2023 Web3 Year in Review 🚀 | #280

A review of the web3 space in 2023: airdrops, L2s, ETFs, NFT collections, Solana, Ethereum, Bitcoin & more! 🤝 HELP US GROW 🤝 Subscribe to the Web3 Academy Podcast 🔥SUBSCRIBE TO THE WEB3 ACADEMY NEWSLETTER 🔥:  https://bit.ly/web3academy_newsletter_pod  🐇 Go down the Web3 Rabbit hole with our FREE Web3 Foundations Course:  https://bit.ly/web3academy_rabbithole_pod  💸 Learn how to invest successfully in web3 with our Investing Masterclass: https://bit.ly/web3academy_investmentmasterclass_pod  👥 JOIN OUR COMMUNITY ON DISCORD 👥: https://w3academy.io/web3-academy-membership/  ✊ FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL! ✊ 👉 Web3 Academy Twitter: https://twitter.com/web3academy_  👉 Kyle Reidhead: https://twitter.com/KyleReidhead  👉 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/web3academy  🚀 SPONSORS 🚀 Paragraph: Write content, grow your audience, and foster a community like never before - ⁠https://bit.ly/3OeMbMs  🛠️ RECOMMENDED TOOLS 🛠️  Secure Your Crypto w/ a Hardware Wallet - Get a Ledger Today: https://shop.ledger.com/?r=0983ea885998 ⏱ 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