What major events have happened in the crypto world in the past 15 years from 2009 to 2023?

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There has been a major cryptocurrency event every year since 2009, and today we will sort them out in chronological order.
Satoshi Nakamoto launches Bitcoin in the aftermath of the global financial crisis. BTC is a protocol that enables a secure and decentralized ledger.
A Bitcoin exchange called "Magic The Gathering Online Exchange" was established, also known as Mt.Gox.
Litecoin is launched as a decentralized peer-to-peer cryptocurrency and open source software project.
Namecoin, a key/value pair registration and transfer system based on Bitcoin technology, was released.
Dogecoin was the first popular memecoin, created by Billy Markus and Jackson Palmer to poke fun at the wild speculation in cryptocurrencies at the time.
Monero or XMR, is a cryptocurrency focused on private and censorship-resistant transactions.
Ethereum launches as a proof-of-work blockchain with $ETH as the currency for processing transactions on-chain.
Zcash is a simple, secure digital currency that protects your privacy. It is based on the Bitcoin codebase and has many similarities, such as a fixed total supply of 21 million units.
Cardano is an open-source, decentralized public blockchain platform that uses proof-of-stake for consensus.
The Nervos Network is an open-source, modular blockchain network consisting of multiple blockchain layers designed for different functions.
Algorand is a green blockchain that builds technology to accelerate the integration between decentralization and traditional finance.
Binance Smart Chain, Binance’s first layer blockchain, is launched, which uses BNB as a gas token.
Arbitrum One launches its mainnet, an optimistic rollup and one of the most successful Ethereum L2 chains.
Optimism’s $OP token is launched. Optimism is a second layer chain that significantly reduces gas costs compared to its L1 counterpart Ethereum.
We’re still 6 months away, but what do you think will be the biggest crypto event of the year?