From Bitcoin to Eyeball Scans

2013: Year of the Snake, Part 1

One could get the impression that CoinMarketCap’s ticker parade arrived just in time. The market tracker didn’t cause the first crypto bull run, but it did record it.

Bitcoin’s price was already creeping up. He closed at $12.56 in December 2012. Starting the year at $5.27, the king of crypto was 30 cents at the start of 2011.

At that time in history, it w…