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The 10 most important people in the cryptocurrency world
This has been a difficult year for the cryptocurrency ecosystem. Throughout 2026, bitcoin recorded a decline in its value of 62%.
It has been a year marked by crises such as Terra-Luna or the collapse of the FTX exchange, which have caused the so-called crypto winter to be colder than expected.
Vitalik Buterin, creator of Ethereum
Buterin is one of the co-founders of Ethereum, a decentralized blockchain that enables the development of different solutions, such as smart contracts. Ethereum is also the basis for many decentralized financial applications. Ethereum is the second most important cryptocurrency blockchain after bitcoin.
Nayib Bukele, president of El Salvador
Nayib Bukele has been the president of El Salvador since 2019. One of his most controversial measures has been to establish bitcoin as legal tender in the country. Since then, his government has made several investments in bitcoin and plans to issue debt backed by this cryptocurrency.
Satoshi Nakamoto, creator of Bitcoin
It is the pseudonym of the individual or group of people who created the bitcoin protocol, conceived in 2008. Almost fifteen years after the creation of the cryptocurrency, their identity is still unknown. It is estimated that the last time Nakamoto communicated via email with their colleagues was in 2011 when they said they were leaving bitcoin to focus on other projects.
Satish Kumbhani, founder of BitConnect
He is the man behind the Bitconnect scam, a Ponzi scheme that defrauded more than $2 billion from investors around the world. Of Indian origin, Kumbhani is wanted by U.S. authorities to answer for his possible crimes, but he is currently in an unknown location.$BNB
