Crypto has improved leaps and bounds throughout 2021.
A lot of that credit is owed to the community and the anon builders that make up the ecosystem, but along with the release of #theses2022 we want to highlight 15 Crypto Heroes that have led the way.
The man behind @multicoincap - the investment team who bet big on @solana and won. While devs were busy building the ecosystem, Samani was busy spreading the word to anyone who would listen. And boy, did they listen.
The voice behind Uncommon Core. Zhu has had quite the year, educating thousands through his podcast, Twitter, and more. With his massive following and 3AC team behind him, 2022 could be his biggest year yet.
Dan was the force behind the @Uniswap v3 automated market maker, among other innovations, and helped to develop the research team behind multi-billion dollar investment fund @paradigm.
Dave joined @paradigm in January and since then has authored/co-authored six impressive papers that could bring larger and more sophisticated investors to DeFi markets. Definitely one to watch for 2022.
@AxieInfinity's success has catapulted an entire new genre (crypto gaming) and subgenre (P2E games) into relevance, and has given millions of bankless users an opportunity to earn a living.
Crypto has improved leaps and bounds throughout 2021.
A lot of that credit is due to the community and the anon builders that make up the ecosystem, but along with the release of #theses2022 we want to highlight 15 Crypto Heroes that have led the way.
Being a former federal prosecutor, @Coinbase board member, and now General Partner at @a16z’s mammoth crypto fund, Katie Haun is a powerful individual who may be key to a breakthrough to DC in crypto regulation.
Kristin runs the @BlockchainAssn and is regarded as the most credible corporate-member effort in DC. Kristin’s team was one of the driving forces amending the crypto broker language this summer.
Crypto has improved leaps and bounds throughout 2021.
A lot of credit is owed to the community and the anon builders that make up the ecosystem, but along with the release of #theses2022 we wanted to highlight 15 Crypto Heroes that have led the way.
1/ While NFTs have existed for a long time, the market historically has been very small.
Early marketplaces like @opensea and @SuperRare grinded through a market that was mostly dominated by @ethereum until new blockchains began appearing.
2/ 2021 will go down perhaps most significantly as the year of the digital renaissance.
As new business models and monetization strategies were born, platforms like @niftygateway and @SuperRare dominated, offering artists a new format for monetizing their work.
3/ The NFT market has officially surpassed $15B in secondary sales combined across a variety of categories including gaming, PFPs (profile pics), virtual worlds, sports, and collectibles.
More importantly, while @ethereum leads, the future is growing more multichain by the day.
1/ @NotionalFinance is an @ethereum-based protocol which enables users to lend and borrow cryptoassets at a fixed rate via on-chain liquidity pools.
Notional recently launched its V2, and as a result protocol activity has exploded over the past week as it nears $1B in total TVL.
2/ Users can interact with the protocol as a borrower, lender, or liquidity provider (LP).
LPs are the most important as they capitalize liquidity pools with cTokens to act as the counterparty to all other lenders and borrowers.
In turn, they are rewarded with liquidity fees.
3/ The $NOTE token is used for operations within the protocol.
The total 100M token supply was allocated:
+ 50% to liquidity incentives
+ 23.6% to the team w/ 3-year vesting schedule
+ 19.78% to early investors w/ 3-year vesting
+ 6.62% to development grants & community building