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Crypto-currencies
Beyond bitcoin
Which could be the next digital coin to rule them all?
IT STARTED as a joke. Dogecoin was launched in 2013 as a bitcoin parody, using as its mascot a Japanese shibainu dog, a popular internet meme. The crypto-currency was never really used, except for tipping online, and one of its founders has called it quits. But recently its price has soared: on January 7th the dollar value of all Dogecoins in circulation reached $2bn, a sign of how crazy crypto-currency markets have become. It is also a reminder that, for all the focus on bitcoin, it is no longer the only game in town. Its market capitalisation now amounts to only about one-third of the crypto-market.
A new crypto-currency is born almost daily, often through an “initial coin offering” (ICO), a form of online crowdfunding. CoinMarketCap, a website, lists about 1,400 digital coins or tokens, including PutinCoin, Sexcoin and InsaneCoin (worth $7m). Most are no more than curiosities, but by January 10th, around 40 had a market capitalisation of more than $1bn.
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IT STARTED as a joke. Dogecoin was launched in 2013 as a bitcoin parody, using as its mascot a Japanese shibainu dog, a popular internet meme. The crypto-currency was never really used, except for tipping online, and one of its founders has called it quits. But recently its price has soared: on January 7th the dollar value of all Dogecoins in circulation reached $2bn, a sign of how crazy crypto-currency markets have become. It is also a reminder that, for all the focus on bitcoin, it is no longer the only game in town. Its market capitalisation now amounts to only about one-third of the crypto-market.
狗狗币（Dogecoin）以网络上流行的日本柴犬表情包Doge为标志，2013年推出时是为了嘲弄比特币。除了在网上打赏用，这一加密货币从未被真正使用，创始人之一也已退出。但最近该币价格飙升：1月7日，流通中的狗狗币总值达到20亿美元，足见加密货币市场的疯狂程度。这同时也提醒人们，尽管比特币集万千关注于一身，但已不是市场上唯一的选择。如今比特币只占加密货币总市值的三分之一左右。
dogecoin 狗狗币
launch v.发布
bitcoin 比特币
parody n.恶搞
mascot n.标志物
shibainu dog 柴犬
meme n.网络流行梗
reminder n.提醒
market capitalisation 市值
amount to = be equivalent to 等同于
- He gave what amounted to an apology.
A new crypto-currency is born almost daily, often through an “initial coin offering” (ICO), a form of online crowdfunding. CoinMarketCap, a website, lists about 1,400 digital coins or tokens, including PutinCoin, Sexcoin and InsaneCoin (worth $7m). Most are no more than curiosities, but by January 10th, around 40 had a market capitalisation of more than $1bn.
现在几乎每天都会有一种新的加密货币诞生，通常是通过“首次代币发行”（以下简称ICO）这一网上众筹形式推出。CoinMarketCap网站上列出的数字货币或代币约有1400种，包括UFO币、普京币（PutinCoin）、性币（Sexcoin），以及市值700万美元的疯狂币（InsaneCoin）。其中的大部分都只是凑热闹，但截至1月10日，约有40种数字货币的市值超过了10亿美元。
initial adj.首次的
crowdfunding n.众筹
token n.代币
insane adj.疯狂的
-sane adj.神智正常的
-She was insane with jealousy.
curiosity n.好奇心
【推荐句式表达】
1. call it quits
2. amount to ...
adj. 等价的，相等的
n. 相等物
