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Metaverse-related tokens have started the year strong, outperforming bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency by market value, by wide margins.

Decentraland’s MANA, which is the native token of the metaverse project, gained around 152% in January. Decentraland’s price increase has largely followed its announcement of a slew of new features in the middle of the month, though user numbers for the platform have not risen significantly.

The January market surge has seen a number of smaller tokens dwarf the largest cryptocurrencies by market cap. Bitcoin is up 40% for the month, ether is up 32% and…