If 2020 taught us anything about cryptocurrencies, it’s that they’ve reached a tipping point.

Or maybe that cryptocurrencies have yet to go mainstream beyond the headlines because fraud still lurks.

It all depends on how you look at it — and where you look, of course. If one measures success for digital currencies in buzz — and in price appreciation for many of the marquee names — then 2020 stands out as a banner year. Here are some of cryptos’ key developments for 2020.

Bitcoin, of course, exists as one of the most widely recognized cryptocurrencies. You might even consider it shorthand for the crypto space itself.

And one of the most notable events of 2020 was the big appreciation in bitcoin’s price, tied as it is (and was) to optimism about cryptos’ future.

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