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| 2018 || January 31 || || Currency launch || EOS (EOS) is launched.<ref>{{cite web |title=Releases · EOSIO/eos |url=https://github.com/EOSIO/eos/releases |website=GitHub |access-date=14 September 2021 |language=en}}</ref>  

Revision as of 10:07, 17 September 2021

This is a timeline of cryptocurrencies.

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Year Month and date Ecosystem Event type Details
2004 "the idea behind the Ripple (XRP) payment platform was first voiced in 2004 by Ryan Fugger"[1]
2009 January 9 Currency release Bitcoin (BTC) 0.1.0 is released.
2011 October 7 Currency release Litecoin is released.[2]
2013 December Open-source digital currency Dogecoin (DOGE) is forked from Litecoin. "Dogecoin (DOGE) is based on the popular "doge" Internet meme and features a Shiba Inu on its logo. The open-source digital currency was created by Billy Markus from Portland, Oregon and Jackson Palmer from Sydney, Australia, and was forked from Litecoin in December 2013. Dogecoin's creators envisaged it as a fun, light-hearted cryptocurrency that would have greater appeal beyond the core Bitcoin audience, since it was based on a dog meme. Tesla CEO Elon Musk posted several tweets on social media that Dogecoin is his favorite coin."[3]
2014 January "Dash, whose name comes from "digital cash," was launched in January 2014 as a fork of Litecoin (LTC)."[4]
2014 July Stablecoin Tether (USDT) is launched by Brock Pierce, Reeve Collins and Craig Sellars, originally launched as a Realcoin. It mirrors the price of the U.S. dollar, and is issued by a Hong Kong-based company Tether.[5]
2014 July 15 Filecoin (FIL) is initially released.[6]
2014 July 31 Network system Stellar (XLM) is launched by Jed McCaleb, the founder of Mt. Gox and co-founder of Ripple.[7]
2014 April Monero (XMR) is launched, with the goal to "allow transactions to take place privately and with anonymity."[8][9]
2015 March 31 Currency launch NEM (XEM) mainnet goes live.[10]
2016 February Currency launch Blockchain-based cryptocurrency Decred (DCR) is launched. The token and protocol are created to facilitate open governance, community interaction, and sustainable funding policies.[11]
2016 June VeChain (VET) launches.[12]
2016 June Waves (WAVES) is launched.[13]
2016 October 28 Zcash (ZEC) is first released. It is originally based on Bitcoin’s codebase.[14]
2017 July 7 Security “One of the Biggest Ethereum and Bitcoin Exchanges Got Hacked” [15]
2017 September 27 Cardano (ADA) is released. "Launched in 2017 by one of Ethereum’s co-founders, Cardano is a research-driven proof-of-stake blockchain designed for running smart contracts and building decentralized applications. It consumes less energy than proof-of-work blockchains and already has some interesting use cases. The project, along with its native cryptocurrency ADA, has generated enthusiasm in the community, which can be seen at times in its price history."[16]
2017 October Blockchain platform Polygon (MATIC) is launched.[17]
2017  ? "BNB was launched through an initial coin offering in 2017, 11 days before the Binance cryptocurrency exchange went online"[18]
2017 September Decentralized finance protocol Currency launch Synthetix (SNX) network is launched by Kain Warwick under the name Havven (HAV). About a year later the company would be rebranded to Synthetix. A decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol, Synthetix provides on-chain exposure to a wide variety of crypto and non-crypto assets. The protocol is based on the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain.[19]
2017 November Currency launch "Aave (which means “ghost” in Finnish) was originally known as ETHLend when it launched in November 2017, but the rebranding to Aave happened in September 2018. (This helps explain why this token’s ticker is so different from its name!)"[20]
2017 December Currency launch Maker (MKR) is launched.[21]
2018 January Currency launch Huobi Token (HT) is launched.[22]
2018 January TrueUSD (TUSD) is first launched.[23]
2018 January 31 Currency launch EOS (EOS) is launched.[24]
