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2022 in Web3 by 8DAO

Major events in the Web3 world and milestones for 8DAO in 2022.

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For this 8Pulse piece, month by month, we cover major events in the Web3 and NFT world and milestones for 8DAO in 2022. Effective from today, our newsletter 8Weekly will be rebranded as 8Pulse. Happy new year!

1. January 2022 - Opensea VS LookRare

  • OpenSea raises $300 million, bringing its total valuation to $13.3 billion.

  • LooksRare launches in a ‘vampire attack’ against OpenSea.

  • Vitalik introduces the concept of Soulbound Tokens in a blog post.

  • FTX raises $400 million and increases its valuation to $32 billion.

2. February 2022 - Huge Raises Globally and 8DAO launches

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1/ Since November 2021, 8DAO has been supporting Henka.io on “Metaverse Forest”, a charity NFT project by a top Chinese artist Xu Bing. The 150 NFTs were released on February 4th 2022, at 0.15ETH each. All 150 NFTs were sold out within minutes after public sale.
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  • 8DAO’s first 2 Whitelist for members: Metaverse Forest by Xu Bing, a top Chinese artist, shown above. And ZombieClub: https://zombieclub.io/

  • 8DAO’s first ever tweet: https://twitter.com/8DAO8DAO/status/1490220184396709888  

  • 8DAO’s first 2 Whitelist for members: Metaverse Forest by Xu Bing, a top Chinese artist, shown above. And ZombieClub: https://zombieclub.io/

  • Web3 developer platform Alchemy raises $200 million on a $10.2 billion valuation.

  • Sequoia Capital launches $500 million crypto fund.

  • Luna Foundation Guard raises $1 billion to form UST reserve denominated in Bitcoin.

3. March 2022 - Month of the Apes

  • Yuga Labs acquires Larva Labs, the creators behind the NFT projects CryptoPunks & Meebits.

  • Yuga Labs launches $APE and distributes 15% of the total amount via airdrop to BAYC holders.

  • ConsenSys, the company behind MetaMask, raises $450 million on a $7 billion valuation.

  • 8DAO’s first ever Twitter space: https://twitter.com/8DAO8DAO/status/1501048569394081793

4. April 2022 - Big Raises Continue

  • 8DAO Members receive Whitelist to mint Elemental by Fang Lijun at 0.2 ETH. 

  • NEAR protocol raises $350 million on a valuation of $10 billion.

  • Dragonfly Capital launches new $650 million crypto fund.

  • Crusoe Energy, pioneers in bitcoin mining with natural gas, raises $350 million.

  • Coinbase launches beta of its NFT marketplace.

  • OpenSea acquires NFT aggregator Gem.

5. May 2022 - 1st Big Blowup of 2022 - LUNA

  • First big blow up of the year - UST Depegs and Luna crashes to $0.

  • Yuga Labs' Otherside drop breaks all records, but also causes about $180 million in gas fees.

  • a16z launches a $4.5 billion crypto fund.

  • 8DAO’s first IRL Happy Hour, in Hong Kong on 27 May

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    Thank you all for joining out IRL happy hour event on 27 May in HK. We will be hosting more IRL events in the future, look forward to seeing you all again soon!
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6. June 2022 - 2nd Big Blowup of 2022 - 3AC

  • A British Virgin Islands court orders the liquidation of crypto hedge fund 3AC. One of the largest crypto hedge funds, their collapse send ripples through the industry accompanied with large price volatility. 

  • BlockFi receives a $250 million revolving credit facility from FTX.

  • Voyager Digital receives $500 million in emergency funding from Alameda Research.

  • 8DAO NFT pool investment launched on 1st June with 252.1 ETH.

  • 8DAO sponsors Blockchain Fest Asia Welcome party drinks in Singapore.

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8DAO is proud to be the sponsor for @blockchain_fest Asia Welcome party drinks. Here are some highlights for the event. Hope you all enjoyed the party! #blockchain #DAOs #IRL
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8:54 PM ∙ Jun 7, 2022
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7. July 2022 - Contagion

  • Celsius and Voyager Digital file for bankruptcy.

  • Reddit launches a marketplace for avatars.

  • Tesla sells 75% of its Bitcoin

  • 8DAO meets in Hong Kong Central, and a very first meetup in Singapore.

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Thank you for joining our happy hour on 28 Jul in Central HK, we look forward to seeing you all again in the next meet-ups. #Crypto #Web3 #irl #HappyHour
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3:03 PM ∙ Jul 30, 2022
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8. August 2022 - Web3 Keeps Building

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Another IRL gathering of 8DAO members in Beijing🤝🤝 #Web3 #Crypto #DAO #NFT #IRL
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  • 8DAO First Beijing meetup on 2 August. A busy month for members all around, as we also had meetups in Singapore and Hong Kong.  

  • Free-to-own gaming studio LimitBreak raises $200 million.

  • Arbitrum upgrades to Nitro.

  • Ticketmaster cooperates with Flow and offers event organizers the sale of ticket NFTs.

  • Users in 100 countries can now post their "digital collectibles" on Facebook and Instagram.

  • BlackRock provides Aladdin clients access to crypto trading & custody via Coinbase Prime.

9. September 2022 - A Huge month for Ethereum and 8DAO

  • On 15th September, the Ethereum Merge succeeded, in a landmark move for the network. Ethereum switches from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake.

  • Crypto market maker Wintermute gets hacked and loses $160 million.

  • Starbucks unveils its blockchain-based loyalty program "Starbucks Odyssey."

