Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, NFTs and digital assets 2022: has the tipping point been reached or is the mother of all bubbles set to pop?

Introduction

Last year we introduced the 2021 version of this report with the fact that Bitcoin and the wider cryptocurrency and digital assets market gained almost 300% over the course of 2020. And we posed the question “will we finally see a mainstream breakthrough” for digital assets in 2021? So how did 2021 unfold in the cryptocurrencies and digital assets market? And what might 2022 hold in store?

We’ll look at:

• An introduction to Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, blockchain and digital assets markets (more experienced readers might choose to skip ahead here if already familiar).
• What’s happened with the ‘established’ cryptocurrencies over the past year and what might developments mean?
• Major developments in the mainstreaming with global financial markets such as infrastructure for institutional trading.
• The boom in trading the myriad of ‘alt coins’ available on cryptocurrency exchanges.
• The rise of NFTs and other developing digital asset categories.
• Regulatory developments.
• A look ahead to 2022 and the factors that can be expected to influence the direction of the cryptocurrency and digital assets markets.