Interactive Timeline
The History of Cryptocurrency
From cypherpunks to spot ETFs — move through the years, or jump to one, and open any event to read its story.
36 of 36 events
Cypherpunk roots
1980s–90s
Bitcoin’s early years
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Ethereum and the ICO boom
2014
2015
2016
2017
Winter, then DeFi
2018
2020
2021
Collapse and the institutions
2022
2023
2024
2025
Today
- Origin
- Milestone
- Crash
- Innovation
- Institution
- Fork