This Crypto Will Be the Ethereum of 2022
Several cryptocurrencies are emerging to take on the king of the hill, Bitcoin. Ethereum's (CRYPTO: ETH) trading price rose 408% in 2021. Investors like Ethereum as a viable competitor to Bitcoin because of its faster transaction speeds and its large ecosystem of decentralized applications (dApps), which are programs that run on blockchains.
But there is another up-and-coming crypto starting to show promise. NEAR Protocol (CRYPTO: NEAR) rose 984% last year. This layer-one blockchain offers similar benefits in transaction speeds and utility value as Ethereum, but with much greater upside potential. Let's check it out.
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