History

The U.S. government establishes a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve & United States Digital Asset Stockpile

Former President Donald Trump promises to create a bitcoin US strategic reserve

9 Spot Ethereum ETF’s begin trading on Wall St.

Runes launches in the same block (840,000) as the bitcoin halving

Bitcoin’s 4th Halving! Issuance halved from 6.25 → 3.125

Bitcoin price reaches $70k setting new all time high (a month before the halving)

10 spot Bitcoin ETF’s begin trading on Wall St including Blackrock, Fidelity, Ark & 21Shares, VanEck & Grayscale

SEC’s Twitter account gets hacked and tweets that the Bitcoin ETF is approved days before the real announcement

CZ steps down as CEO of Binance as part of $4B Settlement With US Department of Justice

Blackrock’s iShares BTC ETF is listed on the DTCC (Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation)

Cointelegraph falsely tweets that the SEC approved the iShares Bitcoin ETF causing price to spike +10% to $30k

Caroline Ellison begins her testimony in SBF’s trial

SBF’s trial begins

MicroStrategy purchases 5,445 BTC at a cost of $147.3M

SBF is sent to jail to await trial after having his bail revoked

PayPal launches PYUSD stablecoin in collaboration with Paxos

MicroStrategy announces multiple purchases: 467 BTC at a cost of $14.4M

Gerbz begins buidling this historical timeline

SEC sues Ripple for selling unlicensed securities

Gemini sues DCG and Barry Silbert, alleging fraud

MicroStrategy announces multiple purchases: 12,333 BTC at a cost of $347M

Do Kwon is sentenced to 4 months in jail

SEC charges Coinbase for operating as an unregistered securities exchange, broker, and clearing agency

SEC files 13 charges against Binance and founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ)

MicroStrategy purchases 1,045 BTC at a cost of $29.30M

MicroStrategy purchases 6,455 BTC at a cost of $150.00M

Do Kwon is arrested in Montenegro

SEC charges Justin Sun and eight celebrities for securities violations

Gavin Andresen edits his now famous blog post to say “I now know it was a mistake to trust Craig Wright as much as I did”

MicroStrategy purchases 810 BTC at a cost of $13.65M

MicroStrategy sells 704 BTC for a total of $11.8M

Judge orders Peter McCormack must pay Craig Wright $1.1M

MicroStrategy announces multiple purchases: 2,395 BTC at a cost of $42.8M

SBF is arrested in the Bahamas

Caroline Elison is fired after FTX and Alameda file for bankruptcy

Gavin Wood announces he’s stepping down as Polkadot’s CEO

Robert Breedlove predicts Bitcoin will be equivalent to $1M (in today’s money) by 2031

Kraken CEO Jesse Powell steps down

MicroStrategy purchases 301 BTC at a cost of $6M

The White House releases a comprehensive framework for responsible development of digital assets

Ethereum completes “The Merge” – an upgrade from the original proof-of-work mechanism to proof-of-stake

Caroline Ellison becomes the sole CEO of Alameda Research

MicroStrategy purchases 480 BTC at a cost of $10M

“The Pomp Podcast” hits 1,000th episode

LUNA price crashes as billions of tokens are minted in an attempt to maintain the UST peg

Terra’s UST stablecoin breaks its $1 peg

CZ writes Elon Musk a $500 million “blank check” to assist with Twitter’s takeover

The Central African Republic (CAR) becomes the second country in the world after El Salvador to accept bitcoin as legal tender

LUNA hits an all time high of ~$118.85

MicroStrategy announces multiple purchases: 4,167 BTC at a cost of $190M