Sasha Ivanov
One of the most prominent, respected and influential people in the blockchain space, Sasha Ivanov, has been leading his company and its community towards strong growth, international recognition, and financial rewards over the last two years. The Waves Platform is now a global public blockchain platform with a market cap of $1.7 billion as of 19th December, 2017. It was crowdfunded 30,000 BTC ($18 million) in 2016, representing the second-largest successfully crowdfunded blockchain project (after Ethereum).