Bitcoin is beginning to reassert its dominance over contenders to its cryptocurrency crown. The original digital coin was assailed by thousands of new"altcoin" challengers in 2021-from Solana and dapple to lite coin and dogecoin- raising the prospect of a rapid-fire fragmentation of the crypto request. Yet bitcoin has stemmed its loss of request share this month and begun to recapture ground, as rattled investors seek the relative safety of the biggest crypto player while they c. Bitcoin's share of the the$1.68 trillion crypto request has risen to about 42, from 39 two weeks ago the first time it has registered an increase since dropping from a peak of 46 in mid-October, according to data from CoinMarketCap which tracks cryptocurrencies across 458 exchanges. Request players advise that it's too early to call a trend, and note that while bitcoin has outperformed the assiduity, the entire crypto request has fallen this month. Nevertheless, some say 13- time-o