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Terraform's Do Kwon Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Fraud
The Terraform Labs co-founder pleaded guilty to conspiracy and wire fraud in August.
Do Kwon’s Sentencing Hearing Drags on as Court Weighs Mountain of Victim Testimony
District Judge Paul Engelmeyer offered the Terraform Labs co-founder the chance to postpone his sentencing date, in light of hundreds of victim impact statements shared with the court in the past 24 hours.
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.
Most Influential: Shayne Coplan
Once mired in legal trouble that included federal probes and law enforcement raids, Polymarket founder and CEO Shayne Coplan has emerged victorious this year, casting off the yoke of regulatory scrutiny and growing the prediction market he founded into a $9 billion betting empire.
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 thinkers.
Most Influential: Cathie Wood
Throughout crypto’s ups and downs, Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood has remained unflaggingly bullish on the industry’s future.
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.