2018 April 29 The Nexo platform is launched, offering the world’s first instant crypto-backed loans.[25]
2018 June Tron is launched. It is a blockchain-based smart contract platform for powering decentralized applications, or DApps, competing with similar platforms such as Ethereum, Tezos, Cardano and EOS.[26]
2018 June Currency launch Arweave (AR) is launched.[27]
2018 June "Quant (QNT) launched in June 2018 with the goal of connecting blockchains and networks on a global scale, without reducing the efficiency and interoperability of the network. It is the first project to solve the interoperability problem through the creation of the first blockchain operating system."[28]
2018 June 30 Tezos (XTZ) is launched.[29]
2018 July BitTorrent is purchased by blockchain platform TRON.[30]
2018 August Exchange BitMax (later AscendEX) is launched.[31]
2018 September Pax Dollar (USDP) is released. It is a flat-collateralized stablecoin.[32]
2018 November 2 Decentralized finance Decentralized trading protocol Uniswap (UNI) is launched. It is known for its role in facilitating automated trading of decentralized finance (DeFi) tokens.[33][34]
2018 November–December Crypto.com Coin (CRO) goes live.[35]
2019 January 31 Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) is officially launched.[36]
2019 March Cosmos (ATOM) is released.[37]
2019 March "Theta (THETA) is a blockchain powered network purpose-built for video streaming. Launched in March 2019, the Theta mainnet operates as a decentralized network in which users share bandwidth and computing resources on a peer-to-peer (P2P) basis.The project is advised by Steve Chen, co-founder of YouTube and Justin Kan, co-founder of Twitch."[38]
2019 April Terra (LUNA) is launched.[39]
2019 April 18 Bitcoin BEP2 (BTCB) is launched.[40]
2019 May 8 FTX Token (FTT) is launched.[41]
2019 May Chainlink (LINK) is launched.[42]
2019 June Currency launch UNUS SED LEO (LEO) launches. Unlike many other cryptocurrencies out there, it is not designed to exist forever.[43]
2019 June The Algorand (ALGO) mainnet becomes live.[44]
2019 June Currency launch Klaytn is launched. It is a public blockchain platform which provides an accessible user experience and development environment in order to convey the value of blockchain technology.[45]
2019 July "The Helium (HNT) mainnet is launched. It allows low-powered wireless devices to communicate with each other and send data across its network of nodes.[46]
2019 September Currency launch Hedera Hashgraph (HBAR) first launches open access to its mainnet.[47]
2019 December Fantom (FTM) launches its mainnet.[48]
2020 April Solana is launched.[49]
2020 April Currency launch Celo (CELO) mainnet is launched. A blockchain ecosystem for DeFi[50], Celo focuses on increasing cryptocurrency adoption among smartphone users.[51]
2020 April 22 Currency launch NEAR Protocol (NEAR) launches its mainnet, with 1 billion NEAR tokens created at genesis.[52]
2020 May 26 The Genesis block of the Polkadot network is launched, as a Proof of Authority (PoA) network.[53]
2020 July 30 Elrond (EGLD) launches its mainnet.[54]
2020 August Currency launch Shiba Inu (SHIB) coin is created anonymously under the pseudonym “Ryoshi.” The meme coin would quickly gain speed and value as a community of investors becomes attacted, in addition to headlines and Tweets from personalities like Elon Musk and Vitalik Buterin.[55]
2020 September TerraUSD (UST) is launched.[56]
2020 September Currency launch SushiSwap is launched as a fork of Uniswap.[57]
2020 September PancakeSwap (CAKE) launches.[58]
2020 September Avalanche (AVAX) launches its mainnet.[59]
2020 September BakeryToken (BAKE) is launched. It is a part of the BakerySwap ecosystem.[60]
2021 February 25 The estimated number of global crypto users surpasses 100 million.[61]
2021 April 29 Cryptocurrencies hit a valuation of US$2 trillion, about the same valuation as all US dollars in circulation. However, it would since hit as high as $2.25 trillion.[62]
2021 May 10 Internet Computer (ICP) genesis.[63]

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