Most Influential: Vlad Tenev

Vlad Tenev, CEO and co-founder of Robinhood, has spent the year turning the  trading app into a serious player in the crypto industry. This feature is a part of CoinDesk's Most Influential 2025 list. Once known for commission-free stock trades, the company is now building its own blockchain, offering staking services, and expanding across Europe with tokenized stocks. The biggest move saw Robinhood complete its $200 million acquisition of Bitstamp, one of the longest-running crypto exchanges. The deal b ...