As BitMEX Turns 10, the Market Is Still Thankful for the Perpetual Swap
BitMEX's CEO says he's OK with everyone copying the exchange's most important invention.
Shayne Coplan: He Took Prediction Markets Mainstream
In so doing, Polymarket's founder demonstrated a real-world consumer use case for crypto, earning him a spot on CoinDesk's Most Influential 2024 list.
Tigran Gambaryan: The Star Crypto Investigator Kidnapped by Nigeria
The star IRS investigator-turned-executive was unlawfully detained by Nigeria and charged with tax evasion for Binance. His case shocked the crypto industry.
Yat Siu: Fighting for Digital Property Rights
The Animoca co-founder, a big investor in NFTs, GameFi and memecoins, wants to make on-chain capitalism secure so that digital democracy can flourish.
Evan Cheng: The Architect of Sui’s Object-Oriented Revolution
Sui is re-thinking what blockchains can be. And this year, many of Wall Street's largest institutions are taking note.
Cynthia Lummis: Laser-Eyed Lawmaker
The Wyoming senator has been a major crypto supporter since joining Congress in 2021. Now she’s the leading advocate for creating a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.
Pavel Durov: Free Speech Hero Against the State
The Telegram founder’s short stay in a French prison this summer was a free speech inflection point.
EigenLayer’s Sreeram Kannan: King of the Professor Coins
Kannan may have played a larger role than any other entrepreneur in revitalizing DeFi on Ethereum. But not everything went according to plan.
Mahesh Ramakrishnan: The DePIN Cheerleader
Decentralized physical infrastructure networks (DePIN) took off bigtime this year, and EV3 Ventures’ Ramakrishnan was at the center of it all.
Luuk Strijers: Pioneering Bitcoin Options
The CEO at Deribit, has shown years of transformative leadership in the crypto derivatives space.