Bitcoin Global News (BGN)
July 24, 2018 -- ADVFN Crypto NewsWire -- The list began in
1993 and was focused entirely as a numeric ranking of wealth
through 2003. Coincidently, this timeframe captured the first dot
com boom, which many people draw similarities to with the boom of
Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies.
A Modern 40 Under
40
By 2009 the list had become more
explicitly a diversified ranking of power and influence. It
includes business executives, political figures, sportsmen, fashion
designers and artists who are under forty years old. However, the
tech field still pervades the list, and this year’s highlights
seven individuals that are working with cryptocurrencies and
blockchain technology.
Cryptocurrency and
Blockchain Influencers in 2018
#13 - Sumaiya Balbale VP of
E-Commerce, Mobile and Digital Marketing, and Andy Dunn SVP,
Digital Consumer Brands, Walmart
Fortune attributes the tandem of
Balbale and Dunn for “transforming” Walmart, particularly in its
e-commerce business. Walmart has filed numerous patents for
blockchain technology, with a handful applying to e-commerce, and
others for things such as medical records and their fresh food
supply chain.
#20 - Brian Armstrong founder
of Coinbase
The ranking cites Coinbase as
looking to be the Google of Crypto. It is certainly the biggest
exchange in the U.S., and facilities the Fiat to Crypto transition.
This year has been full of announcements from the Coinbase team of
things like adding several new coins, an institutional suite for
major investors of $100,000+, a Cryptocurrency Index Fund, and even
a philanthropy platform.
#22 - Vitalik Buterin
co-founder of Ethereum
Vitalik Buterin brings the
strongest display of youth to the list. The Russian born, Canadian
programmer is only 24 years old. The next youngest on the list is
27, and only seven people on the list are in their 20’s. Earlier
this year Google expressed interest in hiring him, but Buterin
holds true to the deepest cryptocurrency ideals of decentralization
and completely community run projects.
#24 - Vlad Tenev and Baiju
Bhatt founders of Robinhood
At age 31 and 33, these two are
just outside of the “Millennial” range, but they are clearly in
touch with the culture. They have tailored an investment program to
onboarding that generation to the investment world in radically
different ways than the traditional sense. Their no-fee trading
platform began adding cryptocurrencies this year.
#25 - Pavel Durov
founder of Telegram
Pavel is known for supporting
privacy rights through his message app Telegram, which is
especially popular in the blockchain community. The app has at
least 200,000 million users as of March 2018. The ICO for a
Telegram cryptocurrency raise $1.7 billion from just 200 private
investors before it ever went to public sale.
By: BGN Editorial Staff
News:
Fortune
Magazine
Cryptocurrency
Coinbase
Ethereum
(ETH)
Robinhood Cryptocurrency
Exchange
Telegram