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To say 2021 was a crazy year for cryptocurrencies is an understatement.
Bitcoin soared to new highs but also achieved full legitimacy in one country. Meanwhile, meme tokens like shiba inu and dogecoin went from being jokes to delivering mind-blowing gains. The number of cryptos ballooned to more than 16,000, and the overall market cap hit $3 trillion at one point.
In other parts of the space, a non-fungible token stunned the art world when it fetched a staggering $69 million to become the most expensive work of digital art in history.
Insider takes a look back at the top five wildest crypto moments in 2021:
No one thought it would happen — until it did. Nayib Bukele, El Salvador's 40-year-old president, first floated the idea of
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