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⁠Future of finance: US banks partner with crypto custodians Traditional financial institutions must work hand-in-hand with crypto custodians, sub-custodians and service providers moving forward.

As the CEO of Lightning Labs, Elizabeth Stark is laser-focused on developing the Lightning Network as demand for Bitcoin payments grows. With Cash App adopting its system at the beginning of the year, the future of Light…

No. 62 on the Top 100 is billionaire and popular crypto entrepreneur Mike Novogratz. His company, Galaxy Digital, launched a Bitcoin mining operation, bought BitGo for $1.2B and will likely become publicly traded this ye…

Ever heard of Bitcoin’s four-year cycle? Bob Loukas is the mind behind the popular theory, and our No. 63. Loukas has helped popularize the notion that most coins, not just BTC, tend to move in four-year cycles.

A veteran of the entrepreneurial and telecom space, our No. 64 Alex Mashinsky is the CEO of the crypto lending platform Celsius. Following a $400M funding round, Alex has his eyes on Bitcoin’s price reaching $140K by the…

A strong advocate for women in blockchain, Kerry Wong’s 2021 proved she is an ideal role model. As head of investor relations at crypto investment firm Pantera Capital, she helped the firm grow to manage more than $6.4 b…

You’ve seen No. 66 Raoul Pal interview high-profile financial figures as the CEO of Real Vision. 2021 saw Pal expand his educational platform, and the veteran investor may soon act as a bridge between TradFi and crypto.

The Blockchain for Climate Foundation, founded by Joseph Pallant, seeks to unlock the solution to the climate crisis by advancing Article 6 of the Paris Agreement and blockchain technology to bring forward a more effecti…

Number 68 is fintech veteran Vanessa Grellet who's using her role at CoinFund to manage the portfolio of over 50 early-stage and Web3 companies. As the company invests more into the DeFi and NFT markets, her fingerprints…

2021 was a year of reflection for our number 69, Andre Cronje as he opened up about his love-hate relationship with DeFi. But his passion appeared to be reinvigorated after revealing he was working on a new project on th…

One of ETH’s greatest champions is No. 70. Joseph Lubin had a big year as the project fended off competition to remain the largest smart contract blockchain to thrive off of the NFT boom. 2022 can be even bigger as the n…

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⁠The Metaverse will bring a further erosion of privacy The Metaverse isn’t coming, it’s already here. And that’s why we look at its impact on our privacy and how decentralization could help.

⁠What is the importance of blockchain in the RegTech ecosystem? RegTech enhances compliance for financial services institutions. This guide explains how blockchain works in banking to achieve this goal.

⁠NFTs, payments and conferences: Crypto in Latin America in 2021 Between the bull market, the NFT craze and DeFi taking off, 2021 was an interesting year for Latin America.

⁠We are all going public: Privacy rules, tax shelters and the future history of art Nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, exchanges will need to navigate conflicting aims for the required transparency and the desired anonymity.

Binance Chain + Binance Smart Chain = BNB Chain! A Netflix documentary about the Bitfinex hackers is under construction. Check out what else happened in the industry last week in The Crypto Minute with

⁠Bitcoin price dips below $38K as crypto sentiment nears 'extreme fear' It took a matter of days for Bitcoin to fall to two-week lows, but sentiment managed to fall much harder.

⁠Motorcycle expert turns passion project into sports analytics platform on blockchain Scott Robinson, the founder of Apex146, found new opportunities for his sports analytics platform by integrating blockchain technology…

⁠SafeMoon pump and dump lawsuit targets Jake Paul, Soulja Boy, and others The new proposed class action alleges that SafeMoon recruited a number of celebrities to lure investors in with misleading promotions.

⁠BTC helped us unseat a 20+ year incumbent: Aarika Rhodes on Bitcoin Day Rhodes highlighted the difficulty for grassroots candidates like herself to compete against established members of the US Congress.

⁠Want to weed out ransomware? Regulate crypto exchanges Ransomware will remain a major threat moving into 2022, and to counter it, the crypto ecosystem must come to terms with more regulation.

⁠OpenSea planned upgrade stalls as phishing attack targets NFT migration OpenSea announced a new smart contract upgrade with a one-week deadline yesterday. However, the urgency and short deadline opened up a small window…

⁠Web3 might be crypto’s key to the mainstream market Decentralization vs. centralization: Web3 may be right around the corner, but the race for central crypto regulation is also speeding up.