{"id":144184,"date":"2020-12-30T17:30:14","date_gmt":"2020-12-30T14:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/2020-in-review-cointelegraph-art-team-limited-edition-nft-drop\/"},"modified":"2020-12-30T17:30:14","modified_gmt":"2020-12-30T14:30:14","slug":"2020-in-review-cointelegraph-art-team-limited-edition-nft-drop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/2020-in-review-cointelegraph-art-team-limited-edition-nft-drop\/","title":{"rendered":"# 2020 in review: Cointelegraph art team limited edition NFT drop"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3b5956e921c\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span 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class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/2020-in-review-cointelegraph-art-team-limited-edition-nft-drop\/#January_Telegram_vs_the_SEC\" >January: Telegram vs. the SEC<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/2020-in-review-cointelegraph-art-team-limited-edition-nft-drop\/#February_bZx_Flash_Loan_exploits\" >February: bZx Flash Loan exploits<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/2020-in-review-cointelegraph-art-team-limited-edition-nft-drop\/#March_COVID-19\" >March: COVID-19<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/2020-in-review-cointelegraph-art-team-limited-edition-nft-drop\/#April_Binance_buys_CoinMarketCap\" >April: Binance buys CoinMarketCap<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/2020-in-review-cointelegraph-art-team-limited-edition-nft-drop\/#May_Bitcoin_Halving\" >May: Bitcoin Halving<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/2020-in-review-cointelegraph-art-team-limited-edition-nft-drop\/#June_Wirecard_bankruptcy\" >June: Wirecard bankruptcy<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/2020-in-review-cointelegraph-art-team-limited-edition-nft-drop\/#July_Yearnfinance_launch\" >July: Yearn.finance launch<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/2020-in-review-cointelegraph-art-team-limited-edition-nft-drop\/#August_MicroStrategy_enters_stage_left\" >August: MicroStrategy enters, stage left<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/2020-in-review-cointelegraph-art-team-limited-edition-nft-drop\/#September_PayPal_goes_crypto\" >September: PayPal goes crypto<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/2020-in-review-cointelegraph-art-team-limited-edition-nft-drop\/#October_McAfee_eats_his_own%E2%80%A6_words\" >October: McAfee eats his own\u2026 words<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/2020-in-review-cointelegraph-art-team-limited-edition-nft-drop\/#November_Bitcoin_all-time_high\" >November: Bitcoin all-time high<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/2020-in-review-cointelegraph-art-team-limited-edition-nft-drop\/#December_Ethereum_20\" >December: Ethereum 2.0<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong># 2020 in review: Cointelegraph art team limited edition NFT drop <\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content\" data-v-5a136f3a>When you ask someone what superpower they\u2019d most like to have, they usually come up with the ability to fly, or to read thoughts, or maybe to see through multiple layers of clothing.<\/p>\n<p>This year, all we wanted was the ability to hibernate.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine! Going to sleep sometime around the Australian wildfires\u2026 taking a peek outside in mid-March and thinking \u201cOoooh, no, not sure about this at all\u201d and cuddling up in a warm, h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>y bed until the U.S. election was over.<\/p>\n<p>But think what you would have missed in crypto! 2020 was another decade-in-a-year for the industry, packed full of characters who charmed, hackers who harmed, and degens who farmed.<\/p>\n<p>To celebrate a year that ended on a high note for hodlers, the Cointelegraph team of artists has created a poster-sized limited edition NFT commemorating some of the biggest stories of 2020. It\u2019s titled \u201c<em><strong>In crypto, hindsight is 20\/20<\/strong>&#8220;<\/em>\u00a0and is available for just 0.02020 ETH.<\/p>\n<p>Naturally, there will only ever be 2,020 copies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-content__accent post-content__accent_big\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/app.rarible.com\/token\/0x188a084a62e60d22682c6000821df70aa292bb61:5:0xb7ed63802fb7a7e73d6a5ca23b064290e659d6db\">get your 20\/20 hindsight limited edition nft here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>How many of the stories can you spot? We\u2019ll get you off to a start with a few of our favorites\u2026<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2020-12\/1b959079-ab4f-4bef-85bc-62fde5cb8498.