Remember the meme
In 2022, we went from “bull markets create weak protocols” to “bear markets create strong protocols”. We witnessed the downfall of several bad actors fueling each other (Terra/Luna, 3AC, Celsius, FTX).
This triggered contagion across the whole crypto ecosystem, with ETH dropping from $3,600 to $1,200, despite very bullish news like the merge and trading volumes dropping massively.
At Swaap, we want to see the bear market as an opportunity. Instead of relying on narratives, prices and interest are now driven by fundamentals. This allows us to focus on building for the long term.
During this first year of the bear market, we delivered an amazing amount of milestones, here are a few highlights.
January
- Recruitment & onboarding of the core team (6 people in total)
- Launch of the testnet: lots of feedbacks collected from the community!
February/ March
- Audit by Chainsecurity
- Development of the community (roles)
April/ May
June
- Swaap v1 live on Polygon!
- Swaap quizz & NFTs attribution
July/ August
- Preparation of integrations with aggregators
- 60 days LP challenge with NFTs attribution
- Talk at ETH CC
September
October
- Integration with Debank
November
- Swaap live on Paraswap!
- Integration with Merlin
- Research partnership with mathematicians announcement
- Talk at ETH Gathering (Barcelona)
December
We would like to thank all Swaapers for their contribution to the adoption and the development of the protocol. Your feedbacks are precious! Thanks to you we now have $1.6m TVL, $4m volume, 2K+ LPs.
2023 has a lot of exciting things ahead for Swaap:
- Delivering the v2 of the protocol, which will focus on providing better returns to LPs by increasing the level of risk.
- Driving more adoption of the protocol
Source : Polygon Medium
