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