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"January_Telegram_vs_the_SEC\"><\/span>January: Telegram vs. the SEC<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Here\u2019s a story that could have been featured in any one of the first few months of the year. The Securities and Exchange Commission took issue with Telegram\u2019s $1.7 billion private sale, and eventually Pavel Durov gave up on launching the network.<\/p>\n<p>Although the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> didn\u2019t die \u2014 it was resurrected and just achieved mainnet status thanks to the Free TON community \u2014 it was yet more proof that Jay Clayton\u2019s SEC would maintain an activist stance on crypto in 2020. At least he\u2019s gone now, and good riddance.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"February_bZx_Flash_Loan_exploits\"><\/span>February: bZx Flash Loan exploits<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Back in February we presciently questioned whether DeFi was coming to an abrupt end as bZx was attacked twice. And when we say \u201cpresciently\u201d we mean \u201cwrongly\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>DeFi didn\u2019t disappear, exploits continued throughout the year, and the gainz multiplied in a veritable orgy of yield farming that allowed degens to trade their way to untold riches\u2026 and then lose them again when Pickle turned fickle.<\/p>\n<p>This being 2020, that cycle continued all year.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"March_COVID-19\"><\/span>March: COVID-19<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The acceleration of the global pandemic brought two key concepts at the heart of the crypto community into sharp focus. It became clear that government control of the money supply spigot means no fiat asset is safe (and that it makes a kind of brrrrrrr-ing sound as it\u2019s turned on) and that Bitcoin\u2019s narrative shift from means-of-exchange to store-of-value might actually help the digital asset\u2019s credibility.<\/p>\n<p>Almost nothing good has come of the disastrous response to the pandemic. While hodlers may have benefited financially from the proof that their thesis on Bitcoin as hard money was correct, the politicization of the virus means that the world has suffered a year that has threatened democracy itself.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s all hope for a better, and healthier, 2021.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"April_Binance_buys_CoinMarketCap\"><\/span>April: Binance buys CoinMarketCap<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Despite the wild rumors promulgated by sources who have to remain nameless in case they\u2019re fact-checked, Binance did not pay $400 million for CoinMarketCap. Or anything close to it. <\/p>\n<p>But it was still a mega-deal that demonstrated a 2020 trend: the slow dissipation of public adoration for Binance. Reaction to the deal was wary, to say the least, and the upstart-turned-incumbent found itself embroiled in controversy as ranking changes appeared to benefit it unfairly, following promises of the data aggregator\u2019s independence.<\/p>\n<p>These days, CoinGecko is catching up fast. Bobby Ong was rumored to be on the verge of selling the site for $5 million earlier this year. He must be grateful for the uncharacteristic lack of vision on the part of its suitor\u2026 <\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"May_Bitcoin_Halving\"><\/span>May: Bitcoin Halving<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The third halving (or halvening, for those who prefer Middle Earth\u2019s Westron tongue) was almost entirely devoid of drama.<\/p>\n<p>It was supposed to happen. It happened. Code is law.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the after-effects have been more intriguing than the event itself (although it certainly threw our video team for a loop).<\/p>\n<p>Plan B\u2019s stock-to-flow model predicted a surge in Bitcoin\u2019s price as a direct result of the halving and subsequent supply crisis, and despite the naysayers it\u2019s right on schedule.<\/p>\n<p>Right. On. Schedule.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"June_Wirecard_bankruptcy\"><\/span>June: Wirecard bankruptcy<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Hope for the mass adoption of crypto as a payment solution has often been predicated on debit or credit cards that make it easier to spend. So when Wirecard, which counted major companies such as Crypto.com and TenX as customers, appeared to misplace $2.1 billion there were\u2026 concerns over the future of the sector.<\/p>\n<p>Those concerns haven\u2019t dented the ambitions of Crypto.com, which soon replaced Wirecard with PayrNet, while some saw the fall of Wirecard as a net positive for the industry.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"July_Yearnfinance_launch\"><\/span>July: Yearn.finance launch<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>One man and a worthless token can change the world.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, that one man now works with a dedicated team of DeFi developers, the worthless token topped out at $43,678, and the world was already changing\u2026 but don\u2019t let the details fool you.