January

As 2023 begins, the crypto market is in an active bear market phase. Major cryptocurrency companies are downsizing and activity is almost at a standstill.

  • zkEVM, Scroll, Mantle, Taiko, and Fuel launched the first phase of testnets.

  • Bonk airdrops tokens to top Solana NFT holders.

  • Linea launched the closed beta phase of the network.

February

In February, the market showed rapid growth, and some airdrops were released, which some people benefited from.

  • Optimism conducted a second round of airdrops, but with smaller profits.

  • Blur completed the farm campaign and released the airdrop.

  • CowSwap was hacked, resulting in a loss of $180,000.

  • ZigZag announced an airdrop for platform users.

March

In March, a campaign gave away more than $1 billion to people, and many people got good results.

  • $USDC depegs amid Silicon Valley Bank bankruptcy.

  • Arbitrum announces long-awaited airdrop to 600,000 wallets.

  • Space ID airdrops $ID tokens to domain name holders.

  • A new phase of zkSync, Era, has been launched.

April

In April, no airdrops occurred, but there were other activities to earn revenue.

  • The craze for BRC-20 narrative tokens begins.

  • The memecoin $PEPE emerges, showing rapid growth.

  • Sui completed the sale of their tokens.

  • SushiSwap, Aave, and Yearn Finance protocols were hacked.

May

In May, there were fewer activities compared to April, but Linea launched a public testnet and everyone was busy participating.

  • After the success of $PEPE, memecoins started to emerge.

  • Linea launched tasks on the testnet, and users received NFT rewards by completing tasks.

June

In June, a recovery began, with some interesting activity and even some airdrops

  • $USDT token decoupling occurs

  • Space ID conducted a second round of airdrops for both invitations and bidding on the platform.

  • Maverick Protocol conducted a massive airdrop.

July

In July, the market showed significant growth, with an Arkham airdrop allowing many to make huge gains

  • Arkham conducted an airdrop and some people received over $100,000.

  • Multichain Bridge was hacked, resulting in a loss of approximately $126 million.

  • Linea is launched on mainnet.

  • Taiko launches Eldfell L3 testnet.

August

In August, a major project: SocialFi project supported by Paradigm - Friend Tech.

  • The Connext airdrop has already taken place.

  • Scroll launched its beta testnet on Sepolia.

  • Friend Tech startup, many people have made over $100k through commissions and trading.

  • The Cyber ​​Connect airdrop has already taken place.

September

In September, the market was not as active, but there was still activity going on.

  • zkPass launched a public testnet.

  • The CoinEX crypto exchange was hacked.

  • The TON Space wallet is open to all Telegram wallet users.

  • Scroll is launched on mainnet.

October

In October, Celestia released an airdrop, bringing considerable benefits to holders

  • Alameda lost approximately $190 million due to cybersecurity issues.

  • Celestia airdropped over $10,000 worth of tokens to many users $TIA

  • Galxe was hacked, causing damages of approximately $200,000 to its website.

November

In November, Starknet revealed their upcoming airdrop plans.

  • DEX exchange KyberSwap was hacked. About $46 million was extracted from the protocol. After the hack, the total locked value (TVL) dropped to $13.6 million.

  • CZ resigned as CEO of Binance and was replaced by Richard Teng.

  • Screenshots of Starknet’s upcoming airdrop have surfaced online.

December

In December, Solana’s trend returned, attracting users’ attention to the project and growing in value with $SOL

  • Jupiter announces airdrop on Solana.

  • Kinza announced that it will conduct an airdrop and TGE in the first quarter of 2024.

  • Jito conducted a massive airdrop on SOL, giving away over $10,000 to all users.