For lack of a better word, the year 2024 was a historic year for the crypto community as this year saw a roller coaster ride of several major events.
The year 2024 marked several important milestones for the crypto community, be it the Bitcoin halving that led to further consolidation in the mining industry, or Bitcoin finally breaking $100,000 in the bull run, or the increase in the crypto industry’s total market capitalization from $1.2 to $3.78 trillion in 2023 or a 78-year-old maverick politician who the Wins US presidential election and literally rides the crypto wave.
The year was also not without drama as we witnessed the imprisonment of FTX’s Sam Bankman Fried and Binance’s CZ as well as heavy criticism of WazirX’s Nischal Shetty for withholding funds worth Rs 2,500 crore. Various memecoin projects have also come under fire for promoting self-harm and violent behavior or staging rugpull scams. In 2024 there was also a tug of war between…