The Pixelmon Fiasco and Crypto Reflections

Tap in for a special Bankless Episode -- the biggest moments in 2022 for Crypto. We're all ready for this year to be over, but not before we recap the best and the worst of what the industry had to offer.

It's a time for reflection. Let's absorb the lessons, so we can get off on the right foot in 2023.

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----- Topics Covered:

0:00 Intro 5:00 Top 5 Worst Moments Tornado Cash Ban https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0916  Terra Collapse https://www.coindesk.com/learn/the-fall-of-terra-a-timeline-of-the-meteoric-rise-and-crash-of-ust-and-luna/  3AC Contagion https://twitter.com/zhusu/status/1536876343815983104?lang=en  Ronin & Wormhole Hacks https://cointelegraph.com/news/wormhole-token-bridge-loses-321m-in-largest-hack-so-far-in-2022  FTX https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/11/business/ftx-bankruptcy.html 

21:00 Top 5 Best Moments Supporting Ukraine https://twitter.com/Ukraine/status/1497594592438497282  Layer 2 Transactions https://l2beat.com/scaling/activity  Social Media NFTs https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2022/12/05/minting-of-reddit-avatar-tokens-climbed-to-record-high-over-weekend/  The Merge https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/1570306185391378434 

29:00 Top 5 Villains Richard Heart https://twitter.com/richardheartwin/status/1533892570996166662  Alex Mashinsky https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/06/celsius-executives-withdrew-millions-before-freeze-on-customer-funds.html  Su Zhu & Kyle Davies https://twitter.com/KyleLDavies/status/1522813352665403392  https://twitter.com/zhusu/status/1462216210116853762  Do Kwon https://twitter.com/stablekwon/status/1523733542492016640  SBF https://twitter.com/SBF_FTX/status/1591989554881658880 

44:00 Top 5 Heroes Michael Saylor https://fortune.com/2022/07/02/microstrategys-bitcoin-holdings-take-a-record-3-4-billion-hit-the-company-says-its-playing-the-long-game/  Anthony Sassano https://www.youtube.com/@UCvCp6vKY5jDr87htKH6hgDA   Cobie https://cobie.substack.com/  ZachXBT https://twitter.com/zachxbt?lang=en  ETH Developers https://twitter.com/icebearhww/status/1431970802040127498  Parithosh Jayanthi https://twitter.com/parithosh_j  Marius Van Der Wijden https://twitter.com/vdwijden  Ben Edgington https://twitter.com/benjaminion_xyz  Tim Beiko https://twitter.com/TimBeiko 

54:10 Honorable Mentions Gary Gensler https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/21/technology/gary-gensler-crypto-sec.html  Budweiser https://twitter.com/budweiserusa/status/1507507766759411712  Pixelmon https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/pixelmon-nft-project-kevin-meme/  The Fed https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2022/12/05/jerome-powell-most-influential-2022/  https://imgur.com/rcvd3Ex 

1:00:50 The TOP Moment https://twitter.com/0x_Lucas/status/1526237799699169281 

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