Topics that will dominate the headlines in this very special year for crypto.The year 2020 will be one of the books in the crypto world. Institutional adoption kicked off with multiple hundred-million-dollar investments in Bitcoin by prominent companies such as MicroStrategy and Square. The narrative of Bitcoin switched from speculative asset to store of value and hedge against fiat inflation during the pandemic. Mass adoption got more tangible with companies such as PayPal enabling crypto purchases for its 150 million users. DeFi applications dominating the summer and showcasing the practical advantage of decentralized finance. And of course, shortly before the end of 2020, Bitcoin, the mother of all cryptocurrencies, reached its previous all-time high from 2017 and even surpassed it, silencing all critics who had written off Bitcoin after the crash in 2018.While the year 2020 was overly exciting, 2021 will be even more. To continue my tradition from last year, I will list several hot topics that I expect to make the headlines for this year in this post. As there are so many, I will post a second list later but will cover the most important ones in this post.I hope you enjoy reading it!At the time of writing, Bitcoin is reaching new all-time highs on a nearly daily basis. Even though the crypto space is maturing, and many other protocols have emerged, Bitcoin is still standing strong to be the most dominant cryptocurrency in the world by market capitalization. While some experts believed that altcoins would surpass Bitcoin by market cap, I think this will not be the case in the short and mid-term. Still, most people start their journey in the crypto space by purchasing Bitcoin and then later, moving to Ethereum and other protocols. Especially for institutions, Bitcoin\u2019s deflationary nature is extremely attractive as a\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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