Tesla bought $1.5B worth of Bitcoin (Jan 2021)
This decision pushed Bitcoin into the institutional era and changed how corporations viewed crypto as a treasury asset. $BTC
DOGE meme rally era began (Jan 2021)
Around this week, Dogecoin exploded due to Reddit and social media hype, proving that community power could move markets. $DOGE
GameStop & WallStreetBets spillover into crypto (Jan 2021)
Retail traders, after shaking traditional markets, flowed into crypto, accelerating mass adoption and meme-coin culture.
Early DeFi boom momentum (Jan 2020–2022)
Late January consistently marked strong growth in DeFi TVL, lending protocols, and yield strategies.
