Cheyenne Ligon

Cheyenne is a features and opinions editor at CoinDesk. Previously, she covered U.S. policy and regulation, with a focus on court proceedings and crime. She was part of the Gerald Loeb award-winning team that chronicled the downfall of FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried. She has no significant crypto holdings.

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Finance

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.

Robert Leshner, CEO of Superstate (Superstate)

Finance

Pineapple Financial Starts Migrating its $10B Mortgage Portfolio Onchain via Injective

The Canadian fintech has already put data tied to about $412 million in funded mortgages onchain, and aims to migrate more than 29,000 loans over time.

Art installation reminiscent of digital ecosystems

Policy

Most Influential: Don Jr., Eric and Barron Trump

The sons of U.S. President Donald Trump have capitalized on their family name and crypto’s political momentum, carving out a profitable niche for themselves in the booming industry.

Eric Trump, Barron Trump, Donald Trump Jr.

Finance

Most Influential: Brandon and Howard Lutnick

The world's biggest stablecoin issuer struggled to maintain banking relationships for a few years and faced accusations it wasn't fully backing its circulating tokens — then one of the world's biggest financial firms, Cantor Fitzgerald, became its custodian.

Howard Lutnick and Brandon Lutnick

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Finance

Most Influential: Paolo Ardoino

The CEO of Tether is turning the stablecoin into a global financial force.

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino

Policy

Most Influential: Bo Hines

President Donald Trump tapped a former college football player to run offense on his digital assets agenda.

Bo Hines

Policy

Most Influential: Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss

The U.S. President’s choice to run the CFTC seemed set to sail through Congress, until Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss stepped in.

Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss

CoinDesk News

How We Decided CoinDesk's Most Influential 2025

CoinDesk presents our annual list of the most influential individuals in crypto this year.

CoinDesk's Most Influential 2025 - Blurred

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Finance

Pye Finance Raises $5M Seed Round Led by Variant and Coinbase Ventures

The platform aims to make locked Solana staking positions tradable via an onchain marketplace.

Scattered pile of $1 bills (Gerd Altmann/Pixabay, modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

Most Influential: Donald Trump

Without the turnaround of Donald Trump on crypto, the road toward a U.S. governmental embrace of the new technology would likely have been a steeper climb.

Donald Trump