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Top 10 cryptocurrencies of 2024

1. Bitcoin (BTC)

Price: $71,879.59

Market cap: $1.4 trillion

Year-over-year return: 172%

Since its creation in 2009, bitcoin remains the most popular and valuable cryptocurrency. Bitcoin was created by a person, or possibly a group, using the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto. It’s a blockchain-based, decentralized transaction verification system that has revolutionized how we think about digital security.

Bitcoin’s decentralization and transparency make it appealing to investors and users. But critics have raised concerns about its energy-intensive, proof-of-work consensus mechanism and difficulties scaling the network. Several large-scale crypto projects also have faster transaction speeds than bitcoin. Other blockchains even have special designs to improve bitcoin’s functionality.