Most Influential 2021

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Most Influential 2021: Jeremy Allaire
The Circle CEO hopes to take his firm toward a $4.5 billion exit.
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Most Influential 2021: Ryan Selkis
Messari’s CEO was a force behind crypto’s political awakening this year.
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Most Influential 2021: Bitfinex’ed
Some of the pseudonymous account’s suspicions about Tether’s backing were vindicated this year.
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Most Influential 40: President Xi Jinping
When the Chinese Communist Party banned mining, it only proved the resilience of Bitcoin’s distributed network.
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Most Influential 2021: Ray Youssef
Peer-to-peer bitcoin trading is a powerful force.
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Most Influential 2021: Serey Chea
Project Bakong stands apart from other nation digital currency experiments. Chea brought Cambodia’s moonshot into being.
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Most Influential 2021: Barry Silbert
The founder of Digital Currency Group sees Standard Oil as an inspiration.
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Most Influential 2021: Jerome Powell
The Federal Reserve chairman is likely the most influential man in crypto, as he is in all markets.
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Most Influential 2021: Elizabeth Warren
The progressive Massachusetts senator has brought the fight against crypto to Washington.
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Most Influential 2021: Danny Ryan
The Ethereum Foundation programmer took lead on the much anticipated London hard fork.
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