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Caroline Ellison Buried Sam Bankman-Fried

[Dec 4, 2023 7:10 AM] The former Alameda Research CEO gave damning testimony in the fraud trial of her former boyfriend, Sam Bankman-Fried, making her one of CoinDesk's Most Influential in 2023.

Ogle Catches the Crypto Crooks

[Dec 4, 2023 7:08 AM] Hacks happen a lot in crypto. So, Ogle has professionalized asset recovery for the victims. He's pretty good at it.

Miguel Morel: Shining a Light on Crypto's Leaky Pseudonymity

[Dec 4, 2023 7:07 AM] Arkham's Intel Exchange, which pays people to help identify wallets, caused an uproar over its alleged "dox-to-earn" program.

The Year of Decentralized Social Media

[Dec 4, 2023 7:07 AM] Farcaster, Friend.tech and Lens showed how much can change in a year — but is Web3 networking ready for primetime?

Paul Sztorc: Scaling Bitcoin With Sidechains

[Dec 4, 2023 7:07 AM] The developer’s proposal (BIP 300) for “Drive Chains” (sidechains) on Bitcoin – meant to allow greater collaboration with other chains – was met with fierce opposition from some Bitcoiners this year. Sztorc says the community hasn’t been innov

Balaji Put His Money Where His Mouth Was

[Dec 4, 2023 7:06 AM] Srinivasan bet $1 million the U.S. dollar would collapse (and lost), and evangelized his ideas about startup societies, making him one of CoinDesk's Most Influential in 2023.

Yat Siu: The Metaverse Man Gets Real

[Dec 4, 2023 7:04 AM] Web3 gaming powerhouse Animoca Brands isn't playing around; it takes its work with governments and educating a skeptical audience seriously.

Ria Bhutoria Is Researcher-in-Chief

[Dec 4, 2023 7:04 AM] A partner at Castle Island Ventures, Bhutoria has produced some of the smartest analysis in crypto over the last several years.

Mike Belshe, the Crypto Custody King at BitGo

[Dec 4, 2023 7:03 AM] BitGo was one of the few crypto companies to raise capital in a depressed market, and even did so at an elevated valuation. That's one reason why CEO Belshe is one of CoinDesk's Most Influential of 2023.

Jeremy Allaire's Stablecoin Is Building a Real Use Case for Crypto

[Dec 4, 2023 7:03 AM] Circle Internet Financial continued to build out the USDC stablecoin network, spreading access and inclusion to new corners of the world.

Sergey Nazarov: The Crypto Oracle

[Dec 4, 2023 7:02 AM] Chainlink is where digital assets meet the real world, and Nazarov is predicting TradFi and crypto will become intertwined.

Lisa Neigut: Reinventing Lightning to Reinvent Bitcoin

[Dec 4, 2023 7:00 AM] The Blockstream developer has been working on what she calls "Lightning v2" since 2019, and it's poised to launch by year's end.

Karl Floersch's 'Optimism' Tech Paved the Way for Coinbase's 'Base' Blockchain

[Dec 4, 2023 6:57 AM] The CEO of OP Labs helped create a set of tools that let developers build their own layer-2 chains.

Avery Ching: Aptos Led a Year of 'VC Chains'

[Dec 4, 2023 6:56 AM] With hundreds of millions at stake, Avery Ching, co-founder of one of the year's most-talked-about new projects, has much to prove.