CRYPTOVERSE: Bitcoin squeezes smaller rivals to its crown


FILE PHOTO A tv screen is seen at a cafe which has dozens of screens showing the latest trends and prices on various cryptocurrencies for their crypto investors customers in Nakhon Ratchasima Thailand January 21 2022. REUTERSSoe Zeya Tun

FILE PHOTO: A tv screen is seen at a cafe which has dozens of screens showing the latest trends and prices on various cryptocurrencies for their crypto investors' customers in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, January 21, 2022. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

(Reuters) - Bitcoin is beginning to reassert its dominance over challengers to its cryptocurrency crown.

The original digital coin was assailed by thousands of new "altcoin" competitors in 2021 - from solana and polkadot to litecoin and dogecoin - raising the prospect of a rapid fragmentation of the crypto market.

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