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Volatility Ruled Crypto Markets in 2021, From $69K Bitcoin to Elon Musk’s ‘Dogecoin to the Moooonn’

NFTs exploded, Coinbase stock went public, El Salvador bought the dip and China cracked down on bitcoin miners, while Solana’s SOL tokens and Polygon’s MATIC shot up by multiples of 90 or more. Here’s how crypto traders played it.

Crypto markets were roiled in 2021 by the billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk, tweet by tweet. (Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk)
Crypto markets were roiled in 2021 by the billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk, tweet by tweet. (Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk)