Oct 3 Reuters The global cryptocurrency market remains badly scarred following the tumultuous collapse of crypto exchange FTX and other big players last year, with crypto prices, volumes and venture capital investment well below their 2021 peaks.

Sam BankmanFried, the former CEO of FTX, stands trial in New York on Tuesday, charged with seven counts of fraud and conspiracy stemming from the exchange39;s abrupt collapse in November 2022. He has pleaded not guilty.

FTX was one in a series of industry meltdowns that sent bitcoin crashing to its lowest price since 2020. While bitcoin and other major tokens have partially recovered, the sector remains far from the fever pitch it hit in late 2021.

Here are five charts that show how the crypto landscape has changed.

BITCOIN BLUES

Bitcoin, by far the biggest cryptocurrency and the chief barometer for crypto market sentiment, has bounced back about 37 since Nov. 1.

The cryptocurrency was riding high in 2021, hitting a record 69,000 in November that year. But as central banks began to hike rates in early 2022, riskier assets like cryptocurrencies began to feel the pain as investors sought better returns elsewhere.

Bitcoin lost more than 65 of its value last year, pummeled by the collapse of stablecoin terraUSD, which led Singapore hedge fund Three Arrows Capital to file for bankruptcy and caused wider havoc in crypto markets.

Several other companies also collapsed, but the fall of FTX pushed bitcoin under 16,000 in November…

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