Tomasz Tunguz (Theory Ventures) · 2022-09-17 · 1356d

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.

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Metrics in this report

Active Web3 Developers

5000developers per week

weekly average

entire web3 ecosystem

CEX Total Active Wallets

100millions

total

centralized exchanges

DEX Average Transaction Size

8000 to 1400$

range

DEX trades

Daily Active Wallets

2.5millions

total

entire web3 ecosystem

Developer Count Year-over-Year

-20%

decline

beginning of 2022 to September

L2 Monthly Capital Inflow

250millions $

average

L2s (Arbitrum & Optimism)

L2 Transaction Share

30-40%

range

Ethereum total transactions

NFT Trading Volume Decline

-97%

from peak

NFT market

NFT to DEX Trader Ratio

35ratio

buyers to traders

last 6 months

Smart Contract Deployments

300000contracts per month

total

Ethereum network

Solana NFT Usage

40%

proportion

NFT buyer distribution

Trading Volume Change

-60%

year-over-year decline

crypto trading volumes