2023 is the year that crypto emerged from the virtual sphere and into the real world.
Where previously, physical crypto products were limited to the likes of Bitcoin mining rigs and nodes, 2023 saw a glut of product launches aimed at a wider audience of mainstream consumers (albeit still early adopters).
That meant that clunky user interfaces were out, and slick design echoing mainstream consumer electronics were in. We’ve rounded up some of the crypto kit that caught our eye in 2023, from Web3 smartphones to NFT picture frames.
Solana Saga smartphone
Launched in April this year, the Saga is a smartphone designed specifically for the Solana ecosystem, with a built in hardware wallet and a native store for decentralized applications (dapps). It’s a first step on the road to a billion people using crypto, Solana Labs CEO Anatoly Yakovenko told Decrypt, and for a first effort it’s pretty…
