2021 was an interesting and volatile year for cryptocurrencies as Bitcoin finished up 60% and Ethereum finished an astonishing 350% higher.The macroeconomic story of 2021 was a story of Fed easy money, coupled with talks of enormous government spending packages to counterbalance the negative effects of pandemic policy.Talks of the Federal Reserve pivoting to a tighter monetary policy to combat inflation have pushed risk assets and cryptocurrencies lower over the last few weeks.