CoinDesk releases the most influential annual list, Ordinals founders Casey Rodarmor, Gary Gensler and others were selected

CoinDesk released the 2023 Most Influential Annual List, aimed at "recognizing those who have defined the year in digital assets and Web3 (regardless of good or bad)."

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, and Brad Garlinghouse, CEO of Ripple.