2018 Market Summary: Bitcoin Gets into Mainstream, Futures Trading Rises

Bitcoin (BTC) and its unprecedented price rally resulting in an all-time high value of around $20,000 in January 2018, undoubtedly caught the public’s attention. Despite losing around 80 percent of its price afterward, 2018 was the year which saw the blockchain industry boom in a lot of different verticals.
2018 – A Year of DiversityDespite the prolonged bear market of 2018 which saw around $700 billion of the total cryptocurrency market capitalization wiped off, the blockchain indus