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Author: daniel@footprint.network
When creating a list to summarize what our community and analysts made in 2022, we realized there are 2 ways to define the most significant charts and dashboards of the year.
On one hand, we can let people vote with their clicks and list the most-viewed dashboards. However, this would overlook some of the best-made analyses from our platform in 2022 which didn’t receive as much attention.
So, this article does both. Below, you’ll find the top 9 trends from 2022 as illustrated by our curated list of dashboards, and the top 9 dashboards by view count.
<h3 id="top-8-trends-from2022">Top 8 Trends from&nbsp;2022</h3>
<ul>
 <li>Ethereum beat all “Ethereum killers”</li>
</ul>
Before 2022, the main narrative was that more efficient networks like Solana or Avalanche would overtake Ethereum, thanks to their efficiency. However, Ethereum only became more dominant in 2022, especially in DeFi.
<img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/0*Ezr8fMgZw7QoSX_M.png"><a href="https://www.footprint.network/chart/Chain-TVL-Change-Rate-fp-36342?channel=EN384" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Chain TVL Change&nbsp;Rate</a>
To see what happened in 2022, we can refer to <a href="https://www.footprint.network/article/annual-chain-report-what-happened-in-2022-and-where-is-the-industry-heading-h1oR7WWy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">this annual chain report</a>
<ul>
 <li>BNB attracted the largest number of new projects in total, Polygon, Wax and Solana grew by greater relative numbers, doubling and tripling their number of projects compared to 2021.</li>
</ul>
<img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/0*juHEnmBBSXHxZvNk.png"><a href="https://www.footprint.network/guest/chart/Number-of-GameFi-Protocols-by-Chain-fp-58a4182e-6d5e-4cb2-b3ab-535018e3b4bf" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Number of GameFi Protocols by&nbsp;Chain</a>
<img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/0*aBMeCmZDj5akKIWm.png"><a href="https://www.footprint.network/guest/chart/The-Average-Daily-Active-Users-per-Chain-in-2022-Compared-to-the-Growth-Rate-in-2011-fp-2799bb88-3e65-4674-90d3-8ca5de9ad475" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">The Average Daily Active Users per Chain in 2022 Compared to the Growth Rate in&nbsp;2011</a>
More to discover, <a href="https://www.footprint.network/article/annual-gamefi-report-what-happened-in-2022-and-where-is-the-industry-heading-XRxMr79i" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Annual GameFi Report: What Happened in 2022 and Where is the Industry Heading</a>
<ul>
 <li>Opensea sees challengers, but remains on top</li>
</ul>
<img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/0*JnIEIyivgeBMRoNf.png"><a href="https://www.footprint.network/chart/Total-Number-of-Market-Collections-2022-fp-35070" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Total Number of Market Collections 2022</a>
<img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/0*2nIcxLK2z5DkqtFl.png"><a href="https://www.footprint.network/chart/Trading-Volume-by-Marketplace-fp-26526" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Trading Volume by Marketplace</a>
More trends about NFT in 2022 can be found in <a href="https://www.footprint.network/article/27-stats-about-nfts-from-2022-KdD2bwxa" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">27 Stats About NFTs From 2022</a>
<ul>
 <li>Wash trading in the NFT industry exploded then declined</li>
</ul>
As NFTs solidified their place as a sub-sector within the blockchain industry in 2022, incentives arose to generate more trades on marketplaces and for collections. These incentives included marketplace rewards, which game traders tokens for activity, and to inflate the price and perceived demand for a particular collection. As the NFT market peaked one winter ago, so did wash trading. Then, it declined.
<img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/0*rrkUkAWI3h8vdgT7.png"><a href="https://www.footprint.network/guest/chart/Monthly-Collection-Voulme-with-Wash-Trading-Stats-%28Filtered-X2Y2-%26-Looksrare%29-fp-63661d87-eb23-43a9-869f-a926b2c64e33" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Monthly Collection Volume with Wash Trading&nbsp;Stats</a>
More to read about NFT wash trading: <a href="https://www.footprint.network/article/what-is-nft-wash-trading-examples-of-how-it-works-KcB3BusI" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">What is NFT wash trading, examples of how it works</a>
<ul>
 <li>NFT aggregators such as Blur became a major force in the industry</li>
</ul>
<img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/0*-XWY-JrOepWHXwfK.png"><a href="https://www.footprint.network/article/nft-market-aggregators-how-popular-are-they-and-what-is-their-significance-to-less-popular-marketplaces-LxkRiCgJ" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">NFT Market Aggregators: How Popular Are They and What Is Their Significance to Less Popular Marketplaces?</a>
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<ul>
 <li>AAA studios either continued to enter GameFi despite the bear market</li>
</ul>
Noted traditional gaming companies such as Sony, Ubisoft, Nintendo, and Epic Games, the studio behind Fortnite, have entered the Web3 arena. The metaverse building project of Epic Games received a massive $2 billion investment, with Sony leading the charge. Although details are scarce at present, the plan includes LEGO and was the biggest funding milestone of the year.
