Podcast

2022's Biggest Crypto Moments

Tap in for a special Bankless Episode -- the biggest moments in 2022 for Crypto. We're all ready for this year to be over, but not before we recap the best and the worst of what the industry had to offer.

Dec 14, 2022 • 2 min read

It's a time for reflection. Let's absorb the lessons, so we can get off on the right foot in 2023.

TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES

0:00 Intro

5:00 Top 5 Worst Moments

Tornado Cash Ban

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0916

Terra Collapse

https://www.coindesk.com/learn/the-fall-of-terra-a-timeline-of-the-meteoric-rise-and-crash-of-ust-and-luna/

3AC Contagion

https://twitter.com/zhusu/status/1536876343815983104?lang=en

Ronin & Wormhole Hacks

https://cointelegraph.com/news/wormhole-token-bridge-loses-321m-in-largest-hack-so-far-in-2022

FTX

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/11/business/ftx-bankruptcy.html

21:00 Top 5 Best Moments

Supporting Ukraine https://twitter.com/Ukraine/status/1497594592438497282

Layer 2 Transactions

https://l2beat.com/scaling/activity

Social Media NFTs

https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2022/12/05/minting-of-reddit-avatar-tokens-climbed-to-record-high-over-weekend/

The Merge

https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/1570306185391378434

29:00 Top 5 Villains

Richard Heart

https://twitter.com/richardheartwin/status/1533892570996166662

Alex Mashinsky

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/06/celsius-executives-withdrew-millions-before-freeze-on-customer-funds.html

Su Zhu & Kyle Davies

https://twitter.com/KyleLDavies/status/1522813352665403392

https://twitter.com/zhusu/status/1462216210116853762

Do Kwon

https://twitter.com/stablekwon/status/1523733542492016640

SBF

https://twitter.com/SBF_FTX/status/1591989554881658880

44:00 Top 5 Heroes

Michael Saylor

https://fortune.com/2022/07/02/microstrategys-bitcoin-holdings-take-a-record-3-4-billion-hit-the-company-says-its-playing-the-long-game/

Anthony Sassano

https://www.youtube.com/@UCvCp6vKY5jDr87htKH6hgDA

Cobie

https://cobie.substack.com/

ZachXBT

https://twitter.com/zachxbt?lang=en

ETH Developers

https://twitter.com/icebearhww/status/1431970802040127498

Parithosh Jayanthi

https://twitter.com/parithosh_j

Marius Van Der Wijden

https://twitter.com/vdwijden

Ben Edgington

https://twitter.com/benjaminion_xyz

Tim Beiko

https://twitter.com/TimBeiko

54:10 Honorable Mentions

Gary Gensler

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/21/technology/gary-gensler-crypto-sec.html

Budweiser

https://twitter.com/budweiserusa/status/1507507766759411712

Pixelmon

https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/pixelmon-nft-project-kevin-meme/

The Fed

https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2022/12/05/jerome-powell-most-influential-2022/

https://imgur.com/rcvd3Ex

1:00:50 The TOP Moment

https://twitter.com/0x_Lucas/status/1526237799699169281

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