Shiba Inu Becomes The Most Popular Crypto In 2021, Surpassing Dogecoin And Bitcoin On CoinMarketCap

In a recent tweet, the world's most-referenced cryptocurrency price-tracking website CoinMarketCap announced that Shiba Inu SHIB/USD was the most viewed crypto in 2021.  

It is currently the 13th largest cryptocurrency in the world, with a market cap of over $20 billion.

According to CoinMarketCap, Shiba Inu recorded more than 188 million views during the last 12 months, while apex cryptocurrency Bitcoin BTC/USD came in second with 145 million views in 2021.

Dogecoin DOGE/USD was ranked in the third position among the most viewed cryptocurrencies with 107 million views. 

Cardano ADA/USD had around 86 million views, and Ethereum ETH/USD garnered 81 million views.

Regardless of ranking, here's what #CoinMarketCap users ended up viewing the most this year! #CoinMarketCapUnwrapped pic.twitter.com/CDP1ZXv5jI

— CoinMarketCap (@CoinMarketCap) December 24, 2021

In October, SHIB surged over 216% in a week-long period, reaching an all-time high of $0.000088. 

Earlier this month, Randi Zuckerberg, the sister of Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta Platforms Inc FB, pointed out that Dogecoin killer Shiba Inu has become mainstream. 

SHIB was up 20% last week and is trading at $0.0000385 at the time of writing.

Shiba Inu has been undergoing continuous development over the last few months, even as the crypto's price has been dropping.

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