The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission is poised to become a primary market regulator for cryptocurrencies and businesses, should legislation pending before Congress become law. And at the beginning of the year, former CFTC Commissioner and Andreessen Horowitz Crypto Head of Policy Brian Quintenz seemed set to take charge of that agency, putting the pro-crypto …
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CoinDesk’s Most Influential 2025
Welcome to CoinDesk’s Most Influential 2025. This year, Bitcoin broke an all-time high, reaching $126,000 a few short months ago, Ethereum saw not one but two major network upgrades take effect, Solana broke into Wall Street and through it all retail and institutional traders gained ever more access to crypto markets through wrapped products like …
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Most Influential: Sen. Bill Hagerty
When U.S. President Donald Trump signed the first major piece of legislation primarily addressing crypto issues into law in July 2025, it was only the final step in a years-long campaign to have lawmakers craft dedicated rules for the crypto industry. The president’s signature on July 18, 2025 kicked off a new process by federal …
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