Digital assets have had their ups and downs, but 2022 was probably the worst.

Entities like 3 Arrows Capital, BlockFi, and Celsius were filing for bankruptcy. FTX – which many assumed to be a white knight in the industry – was unraveling. By November of that year, it too would file Chapter 11.

Price was making new multi-year lows…

Bitcoin, Ether, and the rest of the crypto market were all down more than 70% in less than a year. More than $2 trillion in value – simply gone.

Fear was rampant.

And the mainstream media was feasting on it. The response from most investors was to simply check out. Log off. Call it quits.

The excitement, it seemed, would never return.

But looking back,…