[DA] 2026 — The People
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Three years of influence mapping. The list revolves. Names enter, exit and return. This is the living archive of who has shaped Australia's digital asset ecosystem. The 2026 cohort will be revealed at the Impact Summit in August.

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2025 / Year Three / Sydney

The [DA] Top 50 Impact List 2025

Art Gallery of NSW, Meers Hall. 9 October 2025. Invitation only.

50 people / ranked by position
01

The Hon. Dr. Jim Chalmers

Federal Treasurer

02

Joseph Longo

ASIC

03

Michele Bullock

Reserve Bank of Australia

04

Brendan Thomas

AUSTRAC

05

The Hon. Dr. Andrew Charlton

Australian Labor Party

06

The Hon. Dr. Daniel Mulino

Commonwealth Treasury

07

Drew Bradford

Macropod

08

Charlie Karaboga

Blockearner

09

Dr. Talis Putnins

Digital Finance CRC

10

Sophie Gilder

Commonwealth Bank

11

Dr. Rhys Bollen

ASIC

12

Elizabeth Reed

Digital Finance CRC

13

Alan Kirkland

ASIC

14

Dr. Brad Jones

Reserve Bank of Australia

15

Amy-Rose Goodey

The Digital Economy Council of Australia

16

Jason Titman

Swyftx

17

Adrian Przelozny

Independent Reserve

18

Senator Andrew Bragg

Liberal Party of Australia

19

Dr. Scott Farrell

King & Wood Mallesons

20

Helen Lofthouse

ASX

21

Greg Medcraft

GDF

22

The Hon. Simon Kennedy

Australian Liberal Party

23

Paul Derham

Holley Nethercote

24

James Kelly

Commonwealth Treasury

25

John O'Loghlen

Coinbase

26

Kate Cooper

OKX

27

Chris Adamek

Commonwealth Treasury

28

Dr. Ross Buckley

UNSW Sydney

29

Kain Warwick

Synthetix

30

Michael Prendiville

JellyC

31

Nigel Dobson

ANZ

32

Robbie Ferguson

Immutable

33

Anthony Sassano

Ethereum Maxi

34

Liam Hennessy

Thomson Geer

35

Damian Kassabgi

Tech Council of Australia

36

Rob Allen

HBAR Foundation & AP+

37

Michele Levine

Hamilton Locke

38

Jackson Zeng

Caleb & Brown

39

Jonathon Miller

Kraken Digital Asset Management

40

Sarah Proudfoot

ACCC

41

Vakul Talwar

Crypto.com

42

Karl Durrance

Stripe

43

Shave Verner

Fireblocks

44

Joni Pirovich

B'dasl & Crystal Co Counsel

45

Rob Waugh

Macropod

46

Jazz Osvald

Commonwealth Treasury

47

Hannah Glass

Ashurst

48

Urszula McCormack

King & Wood Mallesons

49

Arturo Rodriguez

Not Centralised

50

Effie Dimitropoulos

AUDD