<\/p>\n<p>The story of Andre Cronje\u2019s contribution to technology and finance may well be told over drinks in the boardroom for decades to come.<\/p>\n<p>At least the Wright brothers had each other.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"August_MicroStrategy_enters_stage_left\"><\/span>August: MicroStrategy enters, stage left<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Michael Saylor may be a genius (he\u2019s invested over a billion dollars of his company\u2019s treasury in Bitcoin) and he may be a lunatic (read his <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michael_saylor\/status\/1307029562321231873?s=20\">Twitter feed<\/a>) but what we can say for certain is that he\u2019s boldly going where no major company has gone before.<\/p>\n<p>Saylor\u2019s dramatic announcement has been heralded as the moment that mainstream business entities beyond funds and investment banks had to confront a new reality. If MicroStrategy\u2019s bet was successful, it could im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely place other corporate treasuries at risk \u2014 specifically, at risk of being unable to claim similar portfolios due to Bitcoin\u2019s limited supply.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s often a fine line between courage and craziness. Perhaps Saylor is 2020\u2019s best crypto example of that truth.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"September_PayPal_goes_crypto\"><\/span>September: PayPal goes crypto<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>If MicroStrategy was a pointer to increased institutional adoption of crypto, PayPal was the biggest indication yet that Josephine Public would soon be exposed to digital assets.<\/p>\n<p>Crypto assets aren\u2019t tradeable outside the PayPal ecosystem, but that hasn&#8217;t stopped the company buying an estimated 70% of all newly-issued Bitcoins as a reserve.<\/p>\n<p>And while PayPal&#8217;s own stock soared on the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> that it would support Bitcoin, it also provided the impetus for an increasingly parabolic price movement for the leading digital asset\u2026 which rapidly flippened the company\u2019s market cap.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"October_McAfee_eats_his_own%E2%80%A6_words\"><\/span>October: McAfee eats his own\u2026 words<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>\u201cTaxation is illegal,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/officialmcafee\/status\/1080953136985133062?s=20\">declared<\/a> John McAfee in January of 2019, clarifying (for those who might have a vested interest) that he hadn\u2019t filed a return in eight years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, you\u2019re illegal,\u201d the IRS responded \u2014 we\u2019re paraphrasing \u2014 and had him arrested and thrown in a Spanish jail.<\/p>\n<p>It was certainly quite the year for crypto-related arrests.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"November_Bitcoin_all-time_high\"><\/span>November: Bitcoin all-time high<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Gradually, then suddenly. That\u2019s how Bitcoin reclaimed the territory lost since the FOMO days of December 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Despite \u2018dying\u2019 over and over and over again (in the minds of critics, at least) Bitcoin is now sitting comfortably at well over $25,000 and enjoying a growing consensus that it is a genuine alternative to gold.<\/p>\n<p>Even the most conservative prognosticators are coming around.<\/p>\n<p>Gradually, then suddenly.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"December_Ethereum_20\"><\/span>December: Ethereum 2.0<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Speaking of gradually\u2026 Ethereum took a long and winding road to the next iteration of the leading smart contract platform. But as the deposit contract filled up, the prospects for a successful December 1st launch finally became clearer.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the year\u2019s top trends \u2014 from DeFi to the growing adoption of NFTs \u2014 feature Ethereum as a key player. It\u2019s tough to imagine another platform seizing its crown in the near future.<\/p>\n<p>Although full deployment of Ethereum 2.0 will take a lot longer, the roadmap for is shiny and bright. <\/p>\n<p>As indeed is its price, which has risen 576% since the depths of the initial COVID crash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-content__accent post-content__accent_big\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/app.rarible.com\/token\/0x188a084a62e60d22682c6000821df70aa292bb61:5:0xb7ed63802fb7a7e73d6a5ca23b064290e659d6db\">GET YOUR 20\/20 HINDSIGHT LIMITED EDITION NFT HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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