raids, Polymarket founder and CEO Shayne Coplan has emerged victorious this year, casting off the yoke of regulatory scrutiny and growing the prediction market he founded into a $9 billion betting empire
Most Influential: Sirgoo Lee
11.12.2025
Lee shaped the exchange that defines Korea’s crypto market, but even after his exit this year, the country’s hyperactive retail engine will keep moving
Most Influential: The Social Media Traders
11.12.2025
Crypto Twitter’s social media traders turned their X dashboards into public PnL reality shows in 2025, sending billions in volume through memecoins and perp DEXs in real time
Most Influential: Hayden Davis
10.12.2025
Crypto’s Gen Z supervillain may have single-handedly popped the memecoin bubble this year, exposing it as less a cultural movement and more a parasitic financial machine feeding on new entrants
Most Influential: Pump.fun
10.12.2025
The platform saw massive success in 2025, with over $150 billion in cumulative volume, $138 million in monthly revenue, and a notable $500 million token sale in July
Most Influential: Rushi Manche
10.12.2025
The Movement Labs’ co-founder’s secret dealings and subsequent scandal stoked industry-wide anxieties about opaque token allocations and insider trading
Most Influential: The Lazarus Group
10.12.2025
The crypto industry’s most notorious hackers continue to break records, highlighting the importance of taking every step possible to secure wallets