DeFi 2022

Novel Liquidity Mechanism Attracted More Than $70M

Global Markets Had A Volatile Year As Inflation Took Centre Stage

Deeply Researched Probes of Questionable Projects Proved 'Invaluable' in Mad Year

DAOs, Mixers, and Exchanges Felt the Sting of Officialdom in a Watershed Year

Kristin Smith and the Blockchain Association Are Facing Busy Agenda on Capitol Hill in 2023

Bridging Protocols Hardest Hit in Year That Exposed Key Vulnerability

Founder Alona Tapped DeFi to Aid Embattled Ukrainians

These Five NFT Collections Thrived In A Tough Year For Tokenized Art

Mismanagement and Alleged Crimes Stained Crypto With a Litany of Scandals in 2022

FTX, Celsius, 3AC Left a Trail of Wreckage in Centralized Finance

Ethereum Devs Taking Care of Staking Issues Before Next Upgrade Unfolds

With Deals in the Payments and NFT Sectors Uniswap Flexed as Other Crypto Projects Ducked

Ethereum's Shift to Proof of Stake Ended Mining and Ushered in Staking, But What Comes Next?

unders, hackers and investors who helped advance the open economy; politicians and regulators who are laying the groundwork for the industry or threatening to restrain it; CEOs in DeFi adjacent industries who, with their global influence, shape the space; artists and community builders who are pushing crypto further into mainstream culture.

DAOs are poised to become a dominant new structure in DeFi in 2022.

DeFi will draw closer to interoperability in 2022, potentially reshaping blockchain technology.

Regulating crypto is shaping up to be a major story in 2022.

Layer 2s are expected to drive efficiency across DeFi in 2022.