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The Great Crypto Crash

December 29, 2022 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Join us for “Off the Chain Thursdays” at Atlanta Blockchain Center for a look back at crypto 2022: crashes & bankruptcies & bears, oh my!

Our mission at Atlanta Blockchain Center is to be the catalyst for Atlanta’s emergence 
as the premier blockchain innovation hub globally through cultivating entrepreneurship, inclusivity and education. ABC is a place to build community and learn, and so we’ll host an event each and every Thursday at our co-working space in Buckhead – Atlanta’s first co-working DAO – featuring leading experts on various blockchain content themes.

Join us. It’s time to build 🚀

This week’s theme is:

Cryptocurrencies and the Decentralized Future of Finance

Cryptocurrency and distributed ledger technologies are rapidly transforming the financial services landscape – as a new asset class, a payment method and a disruptive technology. How are blockchain and cryptocurrencies shaping the future of money?

This week’s topic is:

The Great Crypto Crash of 2022: What Happened?

What a year it has been in the world of crypto! In May, TerraUSD (UST) and sister coin LUNA implode in a $40 billion collapse, with many crypto platforms folding in the aftermath, disrupting the cryptocurrency market and spurring hundreds of billion in losses.

This event brought an early crypto winter, causing crazy sell-offs, which prompted Celsius to freeze withdrawals and then filed for bankruptcy in July.

Since that wasn’t enough, Bitcoin fell to a two-year low and the crypto market tumbled after the FTX debacle. Let’s hear from the experts as to what they think about The Crypto Saga of 2022!