Most Influential: David Bailey
Bailey’s Strategy-inspired bitcoin treasury company, KindlyMD, exemplified the struggles of many of its peers this year.
Most Influential: The Social Media Traders
Crypto Twitter’s social media traders turned their X dashboards into public PnL reality shows in 2025, sending billions in volume...
Most Influential: Cathie Wood
Throughout crypto’s ups and downs, Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood has remained unflaggingly bullish on the industry’s future.
Most Influential: Arthur Hayes
BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes has re-emerged in recent years as one of the industry’s most consistently influential macro thinker...
Most Influential: Shayne Coplan
Once mired in legal trouble that included federal probes and law enforcement raids, Polymarket founder and CEO Shayne Coplan has e...
Most Influential: Sirgoo Lee
Lee shaped the exchange that defines Korea’s crypto market, but even after his exit this year, the country’s hyperactive retail en...