The period when U.S. bank crypto custody was chilled by balance-sheet treatment later reversed by SAB 122.

A 2021 BNB-chain tax-token phenomenon later hit by lawsuits and criminal cases over liquidity and disclosures.

FTX founder convicted after the 2022 collapse. Shorthand SBF for the scandal era.

The anonymous author of the Bitcoin whitepaper and the first Bitcoin software in 2008 to 2009.

Major U.S. enforcement action against Binance and CZ era outcomes that reshaped exchange compliance posture.

A U.S. civil enforcement case filed in 2023 concerning Coinbase's securities-related activities and dismissed by agreement in February 2025.

The long U.S. case over whether XRP sales were securities, shaping token classification debates.

Famous VC apology and write-down after FTX, a symbol of due-diligence failure in the boom.

U.S. bank active in crypto deposits that failed in the 2023 regional-bank crisis, cutting a fiat on-ramp.

The 2023 regional bank failure that hit startup and crypto firm deposits and stressed USDC confidence.

An early darknet market that used Bitcoin and shaped the crime-and-privacy narrative around crypto.

Crypto-friendly bank that wound down after deposit flight and the 2022 to 2023 stress, ending SEN network lore.

Large late-cycle allocations that became case studies in boom-time FOMO at fund scale.

The 2023 to 2024 recovery of Solana activity and price after the FTX stigma, led by memes, DeFi, and cheaper blockspace.

Early high-throughput Solana incidents that froze the network and forced client upgrades.

U.S. approval of spot Bitcoin ETFs in January 2024, opening mainstream brokerage access to BTC.

U.S. spot ether ETFs that followed Bitcoin, with more limited staking features at launch.