Welcome to the Club: Buterin in Bloomberg’s 50 Most Influential 2017

[kreslik.news]

The once niche world of cryptocurrency continues to make inroads into the mainstream as Vitalik Buterin, founder of Ethereum, is featured on Bloomberg’s 2017 list of the world’s 50 most influential people.

First published in 2011, the yearly ranking from Bloomberg Markets rates individuals with “the ability to move markets or shape ideas and policies”. This year’s list includes the US ambassador to the United Nations, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, just to give you an idea of the company in which Buterin now finds himself.

Bloomberg notes that Ethereum has “helped blockchain startups ... (read more)