This week, Reminiscing on 2022

Internet Computer Developments

• Dfinity’s Internet Computer has?surpassed 1.5 billion blocks, marking yet another historic achievement.
• The NNS UI has undergone significant changes, and it also brings the community some exciting news: users can now?stake SNS-1 tokens on the NNS UI.
• The Internet Computer ranks number one in the?Top 10 metaverse coins?by market cap.
• Baddest Ruffest debuts the first on-chain music video on Portal dapp in collaboration with Canistore and Entrepot. You can know more by listening to?Dfinity's twitter space.

Community updates

• The?Neurotic Podcast?with icpjesse and Kylelangham recently recorded a Christmas special podcast with Jan Camenisch, CTO of Dfinity. The podcast provides some of the most insightful information about the community and ICP developments.
• Distrikt App has returned with another?holiday update?for its users. Polls, threads, and other features are included in the new update.
• Entrepot, the ICP’s largest NFT marketplace (responsible for 25% of all ICP transactions), will be updating its user interface, introducing collection offers, public auctions, and integrating with other NFT markets.
• The Swop conducted a?special podcast with Rishi Chadha?(Founder and CEO of HotorNot App) to talk about Socialfi, the adoption of social apps on the ICP, and the team’s future plans.
• DSCVR is holding a Best of 2022 Award with numerous categories.?Vote for your favorite?meme, posts, and more, and show them some love.
• Infinity Swap released a new article that mentions?5 Reasons Why ICP-BTC integration is not just a bridge, but a powerful catalyst for growth and innovation within the crypto ecosystem.

Crypto news in a nutshell

• The total NFT market cap increased by?more than 11,000% in two years, with numerous NFT platforms introduced in recent years by industry heavyweights such as Apple, Reddit, Starbucks, Winamp, and MetaMask.
• Fidelity Investments, the U.S based financial services corporation, has set out to?enter the metaverse industry. The platform has recently submitted a series of trademark applications for NFTs, NFT marketplaces, metaverse investments, and others.
• Over 30?artists and collectors from Cuba?and other US sanctioned countries have been barred from using the popular NFT marketplace OpenSea.
• Investors have?sued cryptocurrency exchange Gemini?over an interest-earning programme that was abruptly halted in November, “effectively wiping out” investors who still had holdings.
• China to launch its?national NFT marketplace?in the new year. The platform will enable the trading of copyrights for digital assets and other collectibles.

Internet Computer’s NFT summary

• Cubebot mint is going live on December 29 on Entrepot
• The new collection ‘ROBO AROF’ created by icpnft2 will soon be available on Yumi Marketplace.
• ‘VRSTL x InfinitySwap: Gizmo’ is now live on Yumi Marketplace.