The main crypto events of 2022 according to Clouted.
January
- Opensea raises $300M at $13.3B valuation
- Looks Rare launches LOOKS token
- Twitter implements NFT avatars for verified users
- Vitalik Buterin presents Soul Bound Tokens on the blog
- FTX Raised $400M at $32B Valuation
February
- Polygon raises $450 million through private sale of MATIC
- Alchemy platform raises $200M at $10.2B valuation
- BlockFi Brings $100M to SEC in Open Cases
- Sequoia launches $500M crypto fund
- Luna Foundation Guard Raises $1 Billion for UST Reserves in Inspection
March
- Immutable raises $200M at $2.5B valuation
- Yuga Labs acquires the rights to the CryptoPunks and Meebits collections, launches the APE token, and raises $450 million at a $4 billion valuation.
- ConsenSys raises $450M at $7B valuation
- Haun Ventures launches $1.5 billion crypto fund
April
- NEAR protocol raises $350M at $10B valuation
- Coinbase launches Coinbase NFT
- Opensea gets Gem.xyz
- Dragonfly Capital launches $650 million crypto fund
- Crusoe Energy raises $350M to mine BTC with gas connection
- RTFKT introduces CryptoKicks, the first digital sneaker
May
- Otherside mines and breaks all records for the number of NFTs
- Kucoin raises $150M at $10B valuation
- a16z launches $4.5 billion crypto fund
- StarkWare raises $100M at $8B valuation
- UST peg to dollar, LUNA falls 96%, minus $40bn
June
- Jack Dorsey announces "web5"
- Uniswap gets Genie.xyz
- Solana announces mobile phone
- BVA court orders liquidation of 3AC
- BlockFi and Voyager receive unexpected funding from FTX and Alameda (lmao)
July
- Celsius Network files for bankruptcy
- Voyager files for bankruptcy
- Reddit launches digital avatars
- Tesla sells 75% of its BTC
- Minecraft prohibits the use of NFTs
- Game Stop launches its NFT marketplace on Loopringorg
August
- Tornado Cash issued by OFAC
- Meta produces verified digital collectibles on FB and Instagram
- Ticketmaster Offers Sunset NFT Tickets FLOW
- Moonbirds used a "no copyright" license
- Nomad bridge lost $200 million due to hackers
September
- Ethereum Merge
- Doodles raised $54M at a $700M valuation
- Starbucks launches NFT loyalty program
- Wintermute is hacked and asks for $160 million.
October
- BNB network hacked and lost $100 million in exploit
- BNY Mellon became the first ATM in the US to prohibit the storage of cryptocurrencies.
- Uniswap raises $165M at $1.7B valuation
- Mango Markets receives $116 million after hack
- SBF expresses its proposals for the regulation of cryptocurrencies
November
- CoinDesk reveals Alameda balance
- CZ tweets FTT sale offer
- FTX is going through bankruptcy; files for bankruptcy; it is "hacked" for $400 million
- JP Morgan conducted the first DeFi transaction
- Vitalik Buterin published an updated Ethereum roadmap
- BlockFi files for bankruptcy
- Matter Labs (zksync) raises $200 million
- Uniswap launches NFT aggregator
- Opensea launches blacklisting tool
December
- SBF examination of the Bahamas
- Ledger introduces its new Ledger Stax
- Amber Group raises $300M at $3B valuation
- Binance acquires Voyager assets for ~$1 billion
- Coinbase Wallet users are no longer sent NFT due to Apple policy