  • 8DAO cohosts NFT DAY with Dapper Labs, Animoca, EVG and Aspen Digital in Central, HK.

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Thank you for joining last night event, we cohost NFT DAY with Dapper Labs, Animoca, EVG and Aspen Digital in Central, HK. We keep building our web3 community via different IRL events. #8dao #dapperlabs #animocabrands #evg #aspendigital #nft #web3 #web3community #dao #crypto
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7:48 AM ∙ Sep 23, 2022
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  • Token2049 gathering and after party for 8DAO members visiting from all around the world 

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Thank you all for coming to @8DAO8DAO event at Marina Bay Residence. Thanks to our member Edward Du for providing the venue. We are delight to meet our members from all over the world. @LouisLI75572683 @taihei @metalaw14 @DanLui11 @ivanong6668 @geekiebunny @r9jason8828 @jivacore
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  • Co-hosted a gathering in Singapore with Bored Chili: https://twitter.com/veratheape/status/1577982020390912001

10. October 2022 - SBF the good guy (final month)

  • Sam Bankman-Fried publishes his regulatory proposals.

  • The BNB Chain gets hacked resulting in a $100 million exploit.

  • Solana-based DeFi protocol Mango Markets loses $116 million after attack.

  • Launch of Layer1-Blockchain Aptos.

  • Apple releases its new App Store guidelines for crypto & NFTs.

  • 8DAO’s first Twitter Space with more than a thousand attendees: https://twitter.com/8DAO8DAO/status/1578983191813054464

  • Hong Kong Revamps Itself as a Digital Asset Hub: https://8dao.substack.com/p/hong-kong-revamps-itself-as-a-digital

  • 8DAO members receive Whitelist for Meta-Morphic by Huang Yuxing, a top-selling Chinese contemporary artist

  • On 31st October, 8DAO hosted an event with our largest turnout till date, alongside HK Fintech Week

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Thank you to everyone for a great night of drinks and bonding 🍻🔥🚀 Shoutout and special thanks to our partners @okx @boredchili @departedapes @EtherPOAP @IPrinter_ETH Feel free to tag friends and guests below! #8dao #okx #boredchili #departedapes #etherpoap #iprinter_eth
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1:30 PM ∙ Nov 2, 2022
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11. November 2022 - FTX Collapses and 8Ventures Launches

  • Timeline cover in our previous newsletter here: https://8dao.substack.com/p/cryptos-lehman-moment-as-ftx-collapses

  • BlockFi files for bankruptcy.

  • Genesis stops all withdrawals, reportedly owes Gemini Earn Users $900M

  • Our second Twitter space to cross a thousand attendees: https://twitter.com/8DAO8DAO/status/1590213259260723200

  • 8Ventures launches, and we complete our very first investments into Snag Solutions and Thirdverse

  • Membership tiers are launched, with moon members (holders of 5000 or more tokens) receiving the privilege of pool investment allocations into 8 Venture deals, alongside our treasury and other web3 industry leaders.

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We are thrilled to announce our investment into Thirdverse @Thirdverse_US @Thirdverse_JP 8DAO will always support and invest in creators and founders in the Web3 community. LFG! Please check the full announcement attached for details. #NFA #DYOR #8DAO #8Ventures #Web3
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4:42 AM ∙ Nov 24, 2022
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12. December 2022 - Wrapping up

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8DAO at Taipei Blockchain Week. Call us the “social animals” in the web3 community. 😝🙌 #taipeiblockchainweek #Web3
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  • 8DAO meets at Taipei Blockchain Week

  • Wrapping up the year with meetups in both Singapore and Hong Kong

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Another @8DAO8DAO IRL gathering before Christmas in Central HK. Thank you all for coming @mrs_nft_ @mungauthentic @toroissohot @karmapocket @SamuelGu8 Ho Ho Ho...🤶🧑‍🎄🎅🎄 We keep building our web3 community by bringing together our members via IRL events. #community #web3 #Xmas
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  • Whitelist for members for Departed Apes (https://departedapes.io/) and Cosmic Bloom by Leo Villareal (https://outland.art/cosmic-bloom) 

  • 8DAO participates in TinyTap's genesis auction of education publisher NFTs, and becomes owner of course “Children's Stories by Red Chair Press”.

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@8DAO8DAO is delighted to participate in the auction and become a #HODLer of @TinyTapAB @animocabrands's education publisher #NFT. As strong believers in the creator economy and web3 education, we remain committed to investing in web3 projects, crypto winter or not. LFG🚀
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We've wrapped up the TinyTap @animocabrands #PublisherNFT auction! Together with @AnimocaBrands, we managed 2 auctions in Q4 2022 and brought in over Ξ240. Yesterday, an Education supporting utility NFT managed to reach the top 10 on @opensea AGAIN with Ξ104.554 vol 🧵 https://t.co/UaQv7jHLSg
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  • Sam Bankman-Fried gets arrested by Bahamian authorities.

  • Ledger presents their new hardware wallet, Ledger Stax.

  • Amber Group raises $300 million on a valuation of $3 billion.

  • Binance acquires assets from insolvent Voyager Digital for about $1 billion.

2022 Milestones for 8DAO 

  • From launch, we grow to 179 Members

  • 8DAO team grows to 10 active contributors

  • Member events in 4 cities: Hong Kong, Singapore, Beijing, Taipei

  • Hosted 2 Twitter Spaces with over a thousand attendees

  • Whitelists for 6 projects secured for members

2023 - LFG!

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