DeFi Year in Review: Messari Report Insights

The crypto market surpassed $3 trillion, corporations rushed into metaverses, DAOs saw explosive growth, and the NFT craze dominated headlines. But what events truly shaped the crypto industry in 2021?

Together with Stepan Gershuni and blockchain developer Petr Korolev, we dive deep into the annual Messari.io report to reflect on the year’s highs and lows in crypto.

• 🔹 Key trends in DeFi, NFTs, DAOs, and the metaverse that defined 2021—and which ones will last.
• 🔹 How Ethereum’s EIP-1559 upgrade and L2 scaling transformed the Ethereum ecosystem.
• 🔹 Why DAOs became the most important coordination tools for communities and capital, and which organizations revolutionized governance by becoming DAOs.
• 🔹 How NFTs reshaped digital art and attracted billions of dollars despite criticism and skepticism.
• 🔹 The state of cross-chain bridges and what the multi-chain future might look like.
• 🔹 What UX challenges still hold back mass adoption of DeFi and Web3.