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Most Influential 2021: Devin Finzer

OpenSea was most recently valued at $10 billion.

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Most Influential 2021: Robert Leshner

The Compound founder expects the bridge between DeFi and traditional finance to narrow next year.

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Most Influential 2021: Gavin Wood

Following the first batch of parachain auctions, Polkadot will solidify its place as a key proof-of-stake blockchain.

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Most Influential 2021: Mayor Francis X. Suarez

“One thing that has stood out to me, in particular, has been my realization of the lack of faith in fiat currencies,” the Miami mayor said.

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Most Influential 2021: Michael Saylor

The MicroStrategy CEO will buy the dip and the top. He’s in the market for bitcoin.

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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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