This article comes fromDecrypt, by Jeff Benson, Scott Chippolina and Jason Nelson

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From programmable money to decentralization of everything, the crypto industry is becoming more and more diverse, and it has also seen a group of outstanding innovators, artists and exchanges born in NFTs, games, financial applications and DAOs , and they are striving to make their mark on the industry. Next, we will list the 13 most noteworthy newcomers in the encryption industry in 2022, and perhaps they will continue the legend of the encryption industry:

1.Chase Chapman,secondary title

"Rookies" in the DAO space"On the Other Side"podcast show. Chase Chapman's impressive energy and versatility, combined with her keen interest in education, will undoubtedly be an influential figure in the crypto space in the years to come.

2.Cobie,secondary title

In August 2017, when the price of Bitcoin was hovering around $3,000, a fintech industry executive tweeted: "If Bitcoin exceeds $12,000 in the next 2 years, I will send this message to everyone. $1,000 to the person who tweeted it. Of course, you have to ask me to kick you in the face." - This person is Cobie, and Cobie didn't end up kicking anyone in the face (as far as we know), but he did. The increasingly competitive crypto podcasting space has become a heavy hitter. With a series of interviews with Mark Cuban, Vitalik Buterin, and Michael Saylor, "Up Only" is fast becoming the top crypto podcast.

3.Marguerite DeCourcelle,secondary title

Marguerite DeCourcelle is an encrypted digital artist, co-founder of Blockade Games, and founder of the "play and earn" P2E game Neon District. Marguerite DeCourcelle is committed to quickly building a mature metaverse, and was recently selected by Fortune magazine's NFTy 50 list (the 50 most interesting people in the NFT field).

4.Farokh,secondary title

Before the internet and television, radio was the world. Currently, cryptocurrency entrepreneur Farokh is working on a decentralized transformation of the Rug Radio he founded. In a real sense, this "Radio" is not AM/FM, but a "decentralized media platform" driven by the community, and it is also a community radio form that integrates Web3 plus some NFT elements. Farokh is a charismatic individual — his House of Farokh Discord channel currently has over 27,000 members.

5.Frances Haugen,secondary title

More recently, Frances Haugen went a step further in her explosive testimony exposing the Facebook scandal by revealing that her finances are safe for the “foreseeable future” because she “purchased cryptocurrencies at the right time” — prompting renewed focus How cryptocurrencies can support whistleblowing activities. It was discovered that Frances Haugen later fled to Puerto Rico and joined her "friends in the encryption field." Along the way, Frances Haugen has shown her wit, courage, and of course, what sounds like a sizable fortune in cryptocurrency — so what's her next move? Don't be surprised if you're all-in on crypto.

6.Izzy Howell,secondary title

Izzy Howell, a self-proclaimed "rebel princess," graduated from Columbia University with a major in creative writing and is currently at the heart of Cypher, the Solana on-chain derivatives protocol. But according to Izzy Howell, she's starting 2021 with "no job, no purpose," and about to move back into her father's house. Yet after her marketing career fizzled out, she rekindled hope at Cypher and published an article on Fast Company explaining how The DAO is helping people close the gender pay gap. Of course, what Web3 needs most are developers, but it also needs someone like Izzy Howell who can explain it all.

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Nikil Viswanathan and Joe Lau, the co-founders of Alchemy, also co-founded a social app, "Down to Lunch," which was a huge hit on college campuses in 2015. welcome. But now they may be a little busy: they are constantly raising funds for Alchemy, trying to build a "blockchain AWS". Alchemy is currently valued at $3.5 billion. However, Nikil Viswanathan and Joe Lau are not household names, and certainly neither is Alchemy, but I believe this will change soon.

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In May 2021, on the same day that El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele announced that he would accept Bitcoin as legal tender, Jack Mallers appeared on the main stage of the Bitcoin Miami conference as Strike CEO. Strike is a crypto payments platform similar to Venmo that allows users to easily exchange between cryptocurrencies and fiat currencies. In fact, the platform has become an integral part of El Salvador's local bitcoin exchange service, and now Jack Mallers-founded Strike is setting up more flags in the southern hemisphere, expanding into the Argentine market in January. What's more, Jack Mallers is only 27 years old this year and has a bright future.

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For those who are excited about blockchain games and the future, Yosuke Matsuda is undoubtedly their best supporter, currently serving as the president of Square Enix, the company that developed the Final Fantasy series of games. While there has been plenty of debate between old-school gamers and crypto enthusiasts about what advantages blockchain can bring to the gaming world, Yosuke Matsuda is firmly on the side of the crypto industry. In a year-end letter to fans and followers, Yosuke Matsuda stated that Square Enix has identified blockchain games as a key investment area, which has also given many encrypted game enthusiasts a "reassurance".

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As the co-founder of Crypto for Black Economic Empowerment (CBBE), Erikan Obotetukudo focuses on creating more wealth for African-Americans through the use of crypto. Last June, she announced the launch of Audacity, a venture capital fund aimed at getting more Africans and the diaspora to explore cryptocurrencies. Erikan Obotetukudo explained: “Blockchain and cryptocurrencies are exciting and interesting, but in terms of players, it seems that black people are rarely going to be involved. Fundamentally, crypto will be led and driven by emerging markets.”

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Prince Jacon Osinachi Igwe (in the encryption industry, people prefer to call him Osinachi directly), is a digital artist from Nigeria. In fact, the most interesting thing about Osinachi is that all of his art is created using Microsoft Word. Last September, Osinachi's work was exhibited at Christie's and quickly attracted the attention of the crypto industry. Osinachi is currently Chief Creative Officer of Socialstack, a project that builds toolkits to make it easy for DAOs to reward tokens for nonprofit tasks. Frankly, Osinacha isn't just "knocking on the door for African artists to enter the NFT auction market," he's helping decentralized communities around the world. It shouldn’t surprise us if Osinachi soon joins the ranks of the most famous NFT artists.

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2021 can be said to be the "first year of NFT", and almost everyone is talking about the development of NFT. But in this space, storage infrastructure is essential, and that's where Arweave comes in. Sam Williams is the founder of "Permanent Hard Drive" Arweave, which aims to help more people keep their digital assets safe and secure for a long time. It is worth mentioning that the price of Arweave Token (AR) has increased tenfold within a year...

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13. Amy Wu, Web3 Gamer and Crypto VC Hall of Famer