most influential

Carpe Consensus 4X3
The Who’s Who of Crypto’s 2022
Spoiler alert: Influence can be for good or for bad. Plus, analyzing SBF’s media apology tour. [reward]4c7edad9-8f7d-49d5-a656-0a5c2d897db7[/reward]
Carpe Consensus 4X3

CDCrop Arthur Hayes MI2022 (Will Ess for Pixelmind.ai/CoinDesk)
Crypto’s Virgil Through the Market Hellscape
Arthur Hayes has been many things to crypto over the years: a builder, a showman and a criminal. This year, as the industry collapsed, he’s been a wise commentator for the inexperienced and perplexed. That’s why he is one of CoinDesk’s Most Influential 2022.
CDCrop Arthur Hayes MI2022 (Will Ess for Pixelmind.ai/CoinDesk)

CDCROP: Adam Paul Levine (adamtastic.com)
Most Influential Artist: Adam Levine
The artist made a portrait of crypto critic Molly White, and went down the Web3 rabbit hole she opened up.
CDCROP: Adam Paul Levine (adamtastic.com)

CDCrop Ravi Vora (Ravi Vora)
Most Influential Artist: Ravi Vora
The Los Angeles-based photographer captured Gary Vaynerchuk and Vayner3 President Avery Akkineni.
CDCrop Ravi Vora (Ravi Vora)

CDCROP: Sarah Richardson (SarahScript.com)
Most Influential Artist: Sarah Script
The calligrapher minted an NFT of White House crypto adviser Carole House.
CDCROP: Sarah Richardson (SarahScript.com)

CDCrop Will Ess / Adam Levine (Will Ess for Pixelmind.ai/CoinDesk)
The Artist and Technology Behind 36 AI Portraits
How to generate three dozen portraits for the Most Influential 2022 in about a week? Meet Pixelmind.ai, the app that saved this CoinDesk feature from visual ennui.
CDCrop Will Ess / Adam Levine (Will Ess for Pixelmind.ai/CoinDesk)

CDCrop MI2022 NFT 14 (Kevin Ross/CoinDesk)
CoinDesk Got Colorful With the Most Influential 2022 NFT Collection
CoinDesk has partnered with 14 truly incredible artists to immortalize on-chain some of the Most Influential 2022, whose NFT portraits will be made available in an exclusive auction being held on Coinbase NFT.
CDCrop MI2022 NFT 14 (Kevin Ross/CoinDesk)

CDCROP: Dave Krugman
Most Influential Artist: Dave Krugman
The photographer captured his portrait of Erick Calderon at a Bright Moments NFT art event in Mexico City.
CDCROP: Dave Krugman

CDCrop MI2022 Top 11 (Kevin Ross/CoinDesk)
Presenting CoinDesk's Most Influential 2022
Fifty people who defined the year in crypto.
CDCrop MI2022 Top 11 (Kevin Ross/CoinDesk)

CDCROP: Bryan Brinkman
Most Influential Artist: Bryan Brinkman
The New York animator tries to display the mystery of Razzlekhan and Lichtenstein, who kicked off this year’s descent into fraud and deception.
CDCROP: Bryan Brinkman