A number of people have reached out to thank me for writing this piece, saying that it convinced them to reduce or exit their crypto exposure. Being able to help friends and readers preserve their capital is one of the rewarding things about writing.
Retail bought crypto in Q4 and got hosed. They took their money and fled into stocks, and then got hosed. Now it looks like they are running back into crypto.
Defi topped at a small scale in late 2020 before the real bubble in early 2021. Then the category more or less never grew again by mcap even as crypto total mcap hit new highs
Expecting similar small (now), then big (later) bubble for AI, with multiyear hangover
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