Looking back, the year of 2018 plus at least the first half of 2019 were rather bearish for the crypto market. End-2017 and early-2018 saw the Bitcoin price surged from about $7,000 to over $19,000 within a month and swiftly plunged back to a little of $7,000 within almost the same time, if not shorter. ICO mania in 2017 inarguably contributed to the dramatic up and down. However, while the secondary market got hit, innovations in the blockchain universe didn’t tumble. In contrast, several seeds that in near future grow into towering trees were sowed in 2018 and 2019. …
