10 Major Events and Trends in the Blockchain Industry in 2017

10 Important Events and Trends in the Blockchain Industry in 2017

We’ve picked 10 major events and news that have kept the blockchain community engaged throughout the year:

As the year finds some conclusion, it's the ideal opportunity for the blockchain group to reflect. It's an ideal opportunity to praise the wins and think about the misfortunes. The year 2017 has been a time of remarkable development, a time of ICOs and VC speculations, and a time of security hacks, controls and conflicts about forks. Whatever the future brings, everybody in the group will recollect the year with awesome wistfulness.

1. Bitcoin Breaks Records

2. Year of ICOs

3. Bans and Regulations

4. Year of Huge Hacks

5. The Rise of Decentralized Exchanges

6. More Acceptance of Blockchain

7. IBM Blockchain For Banks

8. The SegWit2X Skirmish

9. NVIDIA Rises on Mining Strength

10. Overstock Benefits from Cryptocurrency Adoption