2023 Web3 Year in Review 🚀 | #280

A review of the web3 space in 2023: airdrops, L2s, ETFs, NFT collections, Solana, Ethereum, Bitcoin & more!

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⏱ TIME POINTS ⏱

00:00 - Intro

04:55 - January: Solana dead at $8? - dotSWOOSH Studio Launch

10:31 - February: $BLUR Airdrop - Coinbase Base L2

14:12 - March: Arbitrum Airdrop - Balaji's 1M Bet

16:43 - April: Ethereum's Staking Unlocked

18:24 - May: Worldcoin x Optimism - Ledger Recovery FUD - Pudgy on Amazon

25:40 - June: SEC vs Binance & Coinbase - 55 Cryptos Deemed Securities - Blackrock ETF

29:30 - July: XRP is NOT a Security

33:31 - August: BASE Onchain Summer - PayPal Stablecoin - FriendTech - Grayscale vs SEC

42:02 - September: Visa on Solana - Pudgy Toys on Walmart

44:33 - October: Farcaster Goes Public

45:33 - November: SBF Found Guilty - Blackrock ETH ETF - Binace DOJ Settlement - Illuvium on Epic Games

49:35 - December: Solana Airdrop SZN - Flipkart L2 - Ledger Hacked