Top 10 World Stars That Affected Crypto
Back in 2009, few people knew about cryptocurrency. Nowadays, statistics count over 400 million global crypto users. This incredible growth is not only due to the appearance of unique tokens, blockchain technologies, smart contracts, NFTs, etc. In many cases, the community was behind the popularization of cryptocurrency. Let's find out which famous people influenced crypto and how it was displayed.
Technology vs. Showbiz
Someone penetrated the very technological heart of cryptocurrency and made revolutionary discoveries. Someone popularized digital money using talent and a million audience. All of them somehow influenced the crypto market. Thus, we divided our Top 10 into technological and showbiz areas.
Crypto Technology Top
#5 Satoshi Nakamoto
Satoshi is the legendary creator of Bitcoin. No one knows whether Nakamoto is one person or a group of people... Bitcoin creator takes the Top 5 because he is anonymous and didn’t publish his identity for crypto advertising. The popularization and dissemination of blockchain ideas were left to the developers, users, and investors community.
#4 Brian Armstrong
Brian is the co-founder and CEO of Coinbase, one of the leading cryptocurrency exchanges. He was instrumental in bringing cryptocurrencies to a wider audience. Coinbase's user-friendly interface and regulatory compliance have attracted millions of users to the platform. In this way, Brian has built a bridge for many enthusiasts to our crypto world.
#3 Vitalik Buterin
Perhaps, everyone knows him by various memes. Vitalik co-founded Ethereum and popularized blockchain technology with smart contracts. His plan of dealing with many digital assets created NFT – a new trend in digital art. Therefore, Vitalik's innovative ideas and contribution to cryptocurrency should be appreciated.
#2 Changpeng Zhao
Changpeng Zhao is the founder and CEO of Binance. The world-famous stock exchange threw him into the top 20 richest people in the world. More than 120 million people around the globe are Binance users, and this number is only growing. These fantastic results represent the interest in cryptocurrencies. Besides, it means that Changpeng Zhao is firmly in second place among our legendary five most well-known technological geniuses.
#1 Elon Musk
SpaceX, Tesla, and Meme coins? All this is the antics of one of the most influential people of our time. Elon Musk was able not only to create spaceships, Starlink, and fast electric cars but also became the main meme in the entire crypto community. Elon takes the first place because he can popularize cryptocurrency with one of his Twitter posts! He leads technology, and people follow him – it’s the main thing.