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Most Influential: Pavel Durov
The Telegram CEO may stand as the most pivotal figure in the bona fide mass adoption of cryptocurrency.
Most Influential: Sergey Nazarov
Chainlink’s co-founder spent 2025 turning oracles, cross-chain messaging and CRE into building blocks for tokenized funds and on-chain finance.
Most Influential: ZachXBT
ZachXBT still holds the crown as the crypto world’s pseudonymous Sherlock Holmes.
Most Influential: Todd Blanche
The crypto industry praised a memo signed by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche directing the Department of Justice to end “regulation by prosecution.”
Bitcoin Doesn’t Need Another Bull Run. It Needs An Economy
Bitcoin usage still skews toward long-term storage, as seen in how much BTC sits unmoved, says Terahash co-founder Hunter Rogers. But this behavior preserves individual wealth while starving the network.
Compliance, Credibility, and Consumer Trust in the New Age of Crypto ATMs
Bitcoin Depot’s Scott Buchanan argues that crypto ATM operators must continually strengthen their safeguards and make things safer and more transparent for users — protective actions that not only benefit individual crypto users but also bolster the market’s integrity and support its long-term growth.
YO Labs Raises $10M to Scale Cross-Chain Crypto Yield Optimization Protocol
The protocol automates yield generation by rebalancing capital across DeFi protocols, factoring in risk, and offers access to various assets.
Barclays Sees ‘Down-Year’ for Crypto in 2026 Without Big Catalysts
Spot trading volumes are cooling, and investor enthusiasm is fading amid a lack of structural growth drivers, analysts wrote in a new report.
From Wall Street to the World Cup: How Football Became Crypto’s Biggest Gateway Drug
As institutions are laying the groundwork for wider crypto adoption from the top down, it’s being met by rising interest from football fans from the ground up.
Michael Saylor's Strategy Hangs on to Spot in Nasdaq 100 Index
The annual Nasdaq 100 rebalance saw six companies dropped and three new additions, with changes taking effect on December 22, but bitcoin treasury company Strategy hung onto its spot.
