Bitcoin was not the first crypto , but it is now the most valuable coin in blockchain technology and the first to be accepted as a means of payment. Happy birthday to Bitcoin, the father of all coins!
As opposed to this your reply, I just came across it now and feel the need to comment about it and make a correction. Bitcoin was the first cryptocurrency in existence before others came into existence. See;
Bitcoin was the first cryptocurrency created and is now the most valuable and well known. It was first launched in January 2009 by a computer programmer or group of programmers under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto, whose actual identity has never been verified.
Source:
https://money.usnews.com/investing/articles/the-history-of-bitcoin