Is There a Cryptocurrency Bubble? Just Ask Doge
I think there is a difference between a cryptocurrency bubble and an ICO bubble, and this article fails to distinguish between the two.<p>You can see Tom Lee, a financial strategist, talk about Bitcoin here: <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/15/bitcoin-could-surge-another-600-percent-to-25000-dollars-in-5-years-says-strategist-tom-lee.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/15/bitcoin-could-surge-another-...</a><p>He points out that there are only 300,000 Bitcoin wallets that hold $5,000 or more. In the grand scheme of things that is very small compared to the overall global economy. He also refers to Jamie Dimon’s comments that Bitcoin is a “fraud” (It is worth nothing that JP Morgan bought up millions of dollars worth of Bitcoin after the price crashed following that statement – on behalf of their clients).<p>ICOs, on the other hand, are absolutely in a bubble. Companies are raising hundreds of millions of dollars without even having a product. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to understand how absurd that is. In my opinion, regulations in this area would actually do more of a service than disservice to crypto, and I welcome them with open arms. For one, it will legitimize token sales as a fundraising method, and for two it will remove most of the scams and illegitimate projects that seem to be popping up daily.<p>I think Blockchain technology is here to stay. Even if 99 out of 100 ICO projects fail (they will), that still leaves a few that will survive and may become quite valuable. While the recent explosion in crypto prices seems unsustainable, if it really does become the money of the future then the prices now are going to look like pennies in five or ten years time.