Ordinals founder tops the CoinDesk 2023 Most Influential Annual List.
BlockBeats reported on December 5th that CoinDesk released its annual list of the most influential individuals and entities in the digital asset and Web3 fields for 2023, aiming to "recognize those who have defined the year, regardless of whether their impact was positive or negative."
The list includes 50 award-winning individuals and entities, with the top 10 having a huge impact, namely:
Casey Rodarmor, founder of the Bitcoin protocol Ordinals;
Ryan Selkis, founder of Messari;
Jenny Johnson, CEO of Franklin Templeton;
Lido DAO;
Paolo Ardoino, CTO of Tether;
Jose Fernandez da Ponte, Senior Vice President of PayPal;
Gary Gensler, Chairman of the US SEC;
Brian Armstrong, co-founder of Coinbase;
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI;
Brad Garlinghouse, CEO of Ripple.