Guinness World Records Many different developments from the ‘crypto industry’ were included in the record books, including the sale of CryptoPunk NFTs, and El Salvador being the first country to legally accept Bitcoin.
Guinness World Records has named the final edition of the record book “cryptomaniaannounced that it has added Bitcoin and a series of blockchain events under the category ”.
The recognition of the crypto world by a mainstream place like Guinness World Records is proof that blockchain and digital assets have been among the hot topics in the last few years.
Launched last month, the 2023 edition will also include a number of notable crypto achievements spanning Bitcoin, crypto adoption, fan tokens and NFTs.
While Bitcoin is unsurprisingly the most valuable cryptocurrency with a market cap of $816.69 billion as of March 24, 2022, it also became the world’s first decentralized cryptocurrency after its launch in early 2009, gaining fame for its success.
Koinfinans.com “Bitcoin was developed as a solution to the challenge of issuing a digital currency without any central body or ‘trusted third party’ to oversee the transactions,” said the Guinness World Records management statement. statement was included.
OG NFT project CryptoPunks has also found its place in the “most expensive NFT collection” after CryptoPunk #5822 was acquired by entrepreneur Deepak Thapliya on February 12 this year for $23.7 million (8,000 ETH).
Beeple’s record $69.3 million NFT sale was not included in the list because the firm described an NFT collection as “limited sets of artworks built around pre-built templates.”
fan token‘s also managed to take place as a category in the book. Launched through Socios in June 2021, Manchester City’s token was recorded as the “most valuable fan token” with a market cap of $47.1 million as of March 24, 2022.
El Salvador was also included in the book, as it was “the first country to legally accept Bitcoin” in June last year.
It was hoped that this move, which was condemned by the World Bank, would reduce the cost of international money transfers, this detail is important for a country that is dependent on money sent home by workers abroad.
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