Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse recently celebrated a milestone year in 2023 and expressed his gratitude to his early followers on Twitter.
His achievements this year have not gone unnoticed: CoinDesk has included him in its list of the most influential people of 2023 in the digital assets and Web3 space.
This recognition comes amid a series of major victories for Ripple and its native cryptocurrency, XRP.
Ripple’s big victories
Ripple recently achieved a major legal victory against the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) when the court provided regulatory clarity for XRP and denied the SEC’s interlocutory appeal motion.
In another substantial legal development, the SEC formally dropped all charges against Ripple executives Garlinghouse and Chris Larsen.
Initially, the SEC had accused them of aiding and abetting Ripple in violating certain securities laws, particularly in relation to Ripple’s institutional sales of XRP.
The most influential figures in crypto
The unranked list of 50 honorees includes people who have had a significant impact on the industry, for better or worse.
The top 10, including Garlinghouse, have had an especially notable impact. Other key figures on the list include Casey Rodarmor for her “Theory of Ordinals” in Bitcoin, Jenny Johnson for pioneering Wall Street’s adoption of Bitcoin ETFs and cryptotechnology, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong for remain the most important weapon “in the dock”, Lido DAO for its significant stake in staked ETH, and Tether’s Paolo Ardoino for diversifying investments.
