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leggomylibro
And also a great example of the saying, "you can lose a lot of money being right at the wrong time."

Or, "the market can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent."

Lasher
How can it be the biggest bubble in human history when it peaked around 200bn and had nowhere near that much actual cash pumped into it? Minuscule compared to the dotcom and housing bubbles. A bubble, sure, but biggest ever doesn't make sense.
LogicalBorg
If you look at the graph in the article comparing different bubbles, Bitcoin peaked at 60 times the starting price, which is the largest relative peak in the graph. It is the largest in relative, not absolute, terms.
anonfunction
The dot com bubble saw 1.7 trillion vanish. Bitcoin total market cap is less than 200 billion. Obviously this is hyperbole and can be ignored.
chrisco255
Calling bitcoin a bubble is the most tiresome cliche in history.