Ah, 2025 – the year we finally figured out how to make money disappear faster than your last Tinder date. Cryptocurrency’s grown up, but let’s be honest, it’s still ridiculously chaotic. To wrap up CoinDesk’s “Most Influential 2025” (because everyone else is busy Instagramming their profits), here’s a final shoutout to those who somehow made it before the industry’s inevitable meltdown.
Privacy, Coins, and Secrets That Even Your Mom Wouldn’t Blab About
Privacy in crypto is like trying to keep a secret in a family reunion – nearly impossible, but we try anyway. Coins like Zcash (ZCH) are riding high again, making transactions as private as your last Netflix binge when the doorbell rings. Zcash founder Zooko Wilcox says it’s all about conversations that only you and your cashier understand – no eavesdroppers, just like grandma’s gossip at Sunday dinner. 🍽️
Meanwhile, Canton Network is flexing its muscles as the ‘Steve Jobs’ of privacy networks, helping big guys like DTCC tangle with U.S. Treasuries but only showing each other half of the transaction. Because transparency is overrated when you’re dealing with billion-dollar securities, right?
Prediction Markets, or How Tarek and Luana Became the New Power Couple
Remember Polymarket? Yeah, you probably don’t – but Kalshi? They’re rewriting the rules of guessing games with a court victory that made Wall Street jealous. Thanks to these smart cookies, political predictions are now a thing in crypto, and they just raised a cool billion to keep the party going. Tarek Mansour and Luana Lopes Lara, the actual billionaires now, are probably on a yacht somewhere, chuckling about how they turned a court case into a cash machine. 🤑
And yes, they’re powering CNN’s prediction markets because if there’s one thing America loves, it’s betting on whether the economy will survive the next Twitter scandal.
Binance’s Quiet Genius, Yi He
While CZ was busy being the face of Binance, Yi He was behind the scenes doing, well, probably some wizardry. Now officially co-CEO (because who needs secrecy anymore?), she’s helming everything from BNB Chain to Binance Labs – basically running crypto’s most intimidating empire while still managing to keep a straight face. She claims she’s just “empowering,” but let’s be honest – she’s probably also wielding a secret sauce for world domination. 🌍
Joe Lubin’s Secret Weapon: ETH and More ETH
Joe Lubin, the man, the myth, the Ethereum legend, just took a new role at SharpLink, where instead of sitting on his ETH like a squirrel with acorns, he’s planning to deploy it – because why not? If you’re gonna hodl, might as well see if it makes money while you’re not looking. Now injecting $200 million into Layer 2 DeFi, Joe’s got one eye on the future, and another on the green (ETH, that is). 💸
Zach Abrams & Stablecoins: Because There’s Never Too Much Stability (or is There?)
Stablecoins in 2025 are basically the Snapchat of crypto – everywhere, slightly suspicious, and everyone’s pretending it’s the real deal. Zach Abrams’ startup Bridge is helping companies whip up their own stablecoins faster than you can say “legislation,” thanks to their shiny new tool, Open Issuance. With giants like PayPal and Stripe jumping into the pool, stablecoins are no longer just for crypto nerds; they’re for everyone who wants to pretend this isn’t all a house of cards. 🃏
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