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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 through memecoins and perp DEXs in real time.
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 engine will keep moving.
Sky's Keel Starts $500M Investment Campaign to Boost RWAs on Solana
The Tokenization Regatta aims to allocate funds and support to projects bringing tokenized real-world assets to the Solana network.
Stripe Acqui-Hires Crypto Payments Startup Valora, Venturing Further Into Stablecoins
The team behind the Celo-based app is joining Stripe, while the intellectual property is returned to cLabs.
Most Influential: Rushi Manche
The Movement Labs’ co-founder’s secret dealings and subsequent scandal stoked industry-wide anxieties about opaque token allocations and insider trading.
Most Influential: The Lazarus Group
The crypto industry’s most notorious hackers continue to break records, highlighting the importance of taking every step possible to secure wallets.
Most Influential: Pump.fun
The platform saw massive success in 2025, with over $150 billion in cumulative volume, $138 million in monthly revenue, and a notable $500 million token sale in July.
Most Influential: Hayden Davis
Crypto’s Gen Z supervillain may have single-handedly popped the memecoin bubble this year, exposing it as less a cultural movement and more a parasitic financial machine feeding on new entrants.
Most Influential: The Wrench Attackers
Perpetrators use various tactics, including posing as delivery drivers or waiting at gyms, homes, or hotel rooms, to target victims and demand access to their wallets.
Superstate Rolls Out Direct Stock Issuance for Public Companies on Ethereum, Solana
SEC-registered firms can sell their own shares directly on blockchain rails to investors, raising funds in stablecoins.
