Fifteen landmark moments in cryptocurrency history, revisited through the lens of 2026. Each post examines a pivotal event — from the genesis block to the Bitcoin ETF — and unpacks what it means for today's markets.
On 3 January 2009, the Bitcoin genesis block was mined. Seventeen years later, the embedded headline about bank bailouts resonates louder than ever.
From 850,000 lost BTC in 2014 to $8 billion vanishing in 2022, centralised exchange failures follow a disturbingly familiar pattern.
The 2016 DAO hack forced Ethereum into an existential choice — and the resulting hard fork still shapes how we think about blockchain governance.
On 22 May 2010, Laszlo Hanyecz paid 10,000 BTC for two pizzas. That transaction reveals everything about crypto's value evolution.
The 2017 ICO boom raised $5.6 billion on little more than promises. What survived — and why — holds critical lessons for today's token launches.
In just three months, DeFi TVL exploded from $1B to $10B. The composability revolution that started in 2020 now underpins a new financial paradigm.
NFTs went from $100M to $25B and back again. Beyond the hype cycle, tokenised ownership is quietly reshaping how we think about assets.
In September 2021, El Salvador made Bitcoin legal tender. Four years on, we examine the data behind the world's boldest monetary experiment.
Ethereum's September 2022 shift from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake cut energy consumption by 99.95%. What's changed since — and what hasn't.
With $160B+ in circulation, stablecoins have become crypto's killer app — and the battlefield where decentralisation meets regulation.
January 2024 saw spot Bitcoin ETFs approved after a decade of rejection. The $50B+ inflows that followed rewrote crypto's institutional playbook.
Arbitrum, Optimism, Base, zkSync — the L2 landscape is fragmenting as it grows. Who's winning the race to make Ethereum fast and cheap?
From BlackRock's BUIDL fund to tokenised Treasury bills, RWAs have grown from a niche experiment to a $12B+ market. Here's the state of play.
Europe's MiCA framework, US enforcement actions, and Asia's licensing regimes are creating a complex regulatory map. Where does clarity emerge?
Based on the milestones covered in this series, we project five evidence-based scenarios for crypto's next chapter — and what to watch for.