<img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/0*agd32-ZstpM1HKc9.png"><a href="https://www.footprint.network/guest/chart/GameFi-Project-Financing-amount-and-Financing-Times-in-2022-fp-7a5576d1-0698-492a-bed5-572639158cc2" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">GameFi Project Financing amount and Financing Times in&nbsp;2022</a>
<ul>
 <li>Animoca has become the most dominant investor and company in blockchain gaming</li>
</ul>
Animoca, the firm behind games such as The Sandbox, Benji Bananas, Arc8, and Phantom Galaxies, solidified its status as the foremost leader in GameFi with a total of 61 investment rounds closed, surpassing the next most active investor by twofold. In terms of funding received, it ranked second only to Epic Games, securing $434 million.
<img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/0*UGcURXlKeDJ6mpNb.png"><a href="https://www.footprint.network/guest/chart/Number-of-GameFi-Projects-by-Investor-fp-dc61c91a-94be-435c-853c-eb5d9102f23a" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Number of GameFi Projects by&nbsp;Investor</a>
<ul>
 <li>People realized the limits and dangers of DeFi with the Terra collapse</li>
</ul>
The impact on the future is that there will be significantly more skepticism toward DeFi projects. Between the beginning of May to the end, Terra Luna lost $96B of value.
<img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/0*qfEyLqLgerUd8VFj.png"><a href="https://www.footprint.network/@DamonSalvatore/Terra-Dashboard" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Terra Dashboard: TVL</a>
<h3 id="top-9-most-viewed-dashboards-of2022">Top 9 Most-Viewed Dashboards of&nbsp;2022</h3>
At our core, we aim to become the go-to open-source community for blockchain analysis. The result is new Dapps, protocols, and dashboards built on our infrastructure. So, here are the top 12 dashboards from 2022 by the number of viewers. You can also click the author name to see more charts and dashboards by the creator.
<ul>
 <li>V1.0 Stepn SOLANA dashboard</li>
</ul>
Author: <a href="https://www.footprint.network/@Cao" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Cao</a>
<img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/0*D1bNW9EXvdGZbdkR.png">Chart: <a href="https://www.footprint.network/guest/chart/LL07-Stepn-Spending-GMT-%E6%AF%8F%E6%97%A5%E5%87%BA%E5%85%A5%E9%87%91-fp-5c4cfd2e-876e-4971-a549-b9d1126e9d65" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">LL07 Stepn Spending GMT&nbsp;</a>; <a href="https://www.footprint.network/@Cao/V1-0-Stepn-SOLANA" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">V1.0 Stepn SOLANA Dashboard</a>
In March, the STEPN app and game exploded in popularity, making Move-to-Earn a well-known term in the industry. The game was popular globally, reflected in the fact that several of the top-performing dashboards about the project were created by Chinese users of Footprint.
<ul>
 <li>GameFi Overview</li>
</ul>
Author: <a href="https://www.footprint.network/@Bond/GameFi-Overview" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Bond</a>
<img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/0*va-nDE180kM0krIO.png">Chart: <a href="https://www.footprint.network/guest/chart/Weekly-Number-of-Games-by-Chain-zoni-fp-93fa1e5f-889b-4d5e-92e1-37f2f14f4fe6" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Weekly Number of Games by Chain_zoni</a>; <a href="https://www.footprint.network/@Bond/GameFi-Overview" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">GameFi Overview Dashboard</a>
During the last bull run, GameFi was the hottest crypto topic and continued being highly relevant in 2022. This dashboard gives a birds-eye overview of the GameFi industry and is updated in near real-time. It includes stats about projects, chains, users, funding, and more.
<ul>
 <li>Walken</li>
</ul>
Author: <a href="https://www.footprint.network/@0xLam" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">0xLam</a>
<img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/0*WFc-bUsJNCllvah3.png">Chart: <a href="https://www.footprint.network/guest/chart/%5BWalken-NFT%5D-Sellers-%26-Buyers-fp-285367b5-a359-475f-9b8e-1a03066f074b" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">[Walken NFT] Sellers &amp; Buyers</a>; <a href="https://www.footprint.network/@0xLam/Walken?date_filter=past90days" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Walken Dashboard</a>
After the success of STEPN, Walken was the second major Move-to-Earn project. It launched on Solana in September and is currently the largest game on Solana by the number of active users.
<ul>
 <li>GameFi Dashboard</li>
</ul>
Author: <a href="https://www.footprint.network/@Footprint" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Footprint</a>
<img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/0*fTekx0EJyxbG5z0n.png">Chart: <a href="https://www.footprint.network/guest/chart/Game-Ranking-fp-5bcb75e9-65b6-4c91-8482-0d2bf998eb4b" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Game Ranking</a>; <a href="https://www.footprint.network/@Footprint/GameFi-Dashboard?chain=Ethereum" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">GameFi Dashboard Dashboard</a>
This dashboard is a table that makes it super simple to see GameFi projects listed out by total transactions, total users, and user number change. You can also filter by chain.
