CoinDesk Most Influential 2025

The Securitize CEO ground through the uncool years of tokenization while NFTs, FTX and memecoins soaked up the hype. With...

As an acting chairman at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Caroline Pham pulled no punches in pursuing crypto-friendly policy aims.

Under Atkins’ leadership, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has undergone a near-complete reversal of the way it regulates...

Williams has helped cement crypto gains in Congress alongside White House allies.

Sanctions, capital controls and Russia’s improvised financial plumbing helped create A7A5, a ruble stablecoin built on a currency rarely used...

Young sparked a new category of digital assets, yieldcoins, that sits at the intersection of DeFi rails and TradFi basis...

Powell’s decisions as Fed chair have continued to have a massive impact on bitcoin and the wider cryptocurrency markets.

Peter Schiff, the outspoken gold advocate and notorious bitcoin critic, has been vindicated by the market’s performance, cementing his stance...

The Tornado Cash developer’s trial this summer is evidence that the crypto industry is still severely lacking regulatory clarity.

The crypto industry praised a memo signed by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche directing the Department of Justice to end...