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Crypto’s Historic Year: Five Times Governments Embraced Digital Assets in 2021

December 30, 2021

2021 was a breakthrough year for crypto, with major governments embracing Bitcoin and blockchain. Here are five key moments that shaped the global crypto landscape.

Bitcoin (BTC) $ 109,490.34

Ethereum (ETH) $ 4,306.83

Tether (USDT) $ 1.00

XRP (XRP) $ 2.81

BNB (BNB) $ 844.74

Solana (SOL) $ 204.08

USDC (USDC) $ 1.00

Lido Staked Ether (STETH) $ 4,296.97

Dogecoin (DOGE) $ 0.212265

TRON (TRX) $ 0.335519

Cardano (ADA) $ 0.807709

Wrapped stETH (WSTETH) $ 5,212.62

Chainlink (LINK) $ 22.48

Wrapped Beacon ETH (WBETH) $ 4,638.21

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Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) $ 109,688.39

Ethena USDe (USDE) $ 1.00

Hyperliquid (HYPE) $ 44.92

Figure Heloc (FIGR_HELOC) $ 0.992414

Bitcoin Cash (BCH) $ 586.85

Sui (SUI) $ 3.26

Wrapped eETH (WEETH) $ 4,615.39

Stellar (XLM) $ 0.353984

Avalanche (AVAX) $ 24.64

WETH (WETH) $ 4,302.97

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Hedera (HBAR) $ 0.21226

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Cronos (CRO) $ 0.26585

LEO Token (LEO) $ 9.52

Litecoin (LTC) $ 109.81

USDS (USDS) $ 0.999916

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Toncoin (TON) $ 3.10

Shiba Inu (SHIB) $ 0.000012

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Binance Bridged USDT (BNB Smart Chain) (BSC-USD) $ 1.00

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Coinbase Wrapped BTC (CBBTC) $ 109,508.34

WhiteBIT Coin (WBT) $ 41.98

Polkadot (DOT) $ 3.76

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Ethena Staked USDe (SUSDE) $ 1.19

Uniswap (UNI) $ 9.20

Monero (XMR) $ 267.38

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World Liberty Financial (WLFI) $ 0.177822

Aave (AAVE) $ 308.92

Dai (DAI) $ 0.999963

Bitget Token (BGB) $ 4.85

Ethena (ENA) $ 0.661736

Pepe (PEPE) $ 0.000009

Mantle (MNT) $ 1.15

OKB (OKB) $ 175.87

Ethereum Classic (ETC) $ 20.17

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Jito Staked SOL (JITOSOL) $ 250.41

Bittensor (TAO) $ 312.86

NEAR Protocol (NEAR) $ 2.38

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POL (ex-MATIC) (POL) $ 0.278896

Aptos (APT) $ 4.22

Ondo (ONDO) $ 0.909458

USDT0 (USDT0) $ 1.00

Pi Network (PI) $ 0.342236

USD1 (USD1) $ 0.999491

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Binance-Peg WETH (WETH) $ 4,301.71

Arbitrum (ARB) $ 0.484104

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Internet Computer (ICP) $ 4.73

Story (IP) $ 7.88

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Binance Staked SOL (BNSOL) $ 218.59

MemeCore (M) $ 1.36

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BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL) $ 1.00

Kaspa (KAS) $ 0.081278

Cosmos Hub (ATOM) $ 4.39

sUSDS (SUSDS) $ 1.07

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Gate (GT) $ 16.80

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Jupiter Perpetuals Liquidity Provider Token (JLP) $ 5.42

VeChain (VET) $ 0.023121

Algorand (ALGO) $ 0.225735

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Rocket Pool ETH (RETH) $ 4,898.38

Fasttoken (FTN) $ 4.49

KuCoin (KCS) $ 14.72

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Kelp DAO Restaked ETH (RSETH) $ 4,521.35

Pudgy Penguins (PENGU) $ 0.028266

Render (RENDER) $ 3.34

Worldcoin (WLD) $ 0.864757

Sky (SKY) $ 0.072912

BFUSD (BFUSD) $ 0.999657

Sei (SEI) $ 0.279465

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Kinetiq Staked HYPE (KHYPE) $ 45.00

Official Trump (TRUMP) $ 8.24

Falcon USD (USDF) $ 0.999808

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StakeWise Staked ETH (OSETH) $ 4,523.45

USDtb (USDTB) $ 1.00

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Liquid Staked ETH (LSETH) $ 4,647.92

Artificial Superintelligence Alliance (FET) $ 0.592233

Filecoin (FIL) $ 2.24

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Lombard Staked BTC (LBTC) $ 109,353.30

Flare (FLR) $ 0.020251

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Jupiter (JUP) $ 0.479674

Bonk (BONK) $ 0.000019

Pump.fun (PUMP) $ 0.004115

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Polygon Bridged USDT (Polygon) (USDT) $ 1.00

Four (FORM) $ 3.68

XDC Network (XDC) $ 0.077563

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Renzo Restaked ETH (EZETH) $ 4,546.24

Tether Gold (XAUT) $ 3,543.93

Provenance Blockchain (HASH) $ 0.026321

NEXO (NEXO) $ 1.25