<ul>
 <li>Footprint Analytics × CoinMarketCap: 2022 GameFi Industry Report</li>
</ul>
Author: <a href="https://www.footprint.network/@DamonSalvatore" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">DamonSalvatore</a>
<img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/0*PmB_rSVvRBOKGT-G.png">Chart: GameFi Market Cap vs. BTC Market Cap; <a href="https://www.footprint.network/@DamonSalvatore/GameFi-in-Bull-Bear-Market?date=2022-01-01~2022-07-31" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Footprint Analytics x CoinMarketCap 2022 GameFi Industry Report Dashboard</a>
CoinMarketCap published their 2022 H1 GameFi industry report in partnership with Footprint Analytics in June. Among the highlights were that unreleased AAA games were the biggest story of 2022 and that Ethereum was the chain to watch for GameFi. You can <a href="https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/article/coinmarketcap-and-footprint-analytics-2022-gamefi-industry-report" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">read the original report here</a> or see the dashboard below.
<ul>
 <li>Chain Overview</li>
</ul>
Author: <a href="https://www.footprint.network/@DamonSalvatore" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">DamonSalvatore</a>
<img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/0*sSb1xo1IHGMJmoH1.png">Chart: N<a href="https://www.footprint.network/guest/chart/Number-of-Protocols-by-Chain-fp-66347dc7-530f-43c5-a9f5-80227f1ff432" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">umber of Protocols by Chain</a>; <a href="https://www.footprint.network/topic/Chain/Blockchain?date_filter=past90days" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Chain Overview Dashboard</a>
2022 had some surprising dynamics and trends regarding the performance of chains, including the complete collapse of Terra, the gutting of Solana, and the unexpected resilience of Tron. With this dashboard, you can explore and analyze the various L1 networks.
<ul>
 <li>GameFi Users Overview</li>
</ul>
Author: <a href="https://www.footprint.network/@rogerD" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">rogerD</a>
<img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/0*RazpSZXTsY_kTzuB.png">Chart: <a href="https://www.footprint.network/guest/chart/Daily-Gamers-Trend-fp-4f6ac9d0-c0f7-43d5-a7ea-9a55593f8b5b" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Daily Gamers Trend</a>; <a href="https://www.footprint.network/@rogerD/GameFi-Users-Overview?date__=past180days&amp;amp;amp;chain=BNB%20Chain" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">GameFi Users Overview Dashboard</a>
As we wrote in the article “How to Define GameFi Users,” distinguishing those who bring value to a GameFi project from those who do not is difficult — it’s not as simple as 1 Unique Wallet Address = 1 Player. This dashboard can help you understand the GameFi users of different chains and projects.
<ul>
 <li>GameFi Users Chain Comparison</li>
</ul>
Author: <a href="https://www.footprint.network/@rogerD" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">rogerD</a>
<img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/0*2Q2HiF809y-aBbcp.png">Chart: <a href="https://www.footprint.network/guest/chart/Users-by-Chain-fp-3fe1c5d8-a117-489e-a0ee-04b16cfd7c19" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Users by Chain</a>; <a href="https://www.footprint.network/@rogerD/GameFi-Users-Chain-Comparison?date=past90days&amp;amp;amp;protocol_type=GameFi" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">GameFi Users Chain Comparison Dashboard</a>
The GameFi sector is much more distributed chain-wise than NFTs or DeFi, which Ethereum dominates. On the other hand, GameFi includes several 1-game and GameFi-specific chains, like Wax, DFK and Ronin, and it’s still unclear which ecosystem and technology will be used for the blockchain games of the future. Use this dashboard to see what’s going on in the world of GameFi chains.
<ul>
 <li>Tokenomics of (Token)</li>
</ul>
Author: <a href="https://www.footprint.network/@rogerD" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">rogerD</a>
<img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/0*cd5ExLL4eIy0ULSg.png">Chart: Tokenomics of SPS; <a href="https://www.footprint.network/@rogerD/Tokenomics-of-%28Token%29?token_address=0x26193c7fa4354ae49ec53ea2cebc513dc39a10aa" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Tokenomics of&nbsp;(Token)</a>
Crypto tokenomics refers to a cryptocurrency’s economic principles and design. This includes things such as the token’s supply and inflation rate, how the tokens are distributed, and the use cases for the tokens. In this dashboard, users can track any token’s balance, minting, burning and holder numbers.
<h3 id="summary-the-future-of-blockchain-analytics">Summary: The Future of Blockchain Analytics</h3>
Blockchain data analytics will be important in the near future because it allows for the tracking and analysis of transactions made on a blockchain network. This can provide valuable insights into patterns of usage and can help to identify potential issues or fraudulent activity. With that, it can help pros and enthusiasts alike make smarter investment decisions, and help developers create better Web3 products.
As the use of blockchain technology becomes more widespread, the need for effective tools for analyzing and managing blockchain data will also increase. At Footprint Analytics, we intend to be at the forefront in 2023 and beyond.
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