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The Year of the Doge? 2021, crypto's wildest year yet

The memecoin phenomenon was linked to the 'Wall Street Bets' movement, where retail traders coordinated online to pile into stocks such as GameStop Corp, squeezing hedge funds' short positions

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Bitcoin close to $70,000, "memecoins" worth billions of dollars, a blockbuster Wall Street listing and a sweeping Chinese crackdown: 2021 was the wildest yet for cryptocurrencies, even by the sector's volatile standards.

Digital assets started the year with a stampede of cash from investors large and small. And bitcoin and its kin were rarely out of the spotlight since, with the language of crypto becoming firmly entrenched in the investor lexicon.

Here is a look at some of the major trends that dominated cryptocurrencies this year.

1/Bitcoin: Still no.1

The original cryptocurrency held its crown as the biggest and most

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