The State of Web3 in 2022 through Data
Tomasz Tunguz analyzes the crypto ecosystem's health in 2022 through quantitative metrics including wallet activity, developer engagement, and trading volumes. The analysis reveals a mature but contracting market with flat user growth, declining trading volumes, and falling developer participation, characterized as a market downturn with potential for innovation. Key findings show concentration among major chains, strong NFT adoption on Solana, and improving L2 efficiency.
Metrics in this report
5000developers per week
weekly average
entire web3 ecosystem
100millions
total
centralized exchanges
8000 to 1400$
range
DEX trades
2.5millions
total
entire web3 ecosystem
-20%
decline
beginning of 2022 to September
250millions $
average
L2s (Arbitrum & Optimism)
30-40%
range
Ethereum total transactions
-97%
from peak
NFT market
35ratio
buyers to traders
last 6 months
300000contracts per month
total
Ethereum network
40%
proportion
NFT buyer distribution
-60%
year-over-year decline
crypto trading volumes